Three of the best

1. China- siege mentality:

"China’s situation now is very difficult, there is domestic trouble and foreign invaders. Tibetan independence, Xinjiang independence, Taiwan independence, in the east Japan persists with their evil intentions [...], in the north Russia is anti-China and has always been eyeing us covetously, India is massing troops to the south, Vietnam, Indonesia, and other third world countries in Southeast Asia are constantly stirring up conflict…then there’s the financial collapse and natural disasters. Actually, in these times, if you’re living well, what is there to complain about? I don’t get it, don’t understand, I’m bitterly disappointed."

- ChinaGeeks » “A Little Reflection on Patriotism”


2. Investors note: The power of compound-interest.

Two 500 dollar bonds, sold by the city of Leipzig in 1926, could spell bad news for the municipality's finances. The bonds' owner says they are now worth about 200,000 euros. If her bid for payment succeeds, it could set a precedent that costs Leipzig more than half a billion euros.

The eastern German city of Leipzig could face claims running into hundreds of millions of euros from an international bond issue that it launched in 1926 and never repaid.

A woman who recently discovered two bonds that had been held by her family for generations has demanded that the eastern German city repay them.

They each have a nominal value of $500. Because the bonds were due to be repaid in gold, and unpaid interest has accrued since 1945, the two bonds amount to a liability of $202,000 or €187,400, Andre Sayatz, the lawyer for the bondholder, told SPIEGEL ONLINE.

- Historical Debts: Pre-War Bonds May Cripple Leipzig Budget - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International


3. Hair-raising stuff:

Each patient had normal brain activity in the moments before they were removed from life support with critical illnesses such as multi-organ failure, metastatic cancer or cardiac arrest. Each subsequently experienced a sudden electrical 'alertness' or spike in brain waves in the moments before they died. The spikes came in the same moments just before each patient's death. They rose to comparable levels and were consistent in duration.

- End Of Life Spikes In Brain Waves: Physiological Markers For The Often Reported Near Death


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