Petro Yuan

Today is the launching date of Oil futures trading in Chinese Yuan convertible to Gold. The US Petro Dollar is no longer King.

You Are Tillersoned

Most people know that Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has been fired by U.S. President Donald Trump. __________________________________________________ Firing people is what Donald Trump good at. Before and after he became the U.S. President, he has been firing many people one after another. When you heard the name Trump, someone would be dumped. __________________________________________________ In this case, Rex’s last name ‘Tillerson’ has become a verb. If someone is dumped or fired, you can say that he or she has been ‘tillersoned’. Rex, I’m sorry that you have been ‘tillersoned’!

Donald Trump's Conflict of Interest

A friend in Facebook posted a news article titled ‘Trump’s Biggest Potential Conflict of Interest’. The headline refers to Donald Trump’s tenant on the 20th floor of the Trump Tower, namely the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), in which the Chinese Government has a majority of ownership. _________________________________________________ These are my thoughts and comments: If my memory is correct, the conflict of interest law in the U.S. does not apply to the U.S. President. In the U.S., much corruption is legalized or made legal. Lobbying is in a sense legalized bribery. There are so many ways to bribe a politician in the U.S., such as making huge political donations, giving ridiculously high speaking fees, and doing inside trading by members of Congress who are immune from prosecution, etc. etc. _________________________________________________ There are people in this world who are above or beyond the law, like the Pope, the kings and queens, the world leaders such as George Bush, the former U.S. President and Tony Blair, the former UK Prime Minister who invaded Iraq and caused the death of tens of thousands if not millions of innocent people. Who has the guts and means to bring these people to justice, if they did break the law? _________________________________________________ But then what would you do if you were Donald Trump? Tell his tenants to move out of the Trump Tower, let the rental space stay vacant and give up all the lucrative rental fees? To close and sell all his businesses? Is it even workable? What would you suggest? _________________________________________________ All said, we should understand that U.S.A. is not a socialist country. Capitalism and Individualism are high American values. In their extreme forms of ideology and selfish practices, Democracy in the U.S. is not so much about the politicians, the elites and the rulers helping the common people but rather helping themselves and supporting the rich and powerful. _________________________________________________ The U.S. is a republic, yes, a democracy in political system, ideology and appearance, but its socio-economic and political reality is rather more like a Plutocracy and Oligarchy. Power to the rich, money to the powerful, and if you are one of the common people, then sorry, you are on your own!

Donald Trump is a Moth

A friend in Facebook posted a news article which said that an evolutionary biologist Vazrick Nazari has found a new moth with golden hair and a small penis. The moth is of the genus Neopalpa found in Southern California and Northern Mexico. He named it Neopalpa donaldtrumpi after Donald Trump. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ These are my thoughts and comments: Donald Trump has been the President of the United States of America (USA) for one year. There is hardly a day without any news about him, mostly negative, in the American and Global media. In this case, it is not a political satire, criticism or complaint. Nor is it a joke. It is a scientist who named a moth after Donald Trump based on his orange hair and supposedly small penis. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Maybe Vazrick Nazari thought a lot about the orange golden hair of the moth similar to Trump’s. Maybe he did not think too much about the moth’s small penis similar to Trump’s. What was Nazari thinking when he named the moth after Trump? I just don’t know, but who does? In any case, it begs the question on how did he know that Trump actually has a small penis? Sometimes, not only fake news could make one’s head turn. Even real news could become annoying. To me, this news article is neither funny nor inspiring. What do you think?

Speed and Button

Speed without accuracy is not a success, neither is the right answer known but the wrong button pressed.

East and West

The East understands the West better than the West understands the East. The West has a lot of catching up to do.

Catalonia

Catalan Parliament votes for independence from Spain (214 Yes, 47 No, 1 Absent). Whether you support an independent Catalonia or not, please do NOT support violence and killing. PEACE !