f**********4
发帖数: 2617 | 1 To answer your last two questions.
3）要是你的领主叫你去打仗，你拒绝会有什么后果？
Of course your relations with your lord will deteriorate. And if he is
really mad at you, he could ask to confiscate your title and land. Then if
you resist this request (of course you will), he has a claim on your title
and is then legitimate to declare war at you.
But normally, you are not very close to this situation. And considering the
huge cost when you have your army mobilized, it is worth the risk unless
your game goal is to be ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 236 | 2 that is a tough issue.
let us image a situation, if, by some magic, 蒋经国 was given that kind of
power in mainland as he did in Taiwan, can he accomplish what he did in
Taiwan?
I am not optimistic about that. there are many ways to approach this issue.
my take is to understand the real difference between Taiwan and mainland.
to start, let me emphasis that Taiwan do not have as strong a historical
baggage as mainland has. to most mainlander, Taiwan is nothing but the
defeated GMT. this understandin... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 236 | 3 that is a tough issue.
let us image a situation, if, by some magic, 蒋经国 was given that kind of
power in mainland as he did in Taiwan, can he accomplish what he did in
Taiwan?
I am not optimistic about that. there are many ways to approach this issue.
my take is to understand the real difference between Taiwan and mainland.
to start, let me emphasis that Taiwan do not have as strong a historical
baggage as mainland has. to most mainlander, Taiwan is nothing but the
defeated GMT. this understandin... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 18403 | 4 【 以下文字转载自 CivilSociety 讨论区 】
发信人: onetiemyshoe (onetiemyshoe), 信区: CivilSociety
标 题: Anti-China rhetoric in Headline 2: 亲者痛仇者快
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Mon Nov 25 15:39:11 2013, 美东)
Headline 2: "China riles Japan, U.S. with air defense zone"
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/11/24/china-japan
Again, the Big-Bad-China-As-Aggressor claim is heavily concentrated in the
headline, and not substantiated in the article itself. Most Americans only
read headlines, they are brainwashed and inured to ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1184 | 5 评价的不错
http://www.exurbe.com/?p=2176
“The Borgias” vs. “Borgia: Faith and Fear” (accuracy in historical
fiction)
Posted by exurbe on July 26, 2013 Fandom
BorgiaFrenchTVPoster
A French “Spot the Saint” themed poster for “Borgia: Faith and Fear”
assigning Cesare the attributes: archbishop’s robes, scythe, dagger, bloody
hands, blood. The French caption reads “Don’t have faith in them.” I
can’t argue.
There was a Borgia boom in 2011 when, aiming to capitalize on the commercial
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发帖数: 22064 | 6 http://www.peruviantimes.com/06/beyond-machu-picchu-choquequira
Beyond Machu Picchu -- Choquequirao, Lost City in the Clouds
By Gary Ziegler --
The first rays of morning sunlight illuminate the great stone altar,
streaming through a square opening over my head. “Inti camac sumac,”
chants the priest. Soaked in sweat, I fight the bindings holding me to the
stone as the grinning, looming, scarlet-cloaked figure slowly brings down a
gleaming, bloodstained bronze knife toward my heaving chest.
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发帖数: 2152 | 7 http://www.ggdc.net/MADDISON/China_book/Chapter_1.pdf
Official Encouragement of New Crops, Multicropping, Higher Yields and
Diffusion of Best Practice Technology
Another feature of Chinese agriculture was its centrality in economic policy
. Like the eighteenthcentury French Physiocrats, the Emperor and the
bureaucracy thought of agriculture as the keyeconomic sector. They helped
develop and diffuse new seeds and crops by technical advice. They
commissioned and distributed agricultural handbooks,... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1 | 8 １９６５年一月二日，哈瓦那举行了数十万人的集会和阅兵，展示了从苏联得
到的坦克和飞机，然后卡斯特罗发表了讲话。他说古巴今天除了面对美帝和形形色色的
敌人之外，又有了一个新的威胁：大米供应的减少。这是因为中国撕毁了贸易合同。接
下来古巴党报连续发表文章，说中国加入了美国对古巴的封锁。二月六日卡斯特罗签署
了古巴政府的声明，说中国正用所有自阶级社会产生以来由奴隶主、封建主、资产阶级
和帝国主义所采用的最恶劣的海盗和土匪行径压迫古巴这个小国。中国使馆在古巴大量
邮寄宣传品更是任何有主权的国家都不能允许的。
二月二十一日，中国政府发表声明，说卡斯特罗现在终于加入了帝修反的反华大合唱。
这场相互乱骂的闹剧在三月十三日到了高潮。那天卡斯特罗来到哈瓦那大学发表演说，
他说中国人是最危险的修正主义者，大米没有什么了不起的，应该习惯吃小麦，那样对
健康更好。然后他说中国领袖已经患了老年痴呆症，赌咒发誓说今后古巴领导人的年龄
决不超过６０岁。对当时中国盛行的把毛泽东比作红太阳的个人崇拜，卡斯特罗大声嘲
笑道：“那个人应该去读读恩格斯的《反杜林论》，太阳时间长了也会熄灭的！”
当卡斯特罗帮苏联... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1 | 9 Apr 25 1644
End of Ming Dynasty
The collapse of the Ming Dynasty was a protracted affair, its roots
beginning as early as 1600 with the emergence of the Manchu under Nurhaci.
Originally a vassal of the Ming emperors, Nurhaci in 1582 embarked on an
inter-tribal feud that escalated into a campaign to unify the Jianzhou
Jurchen tribes. Later Nurhaci announced Seven Grievances and openly
renounced the sovereignty of Ming overlordship in order to complete the
unification of those Jurchen tribes still... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 48 | 10 Agree! We talked about whether RMB should appreciate, the conclusion is
clear. But the reality is 胳膊拧不过大腿, I think that TG will let RMB
appreciate a little bit shortly (e.g. 2% in 3-6 months) but in order to
reduce the expectation, it will change back to the basket tracking then
slowly appreciate another 5-10% in next one or two years. This will be a
courtesy for OM. After all, not only you do want to help your customers
recover a little before it gets another injection but also a political
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发帖数: 26222 | 11 I like your theory, for example, Mao Yushi must be a stupid spy and i don't
bother to kill him. I will just let him die and decay slowly and naturally.
Research
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a******g
发帖数: 13519 | 12 I am a girl in her 20's
I am American from Washington DC
I am brown skin.
Will a Chinese man ever want me? I always considered myself pretty. Many
Chinese men and Women tell me in passing I'mbeautiful in passing. Chinese
men want to speak to me because I know English (I'm a teacher) BuT No one
has attempted to talk to me on a personal level.
I'm slowly loosing my self esteeme here in Guangzhou. I feel ugly and
unwanted. And it dosent help that I'm 5'8", 155 lbs and a big behind. I have
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l****o
发帖数: 2909 | 13 Dayar Mongol threatened to shave the heads of women who sleep with Chinese
men. Three years ago, the leader of Blue Mongol was convicted of murdering
his daughter's boyfriend, reportedly because the young man had studied in
China.
"If we start mixing with Chinese, they will slowly swallow us up. Mongolian
society is not very rich. Foreigners come with a lot of money and might
start taking our women." |
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d*****l
发帖数: 8441 | 14 Agree.
TG is boiling the water gradually and slowly and steadily. |
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l*s
发帖数: 6372 | 15 Russia says genetically modified foods are harmful
Russia has started the annual Days of Defence against Environmental Hazards
from the 15th of April to the 5th of June with the announcement of
sensational results of an independent work of research. Scientists have
proved that Genetically Modified Organisms are harmful for mammals. The
researchers discovered that animals that eat GM foodstuffs lose their
ability to reproduce. Campbell hamsters that have a fast reproduction rate
were fed for two ... 阅读全帖 |
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L***n
发帖数: 6727 | 16 对不了解此人的兄弟,一点背景介绍,此人任Financial Times 的
associate editor and chief economics commentator,
自吹"widely considered to be one of the world's most
influential writers on economics"(见wiki), 典型的犹太人,
骨子里极端反华, 表面上道貌岸然, 纵观其对中国评论的历史记录, 即使
是貌似公正的为中国经济发展进言, 其隐藏的立场也无不是损害中国的利益
以维护西方白人的利益. 现在连这层遮羞布也不要了, 赤裸裸的宣传美国用
印纸钞票的办法来迫使人民币升职. 此文发表于 FT 网站, 显示其道德水准
之底下, 以基本接近海平面的海拔高度. 一言以蔽之, 其中心思想即是, 我
就是要发烂渣, 就是要耍赖来搞你. 现在QE已经成为美国迫使人民币升值之
基本武器, 未来中国压力会很大.
Why America is going to win the global currency battle
By Martin Wolf
Publ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 8042 | 17 http://finance.yahoo.com/banking-budgeting/article/111068/what-china-rate-hike-means
China's Surprise Rate Hike: What It Means
On Tuesday global stock markets got up on the wrong side of the bed thanks
to news from an unexpected source: the People's Bank of China. The nation's
central bank, analogous to the Federal Reserve in the U.S., announced it
would raise rates on one-year loans and deposits by .25 percent, or 25 basis
points.
Why is the People's Bank of China raising interest rates?
Centra... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 14642 | 18 http://www.michaeltotten.com/archives/2009/07/a-conversation.php
....................
MJT: What’s China’s ultimate objective?
Kaplan: They’re putting a lot of money into their navy, more than their
army. Their ultimate objective is to project sea power, and not just in the
western Pacific which makes them a great regional power, but also in the
Indian Ocean which makes them a great power in total.
MJT: Do you get the sense that China is becoming more ambitious as it gets
more powerful?
Kaplan: I... 阅读全帖 |
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t*****k
发帖数: 2547 | 19 Real Estate price may not be going down. But it will more up slowly. |
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发帖数: 590 | 20 中国人民表示压力不大，情绪稳定
http://money.cnn.com/2010/11/17/news/economy/cpi_inflation/index.htm
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Consumer prices for everything other than food
and energy are rising, but at a rate so sluggish, it's the smallest price
increase on record, the government said Wednesday.
The Consumer Price Index, a key measure of inflation, increased 1.2% over
the past 12 months ending in October, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said.
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发帖数: 6858 | 21 帝国的陨落
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The Decline and Fall of the American Empire
By Alfred W. McCoy
December 11, 2010 "The Nation" - - A soft landing for America 40 years from
now? Don’t bet on it. The demise of the United States as the global
superpower could come far more quickly than anyone imagines. If Washington
is dreaming of 2040 or 2050 as the end of the American Century, a more
realistic asses... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 5601 | 22 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-11417677
The fight against clothes line bans
By Tom Geoghegan, 7 October 2010, BBC News Magazine
For decades, the clothes line has had an image problem in the US but, ahead
of a rally to highlight the benefits of natural drying, is it about to be
reclaimed?
There is a new protest movement sweeping the US and at its heart are two
sticks and a piece of string.
Upon the humble clothes line, a battle line has been drawn that embodies a
uniquely American clash of id... 阅读全帖 |
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M**d
发帖数: 4418 | 23 刘的被捕是合法的。刘是被关在先，得奖在后，西媒在试图颠倒这个顺序。我也有点不
知不觉被洗脑的感觉。
你要challenge这个事情，只能challenge中国关于中共不容颠覆的宪法。而中国的中共
一党专政纳入宪法，在当时绝对是给予人数民主的结果。至于现在是否还能反映大多数
的民意，值得讨论。但宪法的改变，不是那么容易的事情。要慢慢来。
"... imprisoned a Nobel laureate" -- Awarding the Nobel to Liu was really in
reaction to his harsh prison sentence, which took place before the award.
So the language here is misleading at best.
The gravest human rights violations in China is really not about the
imprisonment of this activists who open calls for an end to one-par... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 7037 | 24 英文五毛在NYT网站上发的评论，不是NYT的评论。
发贴不要misleading.Tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.
Z Zhou
Houston
January 20th, 201112:29 am
"... imprisoned a Nobel laureate" -- Awarding the Nobel to Liu was really in
reaction to his harsh prison sentence, which took place before the award.
So the language here is misleading at best.
The gravest human rights violations in China is really not about the
imprisonment of this activists who open calls for an end to one-party rule
by the CCP. The Chi... 阅读全帖 |
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p******u
发帖数: 14642 | 25 http://www.dailypioneer.com/312884/Gadkari%E2%80%99s-Orient-Exp
Gadkari’s Orient Expedition helps bridge trust deficit
January 24, 2011 6:54:41 AM
Ashok Tandon | Beijing
The Chinese envy five things in India — fluency in the English language,
Information Technology (IT), free media, religiosity and Bollywood films.
What they dislike is India trying to catch up with them in the race to
become world’s economic superpower. The two neighbours have certain things
in common too — corruption, inflati... 阅读全帖 |
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p*****o
发帖数: 82 | 26 北非革命浪潮到底会波及多大，多远，目前还只是一个未知数.不过伊斯兰世界的蠢蠢
欲动是何其明显，突尼斯已经基本成功，老大哥埃及也顶不住了，在中东的沙特好像也
有异动的报道。
突尼斯，埃及，沙特这些国家有一个共同点就是经济相对稳定，发展势头也不错，民众
相对富裕，整个社会已经稳定发展了几十年了，但是政治就比较保守，最明显的就是国
家元首基本可以连续执政二十年以上。不过街头革命的意义有多大，成功率如何，对国
家政治进程的帮助有多大，还值得期待。这一波浪潮是否能够轻易化解，穆巴拉克，阿
普杜拉等等估计得废一番心思了。
二十一世纪的第二个十年有多少期待？
懒得翻译！
Cairo, Egypt (CNN) -- Thousands of protesters spilled into the streets of
Egypt on Tuesday, an unprecedented display of anti-government rage inspired
in part by the tumult in the nearby North African nation of Tunisia.... 阅读全帖 |
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L******f
发帖数: 5368 | 27 我给你科普一下吧。自己读吧。
翻译我就没耐心了。
Characteristics of Fannie Mae Debt Securities
Fannie Mae issues a variety of debt securities with maturities across the
yield curve to fulfill its ongoing funding and rebalancing needs for the
mortgage portfolio. Fannie Mae issues both short-term debt with maturities
of a year or less and long-term debt with maturities of over a year.
Typically, Fannie Mae debt can either be callable or noncallable. In recent
years, additional structures and features have been added in r... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 5368 | 28 WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration laid out three broad options
Friday for reducing the government's role in the mortgage market. All three
would almost certainly lead to higher interest rates and costs for borrowers.
The administration said in a report that the government should withdraw its
support for the mortgage market slowly, over five years or more. The report
describes a path for winding down the troubled mortgage giants Fannie Mae
and Freddie Mac.
But rather than making a singl... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2507 | 29 满嘴跑火车,那里来的自信啊.
Famous uses as a poison[edit] In real lifeBecause of its use for murder,
thallium has gained the nicknames "The Poisoner's Poison" and "Inheritance
Powder" (alongside arsenic).
In 1953, Australian Caroline Grills was sentenced to life in prison after
three family members and a close family friend died. Authorities found
thallium in tea that she had given to two additional family members.[9]
In 1957, Nikolai Khokhlov, a former KGB assassin, was poisoned with thallium
.[10] Khokhlov... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 30882 | 30 经济战西方赢不了中国 美国只有选择战争！2010年03月31日 星期三 下午 05:46
美国面对双赤字的无能为力
author: YST
甲. 长期放任「双赤字」必定导致国家财政的崩溃
在第二节我们叙述了美国的负债问题非常严重，而且解决问题的时间非常急迫。
你不需要有经济博士学位，只要有小学程度的算术也知道，没有限度的借贷必定
会到达一个地步，那就是被利息压垮。
美国的债务就像氾滥上涨的河水已经淹到胸口，而且大雨（大量的借贷）还在加
速地降下（进行），如果不立即疏导积水一定会导致没顶。
乙. 开源节流是正道
美国的财政要能持续经营必须立刻开源节流，绝不能迟疑。欧巴马如果不做，下
任总统才做恐怕就来不及了。
如何开源？说白了，就是加税。美国人答应吗？
如何节流？说白了，就是过苦日子，少享乐，多工作。美国人答应吗？
上面两个问题美国人的答桉一定是：不。
丙. 加税在美国是政治自杀
想想美国的历史，当年美国人为什麽要打独立战争？
原因就是英国人抽税太厉害，人民不答... 阅读全帖 |
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m*****u
发帖数: 19562 | 31 It will go up slowly this time. so buy some GLD or SLV if you have extra
cash.
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发帖数: 11508 | 32 http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Japan-quaketsunami-death-toll-apf
Japan quake-tsunami death toll likely over 10,000
Death toll in Japan quake-tsunami likely to top 10,000; millions without
water, power
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Minamisanriku town is submerged after Friday's strong earthquake-triggered
tsunami in Miyagi prefecture, northern Japan, Saturday, March 12, 2011. (AP
Photo/Kyodo News) MANDATORY CREDIT, NO LICENSING ALLOWED IN CHINA, HONG KONG
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发帖数: 6791 | 33 http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/15/us-japan-quake-idUSTR
By Taiga Uranaka and Ki Joon Kwon
FUKUSHIMA, Japan | Tue Mar 15, 2011 4:01am EDT
(Reuters) - Japan faced potential catastrophe on Tuesday after a quake-
crippled nuclear power plant exploded and sent low levels of radiation
floating toward Tokyo, prompting some people to flee the capital and others
to stock up on essential supplies.
Prime Minister Naoto Kan urged people within 30 km (18 miles) of the
facility north of Tokyo to remai... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 7918 | 34 March 17, 2011
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/18/world/africa/18nations.html?_
U.N. Approves Airstrikes to Halt Attacks by Qaddafi Forces
By DAN BILEFSKY and KAREEM FAHIM
UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations Security Council approved a measure on
Thursday authorizing “all necessary measures” to protect Libyan civilians
from harm at the hands of forces loyal to Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi.
The measure allows not only a no-fly zone but effectively any measures short
of a ground invasion to halt attacks... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2812 | 35 With Quest to Cool Fuel Rods Stumbling, U.S. Sees ‘Weeks’ of Struggle
By NORIMITSU ONISHI, DAVID E. SANGER and MATTHEW L. WALD
TOKYO — Amid widening alarm in the United States and elsewhere about Japan
’s nuclear crisis, military fire trucks began spraying cooling water on
spent fuel rods at the country’s stricken nuclear power station late
Thursday after earlier efforts to cool the rods failed, Japanese officials
said.
The United States’ top nuclear official followed up his bleak appraisal of
t... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 14763 | 36 Hehe, the data do reflect the desirability. But it's not just desirability,
especially in case of 黑女.
During slavery time, any white can fuck a 黑女 for free, which caused a lot
of effects on social behavior. One funny thing is that a black mother could
start cursing and beating a child totally out of blue, and the nearby white
"gentlemen" had to try their best to keep an innocent look, which is
equivalent to a silent statement "I ain't fuck her!" At that time, this
scene indicates the child is, m... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6973 | 37 (1) A few major news papers today published in print (online yesterdat) news
stories about
Joseph W Prueher, David L Cunningham, Michael Ducker, Charles Freeman III,
Timothy J Keating, David Michael Lampton, James Shinn, Taylor Reveley and
Heather Mullins Crislip, A Way Ahead with China: Steering the Right Course
with the Middle Kingdom; Recommendations from the Miller Center of Public
Affairs Roundtable. Miller Center of Public Affairs, Univ of Virinia,
undated.
http://web1.millercenter.org/con... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 30882 | 38 美国面对双赤字的无能为力
甲. 长期放任「双赤字」必定导致国家财政的崩溃
在第二节我们叙述了美国的负债问题非常严重，而且解决问题的时间非常急迫。
你不需要有经济博士学位，只要有小学程度的算术也知道，没有限度的借贷必定会
到达一个地步，那就是被利息压垮。
美国的债务就像泛滥上涨的河水已经淹到胸口，而且大雨（大量的借贷）还在加速
地降下（进行），如果不立即疏导积水一定会导致没顶。
乙. 开源节流是正道
美国的财政要能持续经营必须立刻开源节流，绝不能迟疑。欧巴马如果不做，下任
总统才做恐怕就来不及了。
如何开源？说白了，就是加税。美国人答应吗？
如何节流？说白了，就是过苦日子，少享乐，多工作。美国人答应吗？
上面两个问题美国人的答桉一定是：不。
丙. 加税在美国是政治自杀
想想美国的历史，当年美国人为什麽要打独立战争？
原因就是英国人抽税太厉害，人民不答应。不愿被加税是美国人的传统与立国精神。
再想想，老布希总统为什麽竞选连任失败？原因就是老布希在电视上公开说了绝不
加税，而且还留下了一句令人难忘的竞选名言：
“读--我--的--唇：绝--无--新--税--！”
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发帖数: 30882 | 39 自己不愿意下苦功干活，穷奢极侈的日子又不过不下去了，就只好跑出来抢，只不过，
美国人不知道最重要的一点，历史告诉我们：天下战国五胜者祸，四胜者弊，三胜者霸
，二胜者王，一胜者帝。仗打得太多，用兵太过频繁，国库太过空虚，税收的过重，人
民是要起来造反的，国家是要消亡的。
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美国面对双赤字的无能为力
甲. 长期放任「双赤字」必定导致国家财政的崩溃，在第二节我们叙述了美国的负债问
题非常严重，而且解决问题的时间非常急迫。
你不需要有经济博士学位，只要有小学程度的算术也知道，没有限度的借贷必定会到达
一个地步，那就是被利息压垮。
美国的债务就像泛滥上涨的河水已经淹到胸口，而且大雨（大量的借贷）还在加速地降
下（进行），如果不立即疏导积水一定会导致没顶。
乙. 开源节流是正道
美国的财政要能持续经营必须立刻开源节流，绝不能迟疑。欧巴马如果不做，下任总统
才做恐怕就来不及了。
如何开源？说白了，就是加税。美国人答应吗？
如何节流？说白了，就是过苦日子，少享乐，多工作。美国人答应... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 11530 | 40 Time to Think Hydropower
The nation's waterways could provide much more clean energy
By Linda Church Ciocci | April 9, 2009 | 30
hoover dam Hoover Dam, also sometimes known as Boulder Dam, is a concrete
arch-gravity dam in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River, on the border
between the U.S. states of Arizona and Nevada. Image: Tobi 87
Imagine what our economy would be like if almost half of our electricity
came from renewable energy resources. No fuel price shocks, no foreign
control, no worr... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 901 | 41 GRAND COULEE DAM, Wash. – The giant concrete dams of the Pacific Northwest
are overflowing with water. Wyoming has deployed National Guard troops to
pile up sandbags. A federal official compares the impending situation to a
bucking bull ready to storm out of his chute.
States across the West are bracing for major flooding in the coming weeks
once a record mountain snowpack starts melting and sending water gushing
into rivers, streams and low-lying communities. The catalyst will be warmer
tempera... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4825 | 42 http://straightsets.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/06/04/live-soon-wome
Li Na, a 29-year-old from Wuhan, China, became the first man or woman from
Asia to win a Grand Slam singles title on Saturday, beating defending
champion Francesca Schiavone from Italy, 6-4, 7-6(0). Li, cool and calm as
she won point after point in the second-set tiebreaker, fell onto her back
when Schiavone’s last shot landed long.
The crowd at Court Philippe Chatrier began the day decidedly rooting for
Schiavone but slowly turned ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 17544 | 43 On his bench in Madison Square Soapy moved uneasily. When wild geese honk
high of nights, and when women without sealskin coats grow kind to their
husbands, and when Soapy moves uneasily on his bench in the park, you may
know that winter is near at hand.
A dead leaf fell in Soapy's lap. That was Jack Frost's card. Jack is kind to
the regular denizens of Madison Square, and gives fair warning of his
annual call. At the corners of four streets he hands his pasteboard to the
North Wind, footman of ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2887 | 44 http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/02/world/asia/02china.html
To Celebrate Communism in China, a Party as Disciplined as the Party
At a nightclub in Changsha, near Mao’s hometown, deejays stopped the dance
music at midnight on Friday as emcees announced it was time to fête the par
ty and celebrate 90 years of prosperity. The entire room began singing and s
waying to “Love My China,” a red classic. Then a half-dozen young women, a
ll dressed in tight red skirts and white blouses adorned with red ribb... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 5637 | 45 Internet postings have many light moments. However, on such a matter of community concern, please engage in a serious and substantive discourse when one does not agree with each other. I thank you in advance for that.
Please define any statement precisely. What kind of politician am I supposed to be to participate in such a matter of public concern, and what evidence supports your statement? Just like in the Kubiak case, you will have to base your conclusions on hard evidence to convict someo... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6973 | 46 Christopher Drew, Revamped Humvee Draws Military’s Eye; A design for
cheaper, and more nimble, mine-resistant vehicles. New York Times, July 23,
2011.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/23/business
/humvee-with-chimney-for-safety-draws-militarys-interest.html?scp=1&sq=
humvee&st=cse
(George Tunis, Hardwire's CEO, "said the chimney, which is hidden next to a
gunner’s turret atop the Humvee, is the biggest change. But like the mine-
resistant vehicles, the Humvee prototypes have V-shaped steel bottoms... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 17722 | 47 我比较欣赏米国普通人相对中国精蝇的地方，
就是他们对自己有自信，不盲目跟风赶时髦，
他们对权威学霸不盲目崇拜，对政府不信赖。
http://yhoo.it/nrAWRW
以下是一些米国读者对该篇新闻和伯南科的评论。
Jeffrey Rowan
Bernanke is the biggest thief on this planet. He is stealing from
the savers to reward the crooks.
Juan
Investigate the Fed, prosecute all crimes found, end the FED!!!
This week makes me not so disappointed I have all my money in my
savings account right now...
Anonymous
Let's close down the Fed and throw these idi... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1417 | 48 The Chinese government and its media outlets are using Standard & Poor's U.S
. credit downgrade to give Washington a tongue lashing for its "debt
addiction." And it's no surprise that Beijing would take the chance to score
points domestically and rebuke the know-it-alls at the U.S. Treasury,
having been on the receiving end of their hectoring for so long.
On the other hand, who are the Chinese kidding with their chest-pounding
economic nationalism? A People's Daily commentary yesterday threatene... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 17722 | 49 【 以下文字转载自 Stock 讨论区 】
发信人: MB80528 (肥猫(Contrarian)[食MM而肥]), 信区: Stock
标 题: Is It 1937 All Over Again?
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Tue Aug 16 03:34:03 2011, 美东)
Is It 1937 All Over Again?
Background:
Have global events begun to look and sound too familiar in 2011 to a
previous era in the 1930s? In 1937, economic conditions were surprisingly
similar to those at present. Commodity prices were rising, people worried
about inflation and deficits, and so they acted -- and paid the price. Many
who remember histor... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6973 | 50 (1) Robert D Kaplan, The South China Sea Is the Future of Conflict; The 21st
century's defining battleground is going to be on water. Foreighn Policy,
Sept/Oct 2011.
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/08/15
/the_south_china_sea_is_the_future_of_conflict
Quote:
"Europe is a landscape; East Asia a seascape. Therein lies a crucial
difference between the 20th and 21st centuries. The most contested areas of
the globe in the last century lay on dry land in Europe, particularly in the
flat expa... 阅读全帖 |
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