Post by guan ✓ (@guan) on Thu, 08 Aug 19 16:13:05 +0000 View Full Post What went negative? This is my explanation of the news that the Danish mortgage lender Jyske Realkredit, part of Jyske Bank, is now issuing 10-year fixed-rate ...
Post by guan ✓ (@guan) on Sat, 08 Sep 18 17:10:08 +0000 View Full Post Legacy I really liked the first segment of this episode of the podcast First Mondays from August, and I decided to transcribe part of it. They discuss Justice ...
Post by guan ✓ (@guan) on Mon, 07 Aug 17 14:06:45 +0000 View Full Post The RAISE Act Tom Cotton’s RAISE Act, which would reduce the cap on immigrant visas to the US and introduce a points-based system for allocation them, has been...
Post by guan ✓ (@guan) on Mon, 23 Jan 17 02:54:14 +0000 View Full Post Trump’s resignations ProPublica has a piece about Donald Trump’s promise to resign from management and control of his various business entities. They say there...
Post by guan ✓ (@guan) on Tue, 15 Nov 16 20:48:38 +0000 View Full Post Nordic Christmas Fairs 2016 Danish Seamen’s Church, 102 Willow St, Brooklyn: Saturday 11-5, Sunday 11-3 Norwegian Seamen’s Church, 317 E 52nd St: Thursday and...
Post by guan ✓ (@guan) on Sat, 05 Nov 16 22:43:03 +0000 View Full Post Melania Trump’s immigration status in 1996 In an AP article from today, we are told: > The wife of the GOP presidential nominee, who sometimes worked as a mod...
Post by guan ✓ (@guan) on Sat, 30 Jul 16 19:45:08 +0000 View Full Post Attacks on Hillary Clinton from the left Dara Lind has a question for those who booed Hillary Clinton at the DNC. At the risk of over-aggregating, I will quote...
Post by guan ✓ (@guan) on Mon, 27 Jun 16 02:33:45 +0000 View Full Post The Scottish veto Nicola Sturgeon has apparently told the BBC that the Scottish Parliament could veto Brexit. Under the Sewel convention, the consent of the Sc...
Post by guan ✓ (@guan) on Sat, 25 Jun 16 00:08:39 +0000 View Full Post Random Brexit thoughts: In Denmark we are used to having lots of EU referenda. Not as many as the Irish, but we have had them on relatively trivial topics like...
Post by guan ✓ (@guan) on Fri, 10 Jun 16 00:49:54 +0000 View Full Post DONG IPO A few years ago I commented on a deal to sell stock in DONG, the Danish state’s energy company, to a Goldman Sachs-controlled entity and some Danish p...
