tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4284893230469697578.post7068290680455406659..comments2024-03-18T20:20:21.828+07:00Comments on <b>Postcards from the End of [the] America[n Empire]</b>: Our Refugee FutureLinh Dinhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00328959360983573810noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4284893230469697578.post-72598442610894787782015-09-17T18:00:04.140+07:002015-09-17T18:00:04.140+07:00P.S. Also, Zero Hedge is a great site for an under...P.S. Also, <a href="http://www.zerohedge.com/" rel="nofollow">Zero Hedge</a> is a great site for an understanding of financial market within the geopolical context. Linh Dinhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00328959360983573810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4284893230469697578.post-80169810018548341402015-09-17T17:44:48.471+07:002015-09-17T17:44:48.471+07:00Hi all,
Do check out Adrian Kuzminski's "...Hi all,<br /><br />Do check out Adrian Kuzminski's <a href="http://cluborlov.blogspot.com/2015/09/the-financial-industrial-revolutions.html%22" rel="nofollow">"The Financial-Industrial Revolution's Origin and Destiny."</a><br /><br /><br />LinhLinh Dinhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00328959360983573810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4284893230469697578.post-905651203277583452015-09-17T17:16:31.259+07:002015-09-17T17:16:31.259+07:00The unholy trinity of slow growth, debt, and auste...The unholy trinity of slow growth, debt, and austerity could carry on in near perpetuity so long as Janet Yellen has the foresight to keep her bony hand off the throttle of higher interest rates--for a sudden bump in the benchmark rate would immediately expose the titanic overvaluation of stock prices. So assuming she is an intelligent woman (and I believe she is), it will take something else to tip the H.M.S. Decadence over into the sea. Otherwise what economists call the Nominal Lower Zero Bound is here to stay and the crack pipe of the discount fed window will remain open well into the foreseeable future. For so long as the illusion of shareholder value remains intact this will not end__though I might add that I also don't know jack shit about the stock market___swindledhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00035913786847702889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4284893230469697578.post-74424407547666731722015-09-17T00:24:58.034+07:002015-09-17T00:24:58.034+07:00Hey Linh and Eddie,
Incredible how long this farce...Hey Linh and Eddie,<br />Incredible how long this farce has been able to go on so far. We are in the midst of the longest Bull run in US history. Coming up on 7 straight years. But nothing fundamentally has changed to the US economy since '08. Wages are horrible and stagnant while unemployment and underemployment are high. I don't know what will trigger the next collapse but we are long overdue for one.<br /><br />A lot of volatility in the markets the past few months. Reminds me of the summer of '08 and '97 with both collapses happening in mid fall. <br /><br />What must also be taken into consideration is I don't know jack shit about stock markets.Swzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13321338833759897705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4284893230469697578.post-19442464547501090652015-09-16T23:18:21.145+07:002015-09-16T23:18:21.145+07:00Yo Eddie,
Thanks. Well, the stock market will blo...Yo Eddie,<br /><br />Thanks. Well, the stock market will blow up at any moment, and will definitely collapse before the year is over. All of those oh-so-sexy companies in the Bay Area will be in a world of hurt. The entire country will be in turmoil, however, as we head into 2016. This sham is falling apart.<br /><br />Russia is moving military pieces into Syria not just to help prop up its government but to have a bigger presence in the Mediterranean. China just had military ships pass close to Alaska. Obama just took a trip to Alaska. Russia just briefly violated Japan's air space.<br /><br /><br />LinhLinh Dinhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00328959360983573810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4284893230469697578.post-84315273118128376922015-09-16T22:59:25.221+07:002015-09-16T22:59:25.221+07:00Linh,
One of your best pieces. Good luck in Leip...Linh,<br /><br />One of your best pieces. Good luck in Leipzig. Can you tell me when the "fantasy oasis" will implode? I can't wait. The greedy bastards here are able to charge $1800 per month for bunk bed space with two or three bunk beds per room.<br /><br />http://missionlocal.org/2015/09/view-from-an-sf-mission-hacker-hostel/<br />http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2015/09/09/san-francisco-mission-district-rentals-bunkbeds-vinyasa-homes-project/Eddienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4284893230469697578.post-88646111023749178532015-09-16T20:30:12.168+07:002015-09-16T20:30:12.168+07:00I advocate AN for both rich and poor alike but the...I advocate AN for both rich and poor alike but the scenario you describe would work. Swzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13321338833759897705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4284893230469697578.post-15073151666494451642015-09-16T17:25:32.307+07:002015-09-16T17:25:32.307+07:00Swza advocates antinatalism? In a perverse way thi...Swza advocates antinatalism? In a perverse way this might actually work. First off, on his advice the desperate war refugees and poor economic migrants of the world join the Voluntary Human Extinction Movement only to be soon followed by the rest of us wretched sloths who've by now lost all hope of a viable future, and given enough time and a marginal improvement in the condition environment (the raison d'etre of VHEM) the elites would be left with no choice in their super-automated quasi-virtual world but to ravage themselves. Ah, ultio dulcis est .. swindledhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00035913786847702889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4284893230469697578.post-80938647195869035582015-09-16T05:26:52.957+07:002015-09-16T05:26:52.957+07:00Hi Swza,
You pretty much said it, "Every gov...Hi Swza,<br /><br />You pretty much said it, "Every government on earth seems similar in that their real purpose is to legitimize control of an entire country by a relatively small group of psychos." A country that only has one party and no political debate makes this situation even worse, and that's what you find in Vietnam.<br /><br />In Animal Farm, Orwell shows how idealism will quickly degenerate into tyranny. It's a parable about Communism.<br /><br />Since the state is so ready to abuse power, you can't give absolute power to the state.<br /><br /><br />LinhLinh Dinhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00328959360983573810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4284893230469697578.post-77371457551194960902015-09-16T05:07:35.920+07:002015-09-16T05:07:35.920+07:00What kind of Communism does Vietnam have? I'v...What kind of Communism does Vietnam have? I've heard that either Trotsky or Lennon referred to the USSR's communist government as a state capitalist system where essentially a small group of bureaucrats play the roll of the 1 percent here. Is it similar in Vietnam?<br /><br />Every government on earth seems similar in that their real purpose is to legitimize control of an entire country by a relatively small group of psychos.Swzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13321338833759897705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4284893230469697578.post-76400716566411227762015-09-16T04:45:31.713+07:002015-09-16T04:45:31.713+07:00Hi Swza,
Because of my writing in Vietnamese, I&#...Hi Swza,<br /><br />Because of my writing in Vietnamese, I'm on the shit list over there. If I apply for a visa, they'd 1) Refuse it 2) Give me a visa so they can give me hell when I show up.<br /><br />I have a very good friend in Saigon. Every now and then, I'd dream that I'm in a taxi coming in from the airport and I'm extremely happy knowing that I'd be able to drink beer with poet Nguyen Quoc Chanh within hours.<br /><br />The last time I saw Chanh was in 2005 when the Germans brought us to Berlin to do readings. They had found out about Chanh through my translation of his work into English. They put us up for six days. It was wonderful.<br /><br />Saigon is becoming very expensive. There are legitimate business people who have risen up, but most of the richest are connected with the Communist Party.<br /><br /><br />LinhLinh Dinhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00328959360983573810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4284893230469697578.post-12489598739251242042015-09-16T04:29:30.541+07:002015-09-16T04:29:30.541+07:00Linh,
Would you ever live in Vietnam again? Anyt...Linh,<br /><br />Would you ever live in Vietnam again? Anything about that idea that appeals to you?Swzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13321338833759897705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4284893230469697578.post-50291792265747189652015-09-16T04:28:54.044+07:002015-09-16T04:28:54.044+07:00Hi Jeff,
That whole region will implode. It is a ...Hi Jeff,<br /><br />That whole region will implode. It is a fantasy oasis in a burning state.<br /><br />My brother sees me as a raving idiot. He's not going to take seriously any observation from some guy who's houseless, carless, constantly broke and has never even owned a credit card.<br /><br /><br />LinhLinh Dinhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00328959360983573810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4284893230469697578.post-45476532079176918452015-09-16T04:24:29.896+07:002015-09-16T04:24:29.896+07:00Your brother has incredible focus. Wonder what he...Your brother has incredible focus. Wonder what he'll do when the dow inevitably implodes?<br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4284893230469697578.post-4631195593150938222015-09-16T04:08:53.602+07:002015-09-16T04:08:53.602+07:00Hi Swza,
Many Chinese and Vietnamese have the gam...Hi Swza,<br /><br />Many Chinese and Vietnamese have the gambling bug. It is awful.<br /><br />From the age of 15, I started to live on the opposite coast from my father, so rarely saw him. When he got sick then died earlier this year, my brother had to buy me plane tickets twice to get me over there to see him for one last time, then the funeral.<br /><br />My brother and I cannot be more different. When I asked him to read my Silicon Valley Postcard, which is about his region, he said he would not because it would not help him to invest.<br /><br />Such is life. Whatever.<br /><br /><br />Linh Linh Dinhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00328959360983573810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4284893230469697578.post-44587685626398559642015-09-16T03:58:14.195+07:002015-09-16T03:58:14.195+07:00Damn NFL. I'd be so pissed if I was you.
Th...Damn NFL. I'd be so pissed if I was you. <br />There's only one solution for these recent refugee crises (and all the rest that have and will always plague humanity)- antinatalism. Swzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13321338833759897705noreply@blogger.com