It is difficult to really understand how much things are changing from our day to day experiences. It is as though a huge stone is thrown into the middle of a tranquil lake; we see the big splash but rarely wait to watch all of the ripples as they reach the shore and subside after…… Continue reading The World Is Changing: Trump, COVID, Crypto and the Internet.
Category: China
NEVER AGAIN – Concentration Camp
It’s late and I’m back from watching the ballet version of Don Quixote. https://youtu.be/5fKxzQ8ARTQ I had read the history of the performance and learned that it was first performed for the royalty of Russia. So, taking this information I imagined myself a European royal attending the ballet. What went through my mind? Well, being a…… Continue reading NEVER AGAIN – Concentration Camp
Pete Hoekstra
Just saw the uproar created by Pete Hoekstra over his commercial featuring an Asian woman with broken English. Take a look and then see my comments. https://youtu.be/p6fvey0rdCg The first thing I would like to point out is that this woman is a fake! Being a language student, an English teacher AND having lived for 5…… Continue reading Pete Hoekstra
The Rape of Nanking – Thoughts
This is perhaps the most depressing book I have ever read in my life. A quick background. The Japanese invade the city and do the worst possible things one human being could do to another. In short, – Babies torn out of their mothers and killed- Daily rape and thrusting of bamboo poles into them-…… Continue reading The Rape of Nanking – Thoughts
Global Allegiance
Putting this in the perspective of the “cult of personality”, there are those that still hang by the idea that they are “Mac People” and proud of it, (more than they are American, German, etc…) proving the futurist right by a certain perspective. However, the deterioration of employee and customer loyalty in recent years (in part due, to a basic insecurity that certain companies may even continue to exist… thanks Lehman) leaves, China!