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by Barion
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).
by Barion
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...
by Barion
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...
by Barion
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...
by Barion
Sun Nov 29, 2009 10:15 am
Forum: International events
Topic: Latvia
Replies: 2
Views: 5746

Re: Latvia

Any developments?
by Barion
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...
by Barion
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.
by Barion
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

John wrote:Also, we can't say "certainly" that Ukraine
will be on America's side, since NATO itself may be split.
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?
by Barion
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 ...
by Barion
Mon May 25, 2009 7:29 am
Forum: International events
Topic: North Korea
Replies: 35
Views: 29828

Re: North Korea

John wrote: Kim Jong-il must be quaking in his boots.
Quaking so hard they mistook it for a second nuclear test...

No, wait...North Korea really did detonate a second nuclear device.