This article says it all. What Lebanon is doing in Hahr el Bared bares many similarities to what Israel did in Jenin. And Lebanon has already killed far more fighters than Israel killed in Jenin. Of course, when Israel did it, it was a massacre. When Lebanon does it,...
Maybe, just maybe something good is happening in the Middle East right now. Fatah is battling Hamas in the Gaza strip, and the Lebanese army is battling Fatah al Islam (terrorists) in Palestinian “refugee” camps in Lebanon. What is good about that? Well,...
Yet more evidence that Ken Roth cares less about human rights abuses, and more about pursuing a political agenda. Wal-Mart Watch? – May 21, 2007 – The New York Sun During the Lebanon War last summer, Human Rights Watch took the position that Israel’s...
It is now more than 60 years after the Second World War in Europe ended. This email is being sent as a memorial chain, in memory of the six million Jews, 20 million Russians, 10 million Christians and 1,900 Catholic priests who were murdered, massacred, raped, burned,...
I have been known to give out an audio recording of Charlie Munger giving a talk at the Harvard Law School on the psychology of human misjudgements. Well, this talk is an example of one of the points that Munger makes in the talk, namely that people who keep learning...
How to create trust? The core of this business is about creating trust – which, as we know, takes a lifetime to create, and can be lost in an instant. The following are some of the things that I do personally to increase my own trustworthiness. Speaking plainly...
In Memoriam Recently this week, UK removed The Holocaust from its school curriculum because it “offended” the Moslem population which claims it never occurred. This is a frightening portent of the fear that is gripping the world and how easily each country...
A friend recently invited me to an Obama fundraiser. After thanking him for the invite, I wrote this: Barack seems like a very smart guy with all the right qualities, who is going to leave Hillary battered an bruised, if not completely defeated. I have decided that I...
Warner Bros 300 looks like a prequel to the videogame, and I’m not much into videogames. But, having read Victor Davis Hansen’s review, I went to watch it the other night. The movie explains so well, and in such simple terms the West’s battle with...
UN Watch rocks. Moreover, it seems that this speech might have had an impact on Human Rights Watch – which might just be developing a concience when it comes to repeatedly slamming Israel. http://hrw.org/english/docs/2006/09/18/global14208.htm
Deep Survival The 12 Rules of Survival By Laurence Gonzales Nick Sleep introduced me to this book. It has very valuable applications for any endeavour, but especially for investing.
I have to confess that I once belonged to the social tribe that hangs out at places like Via Quadronno and St. Ambroeus. For most of that period, I had a BMW motorcycle that I could easily park. Now that I have a wife, children and no motorcycle, it’s a little...
Maybe if enough people read this article, I will stop getting grief for not shorting enough… Two quotes that I really like: “99 per cent of shortsellers are incapable of doing it” And the following: And who are the long-only, or mostly long-only,...
Robert Kennedy College – January 29 – February 2, 2007 Guy Spier was a speaker at The Art of Banking course in Davos run by Professor David Costa, Dean of Robert Kennedy College. The following is an excerpt from the course description: The banking industry...
Mr. Mikutta deposited a very large amount of wealth with Citibank, and one of its employees went to work for him. Rather than keep an eye on the new employer’s money, the former Citibank employee embezzeled Mikutta’s funds. Neither Citibank, nor Mikutta...
