T**********e
发帖数: 29576 | 1 这次只是insider investor卖股解禁，到年底所有early investor 和员工都能卖了，
才能体现facebook真正股值。
Facebook workers suffer pain of stock's sharp sell-off
By Jessica Guynn, Los Angeles Times
Zuckerberg acknowledged for the first time this month that Facebook's
plunging stock price had taken a toll on morale.
"The weakness in the stock price creates a huge human resources problem for
the company because stock options are a major part of compensation,"
University of Santa Clara law professor Stephen F. Diamond said. "The
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发帖数: 872 | 2 Eve of Disaster
Why 2013 eerily looks like the world of 1913, on the cusp of the Great War.
BY CHARLES EMMERSON
The leading power of the age is in relative decline, beset by political
crisis at home and by steadily eroding economic prowess. Rising powers are
jostling for position in the four corners of the world, some seeking a new
place for themselves within the current global order, others questioning its
very legitimacy. Democracy and despotism are locked in uneasy competition.
A world econom... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1120 | 3 摘自wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_race
places the black Aboriginal Australians and "African savages" at the bottom
of the hierarchy, while the white Northern and Western European Aryans (
consisting of Germans, Swedish, Icelanders, Norwegians, Danish, British,
Irish, Dutch, French,) were at the top; white olive-skinned Southern
Europeans (consisting of the Spanish, Italians, Greeks and Portuguese, i.e.
those of what is called the Mediterranean race, which was regarded as
another su... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 764 | 4 The Confiscation of Savings in Canada? Cyprus-Style “Bail-Ins” Proposed by
Ottawa Government
www.globalresearch.ca
The politicians of the western world are coming after your bank accounts. In
fact, Cyprus-style “bail-ins” are actually proposed in the new Canadian
government budget. When I first heard about this I was quite skeptical, so I
went and looked it up for myself. And guess what? It is right there in
black and white on pages 144 and 145 of “Economic Action Plan 2013″ which
the Harper gov... 阅读全帖 |
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l*y
发帖数: 21010 | 5 【 以下文字转载自 WaterWorld 讨论区 】
发信人: ldy (我不是老大爷), 信区: WaterWorld
标 题: 网络人肉暴力在reddit上刚刚上演
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Mon Apr 22 21:07:15 2013, 美东)
reddit网友在网上当侦探力图找出爆炸案元凶，结果却造成数名无辜人员严重中枪，fa
cebook页面被暴民谩骂
http://www.reddit.com/r/misc/comments/1cuj7p/how_close_were_we_
e_boston_bombers/c9k6nqy
EDIT: The former creator and moderator of /r/findbostonbombers has informed
me that he's received threats from people angry about Sunil. This is just as
disgusting as what happened on /r/findbostonbombers and is completely... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 12955 | 6
You are so naive. If someone want to create a situation to legally kill
you, what you do no longer matters.
You may think you would be fine if you just answered the questions, but what
if that person refused to let you leave even after you answered the
questions? What if that person started to verbally insult you, threaten
your family? Wouldn't you then either fight, or attempt to flight? If you
fight, he shoots you. If you attempt to run, he will step in front of you,
and as soon as you... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 24887 | 7 http://thediplomat.com/china-power/chinese-media-duped-by-ameri
China’s media is no stranger to getting duped by American political satire.
One of the best known incidents of this took place last November when
America’s “finest news source”, the Onion, a satirical newspaper and
website, named North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un as its sexiest man of 2012.
Soon after, Communist Party publication People’s Daily ran a report on the
Onion story, replete with the whacky descriptions of Kim’s “air of powe... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29576 | 8 A sketch of what a Hyperloop capsule could look like.
Elon Musk Unveils Plans for Hyperloop High-Speed Train
By NICK BILTON
Never let it be said that Elon Musk, a serial entrepreneur who was a co-
founder of PayPal and the electric car company Tesla Motors, is afraid to
think big.
Mr. Musk on Monday harked back to the days of the late-1990s tech bubble —
when no idea seemed too big or too expensive — by showing off plans for a
project that seems the stuff of science fiction.
The hypothetical pro... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 36302 | 9 Reverse mortgages are loans that provide supplemental income to seniors 62
and older based on the value of their homes. A reverse mortgage does not
need to be repaid until the homeowner sells the property, moves or passes
away.
But the loans that were intended to help retired homeowners maintain their
lifestyle in their current homes are beginning to cast a dark shadow.
Several disturbing trends have emerged prompting some experts to advise
older homeowners to think twice before considering a re... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 32 | 11 还有一篇：
希望有助于提高亚裔高校录取率的‘法律之友’已递交最高法院
(2012-05-31 00:18:24)
希望能帮助提高亚裔高校录取率的“法律之友”文书已经正式递交最高法院了。文书
的具体内容请见： http://www.80-20educationalfoundation.org/pdf/amicus-brief.pdf
主要发起组织80-20亚裔教育基金会向大家介绍了这篇文书的起草和递交的一些具体情
况：
“二月时，美国最高法院同意受理Fisher vs. University of Texas (德州大学) 关
于高校录取学生时把“族裔”作为考量之一这种做法是否违宪。事实上，因为亚裔家庭
一般很重视孩子的教育，所以亚裔孩子普遍比较优秀。于是许多名校一看考生是亚裔就
人为地增高了录取门槛。例如要入同一所名校，亚裔录取生的SAT要比西裔和非裔高三
，四百分。
“80-20基金会今年三月时组织了一个美籍亚裔的民调来考量亚裔是否支持法院来取消
这对亚裔实则有反向歧视的‘族裔优先’的高校录取政策。在一个月左右的时间，我们
争取到了五万签名。其中四万七千有效的美籍亚裔签名里，支持和反... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1445 | 12 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/frank-h-wu/jimmy-kimmel-and-me_b_
Frank H. Wu
Chancellor & Dean of UC Hastings
College of the Law
Jimmy Kimmel and Me
Posted: 11/18/2013 12:59 pm
I was talking to somebody today about the Jimmy Kimmel incident. My friend
had not heard about it. That's part of the problem.
It isn't often that genocide is proposed in contemporary culture. That's
what has happened.
Jimmy Kimmel, late night television host, recently put on a little comedy
sketch in which a kid suggests ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29576 | 13 777x的工作一丢，过几年747也没了，2-4w的波音华州工会成员都喝西北风啊。这帮工
会现在还为pension plan和什么future pay increase和公司硬抗，以为吃定了公司，
真不可理喻。
Boeing Reviewing 54 Sites for 777X After Union Talks Fail
Boeing Co. (BA) is reviewing 54 sites in 22 states to build its 777X
aircraft after union chiefs balked at contract concessions and said rank-and
-file members wouldn’t vote on the company’s latest terms.
Washington Governor Jay Inslee, trying to keep work on the jet in Boeing’s
Seattle commercial hub, urged a Machinists local yesterda... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 7835 | 14 No. 1 Tokyo
Annual Ridership: 3.1 billion
Shinjuku holds the Guinness World Records title for busiest single station,
with 3.64 million daily passengers streaming in and out of 200 exits. 揘earl
y 10 different lines use Shinjuku station,says Yuki Tanaka, a representati
ve of the Japan National Tourism Organization. 揑t抯 the most complicated tr
ain station in Japan, or perhaps in the world.
No. 2 Seoul
Annual Ridership: 2.5 billion
You might be tempted to visit Seoul simply to hang out underground梘... 阅读全帖 |
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p****s
发帖数: 3184 | 15 摘要：
In market economies, per capita GDP is directly proportional to the
population fraction with verbal IQ equal to or greater than 106.
We can make a pretty good guess. In all his versions, Man is the product of
adaptation to environments that existed more than 50,000 years ago. Africa,
Europe and Asia presented three distinct adaptational challenges resulting
in three major races: Negroid, Caucasoid and Mongoloid, each differing from
the other in certain physical, mental and psychological aspe... 阅读全帖 |
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a*****m
发帖数: 1010 | 16 "他一来就说他其实对湾区这边不熟悉的，大学毕业后才有机会过来看看。
后来我才知道，这人哈佛法学博士。"
this is a common way of BSO his college... no one would tell you he
graduated from ivy if you do not ask. so he has to tempt you to ask which
college he came from.
Otherwise, why would he even mention "他其实对湾区这边不熟悉的，大学毕业后才
有机会过来看看"?
For myself, I have been working in this company for 4 years and the lady in
my office didn't even know I hold a PhD degree. I won't say I am low-profile
, but this Harvard boy is definitely no way low-profile.
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发帖数: 38600 | 17 "Although Americans with a taste for Imperial Washington would dispute the
Russians right to take any action at all should Washington begin a renewed
arms shipment to Kiev's Junta Government, I think there is an argument to
made fo their taking some counter action. There was an elected government in
Kiev, put there in an election all international election monitors agreed
was free, fair and open. Although the Priminester was elected, therre is no
doubt he was mega corrupt, but so was the governm... 阅读全帖 |
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b********n
发帖数: 38600 | 18 Was the Middle East better off with its dictators?
http://edition.cnn.com/2015/03/27/opinions/yemen-mideast-dictat
(CNN)Was the Middle East better off under dictatorships? It is certainly
tempting to think so when one looks at conflicts in the region today, from
Yemen to Libya to Syria.
Those three countries have followed different trajectories since the start
of the Arab Spring in 2011, but what they have in common now is instability
that is not likely to be overcome in the short term.
While th... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 3205 | 19 Will China's slowdown make us poorer?
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-34046942
There has never been an economic story like China's - consistent rises in
national income for 30 years at an annual rate of 10%, hundreds of millions
of Chinese people lifted out of poverty, and expansion that took it from
almost nowhere to become the world's second biggest economy, contributing 15
% of global GDP and 25% of global GDP growth.
So it is no exaggeration to say that the story of the world economy since
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r**********n
发帖数: 5281 | 20 记得以前有个叫chaoz的网友连续发了三篇主题贴来论证他的左派思想。其中最重要的
一点就是政府要给人民一定的经济保障，换句话说就是要给人民发现金。因为人只有在
解除了温饱的后顾之忧之后才能够解放头脑进行更有价值的活动。当然了他的什么国家
财政靠向大财团征税就纯属扯淡了。不过发现金这一条倒是可以论证一番，而且现在已
经有芬兰政府在做这事了。我们对结果拭目以待。
Wealth Redistribution
In response to my post, reader "MH" sent two emails, the first asking
question about wealth redistribution and the second citing Hayek. Here is
the first email.
Hi Mish,
I was hoping you would blog on the Finnish proposal and almost emailed to
ask your opinion, so thanks for the post.
Over the ye... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1 | 21 Americans, please use white women to beat China！....China has a lot of
single men enjoying white women, so you may take advantage of
white women to..tempt Chinese men, ...... |
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发帖数: 33185 | 22 http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/27/opinion/27friedman.html
A Biblical Seven Years
Thomas L. Friedman
Thomas L. Friedman AUG. 26, 2008
After attending the spectacular closing ceremony at the Beijing Olympics and
feeling the vibrations from hundreds of Chinese drummers pulsating in my
own chest, I was tempted to conclude two things: “Holy mackerel, the energy
coming out of this country is unrivaled.” And, two: “We are so cooked.
Start teaching your kids Mandarin.”
However, I’ve learned over the yea... 阅读全帖 |
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d*b
发帖数: 4453 | 23 8月24日，中国提议给100亿美元，但印度闲少，经过这些天的讨价还价，最后以200亿
美元成交！
August 24, 2017 7:00 pm JST
China woos Bhutan with $10 billion in standoff with India
Beijing seen driving wedge in New Delhi-Thimphu alliance
YUJI KURONUMA, Nikkei staff writer
NEW DELHI -- Locked in a two-month border standoff with India and tiny
Bhutan in the Himalayas, China is offering its little neighbor $10 billion
in economic assistance to soften its stance.
Sources say that since the offer, Bhutan has toned down its allegations that
China... 阅读全帖 |
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D****g
发帖数: 275 | 24 http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/11/blood-young-people-does-little-reverse-alzheimer-s-first-test
Blood from young people does little to reverse Alzheimer’s in first test
By Jocelyn KaiserNov. 1, 2017 , 12:40 PM
The first rigorous clinical test of whether blood plasma donated by healthy
young people can help reverse Alzheimer’s disease in older adults has found
that the treatment produced minimal, if any, benefits.
Caregivers for 16 people with mild or moderate Alzheimer’s disease reported
th... 阅读全帖 |
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D****g
发帖数: 275 | 25 http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/11/blood-young-people-does-little-reverse-alzheimer-s-first-test
Blood from young people does little to reverse Alzheimer’s in first test
By Jocelyn KaiserNov. 1, 2017 , 12:40 PM
The first rigorous clinical test of whether blood plasma donated by healthy
young people can help reverse Alzheimer’s disease in older adults has found
that the treatment produced minimal, if any, benefits.
Caregivers for 16 people with mild or moderate Alzheimer’s disease reported
th... 阅读全帖 |
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b***y
发帖数: 14281 | 26 美国对华为的围堵，手机只是一小部分，更主要的是手机网络系统，这方面现在华为已
经主导了全市场，尤其是在5G领域，你怕不怕我不知道，反正美国人是真的怕了。自己
去看wsj今天关于这个事情的文章：
......
Since 2012, Huawei has expanded to 170 countries from 140, and now claims 45
of the world’s 50 biggest wireless carriers as customers. Huawei, which
also runs a popular smartphone brand, made $75 billion overall in 2016.
About $26 billion came from its telecom equipment and software business,
making it the leader in the $126 billion-a-year global market, according to
research-firm IHS Markit L... 阅读全帖 |
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b***y
发帖数: 14281 | 27 今天WSJ专门写了一篇关于华为的，已经说得很明白了，就是华为他凶猛，美国人很害
怕，所以要尽全力围堵，但是另一方米美国人心里也明白，其实也挡不住，迟早要兵败
如山倒。
......
Since 2012, Huawei has expanded to 170 countries from 140, and now claims 45
of the world’s 50 biggest wireless carriers as customers. Huawei, which
also runs a popular smartphone brand, made $75 billion overall in 2016.
About $26 billion came from its telecom equipment and software business,
making it the leader in the $126 billion-a-year global market, according to
research-firm IHS Markit Ltd.
Huawei’s ... 阅读全帖 |
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c****x
发帖数: 6601 | 28 http://uschnews.com/targeting-china-trump-threatens-student-visas-that-would-hit-a-big-u-s-export/
Targeting China, Trump Threatens Student Visas. That Would Hit a Big U.S.
Export
WASHINGTON—The Trump administration’s proposed crackdown on China’s trade
practices could hit one sector where the U.S. runs a big trade surplus:
higher education.
The White House is considering limiting visas to Chinese students as part of
a broad package of measures targeting Beijing, which the U.S. accuses of
violat... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4055 | 30 In Mexico, train robberies harken back to days of Jesse James
By Andrea Navarro and Nacha Cattan | Bloomberg News Jul 28, 2018 Updated
8 hrs ago (…)
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Head southeast from Mexico City for about four hours and you will come upon
Acultzingo, an impoverished, dusty town nestled against the rugged peaks of
the Sierra Madre. Most inhabitants work the land for a living, growing corn
and avocados and raising cattle and pigs.
They also rob trains. L... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 38600 | 31 George W. Bush's Eulogy for John McCain
Cindy and the McCain family, I am honored to be with you, to offer my
sympathies and to celebrate a great life. The nation joins your
extraordinary family in grief and gratitude for John McCain. Some lives are
so vivid, it is difficult to imagine them ended. Some voices so vibrant and
distinctive, it is hard to think of them stilled. A man who seldom rested is
laid to rest and his absence is tangible, like the silence after a mighty
roar.
The thing about J... 阅读全帖 |
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W*****B
发帖数: 4796 | 32 Preface
If any of the following events should occur:
a peak oil crisis or a World War that results in a significant reduction in
the transportation of food, or
commercial fertilizer becomes scarce or extremely expensive, or
unemployment increases significantly and many families are forced to grow
their own vegetables, or
there is a local, national, or worldwide famine,
then the following information would be extremely valuable to everyone who
has a vegetable garden. The following information wou... 阅读全帖 |
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b*********3
发帖数: 1709 | 33 Now, the problem with a colonial mentality, attitude, society, way of life
is this. What happens when you run out of stuff to colonize? After all,
sooner or later, you’re going to run out of tempting frontiers, helpless
savages, Manhattans to trade for beads, fish in the ocean, and so on, right?
That day might seem a long way away — but it has to come,
after all. Well, then, my friends, you are screwed — if you can
’t give up the colonial mindset, then you will have to co... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1 | 35 http://www.ft.com/content/19d90308-6858-11ea-a3c9-1fe6fedcca75
Yuval Noah Harari: the world after coronavirus | Free to read
This storm will pass. But the choices we make now could change our lives for
years to come
Yuval Noah Harari MARCH 20 2020
Be the first to know about every new Coronavirus story
Humankind is now facing a global crisis. Perhaps the biggest crisis of our
generation. The decisions people and governments take in the next few weeks
will probably shape the world for years to com... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 20290 | 37 http://thediplomat.com/2014/01/chinas-deceptively-weak-and-dang
In April 2003, the Chinese Navy decided to put a large group of its best
submarine talent on the same boat as part of an experiment to synergize its
naval elite. The result? Within hours of leaving port, the Type 035 Ming III
class submarine sank with all hands lost. Never having fully recovered from
this maritime disaster, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) is still the
only permanent member of the United Nations Security Council... 阅读全帖 |
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s****a
发帖数: 2918 | 38 【 以下文字转载自 Fitness 讨论区 】
发信人: sakura (I only in your life once), 信区: Fitness
标 题: A Biblical Seven Years
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Wed Aug 27 11:17:08 2008)
A Biblical Seven Years
By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN
Published: August 26, 2008
After attending the spectacular closing ceremony at the Beijing Olympics and
feeling the vibrations from hundreds of Chinese drummers pulsating in my
own chest, I was tempted to conclude two things: “Holy mackerel, the energy
coming out of this country is unrivaled.” And, two: “We |
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发帖数: 4174 | 39 Tuesday Morning Memo - This Explains Everything
by David Badash on June 21, 2011
in Marriage,News,Politics
Post image for NY Same-Sex Marriage Equality: Tuesday Morning Memo - This
Explains Everything
The New York same-sex marriage equality bill is one part of a
trifecta of trouble for the New York State Senate, its leader, Dean Skelos,
Governor Cuomo, and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver. Like everything in New
York State politics, nothing is ever what it seems — or what
you e... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 311 | 40 http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/federal-appeals-court-rules-
The march toward gay marriage across the U.S. hit a roadblock Thursday when
a federal appeals court upheld laws against the practice in four states,
creating a split in the legal system that increases the chances the Supreme
Court will step in to decide the issue once and for all.
The cases decided were from Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky and Tennessee.
Breaking ranks with other federal courts around the country, the 6th U.S.
Circuit Cour... 阅读全帖 |
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c**i
发帖数: 6973 | 41 VOA Chinese, Oct. 5, 2010.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/news/20101005-Government-admits-huge-challenge-104331439.html
My comment:
(a) The report says 中国政法大学教授杨帆说：“比如财产统计就很不准确，因为中
国现在没有实名财产(登记)制度，很多财产都是假名字." It is hard for me to
comprehend. If a real estate is registered under another person's name, that
person not only has to pay (more) tax but is tempted to take the property
as his own, for good.
(b) Taiwanese also wonder about accuracy of government stattistics. I mean,
even US statistics th... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 3299 | 42 April 30 (Bloomberg) -- General Motors Co. may be able to command a stock
price greater than $100, tempting holders of warrants to buy shares that
would reduce the U.S. government’s controlling stake.
Improvement in GM’s cash generation and profit outlook, just nine months
after emerging from bankruptcy, may set the equity value of the company at
about $68.6 billion, JPMorgan Chase & Co. debt analyst Eric Selle said in an
April 26 report. That would be 50 percent more than Ford Motor Co. and lea |
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发帖数: 18403 | 43 Well said. The only thing i want to say about the 2 students streaming
Clementi's video: it's just an extraordinarily insensitive thing to do,
whether the victim is gay or straight. I'm tempted to wish that the
perpetuaters will never enjoy a private moment, jail or no. |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 45 By Gary Jason
Two recent reports remind us of how ridiculous the Department of
Transportation is when it comes to passenger rail service and offer
additional insight into why this nation is heading towards bankruptcy.
The first story is that Amtrak, our socialized passenger rail service,
racked up an operating loss of $506 million this calendar year. The bad
news is that this is a considerable increase from last year's loss of $420
million. The worse news is that next year's loss is projected ... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 46 By John T. Bennett
Guns are responsible for violence in the same way that pencils are
responsible for bad test scores. Those of us who embrace the notions of
character and accountability would say that the person himself is
responsible for how he uses his gun. If an individual or group tends to use
guns in a murderous manner, then we point to defects in character and hold
those individuals or groups fully accountability for their actions.
However, Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy h... 阅读全帖 |
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B**W
发帖数: 2273 | 47 Op-Ed
GOP candidates: Bashing judges, threatening democracy
Americans should flatly reject rhetoric by Republican presidential
candidates and remember that an independent judiciary enforcing the
Constitution is crucial to our democracy.
December 20, 2011
The attack on the federal judiciary by Republican candidates for president
has reached a new low and should be denounced by liberals and conservatives
alike. In November, Texas Gov. Rick Perry announced that if elected
president, his "appointees... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 48 Wednesday, 11 Jan 2012 11:09 AM
Organized crime has tightened its grip on the Italian economy during the
economic crisis, making the Mafia the country's biggest "bank" and squeezing
the life out of thousands of small firms, according to a report.
Extortionate lending by criminal groups had become a "national emergency,"
said the report by anti-crime group SOS Impresa.
Organized crime now generated annual turnover of about 140 billion euros ($
178.89 billion) and profits of more than 100 billion ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4050 | 49 Son, you brain is too limited to understand what is bigger -
Big Risk: $1.2 Quadrillion Derivatives Market Dwarfs World GDP
By Peter Cohan Posted 10:45AM 06/09/10 Economy, Investing, Investing Basics
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One of the biggest risks to the world's financial health is the $1.2
quadrillion derivatives market. It's complex, it's unregulated, and it ought
to be of concern to world leaders that its notional value is 20 times the
size of the world economy. But traders rule t... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 50 By JULIE STEINBERG
When a woman fails on Wall Street, (Zoe Cruz, Sallie Krawcheck, Erin Callan)
, it's often tempting to draw sweeping conclusions about the evolution of
women in the finance industry. Often, this approach is warranted: No female
CEO leads a bulge-bracket bank and women generally comprise around 20% of
managing directors, one of the highest ranks in finance.
Because there are so few visible women in finance, when one steps down or is
forced out, the move is automatically suffuse... 阅读全帖 |
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