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Ran's adventures in America
This is a personal blog, mainly about my experience as a new comer to the US.For a new comer, US is a country like no other I have ever lived in (and I have lived in many). This, in my mind, explains not only why the world cannot understand America, it mainly explains why American
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How Safe Are We'
From Ran's adventures in America, 3 weeks ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
Manhattan. Those who advocate that armed forces at every street corner increase the security and safety of the nation, must feel safe and secure when traveling through the city's streets, malls and train stations. Special police units in blue uniform randomly search your bags; Army forces in desert camouflage, holding submachine guns, watch your every movement. DHS, metro police, HPD, TSA, helicopters hover above the city, can we ever feel any safer' But how much do you trust these...
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The Democratic Face of Necrophilia
From Ran's adventures in America, 4 weeks ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
Egypt turned a democracy, and the newly elected Islamic-dominated parliament, has already introduced new laws ? democratically, of courseAccording to the new proposal, Egyptian husbands will soon be legally allowed to have sex with their dead wives - for up to six hours after their death. It will also see the minimum age of marriage lowered to 14 and the ridding of women's rights of getting education and employment.Thank you America for relentlessly sowing the seeds for new democracies.
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CPI adjustment
From Ran's adventures in America, 3 month ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
What Bernanke said: ?Over a period of time, we want to move inflation always back toward 2 percent,? What Bernanke thought: ?... and we'll keep changing the way we calculate inflation to guarantee that the numbers always meet this objective.?... and in Haiku form:C.P.I is madeTo be what I say it is Bernanke Dumpty
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Let computers do the thinking
From Ran's adventures in America, 3 month ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
I was buying a book on Amazon, and this is the message I got:When you buy this book now for $48.95 and sell it back later for a $0.45 Amazon.com Gift Card, it could cost you as little as $48.50.Only a computer can think it's a good deal.? But they do more and more of the thinking for us.
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Another One Bites The Dust
From Ran's adventures in America, 3 month ago, Read 1 times. Similar articles
Another opportunity for the Internet tobecome the tool for significant social change has bite the dust, asTwitter announced on Thursday that it will begin deleting users'tweets in countries that require it. Capitalism ? disinterested in socialorder, tyranny or justice ? has won another dollar. Let us keepthe social excuses for intervening in countries internal affairs,only to those who don't pay us. The Arab Spring will be remember asblip in the history of twitter as a company that could...
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The financial industry and value destruction
From Ran's adventures in America, 4 month ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
In this book, Simon Lack exposes what many in the industry has known all along, but preferred never to let out. The financial industry creates value for the manager of the financial industry, but destroys value for? investors. That is, 84% of all profits of the hedge fund industry, as a whole, went to the pockets of a few hundred hedge fund managers. They were not the investors.This is a must book for anyone who wants to understand how distorted a system have we created. It is also a must...
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Irene and the Profiteers
From Ran's adventures in America, 8 month ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
?A summary of radio advertising (on two AA batteries) I collected before and during Hurricane Irene. All citizens living in flood-prone areas are requested to evacuate their homes, that is, if they have a toll-gate pass. For those without this convenient, money saving card that can save you hours when you need them most, please go to our website www.YouHaveNoChoiceButPay and get your pass for an extra charge (we know that you do not have a choice.) If, however, due to the severe weather...
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Fathomless Stupidity (part 1342 and counting)
From Ran's adventures in America, 4 month ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
My bank, demanding a proof of addressin the form of a utility bill or bank statement, accepted their ownstatement as a proof. .... and this is the top 1%
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Europe vs. America
From Ran's adventures in America, 4 month ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
Iattended a European American Christmas dinner, and I am still unsureif I prefer the French pretend intellectual depth, or the Americanpride in their intellectual shallowness.??
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The latest from Dad (Dictators against discrimination)
From Ran's adventures in America, 4 month ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
UN Flags flew at Half-Mast for Kim Jong-il's Funeral, followed by a moment ofsilence for the North Korean Dictator, who killed, tortured andstarved millions of his own people. The UN spokeswoman said it wasmerely following the customary protocol upon the deaths of stateleaders.Lawyersfor the Dad (Dictators against discrimination) are now suing the theUN for discrimination against the deceased leaders of Iraq and Iran.?The fact that the N. Korean dictator was not killed in the handof the UN...
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