Truth be told, I had only made it partway through the movie “Inside Job” before writing the post below. As I returned to the movie the next segment was about the major investment firms such as Goldman Sachs using high priced call girls as part of their entertainment expenses. This struck me as hilarious for…… Continue reading Inside Job Part Deux
Category: Documentaries
Documentaries
Inside Job
For tonight’s entertainment I watched a very powerful documentary called “Inside Job.” Now, there are plenty of books, documentaries etc on the financial crisis. Well, let me tell you, this is one to watch and I’ll offer you an insight you’ll only get from The Global Citizen. I won’t bore you with details, incitement, and…… Continue reading Inside Job
Japanese Internment, Asians, Integration and Muslim Congressional Hearings
Selecting my usual nightly Netflix documentary I came across this documentary and I couldn’t help but draw a few parallels even though they are currently not as severe. This is a documentary about the Japanese/American internment during WWII. It is a dark period of US history that most people are not very familiar with. In…… Continue reading Japanese Internment, Asians, Integration and Muslim Congressional Hearings
Violence and Islam in Europe
Europe is experiencing an increasingly costly and destructive problem with its non-Western immigrant populations – particularly those from Muslim countries. A new study shows that on a net migration of 25,000 non-Western immigrants per year, with an equal number of offspring, Holland alone incurs a net cost of €7.2 billion [$8.8 billion] a year. In Denmark,…… Continue reading Violence and Islam in Europe
What Defines Nationality?
Most recently there have been so many “Viet Kieu” or “Overseas Vietnamese” coming back to Vietnam. The Tet holiday I think was the biggest single time of returning Vietnamese coming to visit their birthplace. I met so many of them going out and seeing local foreigners I know with Vietnamese I had never seen before…… Continue reading What Defines Nationality?