I am tempted to create a separate blog to discuss the economics which is confronting the world today, but for now, I will look to use this entry to summarize my views. Since this is a slightly complicated topic to summarize, I will need to revisit this entry a few times before I am done. The media, … Continue reading “A side track — the Economics of Today”
United States of Europe
This past Sunday, September the 4th, the former Chancellor of Germany, Gerhard Schroder gave an interview with Der Spiegel, a German magazine. In discussions concerning the European debt problems, Schroder called for the individual governments within the EU to pass their fiscal sovereignty to the European Parliament and in effect, create a ‘United States of Europe’. … Continue reading “United States of Europe”
More on the light side — The Rapture and Aliens
In a previous blog, I speculated that when the Rapture occurs and the Believers are called up to God, the media will be filled with pundits blaming ‘alien abduction’ for their disappearance. The summer movie season had its fill of aliens-attacking-earth movies, and one (indirectly two) perhaps has supplied the motivation for the massive alien … Continue reading “More on the light side — The Rapture and Aliens”
First Post!
Today is the start of this website. I will look to post comments and observations on news and changes to our selective themes. On the financial front, the IMF has recently approved the second bailout of Greece and will distribute another tranche of money to that country. What is not clearly stated in the news … Continue reading “First Post!”