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One

Ricky Gervais is an awesome comedian: cheers, mate!
I didn’t know that celebrities were such sensitive and humourless creatures. I mean, one strives to be a public figure; it does things that damage its image; its whole life is exposed on magazines (being, thus, the theme of many dinner parties...for some odd reason); and then it doesn’t want to be the target of comedians?

When I was younger, I remember looking forward to watching the Oscars; the Grammys, the Emmys etc (for they were funny, entertaining and beautiful)...but since the 9/11 it seems like people feel guilty for being alive and celebrating things. This being said, award ceremonies, since then, have been boring to death. Then, came the Golden Globes 2011 and Gervais: naughty, provocative, intelligent and extremely hilarious (I laughed to tears all the way through it).

I thank the Hollywood Foreign Press Association for such a good time.

Two

Congratulations to Tunisia and Algeria: “A tous les dictateurs – dégagez!!” [1]

It is about time that the people rise against dictators and corrupt leaders. Hanging on to power for 23/33 years is anti-democratic (obviously) and, more importantly, shameful. Now, I spent the weekend listening to political commentators saying that these events are not a sign of change in the Arab World; however I completely disagree with them: these uprisings are exactly a sign of change in the Muslim world. I’d even go farther by saying that it is a sign that the Arabs want democracy, under a model similar to the West’s.

The internet, text-messaging systems and cell-phone communications made it much easier to exchange cultural, social and political experiences; therefore, people know how Westerners live and, although not perfect, the West at least has a better version of freedom and liberties.

Three

As a right-wing ethical capitalist I’d like to briefly address China’s economic success. China is not superior to the United States (not today, not ever). Nowadays it is posh to pretend that the US is afraid of China because the latter invested $900 billion in US Bonds (Japan invested, during the 80’s, $264.4 billion in US Bonds – and it was the economic monster at the time) however if the US plays its card correctly it will remain the most powerful nation.

If the US would decide to stop trading with China: this country would lose +$300 billion/year.
If the US and Europe would persecute the traitors that relocate their business to China (leaving their country-men without jobs, many facing foreclosures and misery; just because they want to practice savage capitalism and brainwash us into believing that we need €1 clothes, shoes, toys, toothpaste, appliances etc – cheap product [in every sense] that poison us), if traitors would start being patriotic and investing at home, then where would the Chinese economic superiority go? Down the Red Dragon drain.

1,2,3...just to be brief. 

[1] French for: “To all dictators: sod off!!”