Comments on: Dear Mr. Ex-KGB http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/01/dear-mr-ex-kgb/ Macro Perspective on the Capital Markets, Economy, Geopolitics, Technology, and Digital Media Mon, 22 Mar 2010 12:15:34 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Transor Z http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/01/dear-mr-ex-kgb/comment-page-1/#comment-137686 Transor Z Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:49:47 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=15122#comment-137686 I'm in the Northeast and get to join the EU, so the hell with the rest of you. We'll finally get state-run health care, free university education, and a 35 hour work week. Woo hoo! I believe the former KGB officer got his information from the "Red Badge of Gayness" South Park episode in which Cartman leads a group of Civil War reenactors on a cross-country pillage. My only quibbles with using that as an authoritative source is that (1) it's fiction, and (2) it's animated fiction, which undermines its realism somewhat. www.southparkstudios.com I’m in the Northeast and get to join the EU, so the hell with the rest of you. We’ll finally get state-run health care, free university education, and a 35 hour work week. Woo hoo!

I believe the former KGB officer got his information from the “Red Badge of Gayness” South Park episode in which Cartman leads a group of Civil War reenactors on a cross-country pillage. My only quibbles with using that as an authoritative source is that (1) it’s fiction, and (2) it’s animated fiction, which undermines its realism somewhat.

http://www.southparkstudios.com

]]> By: tomega http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/01/dear-mr-ex-kgb/comment-page-1/#comment-137639 tomega Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:05:17 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=15122#comment-137639 Wow, one sentence summarizes the current situation in Russia: Unfortunately predictions that would have been taken as lunacy by most Russians in the past are now turned into wishful thinking. Wow, one sentence summarizes the current situation in Russia:
Unfortunately predictions that would have been taken as lunacy by most Russians in the past are now turned into wishful thinking.

]]> By: Mark E Hoffer http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/01/dear-mr-ex-kgb/comment-page-1/#comment-137628 Mark E Hoffer Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:59:19 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=15122#comment-137628 "Our geographic preference of habitation is a function of climate, employment, proximity of mother-in-law — it has to be at least two hours away, by a very fast plane if possible — and pure randomness. We have no allegiance to..."--Vitaliy Katsenelson an·o·mie or an·o·my (n-m) n. 1. Social instability caused by erosion of standards and values. 2. Alienation and purposelessness experienced by a person or a class as a result of a lack of standards, values, or ideals http://www.thefreedictionary.com/anomie Somehow, as an American, I don't think that "Red Sox Nation" can allow us to carry the Day. Societal anomie is, hardly, a Cornerstone-- from which to erect any long-standing edifice. “Our geographic preference of habitation is a function of climate, employment, proximity of mother-in-law — it has to be at least two hours away, by a very fast plane if possible — and pure randomness. We have no allegiance to…”–Vitaliy Katsenelson

an·o·mie or an·o·my (n-m)
n.
1. Social instability caused by erosion of standards and values.
2. Alienation and purposelessness experienced by a person or a class as a result of a lack of standards, values, or ideals
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/anomie

Somehow, as an American, I don’t think that “Red Sox Nation” can allow us to carry the Day.

Societal anomie is, hardly, a Cornerstone– from which to erect any long-standing edifice.

]]> By: Mike in Nola http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/01/dear-mr-ex-kgb/comment-page-1/#comment-137617 Mike in Nola Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:45:52 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=15122#comment-137617 See my comment to an earlier post: http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/01/accounting-for-bailout-money/ BTW, Putin is making the most of leveraging his role as supplier of energy to Europe, so its role is a bit more than a blip until we get fusion energy, e.g. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=99013330 See my comment to an earlier post:

http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/01/accounting-for-bailout-money/

BTW, Putin is making the most of leveraging his role as supplier of energy to Europe, so its role is a bit more than a blip until we get fusion energy, e.g.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=99013330

]]> By: ntufar http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/01/dear-mr-ex-kgb/comment-page-1/#comment-137611 ntufar Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:09:43 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=15122#comment-137611 Amen, brother. Moldavian, born under soviet occupation is speaking here. I watch Russian TV. The disconnection from reality, propaganda, wishful thinking and anti-americanism are abound there. The theory of this Ex-KGB guy would sell like hot cakes there. They even have widely believed theory that the world is only 1000 years old and the event that happened before 1000 AD are actually a different interpretation of events that happened after 1000 AD. Crazy stuff. Here it is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Chronology_(Fomenko) Amen, brother.

Moldavian, born under soviet occupation is speaking here.
I watch Russian TV. The disconnection from reality, propaganda, wishful thinking and anti-americanism are abound there. The theory of this Ex-KGB guy would sell like hot cakes there.

They even have widely believed theory that the world is only 1000 years old and the event that happened before 1000 AD are actually a different interpretation of events that happened after 1000 AD. Crazy stuff.

Here it is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Chronology_(Fomenko)

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