The ability to keep your mouth shut! There are two abilities that have become almost completely unknown nowadays. First, the ability to keep your mouth shut, and second, the ability to concentrate. Today we’re only dealing with the ability to keep your mouth shut. For example, there’s this nearly 20-year-old story from a German magazine. […]
Overview of European Residential Markets, new study from Deloitte. Interesting study. Portugal much more expensive than Spain and Italy, but please be advised that such average prices can be easily skewed by outliers, e.g. super expensive Lisbon due to the Golden Visa Program. Nevertheless, an interesting overview.
© Pictures, Use policy / ToS. After being a little bit bored in Wrocław (Poland), I boarded a bus to Ukraine, Kyiv. It was cheap, something like 40-50 USD. I boarded the same day for the 26 hours bus ride. Into darkness…. Picture at night in my bus. 🙂 When I arrived I did some groceries […]
© Pictures, Use policy / ToS. The nights can be fun in Kyiv. Your cell phone will ring and you get a text message: Air raid alert – The government of Ukraine issued an alert at 1:00. Take shelter immediately. Sure, you could walk to the next metro station but nobody does… Explosions on the […]
Why capitalism always needs growth to manage debt pressure. Gail Tverberg has many ideas that we will encounter again throughout this blog series. Besides the connection between economic growth and energy, her ideas are primarily based on the realization that capitalism relies on the pre-financing of production. This pre-financing can only be funded with future […]
War is the father of all and the king of all; it proves some people gods, and some people men; it makes some people slaves and some people free. Heraclitus War and changes in society are, indeed, a great risk but also, maybe unfortunately, a great opportunity. Stage 1: The War […]
Yuri Bezmenov (alias Tomas Schuman), a Soviet KGB defector, explains in detail his scheme for the KGB process of subversion and takeover of target societies at a lecture in Los Angeles, 1983. Any similarities to the status of our current society are coincidence. Worth watching! What is your backup plan? Talk to us.
© Pictures, Use policy / ToS. Some travel impressions from Bogota, after my short visit to Leticia and Tabaninga (Brazil). The pics are random. But they should give you an impression of Bogota and the magic of the candelaria district. I love Colombia. Tourist are coming now. I never understood the hype about Cartagena. Sure, […]
© Pictures, Use policy / ToS. First part Travel Impressions: Colombia, Bogota 1/2 Just the continuation from Bogota and Candelaria. Try to share my love for Bogota. Architecture… There are some decent bespoke Tailors in Bogota, in or nearby Candelaria. A suit starts at US 200 and taks 10-14 days. Quality and material […]
© Pictures, Use policy / ToS. Some travel impressions from Brazil Tabatinga and Colombia Letitia. Just a few pictures today. Life of a PT. Flying in to Tabatinga from Manaus. Tabatinga Airport. A short look over the rivet to Peru. Did not had time to cross the boarder this time. The Triple Frontier where […]