Brian Reynolds
Brian Reynolds
reality people together
The reality is we all have to work together to make it work. We're going to be congenial with everyone. We're not telling people to park on the street.
bond coincides corporate investors looking market realized rises seeing signs strength
We're looking for signs that it won't continue, but right now I'm not seeing signs of that. The rises in corporate issuance coincides with strength in the market as investors realized the corporate bond market wouldn't let them down.
korea support needs
If South Korea is going to survive, and keep the peace on the peninsula, its citizens need to start conveying support for their state.
mistake thinking years
That's a mistake I think that a lot of Western observers make is to assume that Korean nationalism is hundreds if not thousands of years old. When in fact nationalism is incompatible with Korean Confucian tradition.
thinking needs nuclear
I think the West needs to get away from the habit of regarding the regime's nuclear tests and ballistic launches as isolated provocations timed to generate maximum attention.
pain cutting animal
The idolatry of food cuts across class lines. This can be seen in the public's toleration of a level of cruelty in meat production that it would tolerate nowhere else. If someone inflicts pain on an animal for visual, aural, or sexual gratification, we consider him a monster, and the law makes at least a token effort at punishment. If someone's goal is to put the "product" in his mouth? ...
attempting blessing businesses changing church constantly organism period pushing transition
It's a transition period now. We're a constantly changing organism that is attempting to be a blessing to the community. The church is not pushing businesses out.
positive remains sign
As long as issuance remains strong, and there's no sign that it won't, that's a positive for the financials.
investors risk
Investors are saying, 'we're not getting as much for the risk, so we're not interested,'
bears fed money pumping reason stocks
A lot of bears feel the only reason stocks are up is because the Fed is pumping money into the system.
awesome both job teams
I thought both of our teams did an awesome job this week.
central front korean loyal north people policies public state whether
Even North Korean people who are not necessarily happy with economic policies are still loyal to the state itself. It's a military-first state, so whether it does very well on the economic front or not, is not central to public support for it.
asking buying fed people saying
Way too many people have been saying this. I'm even getting people asking if the Fed is buying stocks, which is just too weird.
animal simple political
Life cannot be classified in terms of a simple neurological ladder, with human beings at the top; it is more accurate to talk of different forms of intelligence, each with its strengths and weaknesses. This point was well demonstrated in the minutes before last December's tsunami, when tourists grabbed their digital cameras and ran after the ebbing surf, and all the 'dumb' animals made for the hills.