“Consider a turkey that is fed every day. Every single feeding will firm up the bird’s belief that it is the general rule of life to be fed every day by friendly members of the human race “looking out for its best interests,” as a politician would say. On the afternoon of the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, something unexpected will happen to the turkey. It will incur a revision of belief.”
Nassim Nicholas Taleb, The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable
Interesting links
More arms for the enemy
https://www.rt.com/news/335476-syria-nusra-loots-pentagon-rebels/
Why did B.O. wait 8 years to say this?
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/barack-obama-saudi-arabia-us-foreign-policy-syria-jihadism-isis-a6927646.html
Negative rate consequences in Japan
http://www.thestar.com.my/business/business-news/2016/03/14/boj-scrambles-to-find-positives-in-negative-rates/
Egypt devalues currency 13%
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-03-14/egypt-s-central-bank-said-to-devalue-pound-by-almost-13
Taking my son fishing, back in a fortnight
It’s no different with Jive Turkeys.