It has been a long time I have update this blog. My personal life was pretty busy as I just became father this week. I did have lots of stuff on mind I wanted to post here. A lot has happend since my last post. Systematic evil is still pondering ahead full speed. First of […]
Business Ethics
Looking for some fun? Try becoming a banker in Holland!
Well, you got to love them or you just might hate them. All the banks in the Netherlands reported good earnings, mainly due to US – the homeowners. They made a staggering 6 billion profit from interest on mortgages . We all pay a few hundred euros per month more then for example Spanish or German […]
$18.04 billion in profit and the tax bill is?
In Apple’s case it is neglectable if not “ZERO”. Last week Apple Inc. announced the best quarter in company history. They just blew it. They deserve it. They changed the world one iPhone a time. I am a big Apple fan. Our household owns three MacBooks, one MacBook Air, one IMac, Two iPhones, one iPad. […]
You be suprised what Apple Inc. greatest invention is…
Its not the iPhone, iPad or iTunes. No. Apple invented a tax-avoidance scheme known as the “Double Irish With A Dutch Sandwich,” which is now used by hundreds of other companies. Read this excellent article in the New York Times about how Apple is “avoiding” paying taxes via legal financial engineering. From the article: ” […]
Leonardo DiCaprio Climate Summit 2014 & How Much (More) Should CEOs Make?
My feelings about the climate change happening can not be put in better words than those of Leonardo DiCaprio addressing the UN climate summit. We should act now. People are waking up slowly, we all see changes around us. It was the hottest September ever in The Netherlands. Felt like summer last few weeks. I stumbled upon […]
Protecting California
I spend all of August in California. It is the most beautiful place on earth. I can understand that many people dream of living there. I do as well. Harvey Wasserman sends me some information about the Diablo Canyon reactors which could lead to an American Fukushima and ruin one part of the world I […]
America’s mass incarceration, uprise in hate against jews & a large wall street scam
The United States is locking up its population. The main ethnic group in prison are black people. It does not look good for the land of opportunities if you look at those two statistics alone: Millions and millions people are being warehoused. And many of those are black. Are black people committing more crimes than […]
The 1% start responding to the Oxfam report….but how.
The response of Canadian businessman & investor Kevin O’Leary to earlier mentioned ineqiuality report from Oxfam is “It’s fantastic. It inspires everybody, gets them motivation to look up to the 1% and say, ‘I want to become one of those people, I’m going to fight hard to get up to the top. This is fantastic […]
How to say goodbye in style (in Dutch)
Below an email send to all LoLo (Loyens en Loeff) staff Tuesday by an employee announcing his departure. If you understand Dutch you will enjoy. ——————————————————————————————————————– Lieve dames, mijne heren, Dit zijn mijn laatste dagen bij […]. Per […] zal ik als […] bij […] aan de slag gaan. Een mooie uitdaging waar ik met veel […]
Toilet cleaning 2.0 (toilets are cleaned academically) or Generacion Cero
When I walk around Amsterdam, I see a lot more Spanish people. They are not tourist. They are immigrants – the lost generation or ‘generacion cero‘ is on the move trying their luck everywhere around Europe. If you ask me, Spain, Greece and Portugal are way ahead of us. What they are experiencing we will be […]