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Gica Contra. Si totusi?

July 31, 2013 //
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Am scris mai demult un text despre nefericirea funciara a lui Gica Contra.

https://nicichiarasa.wordpress.com/2013/07/23/problema-lui-gica-contra/

 

Si totusi cum de supravietuiesc? De exemplu ‘pe sticla’.

Pai e destul de simplu. Mi-am dat seama de chestia asta azi dimineata ascultindu-l pe profesorul Serbanescu vorbind despre acordul cu FMI-ul: ‘Nu stiu la ce ne mai trebuia asa ceva!’

Cu asta sunt de acord. Nu ne trebuia acord cu FMI nici pe vremea lui Ceasca, nici pe cea a lui Boc si nici acum. Bine, se pare ca si Ponta ar fi de acord cu treaba asta si ca ar fi intrat in hora de dragul unor dobinzi teoretic mai mici pe piata de capital…

Sa revenim ca am derivat prea tare. Atunci cind chemi un analist de aceiasi factura cu Serbanescu stii aproape sigur ce parere va avea despre aproape orice lucru. In conditiile astea e foarte simplu sa faci un plan de emisiune, nu?
Iar daca populatia e suficient de nemultumita despre mersul lucrurilor (acum se pare ca ‘tara se indreapta intr-o directie gresita’ pentru 65% dintre repondenti) atunci faci si rating pentru ca oamenii vor rezona cu ce spune respectivul specialist.

Seamana toata chestia a cerc vicios? Trebuie sa ne scoata cineva din el sau om fi in stare sa iesim singuri?

 

http://turambarr.blogspot.ro/2013/07/directia-romaniei-2013-07.html

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“I am a FARMER! …. I am in the business to make money!”

July 31, 2013 //
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I found this image here: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=603581583007664&set=a.364218226944002.95415.356680184364473&type=1&theater

Eric Toole (https://www.facebook.com/eric.toole.5) commented: “Stan, here in the southeast, the conventional seeded fields are easy to see. They have weeds in them. It has been proven that 100 weeds per acre can lower yields as much as 10%. Not to mention the farm material (weed trash/seed) that is in the harvested crop. I am not a researcher, though I have 2 degrees from UF. I am a FARMER! I live in the real world, on the front lines & not as a “free thinker” that believes that a farmer can live on nothing. I am in the business to make money!”

And here is my comment:
“” I am a FARMER! …. I am in the business to make money!”
Pity me! Until now I was thinking that farmers were in the business of growing food…
OK, growing food efficiently! In the sense that prices should cover the costs and the farmer should reap a big enough profit  to make a decent living. 
The problem with ‘being in the business to make money’ is that very soon the main goal (decent food) gets sidetracked by ‘money’ and this is how (potentially harmful) GMOs came into existence.”

 

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Muntii nostrii aur poarta, noi cersim din poarta-n poarta.

July 30, 2013 //
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Pentru a beneficia in vre-un fel de resurse trebuie sa fii in stare sa le recunosti ca fiind resurse iar dupa aceea sa le structurezi intr-un fel sau altul.

Si aici e problema. Softistii astia nu sunt sunt (cu tot respectul cuvenit) cusatorese. Una e sa pui de o hala in care 100 de cusatorese lucreaza in lohn si alta e sa faci o pravalie de IT. Cusatoresele erau invatate cu disciplina muncitoreasca de pe vremea lui Ceasca, IT-stii sunt mult mai rebeli/creativi de felul lor. Daca nu te porti ‘frumos’ cu ei pleaca. (Aia buni si tu ramai cu ‘cusatoresele’ – disciplinate dar nu indeajuns de talentate incit sa devina croitorese)

Pleaca in strainezia sau la firme straine care activeaza in Romania. Si asta pentru ca deocamdata prea multi dintre patronii romani sunt mai degraba tepari decit antreprenori.

 

http://www.zf.ro/business-hi-tech/luxoft-din-rusia-ecuatia-este-gresita-aveti-softisti-dar-nu-aveti-start-up-uri-11169414

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Jack Andraka vs ‘Kim Kardashian’

July 29, 2013 //
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I always wonder why do we get updated every five minutes on the ‘Kim Kardashians’ of the world while it took at least 8 month for this information to percolate from the US to Romania.
And how many of you, citizens of the world, were aware of this development?

“Andraka wrote up an experimental protocol and e-mailed it to 200 researchers. Only Maitra responded. “It was a very unusual e-mail,” he remembers. “I often don’t get e-mails like this from postdoctoral fellows, let alone high-school freshmen.” He decided to invite Andraka to his lab. To oversee the project, he appointed a gentle postdoctoral chemist, who took the baby-sitting assignment in stride. They expected to see Andraka for perhaps a few weeks over the summer.
Instead, the young scientist worked for seven months, every day after school and often on Saturdays until after midnight, subsisting on hard-boiled eggs and Twix as his mother dozed in the car in a nearby parking garage. He labored through Thanksgiving and Christmas. He spent his 15th birthday in the lab.”

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/Jack-Andraka-the-Teen-Prodigy-of-Pancreatic-Cancer-179996151.html?c=y&page=3

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One bankruptcy, three oppinions.

July 28, 2013 //
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Democrats say the city lost revenue because rich people fled to the suburbs:

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2013-07-23/opinion/sns-201307231200–tms–amvoicesctnav-a20130723-20130723_1_city-workers-suburbs-robert-b

Conservatives say the entrenched unions  made it impossible for a sound economic policy to be implemented: 
http://www.michigancapitolconfidential.com/17404

Now how about both sides being right?

Readers of crime novels are familiar with this expression: “Cherchez la Femme”. “No matter what the problem, a woman is often the root cause” – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherchez_la_femme. Nowadays things have changed a bit and ‘Cherchez l’argent’ (follow the money) seems more appropriate.

The union bosses used the public funds to establish a vast network of clients (in Latin it means ‘dependent person, vassal’ – http://www.latin-dictionary.net/search/latin/client) while the rich people refused (wisely) to pay for this profligacy but instead of doing something to curb it they choose the easy way out –  moving to the suburbs.

And now, with the economic engine (auto industry) in shambles, the inner city collapsed. Do you think the dependent parts will last much longer? On what?

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Not only in America

July 28, 2013 //
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‘Yes, as the Supreme Court has said, we have a democracy. The people has the ultimate influence on the outcome of the elections. BUT only after the Funders have had their their way with the candidates!’

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To kill or not to kill

July 28, 2013 //
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I’m not talking self defense here. Cross that line and you’re in deep trouble.

No, this is about killing animals.

I enjoy a juicy steak and most of my shoes are made of leather. (My grand father was a shoemaker and I’m able to glue or stitch a mend-able boot.) 

I’m talking here about two very different situations.
It’s one thing to raise animals for food (our need for animal protein is real) and use their hides for clothing once we have already killed them but I find it really disgusting to hunt and/or slaughter animals just because we feel prettier clad/shod in their pelts. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxbrMk4-ZmA

 

 

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What kind of research?

July 26, 2013 //
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“Can Neuromarketers Really Peer Into Your Subconscious? They Say They Can.”

http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2013/07/does_neuromarketing_work_poor_data_secret_analysis_and_logical_errors.html

 

The problem is not whether they can or not. The problem is that they try.
Until not so long ago research was about how to get more money by making better products. Nowadays it’s mostly about how to squeeze most money out of as crappier products as possible

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Conglomerates: good, bad or this depends on local conditions?

July 25, 2013 //
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“…in many developing countries, conglomerates have not played an equivalent role. They have focused on non-tradable goods and services – those that cannot be imported or exported – and have eschewed international competition. They have focused on banking, construction, distribution, retail, and television broadcasting.

Once these companies dominate one market, they move to another that is equally sheltered from competition and devoid of export opportunities, often using their size and political influence to keep out would-be competitors. Instead of becoming agents of change, they often prevent change. (Indeed, the big economic debate in South Korea nowadays concerns whether the chaebols are stifling innovation by preventing start-up competitors from challenging them.)

Read more at http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/big-companies-and-economic-growth-in-developing-countries-by-ricardo-hausmann#OADjtOketlJabvST.99 

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Candoarea guvernatorului Isarescu

July 25, 2013 //
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Blogul asta nu se vrea a fi inca un Gica Contra ci doar un punct de vedere alternativ.

Am o parere buna despre Isarescu, nu l-am auzit pana acum sa ‘dea cu cu oistea in gard’. Si in aceasta luare de pozitie pune degetul pe rana:

“Colegii mei bancherii- unii se afla chiar in aceasta sala, accepta ca garantii de la vinaria mea doar cisternele de vin….”Ce face banca cu cisternele? Le taie, le scoate precum cu furnalele Bancorexului de la sfarsitul anilor ’90? Daca il intrebi pe cel de jos, nu pe cel de sus, adica nu pe presedinte, pe director, zice normele Bancii Nationale. Ma duc la domnul Cinteza (Nicolae Cinteza – seful Directiei de Supraveghere din BNR n.r.) si intreb daca au facut astfel de norme. Nu domnule, ei si le fac, noi doar le validam. Asa se invarte problema si la mijloc nu este decat o lipsa de incredere. Capitalul firmei la care sunt si eu actionar este de vreo doua ori mai mare decat maximul creditului circulant pe care pot sa il iau, considerand ca acel capital nu conteaza. Cisternele sunt cea mai putin importanta parte din unitatea de productie, nu pamantul, chiar daca via este noua, nici capacitate productiva, nici cash flow, nici business, numai o garantie reala relativ dubioasa’, a precizat seful BNR.

Nu pot totusi sa nu admir si absoluta sa candoare: “Ma duc la domnul Cinteza si intreb daca au facut astfel de norme. Nu domnule, ei si le fac, noi doar le validam.” Sa nu fi cunoscut, pana acum cel putin, Guvernatorul Isarescu mecanismul prin care se adopta “normele Bancii Nationale”? Sa fi fost doar o figura de stil?

http://economie.hotnews.ro/stiri-finante_banci-15248518-isarescu-colegii-mei-bancherii-unii-afla-chiar-aceasta-sala-accepta-garantii-vinaria-mea-doar-cisternele-vin-nu-vinul-imbuteliat-care-cica-dispare.htm

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