A Grade 4 lesson that Americans Don’t Know Every so often one of those talking puppets on television puts on an episode to ask people on the street questions on where a country is on a map. The answers are shockingly wrong. And it’s not like, “where’s Togo?” its like “where’s Canada?” and the answers […]
Author: ontheball1
Weapon of Mass Destruction:The Dollar
When God made Hell, he did not find it bad enough, so he made Mesopotamia—and added flies. Arab Proverb Mesopotamia = Land Between Rivers. You’ll know it as Iraq. It’s always been a place of unpredictability, causing shivers of fear to those who live there. It’s amazing blessing from oil has also conjured up a cursing of unimaginable catastrophes. I […]
$SWBI
171 years and Still Firing I wanted to bring some eyes to a sin stock that’s not too sexy, ground-breaking or “up and coming”–but at a time when we can expect more and more turmoil in society, sin stocks aren’t too bad of an idea. Smith and Wesson is a company that has 171 years […]
SKN CBI
This Country Sells Plastic Booklets for its GDP There’s a Caribbean country that is particularly known for it’s program called Citizenship-by-Investment (CBI) whereby a donation to their state fund or a purchase of real estate (subject to terms/restrictions) can grant you a passport & consequently naming yourself a citizen of that twin-island country. The country […]
Japan Article
A recap of Japan & their trouble; but at least they’re aiming Japan has been an economic disaster brewing for a long time. Their debt to GDP stands at a staggering 263% and many are calling Japan the canary in the coal mine to see how they’re going to manage that pile of debt. Despite […]
Korean Young Men
There’s Demons Outside My Front Door I’m going to make a 10,000-piece puzzle that when you finish it, it says, “Go Outside” Comedian Dmitri Martin Someone should think about making this type of puzzle in East Asia, it should sell. Why? The disease of extreme social reclusiveness known as hikikomori is taking over to the […]
Scary Movies
The Creepiest Movies You Haven’t Seen When I’m not writing, investing or reading I like to unwind by watching a movie, but every time trying to find a movie it’s always 45 minutes of searching. Movies seem to fall into the categories of I’ve seen it, I’m not in the mood or that looks stupid. […]
ALNY
In The Laboratory, Studying Bubbles There is a lot of effort to find the next big stock to buy now or get in while it’s still hot but it’s quite difficult to find people to find people advocating to sell short now. Of course, it’s a such a game of timing and with the market […]
Silver Play
The Production Problem: A Silver Set up Silver production has a unique trait that many may not be familiar. It’s that it’s majority production are not done by silver miners. Instead, the silver that comes about is a byproduct of lead or zinc mining, which accounts for 65-70% of the amount of silver produced yearly. […]
Nova Scotia
78 years old & Back to School I have a relative by marriage who is from Nova Scotia and is excited to be deriving from the Nova Scotia Teachers Pension. They seemed so confident that they are secure & set for life and arrogantly I figured I’d take a look (already knowing that pensions around […]
