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To: TobagoJack who wrote (25839)	11/30/2007 9:48:06 AM
From: Riskmgmt	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 217574

Hello TJ: I am very curious as to your change here. Not too long ago you were swapping useless fiat USD and HKD for shares, gold, yen, anything to get rid of the worthless paper for something deemed valuable. Now you reverse course. Ummm. I can not take this lightly, as Mq might, as I know that your calls and timing have been excellent, with a few minor exceptions. Have you have moved your ETA on TEOTWAWKI up to imminent? Stateside, there is no panic, no revolt, no real awareness of any pending doom, except for a small band of people such as we have on this blog. Life goes on as normal for most people here. So whatever you are seeing or sensing isn't apparent to me here. So, is this something your gut is telling you or do you have info? And why USD and T-Bonds? Why not the Renminbi? You got me up nights.

To: TobagoJack who wrote (25839)	11/30/2007 9:57:34 AM
From: elmatador	Respond to of 217574

CHINA'S LAST EMPEROR, PU YI, LOVED HIS SOYBEANS. They were a staple of the Manchurian diet in Northern China. In the 1930s, a forward-thinking Brazilian friend asked Pu Yi if he could take some soybeans back to Brazil. Pu Yi, only a nominal regent by this point, complied. The beans eventually made their way to bustling Rio de Janeiro. Betting the Farm By Chris Mayer Gaithersburg, Maryland, U.S.A. November 21, 2007 CHINA'S LAST EMPEROR, PU YI, LOVED HIS SOYBEANS. They were a staple of the Manchurian diet in Northern China. In the 1930s, a forward-thinking Brazilian friend asked Pu Yi if he could take some soybeans back to Brazil. Pu Yi, only a nominal regent by this point, complied. The beans eventually made their way to bustling Rio de Janeiro. Of course, neither Pu Yi nor his friend could foretell the momentous role soybeans would play in Brazil's future. Nor could he predict that investors one day would pine to own acreage in the sun-filled green lands of South America. Up until that time, soybeans were unknown to Brazil. But in Brazil's fertile soils, soybeans found a welcome new home. Over the ensuing decades, they would become one of Brazil's most important crops. Today, soybeans are Brazil's largest export. Vignettes such as this, little odds and ends, make up so much of history's important turning points. (I picked up the Pu Yi story from Robyn Meredith's interesting new book, The Elephant and the Dragon: The Rise of India and China and What It Means for All of Us. ) It's always fascinating to me how one person's decision, sometimes even on just a whim, can have such enormous impact over the years. Perhaps soybeans would have eventually made it to Brazil anyway. But the world would surely look different depending on when and how.