Speedkidney

re: It’s basic math: here’s why you’ll NEVER notice the tariffs

Posted by Speedkidney on 5/11/19 at 8:04 am

Cokebottleag has some good points. International trade is a much smaller proportion of our economy than the rest of the developed world. And yet we are paying the lion's share to maintain safe world trade. I can recommend "The Accidental Superpower" by Peter Zeihan. He makes the same arguments...

Political Talk

re: Giraffes

Posted by Speedkidney on 2/18/19 at 3:33 am

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re: An All Out Brawl At An Unknown Event

Posted by Speedkidney on 2/17/19 at 10:17 pm

Le Mejor 90.7 It's Tijuana. Or San Diego. ...

re: Article about the new "social justice" in America

Posted by Speedkidney on 2/4/19 at 12:54 pm

[quote]ABC News analyst Matthew Dowd suggested that the Kavanaugh episode was an indication that “we, as white male Christians,” should “give up our seats at the table.”[/quote] And in another article: “Time for us white male Christians to take a step back and give power to others, and make ourse...

re: The Dutch are being blown away

Posted by Speedkidney on 1/31/19 at 6:51 am

The Dutch are smart, hard-working people. They'll have it cleaned up by tomorrow....

re: World Trade, by century? Paging history buffs.

Posted by Speedkidney on 1/26/19 at 11:44 pm

[quote]Why is the world's oldest profession not on this list? [/quote] Hunter-gatherer?...

re: The Erik Myers Comedy Special

Posted by Speedkidney on 1/24/19 at 10:49 pm

He's funny. Thanks for posting....

re: World Trade, by century? Paging history buffs.

Posted by Speedkidney on 1/24/19 at 1:02 pm

[quote]Might see gold up there in the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries.[/quote] I considered putting gold and silver from the Spanish new world, but I'm thinking of commodities in a stricter definition. ...

World Trade, by century? Paging history buffs.

Posted by Speedkidney on 1/24/19 at 12:56 pm

I'm trying to put together a list of the largest trade commodity, by value, per century. My guesses are below. And yes, I know they have a western bias. 1st century - olive oil, wine, slaves, salt, grain, lumber 2nd century - olive oil, wine, slaves, salt, grain, lumber 3rd century - olive...

re: Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos recommendations?

Posted by Speedkidney on 1/14/19 at 10:05 pm

[quote]I did a pretty lengthy review of it on here if you're interested. LINK [/quote] Awesome. Thanks. ...

re: Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos recommendations?

Posted by Speedkidney on 1/14/19 at 10:03 pm

We had a great three day stay in Chiang Mai. We did the elephant rides, but if you are a PETA member, you'll probably want to skip it. The tuk-tuk rides were fun. Bangkok has Uber, but as of 2016, Chiang Mai didn't. We stayed at a nice hotel with large grounds outside of the city, which ...

re: Best way to keep a 4 month old entertained (quiet) for 6 HR road trip

Posted by Speedkidney on 1/14/19 at 5:57 am

Some kids are easy. Some are not. The only thing that worked for our younger one was to have my wife pay constant attention to him....

re: Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos recommendations?

Posted by Speedkidney on 1/10/19 at 12:16 am

[quote] How old are your kids? My goal is to travel like that with my own so your story is interesting to me[/quote] We have two boys, ages 9 and 11. They travel well. It's usually me that gets grumpy in transit. We love traveling with our kids. We do a lot of reading and pertinent movie wa...

re: London Review

Posted by Speedkidney on 1/10/19 at 12:10 am

[quote] My wife and I dream of going to England and some other euro destination with castles and such when I retire...if we can afford it.[/quote] It's cheaper than you might imagine. You can find a $700 roundtrip ticket to Frankfurt then a $50 flight to London. I find cheap hotels in England...

re: Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos recommendations?

Posted by Speedkidney on 1/9/19 at 11:55 pm

Sounds like a great trip....

re: Planning a trip to Greece, advice wanted

Posted by Speedkidney on 1/9/19 at 11:36 pm

Meteora was superb. You might remember the James Bond monastery scene. We rented a car to get there. Not too far from Meteora is Mount Olympus. The hikes are nice and you can stay at a beach resort ten minutes from its base. The temple of Poseidon on Cape Sunio, Athens, is one the greatest p...

Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos recommendations?

Posted by Speedkidney on 1/9/19 at 11:31 pm

Traveling to Indochina with kids this summer for 2-3 weeks. I definitely want to see Angor Wat and Halung bay. Any recommendations? Either general travel recs or more specific itinerary recs? Thanks in advance....