Roush

Nonsense.

According to my journalistically reputable, and unbiased source (endofworldblog.org for those that are curious) the USD is at its weakest, and destined to fall any day now.

Brain, and Adler were great. I don't think much of the rest of 'em. Especially Mr. Poodle Hair.

It's like this, who would have ever dreamed 30 20 years ago that we would now have a Euro?

Well, the Maastricht Treaty was signed in 1992, so...yeah. Since then, it's been peaks, and valleys -- ok, mostly valleys. I reckon the Euro is a wee bit of a catastrophe in hindsight.

tinyrobot I feel ya honey. You got all that passion and no one to give it to.

Genius post > "A Gentleman’s Lena Dunham's Guide To Street Harassment"

https://medium.com/human-parts/a-gentlemans-guide-to-street-harassment-fbab3410b340

You beat me to the punch. I was about to correlate China's perceived rise with Japan's in the eighties. In the same way Japan's housing bubble made up an unhealthy percent of GDP, so too is China's. Heavily subsidised shadow inventory, ghost cities full of empty high rises, and uninhabited, $50 billion replicas of Manhattan may look good on your country's balance sheet -- but only for so long.

If you think the U.S. is disingenuous with its numbers-- this is taking it to a new level. And if I recall, the majority of the BRICS deal is financed by $40 bn of Chinese money. How does China expect to maintain such an enterprise when they can't even help themselves?

The BRICS bank, if anything, is more of a political stronghold against the IMF's perceived dominion (even though the Bank for International Settlements is the real culprit.)

Economists are about as reliable as your average "psychic".

As opposed to who? Alex Jones?

Both your and Mags' argument would be much more credible if you would show some real data or at least state a theory on how any of it would or could happen. And I'm actually being sincere about this.

People have been stating that the dollar is going to crash for the last 50 years....this is nothing new. I just want to see opinions on how and why you think this will happen?

Typically these ideas are short on data, and long on emotional platitudes, and compelling YouTube videos set to the Requiem For A Dream soundtrack.

If you don't agree with me you're a crazy conspiracy theorist = most mygnrforum political discussion

I'll concede that your fantasy will sell more John Grisham novels. But when held up to the scrutiny of arithmetic, and financial logic -- it falls apart.

Remember when Russia was insinuating war against the Germans this past year?

And how quickly Putin's cabinet back-pedalled? It's like someone once said, "The Russians are like that guy who always brags about having a big dick, but when people ask to see it -- he runs away."

The USD isn't going anywhere for a variety of reasons.

Reasons I could list, but ultimately will not change the minds of people susceptible to Alex Jones hysteria (the same clown who predicted World War 3 a half-dozen times), and insusceptible to reason.

Many G-20 countries have been hoarding gold for years. It is nothing new, and it is hardly suggestive of anything.

The United States holds the most in the world at around 8,000 tonnes. Which may sound like a lot, but they held a lot more before the sixties. Trading in gold would not be feasible for many nations. While it is true a fiat currency typically have a lifespan between 75-100 years, and it is about time for a new currency to emerge -- that simply has not happened.

Except it's not.

There is no viable alternative, fiat currency.

President Obeezy? The guy who cannot even do bent-over lateral raises?

And I don't like Ted Cruz. He looks like a grown-up fat kid.

Ah dude, Port Authority's notoriously shitastic.

Nicki Minaj has always been shit. I remember she was on a Ludacris song and totally ruined it. I'd kill her off too

Edit: it was My Chick Bad.

She's awful.

Oh my stars and garters.

The lyrical prowess, the musical accompaniment. Imagine Queen-meets-Rachmaninov-meets-Frank-Zappa electrified by the phantom of Jimi Hendrix. I hear this chorus rumble like a lyrical warhead through my cerebellum, challenging my preconceived notions of life, death, love and immortality. The beauty, the subtlety. It truly is a magnum opus carved from the finest granite, the purest of silvers, and replete with untouched, Mayan gold.

What we have just heard will change the way we speak, the way we dine, the way we make love to our women for centuries to come!

Madison.

Slash will be performing with her at the next VMA show.

It's the only way he can get an audience to watch him. Also, don't you think it's weird how Slash fans hate her just because their idol wants to kill her in a horror movie? It's creepy that if Slash had said something nice about her she would be their new favorite singer. I appreciate that she gives her fans treats even if I'm not a fan.

Nonsense. I'd lick my spittle off that booty first.

With NY, it's so bombast -- it depends on where you are.

Brooklyn is a hipster colony. The worst you'll get is drive-by passive aggression by a scrawny nerd wearing your grandad's suspenders, and $800 tasseled loafers. In Lower East Side, or Chelsea you're more likely to get questionably heterosexual men give you a fancy look, and ask how many holes are in your belt. In Harlem, you can chill like anywhere else -- or end up getting roughed by the fellas smelling of Bubba Kush, donning wife beaters and Timbs. They won't do much though. Harlem's changed.

WTF is this pockets person talking about?

An obese, black woman who runs a BDSM outfit out of her basement.

5'11, 175

New music, new pussy.

Only a pathetically sad man would keep hitting a woman like that. I could understand the first punch, but when he puts her against the wall and keep hitting her says all you need to know about his character really.

He's hitting a dude. Although a super pretty dude with glittery cheekbones.

BTW: are you from Sweden?

For the record, I wouldn't approach or say hi to a girl with a mug on like the girl in the NYC video.

I'd probably hop to the other side of the street if I could.

She's a definite butterface. I've seen 300 lb women get the same love from 'da homies.

Like I said, to you guys it sounds totally irrational. But to many females it's actually is very rational. .

Except no male in this thread has said women feeling discomfort from catcalling is irrational. Nor is any male angry, or feeling 'attacked'. On the contrary, we completely understood you all the first dozen times you said it. And the second dozen times you complained on top of that. It is the way you're airing your grievances, and the illusion that the men in this thread are being somehow unreasonable. If anything, they're a whole lot more patient than I am.

These are the issues you ladies are not acknowledging:

1.) The double standard where only men are physically capable of aggressing sexually harassment. Why is that? Is it because society typically views men as horny animals? Do you not see the hypocrisy, and social retardation in maintaining that view -- or have I already lost you?

2.) Why legislation is an answer to being accosted in the street (this is more directed at P4A, who for all intents and purposes is a wee bit off her rocker.) Because who would the law protect? Just women, or also men? What about gay dudes, lesbians, and transvestites? Or are only women capable of being sexually harassed? And what if a dude gets his wee knocked off, and gets titties. Is he now given the same treatment as women, or is that superpower only for original double-X-ers?

3.) Why are we acting like this video is in any way, shape, or form -- meant to be taken seriously? It's a lady in booty shorts getting hollered at by a bunch of homeless dudes in the biggest, rowdiest city in the Untied States. It's made by a company called Hollaback, run by a dude, and the actress has already been discredited as being a flirtatious git.

At best, this video is a stellar example of the gullibility, stupidity, and hysterical nature of 21st Century Westerners.