tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post5937070616430375999..comments2024-03-28T06:32:24.557-04:00Comments on The Elephant Bar: Get the US military out of the oil protection racket in the Middle EastDeuce ☂http://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comBlogger58125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-87299621313005022812014-11-30T00:03:19.739-05:002014-11-30T00:03:19.739-05:00.
The guy is saying the same things I have been s....<br /><br />The guy is saying the same things I have been saying all along albeit with a couple of exceptions. First, he blames both parties for the impasse on a two-state solution. True enough, but then he accuses the Arabs of being liars while he accuses the Israelis of what? Just kidding? <br /><br />He indicates that had the Israelis been honest from the beginning the issues would have been resolved by now. Again, true enough; however, he has the timing wrong. Had the Israelis driven the Arabs out early on, there would have been additional conflict for awhile but by now the world would have moved on.<br /><br />He suggests that in the 90's a couple hundred million would have been enough to pay the Arabs to leave. Too optimistic, IMO. While it would have been easy to buy off Arafat and his cronies there wouldn't be enough money left to get the rest of the Palestinians to agree to leave. The reason for the 2nd Intifada wasn't only the failure of the Oslo Accord process and the Israeli part in that failure but also the Palis dissatisfaction with their own leadership. They might have been able to force the Palis out but they would have continued the fight from wherever they were sent.<br /><br />While the author argues that forced population transfer is the likely answer, I think he's wrong. It might have been the answer fifty or sixty years ago but now its too late. Unlikely, the world would stand for it these days. IMO.<br /><br />Not sure what Israel can or will be able to do at this point. All the options are bad.<br /><br />Oh, what tangled webs we weave...<br /><br />.Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-66306276765566776692014-11-29T20:44:49.554-05:002014-11-29T20:44:49.554-05:00It's a joy to be buying gas at $2,80/gal.
Mea...It's a joy to be buying gas at $2,80/gal.<br /><br />Means a lot to the average guy.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07877200182060537865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-55970295369406093362014-11-29T18:03:52.234-05:002014-11-29T18:03:52.234-05:00{...}
The lower oil prices are unlikely to hur...{...}<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The lower oil prices are unlikely to hurt electric vehicles or plug-in hybrids, because they are still such a tiny part of the auto market that there is room for sales to grow a great deal. And, even if US prices average out at $2.70 a gallon, that can’t actually compete with free fuel, which is what a lot of electric auto owners get, via their rooftop solar panels or subsidized parking in cities or at work.<br />Natural gas and petroleum are dead men walking– they are worthless but the markets just haven’t realized it yet. By 2016, solar and wind will be grid parity everywhere in the US with coal and natural gas for heating and cooling buildings. That means it will be as cheap or cheaper to build a solar or wind facility as to build a new coal plant (the latter won’t likely even be allowed because of anti-pollution laws finally being implemented by the Obama administration).<br /><br />Because it is harder and more expensive to replace petroleum for transportation than to replace coal and natural gas for heating buildings, oil may have a longer run than the other hydrocarbons. But as auto battery costs come down and as more and more buildings have solar panels or are supplied with electricity by wind, gasoline-driven autos will also, over the next 10-15 years, become uneconomical. (Not to mention that Asian demand will revive and even possibly go into overdrive, as India, e.g. turns to automobiles from bicycles.)<br /><br />That is, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Russia and North Dakota are all up the creek in the medium term. But for the latter three, which have complex economies and in the case of Russia and Iran, sizeable populations, the economic benefit of inexpensive renewable electriicity will likely outweigh the loss of oil income. Everywhere, renewables are likely to put money and power in the pockets of ordinary people and workers, and may spell a weakening of the oil-based rentier state.<br /><br />Saudi Arabia should enjoy its brief moment of triumph. Its business model is actually a dinosaur, as is that of the rivals it is punishing.Deuce ☂https://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-19340572787341777152014-11-29T18:03:37.370-05:002014-11-29T18:03:37.370-05:00{...}
The Iraqi government of Haydar al-Abadi wil...{...}<br /><br />The Iraqi government of Haydar al-Abadi will also have much less income with which to fight Daesh/ ISIL.<br />While the fall in petroleum prices is hurting government budgets in Russia and Iran, ironically it may actually help workers. Iran’s economy has improved in the past year despite US sanctions on Iranian oil sales, which have reduced exports from 2.5 mn bpd to 1.5 mn bpd in the past three years.<br /><br />One silver lining for the Iranian economy of lower oil prices is that they will weaken the value of the riyal and make Iranian manufactures, handicrafts and agricultural produce cheaper to export. This development will benefit millions of Iranians. It is mainly the government, and recipients of government subsidies, who are hurt by the oil price fall.<br /><br />Nor should it be assumed that reduced oil income will destabilize the ayatollahs in Tehran. Saddam Hussein in 1990s Iraq faced much more severe oil sanctions, and the price fell steeply in 1997, but the Iraqi Baath elite cushioned themselves and survived handsomely until George W. Bush invaded and overthrew them.<br /><br />Russian made goods may also benefit over time from the lower ruble and a smaller oil income. Putin may become less powerful, but Russian factory workers may see a rise in income because more in the global South can afford to import their products.<br />As for North Dakota and other fracking states, some of their production may continue because of sunk costs in drilling and infrastructure. But it is likely that new investment in fracked oil will dry up for the next year or so.<br /><br />Saudi Arabia did not cause the oil price fall, though since 2011 it has been flooding the market to offset the decrease in Iranian exports because of US sanctions. Riyadh, however, is the main geopolitical winner here, which is why the Saudis stopped the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries from reducing country production quotas. (That step would have reduced supply and put up prices). As it is, the Saudis can afford to wait as fracked oil is driven out of the market because too expensive, so that they regain their market share.<br /><br />The Saudis must enjoy punishing Iran and Russia for defying them by propping up the Bashar al-Assad regime in Damascus and the Da’wa Shiite regime in Baghdad.<br /><br />{...}Deuce ☂https://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-74691042513754087962014-11-29T18:01:18.290-05:002014-11-29T18:01:18.290-05:00By Juan Cole
It is clear that among the major los...By Juan Cole<br /><br />It is clear that among the major losers in the fall in the price of Brent crude petroleum from $115 a barrel last summer to about $75 a barrel today are Russia, Iraq and Iran. Petroleum sales are 50% of Russia’s income, and are also central for Iran and Iraq.<br /><br />But the big loser will likely be shale oil producers and prospectors in the US, who probably cannot make a profit if the price falls into the 60s.<br /><br />The cause of the fall, by $40 a barrel, in petroleum prices since last summer is almost completely on the demand side. Asian economies, especially China, are dramatically slowing, and won’t be requiring as much petroleum to fuel trucks, trains and cars to deliver people and goods around the country. Most petroleum is used to fuel transport. Some is used for heating or cooling, as in Saudi Arabia and Hawaii, but that practice is relatively rare. US journalists seem to feel it obligatory to mention US shale oil production as a contributor to the price fall, since prices are a matter of supply and demand, and US supply has increased by a couple million barrels a day. But frankly that is a minor increase in world terms– global production is roughly 90 million barrels a day. Between Iran, Iraq (Kirkuk), Libya and Syria, enough oil has gone out of production to more than offset the additional American oil. It isn’t that there is more oil being pumped, it is that the world doesn’t want it as much because of cooling economies.<br /><br />The Russian and Iranian governments are said to be panicking , because both need high prices to support their bloated government budgets and popular subsidies.<br /><br />The value of the Russian ruble against the dollar has fallen 19% this fall.<br /><br />{...}<br /><br />Deuce ☂https://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-85948063906479416172014-11-29T17:30:19.671-05:002014-11-29T17:30:19.671-05:00Final:
Appalachian State 45
Idaho 28
Thanks the...Final:<br /><br />Appalachian State 45<br />Idaho 28<br /><br />Thanks the gods, God, G-d, Allah, the nature of things and passage of time that this miserable season is finally over.<br /><br />Season:<br /><br />1 win<br />10 loses<br />1 game called due to weather<br /><br />Tune in next year Vandal Fans across our Great Nation, and around our Wonderous Blue/Green Globe.<br /><br />Have a good year.<br /><br />And remember, it's tough being a Vandal, but it builds character !!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07877200182060537865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-58172023164900326962014-11-29T17:14:54.481-05:002014-11-29T17:14:54.481-05:00Rookie mistake, jack, confusing tactics and strate...Rookie mistake, jack, confusing tactics and strategy.Ashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16688752302081088907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-21442027856293071202014-11-29T16:50:53.547-05:002014-11-29T16:50:53.547-05:00Vandals fight back !
TD !
Appalachian State 38
...Vandals fight back !<br /><br />TD !<br /><br />Appalachian State 38<br /><br />Idaho 21<br /><br />Two point conversion fails.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07877200182060537865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-16053610722232527912014-11-29T16:45:22.029-05:002014-11-29T16:45:22.029-05:00Appalachian State 38
Idaho 15
Vandal Fans, we ar...Appalachian State 38<br /><br />Idaho 15<br /><br />Vandal Fans, we are getting clobbered.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07877200182060537865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-51270173132407837982014-11-29T16:43:21.261-05:002014-11-29T16:43:21.261-05:00Jack HawkinsSat Nov 29, 03:43:00 PM EST
SodaStream...Jack HawkinsSat Nov 29, 03:43:00 PM EST<br />SodaStream is going to "Make Water Exciting", but does not have stock in the stores to sell the shopper. <br />Even if the commercials are a hit, there is no product on the shelves.<br /><br /><br /><br />Sold out again?<br /><br />when you do 200 million a year?<br /><br />you do a lot of store shelf stocking..<br />you really have no concept of reality do you?What is "Occupation"https://www.blogger.com/profile/02054075097495500689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-53101230837482990892014-11-29T16:42:03.934-05:002014-11-29T16:42:03.934-05:00The moslems of arabia STOLE the lands of the Jews,...The moslems of arabia STOLE the lands of the Jews, the Christians and others..<br /><br />The moslems of the now conquered middle east STARTED and invaded Europe that caused the CrusadesWhat is "Occupation"https://www.blogger.com/profile/02054075097495500689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-22792528467109754392014-11-29T16:37:45.961-05:002014-11-29T16:37:45.961-05:00Sure but who killed WHO 1st?
The moslem arabs of ...Sure but who killed WHO 1st?<br /><br />The moslem arabs of the middle east for centuries killed christians and jews...What is "Occupation"https://www.blogger.com/profile/02054075097495500689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-9443343995977670232014-11-29T16:29:17.959-05:002014-11-29T16:29:17.959-05:00Israel should pay all the west bank arabs to move ...Israel should pay all the west bank arabs to move to Philadelphia.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07877200182060537865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-68602531029086576212014-11-29T16:28:06.991-05:002014-11-29T16:28:06.991-05:00Israel was faced with unpleasant choices and for d...Israel was faced with unpleasant choices and for decades refused to make a realistic decision. Oslo did nothing but permit this to continue, while subsidizing the murderous Arabs, and removing some of the economic burden from Israel. This can no longer be indulged.<br /><br />Israel must stop fudging, hedging, and obfuscating. Israel has to say what Kahane said: “They must go!” This reduces to one of two options: ethnic cleansing, or paying the Arabs to leave.<br /><br />Now, let's not pretty up the first option by calling it population transfer. Population transfer sounds sanitary, but it is just mutually agreed upon ethnic cleansing. Those who advocate the forced removal of Arabs should be honest enough to call it what it is. In a way, even compensated removal is ethnic cleansing, albeit of a kinder, gentler sort.<br /><br />The present situation has to change. I, along with others, have figured that the Arabs could be paid to leave at a cost of $100-200 billion – roughly what we have already spent on a two-state solution.<br /><br />Had that been offered in 1993, the problem would have been solved by now. We know the Arabs lie, but had the Israelis been honest – instead of pretending to go along with a two-state option – the option of removal would have been addressed instead of denied.<br /><br />Then the only thing to debate would have been method and cost, and the problem would have been solved by now.<br /><br />Mike Konrad is an American who writes on various issue from time to time.<br /><br />http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2014/11/why_did_it_take_so_long.html<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07877200182060537865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-188995422122839842014-11-29T16:27:40.949-05:002014-11-29T16:27:40.949-05:00Good luck! I thought at that time. There is no wa...Good luck! I thought at that time. There is no way that Jerusalem can be negotiated. There is no way Israel would surrender the sacred precincts, and no way Islam would insist on anything less. Twenty-one years later, Jerusalem has come home to roost. One cannot negotiate this level of conflict.<br /><br />So finally forgetting any pretense of a two-state solution, which neither side really wanted, and given that Israel will stay from the Jordan to the Mediterranean, what is Israel to do with the millions of disenfranchised Arabs under her rule?<br /><br />And they are under Israeli rule! Israel can enter Ramallah, Nablus, and any part of the Palestinian zones at will, as they did this July in retaliation for the kidnapping of three boys. I won't call it an occupation, but it is martial law.<br /><br />Zionists claim that Israel was given everything west of the Jordan by the San Remo Agreement of 1920. If so, that claim comes with a caveat. The Jewish state is obliged to act “without prejudice to the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine” as part of the San Remo protocols.<br /><br />In plain terms, if Israel wants to claim Judea and Samaria, it has to enfranchise and tender full civil rights to a very hostile population. If not, Israel cannot lay claim to the area based on an international agreement that Israel refuses to abide by. So even San Remo cannot rescue Israel's claims.<br /><br />As should be obvious now, these people cannot live together. The Arabs are liars; we know this. But conservatives are being less than honest if they think Israel is totally egalitarian toward even Arab-Israelis. There is a real difference between how fast a Jew gets a building permit and how fast an Arab gets one. It may not be apartheid, but one group is more equal than others. Even the usually quiet Arab-Israelis are starting to get militant. While the demographics of Israel are not a dire as so many Chicken Littles claim, the situation is still not promising. There is no way that Israel can safely enfranchise the Arabs in Judea and Samaria.<br /><br />Israel has to make hard choices concerning this Arab demographic. <br /><br />There is also no way that Israel can continue the present situation, where Israel keeps so many people under martial law for so long. It cannot be done. Even were these people Danish Lutherans, there would be resistance, albeit not as violently pathological as with Islam. Israel controls all who enter or leave Judea and Samaria. No Arab has free access to leave or enter without undergoing a barrage of permits. Visitors are arbitrarily refused admittance. This may be a necessary tyranny for security's sake, but tyranny it is, and we should not hide it. This is not freedom. This is not a two-state solution, and according to Netanyahu, Israel has no intention of ever letting up.<br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07877200182060537865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-65783695157300210682014-11-29T16:26:47.595-05:002014-11-29T16:26:47.595-05:00Here is a realistic article -
>>>Of cour...Here is a realistic article -<br /><br />>>>Of course, the masters of duplicity are the Arabs, who still want all of Israel destroyed.<br /><br />I have no illusions that the Arabs seek the genocidal destruction of Israel, which is why I limit my complaints about Israel to her pretenses, not her actions. But even those who acknowledge the Arab duplicity have to recognize that neither party has ever had any intention of recognizing the other as an independent state.<<<<br /><br />November 29, 2014<br />Why Did It Take So Long?<br />By Mike Konrad<br /><br />Recently Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made this statement:<br /><br /> There cannot be a situation, under any agreement, in which we relinquish security control of the territory west of the River Jordan[.]<br /><br />Personally, I have no problems with that honest statement. I wish the Israelis had been upfront about this years ago; and it would have saved everyone a lot of heartache. <br /><br />An honest refusal to give the Arabs in Judea and Samaria open and free borders – while militarily wise – would also have let the world know that Israel had no real intention of the giving the Palestinians a state. It would have been suicidal. The Arabs would have been put on notice that no Palestine would ever exist. A people who do not control their borders are not free. There would have been no pretense, and over $100 billion in handouts – from America, Canada, and Europe – to a murderously corrupt Palestinian Authority could have been saved.<br /><br />That has been Netanyahu's position all along, even as his administration publicly claimed to be working towards a two-state solution, as was captured by this video, secretly filmed in 2001. Netanyahu bragged about sabotaging Oslo by twisting legal interpretations to prevent the Arabs from ever getting an open border with Jordan. Netanyahu would define the whole Jordan Valley as a military zone. To be fair, even Barak's "generous" offer at Camp David refused to give the Palestinians border control. <br /><br />Again, all of this was wise, but why doesn't Israel officially admit that it has no intention of giving the Palestinians a state? Why did Netanyahu, and others, say one thing to the press and another to the Likud base?<br /><br />Of course, the masters of duplicity are the Arabs, who still want all of Israel destroyed.<br /><br />I have no illusions that the Arabs seek the genocidal destruction of Israel, which is why I limit my complaints about Israel to her pretenses, not her actions. But even those who acknowledge the Arab duplicity have to recognize that neither party has ever had any intention of recognizing the other as an independent state.<br /><br />So while our American government and media were pushing a two-state solution, there were ample signals coming from both sides that neither side was going to recognize the right of the other to exist as a truly independent entity. It is not just the terrorists of Hamas who refuse to recognize Israel in any capacity; the 1999 Likud party charter refused to recognize Palestine in any capacity, which probably explains why Netanyahu does not call out Hamas's irrendentism more often.<br /><br />The Israelis wanted only to give the Palestinian limited autonomy on small Arab reservations, while the Arabs wanted to kick the Jews out of the Mideast altogether.<br /><br />Every dollar, every handout, every penny spent on this ridiculous goal for a two-state solution has been a total waste, and it should have been immediately evident in 1993, when the Oslo agreement was signed.<br /><br />I knew this as soon as I saw Rabin and Arafat shake hands on TV in 1993. The announcer said this was a start, and the difficult items would be hammered out later on.<br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07877200182060537865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-38899505795438694782014-11-29T16:20:59.288-05:002014-11-29T16:20:59.288-05:00If they get their way they'll all be multi-mil...If they get their way they'll all be multi-millionaires soon.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07877200182060537865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-31826733943961132192014-11-29T16:20:21.212-05:002014-11-29T16:20:21.212-05:00You know any Pamunkeys, Rufus ?You know any Pamunkeys, Rufus ?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07877200182060537865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-68558741159678940422014-11-29T16:19:31.743-05:002014-11-29T16:19:31.743-05:00Pamunkey tribe under scrutiny for past interracial...Pamunkey tribe under scrutiny for past interracial marriage ban<br /><br />posted at 4:01 pm on November 29, 2014 by Jazz Shaw<br /><br />Earlier this year the Interior Department fielded a request to recognize the Pamunkey tribe of Virginia, a proposal which will eventually be decided by Obama’s Interior Secretary. This would not only give the members access to the usual benefits received from Washington and the complicated relationship with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, but also allow them to get moving on putting up a casino on their land. However the Congressional Black Caucus and other Democrats are fighting the move due to allegations that the tribe has a history of discriminatory practices.<br /><br /> Several members of the Congressional Black Caucus are urging the Obama administration to withhold federal recognition of a Virginia Indian tribe because of its history of banning intermarriage with blacks…<br /><br /> The Congressional Black Caucus members urged Interior Secretary Sally Jewell and Attorney General Eric Holder to hold off until the Justice Department investigates any discriminatory practices by the tribe. Neither department has responded to the request, made in a Sept. 23 letter, according to a spokeswoman for Mississippi Democrat Bennie Thompson, who signed the letter.<br /><br /> The letter cited a report by the Interior Department’s Bureau of Indian Affairs that quoted tribal law: “No member of the Pamunkey Indian Tribe shall intermarry with anny (sic) Nation except White or Indian under penalty of forfeiting their rights in Town.”<br /><br /> The bureau said it had no indication the tribe had changed its ban, but Pamunkey Chief Kevin Brown responded in a letter to the CBC that the ban has been repealed. He said in an interview that the change was made in 2012.<br /><br />This entire process goes deep in the weeds on matters which don’t often come up for discussion, and I’ve struggled to understand the process in similar cases up here in New York. First, I’m not entirely sure how they would quantify the additional layers of “recognition” being sought. The Pamunkey have been in Virginia since the first Europeans arrived and have a recognized reservation there. They also have a treaty with the state which they have honored for over 300 years, and it includes paying an annual tribute to the Governor in the form of wild game and pottery. (See image on front page.) But this does not, it seems, automatically translate over to federal recognition and the benefits associated with that.<br /><br />It would be interesting to see how diligently all the other tribes have been held to modern standards of law, civil rights and the like. The Pamunkey apparently had that ban (which was not just against “blacks” but any minorities who are not “white” or “tribal”) primarily as a means of keeping some sort of tribal ethnic purity. That’s not exactly unknown in other cultures, either officially or unofficially, and I’m unclear to what extent – if any – Washington can dictate the tribe’s laws to them.<br /><br />But for all of that debate, it looks like this probably has a lot more to do with that casino than any sort of social justice or racial purity questions. If they get approval for the project it will likely mean tens of millions of dollars flowing in to the tribe’s 200 current members. It will also mean yet more competition for Atlantic City, Vegas and the casino industry’s supporters in Congress. If the Pamunkey tribe loses this battle, I’d be willing to bet it won’t be because of some previous rule on interracial marriage. At least not entirely…<br /><br />http://hotair.com/archives/2014/11/29/pamunkey-tribe-under-scrutiny-for-past-interracial-marriage-ban/Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07877200182060537865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-84727003825312558282014-11-29T16:15:11.646-05:002014-11-29T16:15:11.646-05:00Egypt court drops murder charges against Mubarak.....Egypt court drops murder charges against Mubarak............drudge<br /><br />As is proper.<br /><br />He's still serving a little time for corruption, as is proper too.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07877200182060537865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-37716637033645500062014-11-29T16:07:11.369-05:002014-11-29T16:07:11.369-05:00.
Come on, Ash. Consider two issues at one time?....<br /><br />Come on, Ash. Consider two issues at one time? You are asking a lot of the rat.<br /><br />:o)<br /><br />.Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-49890499283955048382014-11-29T16:06:28.171-05:002014-11-29T16:06:28.171-05:00Though Vandal stock is really really low right now...Though Vandal stock is really really low right now, with no where to go but up.<br /><br />Trouble is, it will never go up.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07877200182060537865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-69721992092376089942014-11-29T16:05:39.133-05:002014-11-29T16:05:39.133-05:00Appalachian State 31
Idaho 15
Start of the third...Appalachian State 31<br /><br />Idaho 15<br /><br />Start of the third quarter, Vandal Fans.<br /><br />I'm thinking of investing in Soda Stream.<br /><br />Beats stock in the Vandals.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07877200182060537865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-85575757208375640142014-11-29T15:52:30.166-05:002014-11-29T15:52:30.166-05:00"O"rdure would have the reader look at f..."O"rdure would have the reader look at falling retail sales as just an aberration.<br />But there is more to the story of SodaStream's equity collapse than just the competition from <i>Coca-Cola</i>.<br /><br />Either the SodaStream management team is inept, or the BDS Movement has struck down a healthy company with a solid management team. "O"rdure tells us that the basics of the company, SodaSream, are sound. That the management team is solid.<br /><br />So, the only other plausible reason for why their asset value has evaporated ... the vulnerability of lightly capitalized small companies to a persuasive media campaign.<br /><br />Jack Hawkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00342056653466462640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-25617488835517963702014-11-29T15:43:24.175-05:002014-11-29T15:43:24.175-05:00And, for some absurd reason, you seem to think a p...And, for some absurd reason, you seem to think a particular tactic makes it good.Ashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16688752302081088907noreply@blogger.com