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To: Cogito Ergo Sum who wrote (180164)	11/9/2021 8:48:12 PM
From: TobagoJack	2 Recommendations Recommended By ggersh Maple MAGA Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 218169

the jack is being taught how to defend himself whilst in the sitting position during the entire attack episode it definitely is an art form I must video at some juncture in the meantime scmp.com Chinese professor says he used kung fu on trip to LA to beat off an armed robber wielding a gunJust hours after arriving in LA a visiting academic fended off an armed attacker using kung fu, he says Many of the man’s colleagues had no idea the professor knew the martial art SCMP Global Impact Newsletter “The robber seemed to be frightened. He turned around and ran away with my suitcase,” said Zhou. Zhou said it was an instinctive reaction and did not recommend that others try to fight off robbers if it compromised their safety. Photo: Baidu He said he had thought of chasing the man to get back his case, but gave it up after seeing that his companion was nearby. Zhou received treatment for the wound on his face before reporting the case to police the next day. Zhou said compromise is a rational choice when a person is confronted by an armed attacker. “But if most people compromise, there will be an atmosphere to encourage the crime. So sometimes I will not retreat, thinking that brave people win in a hand-to-hand battle,” he said. However, he still urged the public not to fight armed robbers because of the danger, the newspaper reported. “I felt scared after the incident,” said Zhou. “Generally speaking, I don’t suggest the public copy my actions. I have learned martial arts before.” Some of his colleagues in Hunan said although they worked with Zhou for many years, they had no idea he knew kung fu. His students who were excited to see the report said they would learn kung fu from Zhou after he returns from the US. “Many foreigners think every Chinese person can do martial arts. Now it is even harder to debunk the truth,” wrote one person on Weibo. Another user said: “Despite that Professor Zhou beat away the attacker this time, I don’t advocate using martial arts to resist guns, because after the gun is fired, all your kung fu is useless.”

To: Cogito Ergo Sum who wrote (180164)	11/9/2021 9:08:03 PM
From: TobagoJack	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 218169

The why of Evergrande etc China RE are non-issues or no-big-deals As suspect Bloomberg belated hedges initial takes As given China / HK's absurdly low (50% max) LTV mortgages, draconian total personal liability recourse, and huge already-baked-in aged equity, all taken into account, would indicate the super boom of RE is ahead, especially as inflation go from transitory to persistent bloomberg.com Why China’s Real Estate Slowdown Isn’t Like Japan’s Tom Hancock 10 November 2021, 07:30 GMT+8 As China struggles with its most severe real-estate slowdown in years, some have been asking whether the end of Japan’s real-estate bubble in the early 1990s offers a guide. But such comparisons are less helpful than they might appear, according to new research from Bloomberg Economics. Japanese real-estate price growth in the 1980s was far in excess of the growth in gross domestic product, while in China the opposite has been true over the past 10 years, according to Yuki Masujima of Bloomberg Economics. Japan’s real-estate prices relative to gross domestic product more than doubled from 1980 to 1990 when prices peaked, while in China that ratio has dropped about 40% over the last decade as gains in property prices lagged the economy’s rapid expansion. Reasonable GrowthChinese housing prices rose, but much less than economy has expanded Source: Bloomberg Economics 1Q 2011 = 100 for both indexes That suggests that rising demand for real estate in China has been supported by increased productivity in other areas of the economy. However, Chinese economic growth is slowing and looks set to continue to decelerate over the next decade, making it important to keep property prices in check to avoid a rise in the price to GDP ratio, Masujima adds. Another difference is that when its real-estate bubble burst, Japan was at the end of its period of catch-up growth, with per capita incomes comparable to the U.S. In China, GDP per capita is less than a fifth of the U.S level, which suggests more room for household income growth to support housing demand. “So long as Chinese economic growth and household income levels continue to improve, demand for better and bigger housing will be insatiable,” Yan Wang, chief China strategist at Alpine Macro said in a recent note. A Way to GoChina has a long way to go to catch up Source: International Monetary Fund, in current prices Another source of real estate demand in China is the ongoing process of urbanization. China’s urbanization rate of 64% last year is lower than Japan’s 1990 rate of 77%, as reported by the World Bank. Before it's here, it's on the Bloomberg Terminal. LEARN MORE

To: Cogito Ergo Sum who wrote (180164)	11/25/2021 10:03:23 PM
From: Pogeu Mahone	1 Recommendation Recommended By Cogito Ergo Sum Respond to of 218169

Trudeau is a true lunatick. I have to get rid of my loonies tomorrow. I thought Canada was a sensible country. Canadian dollar =$.79 Oh good I bought these @70 cents Freedom of expression in Canada is protected as a "fundamental freedom" by Section 2 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The Charter also permits the government to enforce "reasonable" limits. Hate speech, obscenity, and defamation are common categories of restricted speech in Canada.