| 2012/5/16-7/20 [Politics/Foreign/Europe] UID:54390 Activity:nil | 5/16 Can anyone tell me what Greece is hoping for by rejecting austerity?
From here it seems like the austerity is a pretty generous attempt
to keep Greece from imploding entirely. Are they hoping the
Germans will put them on eternal state welfare, or what?
Also, why would an outright default mean they must leave the Euro?
Is it just that they won't be able to pay basic gvmt services
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| 2012/6/1-7/20 [Politics/Foreign/Europe] UID:54407 Activity:nil | 6/1 There is a lot of panic. Euro. Greece. Unemployment. GDP.
VIX is up. That means one thing: BUY BUY BUY!!!
\_ Eh, I'm not sure we're at BUY BUY BUY yet.
\_ Eh, I'm not sure we're at BUY BUY BUY yet. I think
things may still go lower from here. 1280 was my target
before that jobs report.
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| 2010/5/8-26 [Politics/Foreign/Europe] UID:53823 Activity:nil | 5/8 What was up with Greece of all things affecting the market?
\_ I'm not sure why, but I guess a Greek collapse could screw
up the Euro as a currency.
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| 2009/5/26-30 [Politics/Domestic/Election] UID:53044 Activity:kinda low | 5/26 Is it correct to call someone the daughter of Puerto Rican
"immigrants"? Seems wrong to me. Puerto Ricans get US Passports.
\_ Yes it is correct.
\_ Thanks! Obama immigrated from Hawaii, right?
\_ Not the same. Doubly not the same in the early 50s. Go watch
yourself some West Side Story.
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| 2009/5/4-6 [Politics/Domestic/California, Politics/Domestic/California/Prop] UID:52938 Activity:high | 5/4 Why does The Netherlands have such a sustained lower unemployment
\_ Why is it The Netherlands? Is it like an LA Freeway?
rate and higher growth than the US? Maybe we can replicate their
success here.
\_ Start by not spending all your money on military and prisons.
\_ They don't have as large a population of illegal immigrants -jblack
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| 2009/4/9-20 [Politics/Domestic/Election, Politics/Domestic/President/Bush] UID:52835 Activity:moderate | 4/9 I've been reading articles about piracy and it's not really an issue
of there being just two dozen ships to patrol a large area. It
only really takes one ship, if it's the right ship (an aircraft
carrier). The Navy should be using helicopters and ship-based
aircraft (e.g., Harriers) to patrol and respond to these incidents
and then you only need a couple of destroyers to perform
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