Thursday, October 1, 2015

FIRST TURKEY; NOW RUSSIA. ISIS AS A PRETEXT

First Erdogan "entered" the battle against ISIS but seems to have spent more time attacking and bombing the Kurds and the PKK, the former at least seem to be the most constructive players in the region. Now, Putin has "entered" the battle against ISIS and is bombing groups supported by the US and perpetuating Assad.

Both are using ISIS as a pretext for their own agendas

when will we learn?

Apparently never.

Saturday, August 15, 2015

TESLA VALUATION VS. GM

i think Tesla cars are pretty cool. especially the S model. however i am scratching my head over its valuation.

Tesla is valued at around $31 Billion

GM at around $50 Billion

Tesla will deliver around 50,000 cars this year. an article today said it is predicting that it will sell around 500,000 "by the end of the decade" whatever that means, 2019, 2020?

It has been reported that Tesla loses about $4,000 per model S. there accounting is complicated but they are hugely benefited by various tax credits that both it and its customers receive. big dollars for both.

GM sells around 10,000,000 cars in 2014. so it is valued at around $5,000 a car sold using a simplistic metric

Tesla is being valued at $600,000 a car on current volume and $60,000 on projected volume maybe 5 years in the future

now Tesla is cool and GM is not cool but does this make sense?


Saturday, February 7, 2015

NETANYAHU VS OBAMA VS IRAN

there is all this noise about Netanyahu speaking before congress.  It's being called political.  Really?  Of course it's political.  Everything a politician does is political

Whatever protocols may have been violated, the stakes for the US, Israel and the world are high enough that hearing his pov can't hurt

I for one don't trust Obama,Biden and Kerry and the Europeans to cut the right deal with the Iranians.  They are concerned with legacy.  People like that cut bad deals.  They don't realize that legacies get determined over decades. Not immediate press clippings

If Iran goes nuclear, the Middle East goes nuclear.  Very dangerous.  Point to one area of the globe where this administration has done something smart, tough and effective?  And they're  going to start now with Iran?

I don't think so

We allowed 6 million Jews to be killed once. We can't do it twice. And Israel has the right to defend itself if no one else will

AMY PASCAL VS BRIAN WILLIAMS

amy pascal got fired for telling the truth. Brian Williams will get fired for lying.

Why people think that emails are private is beyond me.  But the leaked Sony emails were hilarious and entertained a nation for weeks

Brian williams on the other hand seems to have lied and as often the case gets trapped by it and fact and fiction merge. Now there may be more lies about Katrina

A real shame.  The truth would have been just fine

Amy was also fired so Michael Lynton could keep his job.  At least for now