Comments on: Robber Barons Blow Commodities Bubble

By: fool me once...

fool me once... — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 10:47:39 +0000

It did cross my mind you might not like it for that reason, sorry. Here’s a mutt free version remember though it’s a rough arsed sea shanty.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jY98iGETKFk

By: Ariadna Theokopoulos

Ariadna Theokopoulos — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 10:13:19 +0000

Horrible. I mean the part about the dog. It ruined it for me….

By: fool me once...

fool me once... — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 08:24:54 +0000

“The boat’s name is “Venus.”
Maybe his ultimate fantasy in life was to be captain on the vessel mentioned in his favourite sea shanty;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsOQq09g4vQ&feature=related

By: Ariadna Theokopoulos

Ariadna Theokopoulos — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 01:45:19 +0000

Here it is:

Before his death, former Apple CEO Steve Jobs was planning to build one of the world’s most unusual yachts — a sleek, all-aluminum cruiser that looked more like a Battlestar Galactica fighter than leisure yacht.

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Rumors were that plans for the boat had been shelved during Jobs’s illness. But now the yacht has just had its posthumous launch.
The boat’s name is “Venus.” (Alas, not the “iYacht.”) According to executives at yacht-building companies and photos from Superyachttimes.com, Venus set sail from Feadship’s Koninklijke De Vries shipyard in Aalsmeer, the Netherlands, where it was built. (Feadship executives declined comment).
The ship is 256-feet long and filled with soaring windows, oversized iMacs and technical wizardry beyond its light aluminum hull, according to people close to the project.
The ship was reportedly designed by Philippe Stark, the famed French architect and designer who also designed the yacht “A” for Andrey Melnichenko. (Read more: Russian Billionaire Builds Largest Ever Sailing Yacht)

By: Ariadna Theokopoulos

Ariadna Theokopoulos — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 01:44:30 +0000

You are probably unable to even imagine the pressures one feels at that level to keep up with the Russian oligarchs.
Too bad the yacht was finished so late–he could have been buried in it at sea in a grandiose manner, with the yacht gliding avast noiselessly, engines turned off symbolically, pulled by ropes by several hundred of his Chinese employees in small boats shaped like i-pods

By: EvoQ

EvoQ — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 01:20:43 +0000

There is No True Capitalist or Free Market Economy, and there Never will be. This world we live in is based on POWER. Those that have it want to keep what Power they have, and they also want to Expand on that Power also. Those of US that have little if any power, have to join-up for Our Common Good. Unfortunately as of Late the Politics of Hate and Dissension have drown us Apart. That is exactly what those that have Power have wanted to happen. These Robber Barons are not in your old High School History books but they live and Breathe in our Current day. Steve Jobs whom recently passed away was revered in Magazine after Magazine after his Death. But in real Life the Man was a terror to be around, his employees hated to be caught on the same Elevator with him for fear of being fired if he was in a bad mood that day. Under his leadership and with the help of Steve Wozniak Steve Jobs took a fledgling company and turned into a GIANT of High Tech brilliance. But at what Cost ? Wozniak left to become a High School Science and Computer teacher whilst Jobs moved all Manufacturing overseas to a Slave Labor Camp where the employees commit suicide because the working conditions are so poor. Apple could have manufactured their nifty high tech products here in the USA and could have sold them for whatever price they chose to. But Apple/Jobs was intent on one thing and one thing alone. power, and the only way to entrench yourself of Power is by making lots and lots of money. So Apple became one of those companies that adhered to “Profits at All Costs ‘…. just one example of MANY of a USA company Not caring about the long term Socio-Economic practices of said company. Power/Money goes hand in hand, today the only way to get more Power is

“Profits at All Costs” !

By: adnan

adnan — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 20:16:20 +0000

FREE MARKET economy, KNOWLEDGE BASED economy, ha, ha, ha ……