99 Luftballons – Friday Night Music

I liked this song when it first came out in 1983. I did not understand it then and still don’t though know a bit more about it. It is an anti-war song and is quite relevant in 2015 too. The plot talks about 99 balloons, which were mistaken for UFOs. A general sends pilots to investigate…

Ideas For Your TGIF Procrastination – March 13, 2015

Global finance faces $9 trillion stress test as dollar soars – Contrary to popular belief, the world is today more dollarized than ever before. Foreigners have borrowed $9 trillion in US currency outside American jurisdiction, and therefore without the protection of a lender-of-last-resort able to issue unlimited dollars in extremis. This is up from $2…