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Strategies & Market Trends : 2026 TeoTwawKi ... 2032 Darkest Interregnum -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: carranza2 who wrote (35413)6/4/2008 9:21:28 AM
From: TobagoJack  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 217669
 
- just landed in hkg, in taxi on way home

- looking forward to home

- watched "vantage point" and "the pelican brief" while flying

- accidentally left cell phone on while flying and got a signal when 30 min beore landing

- regarding commodities, rice hoarders would be jailed for years in philippines now

- in old days, death sentences were passed down in many jurisdictions to folks 'with too much inventory'

- generally, historically speaking, anti-hoarding moves simply made goods more scarce and prices more dear, in the final analysis

- perhaps the capital and leverage freed up initially by anti-hoarding measures will be driven towards objects not regulated ... can you think of any goodies that would escape the first few rounds of legislation? ;0)

- we are about to transition from merely interesting times to absolutely fascinating period, and we are obliged to be enthusiastic :0)