Starting Shit with Everyone–Literally There’s a major problem with fertilizer companies in continental Europe. Due to the economic sanctions on Russia, misallocation of investments and a endless regulation to investment markets in the energy space, gas prices have made it uneconomical to continue to produce fertilizers. Many companies have completed shut down or are only […]
Author: ontheball1
What You See in a Store Now
World’s Most Depressed Heroes I just wanted to have a quick comment on something i’ve noticed the other day. Increasingly, I feel detached from the common citizen for a few reasons. Not just because of getting older, but because most of my information, people I communicate with (and what topics), my source of entertainment, the […]
Costa Rica
OnTheBall Travels Experience with Pura Vida Anything humans made, looked awful–Anything nature made, was beautiful Arrival If you’re already in Latin America, you’ll find that San Jose (capital) is relatively well connected. Mostly nobody stays here though given the level of crime, infrastructure and general unpleasantries. Costa Rica does have domestic airlines to fly to […]
The Best Deal the USA Ever Received
The Smartest Real Estate Purchase, Ever in History Back all the way to 1867, 156 years ago, U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward and Russian envoy Baron Edouard de Stoeckl signed the Treaty of Cession. In this, Tsar Alexander II ceded the territory of Alaska to the United States for $7.2 million dollars. In […]
A Hidden Secret of Politics in Science
Bureaucracies in Science Short article. Won’t take much of your time. I wanted to share this little inside information I heard from a scientist. Sign up for the Newsletter on topics nobody wants to talk about “How many manuscripts have you published?” is the scientist equivalent of “How much can you bench, bro?”. So much […]
Voices of the World (Nunavut)
The Arctic Adventurer This is an interview I’ve conducted with a friend who is a plumber working in the Canadian territory of Nunavut. Most people never go to the Territories let alone work there. I sat down with Jeff to give you some perspective of life in the Arctic that I’m sure is quite foreign […]
A Country that really appreciates Gold
…But where can I use Gold? All of us at some point were looking for some liquidity to make payments–which may be especially if difficult if you’re happy with your portfolio and are reluctant to change it. But, I’m no different and I needed some cash recently. I had some gold bars that I am […]
The Quiet Middle Eastern Country Punching Above Its Weight
Qatar Player It’s very easy to get trapped in on one market or worse yet, 20-30 stocks that come up on the CNBC ticker at the bottom of our televisions. God forbid you listen to Jim Cramer. Perhaps because there are just so many companies to choose at any given moment it is easy to […]
The Boy Who Cried Broke
A Rant: Banking is Dead Banking is dead (or dying) I just got off the phone with a friend & we were talking about a major problem. This problem relates to the current banking world. Both speaking from (a lot of) experience, we know all-too-well the difficulty of opening a bank account for either a […]
West Vs. The Rest
Maps to Show The Global Divide There is an immense one-sidedness that comes from being located in Canada or the United States your entire life. The understanding is that how things go, how people talk, what they do or do not say is identical elsewhere which couldn’t be further from the truth. All you have […]
