Geoff Jones

A graph of historical USA house prices (adjusted for inflation) for the period 1880 to present day. showing the almost doubling in prices since 1996. Previous doubling boom lsimilar to this was in 1945 with prices remaining static (after inflation) for next 50 years.

http://www.typepad.com/t/trackback/3043001

A brilliant article comparing the western guilt culture and the Arab /Eastern shame culture.

I have often wondered why this is “Arab men eradicate shame and bolster their shaky self-esteem by imposing the shameful qualities of the dhimmi, submission and passivity, upon women. Trailing a humbled woman behind them, Arab men can walk the walk of the true macho man” Spot on I always find it acutely distasteful that you get the guys dressed like true westerners with a black cloud behind them. Need to read this article and the books. Just ordered The seven Pillars of Wisdom by my childhood hero – Lawrence of Arabia

http://haloscan.com/tb/drsanity/112406162815936414