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- Fri Mar 19, 2010 8:36 am
- Forum: Weblog News Comments and Discussion
- Topic: 19-Mar-10 News - Greece delivers ultimatum to Europe
- Replies: 11
- Views: 10667
Re: 19-Mar-10 News - Greece delivers ultimatum to Europe
I scored 62 on the Millennial quiz...I scored closer to Millennials than Gen X'ers (I'm 37, so I was born right in the middle of Generation X).
- Thu Mar 11, 2010 10:54 am
- Forum: Finance and Investments
- Topic: Financial topics
- Replies: 29822
- Views: 15813083
Re: Financial topics
Check out this article from the L.A. Times. More derivatives, yay! http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-ct-movie-exchange11-2010mar11,0,4725618.story Full text below: Investors can soon make bets on movie box office Two new futures exchanges will let studios spread the financial risk of creating fi...
- Thu Feb 25, 2010 8:29 am
- Forum: Generations
- Topic: Tea Party--Boomers reliving the 60s?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 12526
Tea Party--Boomers reliving the 60s?
I saw an interesting op-ed piece in the L.A. Times and thought you all might find it interesting. http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-ellis25-2010feb25,0,3374643.story Most 'tea party' followers are baby boomers reliving the '60s A poll debunks assumptions about the movement, showin...
- Mon Feb 22, 2010 6:45 am
- Forum: Politics, Culture, Music and the Media
- Topic: "Generation Zero - The Inconceivable Truth" - the movie
- Replies: 28
- Views: 28224
Re: "Generation Zero - The Inconceivable Truth" - the movie
This is very exciting! I look forward to seeing this movie. If it's as well-crafted as An Inconvenient Truth was, I should like it a lot (even though I'm not fully on board with the whole anthropogenic global warming idea [I acknowledge climate change and the potential that human behavior has contri...
- Sun Nov 29, 2009 10:15 am
- Forum: International events
- Topic: Latvia
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5746
Re: Latvia
Any developments?
- Wed Nov 25, 2009 10:44 am
- Forum: International events
- Topic: Caucasus and Black Sea region
- Replies: 8
- Views: 11188
Re: Caucasus and Black Sea region
I wonder if America and Britain could someday be at war again, given some deep seated animosity between the average citizens of both nations toward each other. It baffles me to see the rhetoric and even attacks going on, primarily in Britain against Americans, as here in the States we tend to admire...
- Tue Nov 24, 2009 10:13 am
- Forum: International events
- Topic: Caucasus and Black Sea region
- Replies: 8
- Views: 11188
Re: Caucasus and Black Sea region
You think the original NATO membership will turn against each other? I find that one hard to believe, but I suppose anything is possible, especially during crisis eras.
- Tue Nov 24, 2009 4:19 am
- Forum: International events
- Topic: Caucasus and Black Sea region
- Replies: 8
- Views: 11188
Re: Caucasus and Black Sea region
You think NATO might not hold up when the big war comes around? What's the fault line? The new NATO bloc in Eastern Europe?John wrote:Also, we can't say "certainly" that Ukraine
will be on America's side, since NATO itself may be split.
- Mon Nov 23, 2009 10:37 am
- Forum: International events
- Topic: Caucasus and Black Sea region
- Replies: 8
- Views: 11188
Re: Caucasus and Black Sea region
Who will be fighting whom in the Caucasus and Black Sea region, though? Russia v. Ukraine? And if this is part of upcoming WWIII (your so-called clash of civilizations world war), how will that play out when Russia will supposedly be America's ally once again, when Ukraine will also certainly be on ...
- Mon May 25, 2009 7:29 am
- Forum: International events
- Topic: North Korea
- Replies: 35
- Views: 29828
Re: North Korea
Quaking so hard they mistook it for a second nuclear test...John wrote: Kim Jong-il must be quaking in his boots.
No, wait...North Korea really did detonate a second nuclear device.