l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 1 Obama Tosses Billions to Insurance Companies to Cover Up ObamaCare Losses
by Jammie
Gee, we thought ObamaCare was working so well?
The Obama administration has quietly adjusted key provisions of its
signature healthcare law to potentially make billions of additional taxpayer
dollars available to the insurance industry if companies providing coverage
through the Affordable Care Act lose money.
The move was buried in hundreds of pages of new regulations issued late
last week. It comes as ... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 2 Bergdahl declared jihad in captivity, secret documents show
U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl at one point during his captivity converted to
Islam, fraternized openly with his captors and declared himself a "mujahid,"
or warrior for Islam, according to secret documents prepared on the basis
of a purported eyewitness account and obtained by Fox News.
The reports indicate that Bergdahl's relations with his Haqqani captors
morphed over time, from periods of hostility, where he was treated very much
like... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 3 No one who wants to help has authority, and no one with authority is helping.
By Peggy Noonan
Updated July 10, 2014 7:19 p.m. ET
What is happening at the southern border is a true and actual crisis. News
accounts justly use words like chaos, collapse and breakdown. They feature
images of children—toddlers, 4- and 5-year-olds—being shuffled to
warehouse holding centers, sleeping crowded at night on what look like
pallets, covered only in Mylar blankets. "I never thought we'd have refugee
camps in... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 4 US and Islamic State: ‘We did see this coming’
By Jonathan S. Landay
McClatchy Washington BureauJuly 24, 2014
Facebook Twitter Google Plus Reddit E-mail Print
Obama Foreign Policy
“What started as a crisis in Syria has become a regional disaster with
serious global implications,” Rep. Ed Royce, R-Calif., the chairman of the
House Foreign Affairs Committee, said Wednesday. JACQUELYN MARTIN — AP
WASHINGTON — Like the rest of the world, the U.S. government appeared to
have been taken aback last... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 5 Bailout Talks Collapse in 4 Hours; Greece Says Extension is "Absurd"; 79%
Support Syriza's Negotiation Stance
Greece Says Extension is "Absurd"
Talks between Greece and eurozone officials were expected to last through
the night. Instead Greece Bailout Talks Collapsed in Acrimony after four
hours.
A crucial meeting of eurozone finance ministers over the future of
Greece’s bailout broke down in acrimony after Athens angrily rejected the
bloc’s insistence that it extend its current |
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发帖数: 10554 | 6 IMMIGRATION REFORM THAT WILL MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN
https://www.donaldjtrump.com/positions/immigration-reform
The three core principles of Donald J. Trump's immigration plan
When politicians talk about “immigration reform” they mean: amnesty, cheap
labor and open borders. The Schumer-Rubio immigration bill was nothing more
than a giveaway to the corporate patrons who run both parties.
Real immigration reform puts the needs of working people first – not
wealthy globetrotting donors. We are the ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 3656 | 7 the problem with wealth tax is that, by simple math, it inevitably looks at
an ever shrinking tax base, and eventually the government becomes the
dominant wealth owner.
say if next year, you went out and taxed Bill-Gates 10% of his wealth. He
either would have to sell huge amount of MS stocks to raise the cash,
thereby collapse the market value of MicroSoft, or he d have to surrender a
huge amount of his MS shares to the government. After a few years, either
the market value of all US companies ... 阅读全帖 |
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b*****d
发帖数: 61690 | 9 Alaska, one of the reddest states in the country, is essentially bailing out
its insurance market to prevent Obamacare from collapsing.
A bill passed by the heavily GOP state Legislature to shore up its lone
surviving Obamacare insurer is awaiting the signature of Gov. Bill Walker, a
Republican-turned-independent who was endorsed two years ago by former vice
presidential candidate Sarah Palin. The legislation, originally proposed by
Walker, sets up a $55 million fund — financed through an existi... 阅读全帖 |
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g********2
发帖数: 6571 | 11 By James Arlandson
The Timeline
（下面起头的数字是公元的年代）
630 Two years before Muhammad's death of a fever, he launches the Tabuk
Crusades, in which he led 30,000 jihadists against the Byzantine Christians.
He had heard a report that a huge army had amassed to attack Arabia, but
the report turned out to be a false rumor. The Byzantine army never
materialized. He turned around and went home, but not before extracting '
agreements' from northern tribes. They could enjoy the 'privilege' of living
under Islam... 阅读全帖 |
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g********2
发帖数: 6571 | 12 2016 looks like a repeat of 1980
You probably remember that in September 1980 voters were couldn’t wait to
cast a vote for Reagan.
If you remember it like that, you remember wrong. At least a little wrong.
TIME magazine examined voter sentiment in its September 15, 1980, issue.
Voters that year sounded a lot like voters this year. Here’s how TIME’s Ed
Magnuson summarized the voters of 1980:
Disenchanted, but not apathetic. Caring about issues, although much more
concerned about character. Lo... 阅读全帖 |
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l****y
发帖数: 8847 | 13 都看了trump的移民政策没？合法非法一起打
就这么点 H1B, green card 名额也不愿给你
https://www.donaldjtrump.com/positions/immigration-reform
Put American Workers First
Decades of disastrous trade deals and immigration policies have destroyed
our middle class. Today, nearly 40% of black teenagers are unemployed.
Nearly 30% of Hispanic teenagers are unemployed. For black Americans without
high school diplomas, the bottom has fallen out: more than 70% were
employed in 1960, compared to less than 40% in 2000. Across the economy, ... 阅读全帖 |
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g********2
发帖数: 6571 | 14 COLLAPSE! Hillary Clinton Drops 19 POINTS with Millennial Voters in ONE
MONTH
Jim Hoft Sep 20th, 2016 7:04 pm 110 Comments
Hillary Clinton had a rough couple of weeks.
First she called Trump supporters a “basket of deplorables”
Then on 9-11 Hillary Clinton collapsed at Ground Zero.
It’s taken a toll.
Hillary Clinton has dropped 19 points with millennial voters in one month!
The house of cards is falling in…
wow!! @HillaryClinton has dropped 19 points with millennial a in ONE
MONTH!! pic.twit... 阅读全帖 |
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t**x
发帖数: 20965 | 15 对， 那你得区分多会儿形成的， 你们连这个都不懂？
This report was done by two pathologists, Dr. Amy Sheil and her mentor Dr.
Kevin E Bove, and Longlong's GI doctor, Dr. William F. Balistreri.
The complete report can be found in our CCHMC visit. We typed the most
important sections in the slide above.
For the injuries, they mentioned "a component of collapse". In the book,
Liver Pathology, An Atlas and Concise Guide, (page 19), the doctor wrote, "
Normal liver structure and function depends on the balance between
hepato... 阅读全帖 |
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m****o
发帖数: 3762 | 17 Full transcript of Trump's remarks to Congress
Published February 28, 2017 FoxNews.com
President Donald Trump speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb.
28, 2017, during his address to a joint session of Congress.
TO THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES:
Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of Congress, the First Lady of the
United States, and Citizens of America:
Tonight, as we mark the conclusion of our celebration of Black History Month
, we are reminded of our Nation's path toward... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 10729 | 18 Q. Thank you for talking with us. What do you think of Trump’s allegations
against Obama?
A. In the worlds of the Carpenters, “its only just begun”
Q. So was Trump wiretapped as our DHS insider and Robert Steele suggest
A. Yes.
Q. Why?
A. Wrong question
Q. Ok, by whom?
A. Trump tower was bugged by more than just our IC.
Q. WHAT????? Could you elaborate?
A. Brits, Israeli’s. In the fullness of time, much will be revealed
Q. Why the Brits?
A. The same reason as the Israeli’s. Trump is a threat ... 阅读全帖 |
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t**x
发帖数: 20965 | 19 不同意见 1
Don Duncan • 7 months ago
How many countries were investigated? India & China can't be as depressing
as North Korea or Cuba. Russian vodka consumption is the highest in the
world. Finland has the highest suicide rate. I don't trust this stat.
I am depressed when I think about the collapsing American Dream, but I am
not representative. Less than 1% are awake. How many people have gold/silver
as insurance against the dollar collapse? How many have fled the US Empire?
How many know wha... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1 | 20 现在美国农村的萧条和悲惨
Rural America Is the New ‘Inner City’
A Wall Street Journal analysis shows that since the 1990s, sparsely
populated counties have replaced large cities as America’s most troubled
areas by key measures of socioeconomic well-being—a decline that’s
accelerating
At the corner where East North Street meets North Cherry Street in the small
Ohio town of Kenton, the Immaculate Conception Church keeps a handwritten
record of major ceremonies. Over the last decade, according to these
sacramen... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 3433 | 22 伊拉克人干的. 但德国警察说不是空袭。不是空袭怎么弄到枪的。德国以后都
不会有空袭，要么是没枪的神经病要么是有枪的神经病
Witnesses told German news agency dpa that the attacker had a machine gun
and shot at the crowd inside the building indiscriminately, local media
reported.
Terrified revellers fled the music venue or hid as the shooter opened fire
at around 4:30 a.m.
The 34-year-old Iraqi gunman exchanged fire with police before he was shot
at the scene by armed officers.
A visitor, center, waits to be questioned by police near a discotheque in
Consta... 阅读全帖 |
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b*****d
发帖数: 61690 | 23 An ex-boyfriend turned up to question her narratives in a sworn affidavit
alleging that she was demonstrably neither aerophobic nor claustrophobic—
and perhaps far from being a novice in matters of taking lie-detector tests.
Instead, he suggested that she had used her psychotherapy skills to coach
her doppelganger friend how to massage such a test—a Zelig-like best friend
who unfortunately also turned up at the hearings, and may well have hosted
Ford before the Senate circus, and also allegedly ... 阅读全帖 |
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b********n
发帖数: 38600 | 24 【 以下文字转载自 Military 讨论区 】
发信人: beijingren (to thine own self be true), 信区: Military
标 题: 绝了，美国人用孙子兵法一步一步解释中美贸易战
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Thu Nov 22 13:50:25 2018, 美东)
What you are seeing is rerun of the Apprenticeship President attempting to
bully china once again before the "Big Meeting" at the G-20. Why would Trump
and his band of midget liberal trade poodles be taking turns at the media
with their hard line poodle yapping at China? Somebody is trying convince
you of something. What could that be? Don'... 阅读全帖 |
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w**********2
发帖数: 764 | 25 Fort Calhoun Nuclear Plant: Flood Seeps Into Turbine Building At Nebraska
Nuke Station
OMAHA -- Missouri River floodwater seeped into the turbine building at a
nuclear power plant near Omaha on Monday, but plant officials said the
seepage was expected and posed no safety risk because the building contains
no nuclear material.
An 8-foot-tall, water-filled temporary berm protecting the plant collapsed
early Sunday. Vendor workers were at the plant Monday to determine whether
the 2,000 foot berm ca... 阅读全帖 |
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j****0
发帖数: 1074 | 26
如果整个车结实到收到冲击完全不发生任何形变，那撞电线杆子时候人的速度就是在0.
0001秒之内从n miles per hour,一下到0.这跟把你从楼上直接扔下来区别不大。
就是因为车除了保护成员的frame是刚性的，其余的部分都是用来collapse的。
collapse让减速的时间变长然后大幅减小作用在人身上的冲击力。
只要初中毕业这几个公式都很容易理解把
f = m * a
a = (Delta V)/(Delta T)
m 不变， delta V不变，你告诉我如何降低冲击力。使用全刚性的车身能做到吗？ |
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t******s
发帖数: 159 | 27 google一下，得到下面，大NB们的论点还是arguable的:
chrisser
10-15-2008, 05:11 PM
Does anybody know of any objective tests or documentation as to whether a
vehicle with separate frame and body is safer than a vehicle with unit body
construction?
Crash
Vehicle design is a series of compromises.
Unitized bodies lend themselves well to mass production, compact drivetrains
(especially transverse front wheel drive), utilitarian suspensions (
Macpherson struts), and passenger vehicles.
Body-on-frame vehicles lend thems... 阅读全帖 |
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W***n
发帖数: 11530 | 28 Full Expert Review: 2017 Chrysler Pacifica
What's New for 2017
The 2017 Chrysler Pacifica is an all-new minivan. In effect, though, it's
the replacement for the previous Town & Country minivan, which Chrysler has
discontinued.
Introduction
If you've either been a passenger in or owned a steady flow of Honda
Odysseys and Toyota Siennas throughout your life, you are forgiven for
thinking that Chrysler minivans have largely existed in a state of perpetual
rental fleet mediocrity. While Chrysler was... 阅读全帖 |
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l***i
发帖数: 373 | 29 想卖的物品:
Sennheiser PC 350 Collapsible Gaming Headset with Vol Control & Microphone
Mute
可接受价格(必须明码标价！):
$99.99
物品新旧要求:
like new (只打开外包装听了５分钟，包耳机的包装未拆开)
邮寄方式要求:
USPS
买卖双方谁承担邮寄损失(Required if not code only):
BEFORE ME, AFTER U
付款方式说明:
BOA or Cash
广告的有效期:
Till gone.
这个耳机原价179.95，amazon上卖148，本来买来想奢侈一把的，无奈听了一下就觉得
自己太奢侈了，这个价钱对自己来说也太贵了，不舍得听，放了一阵子觉得不如卖了吧
。现在算上折旧（其实基本是新的）卖99.99，包邮，不退
amazon link:
http://www.amazon.com/Sennheiser-PC-350-Collapsible-Microphone/ |
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g********x
发帖数: 4671 | 30 正确的回复是：
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Mr. Spammer, you swine. You vulgar little maggot. You worthless bag of
filth. As they say in Texas. I'll bet you couldn't pour piss out of a boot
with instructions on the heel. You are ... 阅读全帖 |
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g********x
发帖数: 4671 | 31 来来来，把这个贴回去即可。
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to you and your Nigerian son.
Mr. Spammer, you swine. You vulgar little maggot. You worthless bag of
filth. As they say in Texas. I'll bet you couldn't pour piss out of a boot
wit... 阅读全帖 |
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g********x
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to you and your Nigerian son.
Mr. Spammer, you swine. You vulgar little maggot. You worthless bag of
filth. As they say in Texas. I'll bet you couldn't pour piss out of a boot
with instructions... 阅读全帖 |
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r****e
发帖数: 3109 | 33 hey, keep daydreaming, if that makes you feel good.
how many companies collapse each year? how many banks collapse each year?
big deal. |
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发帖数: 33185 | 34 Reform the PhD system or close it down
There are too many doctoral programmes, producing too many PhDs for the job
market. Shut some and change the rest, says Mark C. Taylor.
Mark Taylor
The system of PhD education in the United States and many other countries is
broken and unsustainable, and needs to be reconceived. In many fields, it
creates only a cruel fantasy of future employment that promotes the self-
interest of faculty members at the expense of students. The reality is that
there are ve... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1 | 35 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/global-opinions/wp/2018/03/08/americas-
new-and-senseless-red-scare/?utm_term=.021b4b748a9b
In early 1951, federal authorities removed 11 Chinese students in handcuffs
from the campus of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and locked
them in a Chicago jail. As I wrote in my book, ultimately, they (along with
five other students) were deported because they belonged to a Chinese
Christian group that authorities believed had been infiltrated by the
Chi... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1 | 36 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/global-opinions/wp/2018/03/08/americas-
new-and-senseless-red-scare/?utm_term=.021b4b748a9b
In early 1951, federal authorities removed 11 Chinese students in handcuffs
from the campus of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and locked
them in a Chicago jail. As I wrote in my book, ultimately, they (along with
five other students) were deported because they belonged to a Chinese
Christian group that authorities believed had been infiltrated by the
Chi... 阅读全帖 |
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w**********2
发帖数: 764 | 37 Fort Calhoun Nuclear Plant: Flood Seeps Into Turbine Building At Nebraska
Nuke Station
OMAHA -- Missouri River floodwater seeped into the turbine building at a
nuclear power plant near Omaha on Monday, but plant officials said the
seepage was expected and posed no safety risk because the building contains
no nuclear material.
An 8-foot-tall, water-filled temporary berm protecting the plant collapsed
early Sunday. Vendor workers were at the plant Monday to determine whether
the 2,000 foot berm ca... 阅读全帖 |
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b*********k
发帖数: 335 | 38 【 以下文字转载自 Military 讨论区 】
发信人: bluedropddk (bluedropddk), 信区: Military
标 题: 常春藤名校录取有多腐败The Myth of American Meritocracy
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Mon Feb 23 20:35:25 2015, 美东)
常春藤名校录取有多腐败？ 此博文包含图片 (2015-02-23 10:01:24)转载▼
标签： 杂谈 歧视 亚裔 分类： 美国见闻
读罗恩·昂茨（Ron Unz）的长文《美国任人唯贤的神话》
昂茨是一个犹太裔的商人，哈佛本科，斯坦福理论物理硕士。他试图获得共和党1994年
加州州长竞选的党内提名但没有成功，但当时他获得了34.3%的选票，被人笑称为“物
理学书呆子的竞选”。他写于2012年的这篇38页长文《美国任人唯贤的神话》（The
Myth of American Meritocracy）在美国教育界如同重磅炸弹，其翔实的资料（有120
处引文）和严密的逻辑使得他的论点极难被反驳。他甚至在论述中逐一讨论了反方论点
和论据，让人更难以挑战他... 阅读全帖 |
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l***i
发帖数: 373 | 39 想卖的物品:
Sennheiser PC 350 Collapsible Gaming Headset with Vol Control & Microphone
Mute
可接受价格(必须明码标价！):
$99.99
物品新旧要求:
like new (只打开外包装听了５分钟，包耳机的包装未拆开)
邮寄方式要求:
USPS
买卖双方谁承担邮寄损失(Required if not code only):
BEFORE ME, AFTER U
付款方式说明:
BOA or Cash
广告的有效期:
Till gone.
这个耳机原价179.95，amazon上卖148，本来买来想奢侈一把的，无奈听了一下就觉得
自己太奢侈了，这个价钱对自己来说也太贵了，不舍得听，放了一阵子觉得不如卖了吧
。现在算上折旧（其实基本是新的）卖99.99，包邮，不退
amazon link:
http://www.amazon.com/Sennheiser-PC-350-Collapsible-Microphone/ |
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l***i
发帖数: 373 | 40 不知道这里能不能卖耳机，如果有不合适的地方，大家手下留情
【 以下文字转载自 FleaMarket 讨论区 】
发信人: lufei (lufei), 信区: FleaMarket
标 题: [出售] Sennheiser PC 350，$99.99 + free shipping
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Thu Mar 8 19:06:52 2012, 美东)
想卖的物品:
Sennheiser PC 350 Collapsible Gaming Headset with Vol Control & Microphone
Mute
可接受价格(必须明码标价！):
$99.99
物品新旧要求:
like new (只打开外包装听了５分钟，包耳机的包装未拆开)
邮寄方式要求:
USPS
买卖双方谁承担邮寄损失(Required if not code only):
BEFORE ME, AFTER U
付款方式说明:
BOA or Cash
广告的有效期:
Till gone.
这个耳机原价179.95，amazon上卖148，本来买来想奢侈一把的，无奈听了一下就觉得
自己太... 阅读全帖 |
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N********n
发帖数: 8363 | 41
Redemption = dumping bonds. Too much dumping, and it's certainly too much
in this April in the size of 640B, signals low confidence in TBond and a
run on Treasury department. If it continues like this, Fed will be buyer
of the last resort, and bond market will collapse, Dollar will collapse. |
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N********n
发帖数: 8363 | 43 From Jim Rickards during his latest King World News interview
I think the paper dollar is on its way to collapse but that doesn't mean the
end of the United States or the United States power. What's really, really
interesting to me is that the United States is an awesome gold power. You
know we never talk about it because nobody ever wants to talk about gold, I
mean no one in an official capacity.
But if you think of the world in terms of oil reserves, and people have done
that a lot over the la... 阅读全帖 |
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h*******y
发帖数: 864 | 44 Most people suppose that China's economic success depends on exporting cheap
goods to the rich world. If so, when US consumer weakened since 2009, China
's growth would already have been seriously dented by a stuttering American
economy.
The fact is: if exports are measured correctly, however, they account for a
surprisingly modest share of China's economic growth.
The headline ratio of exports to GDP is very misleading. It compares apples
and oranges: exports are measured as gross revenue while... 阅读全帖 |
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p********a
发帖数: 6437 | 45 you and i may both have faith in China in the long term.
but can you explain why you have faith in RMB in long term?
how long? 10 yrs? or 2~3 yrs?
or care to argue against that " anywhere in this world, 6.5 rmb or 1 usd,
which can buy more
stuff? "
i didn't expect USD to go bullish for long-term.
but for the coming 2~3 yrs, I feel it is USD time. the reason is simple,
currency
fundamentally reflects the economy, U.S. economy is and going to be
healthier.
the difference between you and me is that... 阅读全帖 |
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m*******o
发帖数: 264 | 46 Interesting post, I have been buying silver mine since March 2009, at that
time the silver price was around 15/oz, but the mine stocks don't perform
well recently due to the operating risk around the world, for example, the
mining nationalization in Bolivia, right now, I change part my position to
physical silver like SLV and some Ultra Silver AGQ. I felt this gold/silver
bubble would be the best investment opportunity since 2008 to 2012. Some
tips to those who own gold/silver, it didn't matter ... 阅读全帖 |
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p********a
发帖数: 6437 | 47 i don't 100% believe what i posted, that's for sure.
however, the world evolves with something determined by the nature, and the
others determined by the people.
US's recession is a natural thing, cannot avoid. No country can avoid, like
China in current housing bubble.
but at current stage, it is very easy to "manipulate" these things. sorry,
cannot use chinese, but the situation is ready! US only needs a little push
to turn the situation to its favor.
what "situation" then?
the situation is... 阅读全帖 |
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p********a
发帖数: 6437 | 48 holding on your 十几万美元 is already a good investment for 2011.
if USD continue dropping, the world will collapse.
will the world collapse? (in fact, will the world become so terrible that US
people cannot stand with it?)
Mostly, NO.
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发帖数: 3158 | 49 USD continue dropping --> the world will collapse
how did you get that? and what do you mean specifically "world collapse"?
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发帖数: 1962 | 50 Gold to $1700 and oil to $120 or $140 will happen sooner or
later, and I just don't see it has anything to do with world
collapsing. Especially I don't see a reason that China will
collapse on that. Well, China has its own problem and some
kind of crisis will hit at some point, but it has nothing to
with the downtrend of USD.
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