Has anyone been paying attention to the Nasdaq? It's at a 13 year high...

[gwynedd1]

Re: Has anyone been paying attention to the Nasdaq? It's at a 13 year high...

Well when I say war would be convenient, I didn't mean for me or my children. However for those that will never fight, I'm sure they will find it very convenient to volunteer my children; even more so when they stand to profit.

Wasn't it Stalin that said; "When 5 people die it's a tragedy. When 5 million people die, it's a statistic"

Personally, I'm hoping to be gone when it happens. Lot's of great sailing in the Caribbean and South America.

What do we call it when 5 million of the right people die?

I suppose if someone created a virus to target sociopaths for hemoragic fever we would find out if killing sociopaths en mass is sociopathic or not.

[shiny!]

Re: Has anyone been paying attention to the Nasdaq? It's at a 13 year high...

What do we call it when 5 million of the right people die?

I suppose if someone created a virus to target sociopaths for hemoragic fever we would find out if killing sociopaths en mass is sociopathic or not.

That's a really good question! Brain scans show the brains of psychopaths/sociopaths are different than those of normal humans,. What if brain scans someday become a standard screening procedure for children? What if someone isolates a "psychopath gene"? Not all of these people are destined to become dangers to society. What do we do with that knowledge? Euthanasia? Concentration camps? Automatic promotion to positions of leadership?

Pre-emptive elimination of psychopaths/sociopaths to preserve our "humanity." Hmmmm... like the War on Terror that demands we give up our American way of life to preserve The American Way of Life. We can't win for losing, can we?

[gwynedd1]

Re: Has anyone been paying attention to the Nasdaq? It's at a 13 year high...

That's a really good question! Brain scans show the brains of psychopaths/sociopaths are different than those of normal humans,. What if brain scans someday become a standard screening procedure for children? What if someone isolates a "psychopath gene"? Not all of these people are destined to become dangers to society. What do we do with that knowledge? Euthanasia? Concentration camps? Automatic promotion to positions of leadership?

Pre-emptive elimination of psychopaths/sociopaths to preserve our "humanity." Hmmmm... like the War on Terror that demands we give up our American way of life to preserve The American Way of Life. We can't win for losing, can we?

I like reprobates and amoral scum, for I love myslef. However with the power of a sovereign , we may be a bit more unconventionally choosy pehaps.

[verdo]

Re: Has anyone been paying attention to the Nasdaq? It's at a 13 year high...

I don't think Congress would make it past the cries of a "socialist conspiracy." The banks, as evil as the big ones have become, are still a symbol of capitalism at work.

[vt]

Re: Has anyone been paying attention to the Nasdaq? It's at a 13 year high...

It's actually a socialist "bankster" problem too:

http://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-...ffshore-havens

Left, right, whatever; they're all stealing the money.

And I do mean all:

http://freebeacon.com/irans-supreme-...siness-empire/

[Fox]

Re: Has anyone been paying attention to the Nasdaq? It's at a 13 year high...

I like reprobates and amoral scum, for I love myslef. However with the power of a sovereign , we may be a bit more unconventionally choosy pehaps.

You should talk to my son and hear his future "system" plan for the world.

In either case, all the more reason for bailing out. My son has stated that when he rules the world even I will not be spared from "the system". I doubt there would be many exceptions for anybody else's "system" as well

[ProdigyofZen]

Re: Has anyone been paying attention to the Nasdaq? It's at a 13 year high...

You should talk to my son and hear his future "system" plan for the world.

In either case, all the more reason for bailing out. My son has stated that when he rules the world even I will not be spared from "the system". I doubt there would be many exceptions for anybody else's "system" as well

How old is your son? If I may ask...

[Fox]

Re: Has anyone been paying attention to the Nasdaq? It's at a 13 year high...

He's fourteen, but beware he was voted "Most likely to take over the world" at his Grade 8 graduation

[ProdigyofZen]

Re: Has anyone been paying attention to the Nasdaq? It's at a 13 year high...

He's fourteen, but beware he was voted "Most likely to take over the world" at his Grade 8 graduation

Maybe you should have him watch: MegaMind... http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1001526/

I didn't know they still did those Most Likely votes.

[Fox]

Re: Has anyone been paying attention to the Nasdaq? It's at a 13 year high...

Funny you should mention that. MegaMind was used for the picture of the category.

What can I say, it was a write in vote by the class.

[gwynedd1]

Re: Has anyone been paying attention to the Nasdaq? It's at a 13 year high...

You should talk to my son and hear his future "system" plan for the world.

In either case, all the more reason for bailing out. My son has stated that when he rules the world even I will not be spared from "the system". I doubt there would be many exceptions for anybody else's "system" as well

I shall teach my sons to make a space between the combating walruses. I shall teach them the diplomacy of Dubrovnik.

[gwynedd1]

Re: Has anyone been paying attention to the Nasdaq? It's at a 13 year high...

He's fourteen, but beware he was voted "Most likely to take over the world" at his Grade 8 graduation

I was voted the most subversive.

[ProdigyofZen]

Re: Has anyone been paying attention to the Nasdaq? It's at a 13 year high...

I shall teach my son's to make a space between the combating walruses. I shall teach them the diplomacy of Dubrovnik.

Just have them watch Game of Thrones (it is filmed in Dubrovnik I believe) and read Machiavelli to get the just of diplomacy.

[gwynedd1]

Re: Has anyone been paying attention to the Nasdaq? It's at a 13 year high...

That's a really good question! Brain scans show the brains of psychopaths/sociopaths are different than those of normal humans,. What if brain scans someday become a standard screening procedure for children? What if someone isolates a "psychopath gene"? Not all of these people are destined to become dangers to society. What do we do with that knowledge? Euthanasia? Concentration camps? Automatic promotion to positions of leadership?

Pre-emptive elimination of psychopaths/sociopaths to preserve our "humanity." Hmmmm... like the War on Terror that demands we give up our American way of life to preserve The American Way of Life. We can't win for losing, can we?

How about that?

http://www.scientificamerican.com/ar...pathy-circuit/

[jk]

Re: Has anyone been paying attention to the Nasdaq? It's at a 13 year high...

Open up US arm export sales to the world. As conflicts escalate arms export peddle is pushed harder.
Eventually we get dragged in, convert to war economy.

http://www.propublica.org/article/in...on-arms-export


http://www.defensenews.com/article/2...Over-Influence


http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-...rms-transfer-p


http://www.bis.doc.gov/index.php/reg...gister-notices


http://www.itulip.com/forums/showthr...496#post219496

a u.s.-chinese cold war would do wonders for both countries.