TJ, it's always fun to wonder about things, but you being in France in such a rural enclave when the USA is about to self-destruct, or experience a sudden panic by millions of people around the world, looks like reasonably good timing, which might or might not be purely good luck*.
Being first to the exits is always handy in emergencies.
As you like to point out, the bosses of Beijing understand that they are only in charge to a limited extent and they fear the mob, rightly. Those doing deals in Washington right now think they are in charge, but as in China, the mob can suddenly decide something totally different, involving the right to bear arms, pitchforks and ignition sources.
A pleasant morning in Hawaii suddenly turned very noisy with a surprise Japanese attack. It was a lovely day over Hiroshima when the Enola Gay flew over, not looking like anything to worry about. One bright summer's day on 3 August 2011, in Peoria people were happily going about their business, unaware that elsewhere some supersonic high frequency trading computers with absurdly complex algorithms were pondering financial relativity theory and were nervously watching each other for untoward moves towards the exit.....
This guy is so silly = a mere aging drunk... fredoneverything.net we all know food comes from Safeway, with excellent quality control programmes.
Big Ben no doubt has the levers on his Quantitative Easing machinery well-oiled, tuned up and ready to go.
Mqurice
* It is just coincidence right? |
