[QUOTE="jimkabrhel"]

I guess the UN and other foreign observers aren't helping to prevent Assad from destroying his own country.

sSubZerOo

Syria may have little economic clout, but it has plenty of political importance. It is a main ally of Iran and Russia and a gateway for their influence in the Arab World. The problem is that the Security Council is split between anti-Assad (Britain, France, U.S.) and pro-Assad/anti-opposition (Russia, China). It kind of paralyzes organizational action and destroys the little effectiveness the U.N. has at its best.

I mean, just look at the vague language the U.N. Russian delegation is using to refer to these most recent events and the implicit blame it puts on the opposition for it.

[QUOTE="Ravensmash"]So when is NATO or the UN going to do anything about Syria? shakmaster13

What the hell has Assad done? His power is based off of dynastic minority rule and scaring people into thinking that only he has the right to lead or the ability to hold the country together. Syria has nothing else of note as a consequence of him besides a moderately strong army and an omnipresent state security apparatus.

A market cap of ~$68 billion and a PE ratio of over 100? I'll pass most definitely.

Really people, if you want to take a chance or high amount of risk on any newly traded company, try companies that are 100x smaller.

[QUOTE="Ravensmash"]So when is NATO or the UN going to do anything about Syria? Wasdie

Probably never. It's election time in the USA so don't count on any support from the USA and the UK and France just blew their budget on Lybia.

Eh. Just help facilitate the transfer of weapons from Libya to Syria. They have a huge arsenal of small arms, machine guns, rockets, ammunition, and what not (certainly far larger per capita than Syria's).

[QUOTE="sSubZerOo"][QUOTE="kuraimen"] Is not so idealistic considering societies of old mostly lived that way. But the "we are greedy, selfish and competition is our nature" ideology has taken a hold of our societies. I still think there's hope to change that.kuraimen

You're more than welcome to live or work communally with others as a subset of industrialized society.

[QUOTE="kuraimen"]No, I just think society shouldn't let some people to accumulate so much money and resources while so many haven't even something to eat.peterw007

The sheer reality of economic scarcity will get you a lot faster than any amount of financial greed. Communism doesn't stack up to the fact of unequal distribution of resources from multiple standpoints (people, countries, regions, education, etc.). If resources weren't inherently scarce, well, economics wouldn't mean anything, and neither would classes. Everyone would have everything they need.

The hype here is amazing. Generally speaking, buying right at the IPO is for short term speculation, and certainly so for hot tech. companies with problematic valuations (please, a $80 billion+ valuation?). If you want to make any real money from this deal, you'd have to wait for the company to add on billions more in market value, and that's not happening in a healthy or sustainable manner.

I would agree. Dystopia is Hard.

It's been an uneven recovery. Meaning that some people have recovered better than others. Therefore, relatively speaking, inequality of wealth and opportunities has probably gotten somewhat worse.

[QUOTE="rzepak"]

I would rather see students suing Univeristies and Colleges for not getting a job afterwards. Its too often that studying in a certain field is encouraged but in the end its nothing more than useless knowledge and wasted time, because the curriculum is not made to fit todays job market.

LJS9502_basic

High level skills and experience are much more valued than education in terms of jobs and opportunities. Sometimes I wonder the value of higher education for those who seem to learn little in this regard.