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Monday, December 28, 2009

War / Economy Terrorizing the Markets

Posted by Charles Mudede on Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 11:19 AM

The idiocy of that Islamic African has actually impacted the American economy:

...Airline stocks fell, helping to keep the rest of the market in check, after two security incidents on Northwest flights this weekend. The Dow Jones transportation average was down nearly 1 percent.

I wonder what that one percent means in actual money? Several millions or billions? What ever the amount is, it will never amaze more than the fact that a rich African kid has thrown his whole life into prison for nothing. In Africa, it so easy (too damn easy) to be born dirt-poor, and nearly impossible to be born with a silver spoon in your mouth. With all of that radical Islamic nonsense blocking his brain, the young Nigerian could not see the cosmic scope of his luck.

It all comes down to being "raki":

"Raki" is a Shonanization of "lucky." Oliver Mtukudzi wonders why some have luck and others do not.

A last word: From a Third World perspective, the real scandal of all these Islamic-inspired terrorist actions on American soil is that they have not improved the lot of the global poor one bit. And for many, 9-11 made their situation worse. The Nigerian terrorist would have done far more for the poor if the money he spent on the flight to Yemen were spent on books for some village school. This is the scandal of the terror business.

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What the Christmas attack proves is not that terrorists can still bring down aircraft but that terrorists CANNOT still bring down aircraft. The airline stocks are reacting to bullshit security theater measures that have nothing to do with security.

Posted by Fnarf

on December 28, 2009 at 11:42 AM

Nobody will be killing him and eating his heart to gain HIS prowess! BAZING!

Posted by The Magic Lemur on December 28, 2009 at 11:43 AM

Charles,
I agree. It astounds me that an upper middle class young African guy, in this case Nigerian throws his life away for an ideology, Islamism. It is indeed tragic as well. A (no longer free) mind is lost. A damn shame. I have genuine empathy for his parents and for Nigeria, no matter how wacky it is.

Posted by lark on December 28, 2009 at 11:57 AM

@3 I used to have a lot of empathy for Africa, but the fact of the matter is that many African cultures are backwards, violent, misogynistic, superstitious, and self-destructive. I honestly think leaving them to their fate will be healthy overall; it's the human condition to kill until they have space.

Posted by The Magic Lemur on December 28, 2009 at 12:17 PM

Airline stocks are down due to rising fuel prices and the delay on the 787 for the most part.

The fear stuff is just an excuse.

Sooner we build high speed passenger and freight rail in the US, the better.

Posted by Will in Seattle

on December 28, 2009 at 12:28 PM

@3, it astounds me that anyone would be surprised that a bright, upper-middle-class, educated guy wouldn't turn to an ideology of despair in a country like Nigeria, which, like Saudi Arabia, can only kill the dreams of the bright, upper-middle etc. The only future in Nigeria is in getting some of the oil money before it runs out so that you can fuck off to Monaco or Switzerland; everybody else is fucked forever. The educated more than anyone.

Posted by Fnarf

on December 28, 2009 at 12:36 PM

I smell flight sale!

Posted by kersy on December 28, 2009 at 4:21 PM