Dear Friends:
I would like to
share with you some of the comments posted by myself in the WSJ Journal
Community about important headlines of the Wall Street Journal from October 30
to November 17.
The comments are
about politics, economy, business, social issues, technology and other subjects
in the United States, Europe and
the world.
As you can see for
the RECOMMENDATIONS, the majority of these comments generated a good reaction
of other members of the Journal Community.
In this opportunity,
a series of comments are about the terrorist attacks that hit Paris on November 13.
Domingo Trassens
Analyst
World Rethink
November 17, 2015
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BLOG COMMENTS: 2015/10/30 - 2015/11/17
MY COMMENT: After
the recent terrorist attacks, it is reasonable to stop the plan of the 10,000
Syrians. Now, there are clear evidences that at least some of the refugees are
extremists.
According to different sources, today in Syria
there are “factories” of fake documents and all the necessary to facilitate the
migration of refugees and others to Europe and the
western world. The mafias of smugglers have all organized.
Really, we don’t know who is who among the refugees that are
coming to the West. The question is: How many of these refugees and migrants
are good or bad people? Nobody knows. 2 Recommendations
11/17/2015 10:10:26 AM
MY COMMENT: Germany
has to put the boots too because in times of war, it is not possible to walk
across the streets with banners saying: “We are a country of peace” while the
bad guys are shooting to everybody who wants peace, freedom and democracy.
The problem of the Germans is their current Defense
Minister, an aristocratic woman who can only play with the soldiers like the
teacher of a kindergarten. 2 Recommendations 11/17/2015 02:47:53 AM
MY COMMENT: Paris
doesn’t need a Silicon Valley. Paris and France need a
President who puts the boots and leads the country as a commander in chief in
times of war.
France
had a series of alerts in the short time, but the government didn’t take the
danger seriously. 2 Recommendations 11/16/2015
02:57:16 PM
MY COMMENT: President
Obama says “I promises…”. He has not to promise. He has to act. 5
Recommendations
11/16/2015 02:48:19 PM
MY COMMENT: The
enemies are dancing in Europe like in their homes. This
is the European reality today. 4 Recommendations
11/16/2015 02:39:50 PM
MY COMMENT: Vladimir
Putin knows how to manage the crisis (Paris’
attacks) for his side. He is smarter than the western leaders. (Posted in my
WSJ page of Twitter: Impressions: 688 Engagements: 14) 11/16/2015
MY COMMENT: The social-media companies have a serious
responsibility in front their users in terrible moments of chaos and panic.
It is good that
Facebook and Twitter work in this direction. 1 Recommendation 11/15/2015
12:40:33 PM
MY COMMENT: Terrorists disguised like poor suffering
innocent Syrian refugees. This shows to the world how naïve and stupid are the
Europeans. 22 Recommendations 11/15/2015 01:03:18 AM
MY COMMENT: The debates are showing that the Republicans
have political potential with fresh personalities, but the personal attacks are
demolishing the unity they need to return to the White House. 1 Recommendation 11/13/2015 02:19:23 PM
MY COMMENT: Really, kill “Jihadi John” by a drone strike
is not an act of courage. This murder had to be killed in a commando action by
a brave soldier.
We are losing the spirit of bravery and valor that America had for centuries. 11/13/2015 12:19:14 PM
MY COMMENT: Donald Trump likes to mock and criticize
everybody, but he is upset when the others show him that he is not perfect. 3
Recommendations 11/13/2015 11:33:55 AM
MY COMMENT: Sweden is a new European country that realizes that
the massive invasion of refugees and migrants force to make drastic decisions:
border checks.
This is the end of
the EU as new geopolitical block. 11/12/2015 02:28:16 PM
MY COMMENT: After the successful sales of digital devices
everywhere, now Apple is entering into a new cycle business: specific solutions
(banking, financial, medical...).
By the way, months
ago, Apple together with IBM and a Japanese institution implemented a
healthcare service for elder people using iPad as the digital node of the
solution. 2 Recommendations 11/12/2015 02:13:49 PM
MY COMMENT: iPad Pro is a crucial step of Apple to reinforce
the digital tablet market in its way.
Maybe Steve Jobs
from an invisible cloud helped to recreate its creature. 1 Recommendation 11/11/2015 02:24:59 PM
MY COMMENT: Now Slovenia is erecting a razor-wire fence in its border
with Croatia. It says that it is for preventing a
humanitarian disaster. But in the end, it is a “fence”.
The countries of the
European Union are coming back to the past times of division and check points
everywhere.
The truth, the
migration crisis is huge crisis that will destroy Europe if the flow of the refugees and migrants is
not stopping in the origin countries. 5 Recommendations 11/11/2015 01:24:29 PM
MY COMMENT: A week ago, China made a big show to introduce its first
commercial jet that till now is in the testing cycle.
Now, when we see the
Mitsubishi jet, we realize why China has hurry to enter in the aviation market
soon. 11/11/2015 01:07:10 PM
MY COMMENT: We cannot discuss about the inches of the new
iPad because Apple decided about the dimensions. However, we can say that the
look and feel of iPad Pro is better than the previous versions.
The digital tablets
are very personal tools. My feelings can be different from your feelings. We
have to play the tablet and its apps and gain skill. After that, we can add our
opinion to the millions of the comments of the Apple fans. 11/11/2015 12:45:35 PM
MY COMMENT: Yes, the cyber-war made serious damages to Ukraine, but who cares? The western leaders promised
a lot, but in the end, they left Kiev alone.
Today, Ukraine has 2 options: 1) return to Russia or 2) fall in the complete desolation. 11/10/2015 02:06:56 PM
MY COMMENT: Japan is a country with a culture based in old
traditions where the man and women have different roles in the society. 1
Recommendation 11/10/2015 12:03:15 PM
MY COMMENT: The death of Helmut Schmidt is only another
step more of the intense life of a prominent German politician of the Cold War.
After Mr. Schmidt
served as chancellor of West Germany from 1974 to 1982, he continued active
advising to new generation of politicians and working in the journalism.
His ideas and strong
intellectual power will remain alive forever in Germany and the western world. 4 Recommendations 11/10/2015 11:35:14 AM
MY COMMENT: Catalonia’s secession could be only the start of a
division process of the country. In Spain, there are other regions that pursue the
independence from the central government. 1 Recommendation 11/09/2015 02:44:08 PM
MY COMMENT: Are Obama and Netanyahu friends again, or is
this a short break for a new fight?
Maybe, it is only a
little of “theater” because the differences between both leaders are big and
difficult to solve with a handshake. 2 Recommendations 11/09/2015 02:31:40 PM
MY COMMENT: Does somebody know the truth of the truth
about the Russian plane? Different clues without conclusion... 2
Recommendations 11/08/2015 01:09:21 PM
MY COMMENT: A really democratic election is very
difficult after decades of dictatorship. Aung San Suu Kyi will have to continue
her fight with patience and will power. 11/08/2015 12:36:18 PM
MY COMMENT: This is not the first strike that hits the
customers of Lufthansa in short time. In this way, the German company will end
losing its customers. And after that, the unions will don't have way to make
pressure. 11/08/2015 11:37:43 AM
MY COMMENT: Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz are candidates with
power and the possibility to make a change in Washington, but they have to show a little more to the
GOP observers before they can be nominated.
Some constituents fear because both senators are young. However, Marco and Ted
had made a series of steps before they were elected as members of the U.S.
Senate for Florida and Texas respectively. 4 Recommendations 11/08/2015 10:05:25 AM
MY COMMENT: The migrants who are coming to Europe are not only a risk for the ruling coalition
of Croatia. They are serious problem for all the
European leaders who try to help them. 11/08/2015 06:37:40 AM
MY COMMENT: India is in the cycle of development of its
technology business. How much time will continue the flush of startups?
Maybe, at future, a
lot of Indian startups are acquired by giants of the technology like IBM,
Google, Microsoft, Apple, Facebook... 1 Recommendation 11/08/2015 05:57:44 AM
MY COMMENT: In the U.S. politics, it is very difficult to grow from
“rags” to a top leadership like the presidency of the country. However, a lot
of Americans start from “rags” their own business projects and professional
careers.
Now, we have to see
if in the 2016 election, the Americans who started their lives from “rags” vote
for one of the billionaires of the campaign or for the guy who grew in a poor
family. 4 Recommendations 11/06/2015 03:07:27 PM
MY COMMENT: The news and the media are talking about a
strong job report of October. We have to remark that the monthly job reports
are a set of figures and statistics, but not the reality of the street. 2
Recommendations 11/06/2015 02:50:16 PM
MY COMMENT: In the technology sector, computing hardware
is not more the backbone of business operations. The Internet took its place. 11/06/2015 01:25:50 PM
MY COMMENT: Till now, we don’t know how the fight between
Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio will end. 11/06/2015 12:46:43 PM
MY COMMENT: As we see for the current events, President
Obama will end its government rejecting the Keystone XL pipeline. Nobody will
change his mind. 1 Recommendation 11/06/2015 12:39:53 PM
MY COMMENT: The fight between the Kurdish people and the
Turkish armed forces will never end because both hate each other. 11/05/2015 02:26:14 PM
MY COMMENT: If Bernie Sanders doesn’t find the way to
reduce the difference between Hillary and him soon, he will lose his campaign
for the 2016 presidential election.
In the last polls,
Hillary was 11 points over Sanders. 1 Recommendation 11/05/2015 01:22:20 PM
MY COMMENT: Mark Zuckerberg and his Facebook team learned
fast how to increase the earnings of social media despite their high costs. The
3rd quarter earnings grew 11% year over year. Good! 11/05/2015 12:51:22 PM
MY COMMENT: The fall of the Qualcomm’s profit in the last
quarter was significant. In the smart-phone segment, the business conditions
change frequently. 11/05/2015 12:37:41 PM
MY COMMENT: It looks like Amazon is following the steps
of Apple, Microsoft and others that have the own brick-and-mortar shops in key
shopping centers of important cities across US and other countries. 11/04/2015 01:26:37 PM
MY COMMENT: India is a massive market for digital devices and
phones, however, everybody, including the Chinese makers, tries to sell
products there. 11/04/2015 12:38:24 PM
MY COMMENT: 6.5% annual growth for China in the next five years is a good target.
We have to see if
they can maintain this rhythm. In five years, the world can change completely. 11/03/2015 02:37:55 PM
MY COMMENT: The question is: Will we know all the truth
about the data registered in the black boxes? 1 Recommendation 11/03/2015 02:29:09 PM
MY COMMENT: We have to hope that Ryanair doesn’t make the
mistake of other airlines reducing service quality and airplane maintenance to
continue growing in revenues. 11/02/2015 02:38:16 PM
MY COMMENT: It looks like Nissan is putting its big eggs
in the U.S. basket. What will happen if its sales in America decline?
Today the
international companies have to put their eggs in different baskets. 1
Recommendation 11/02/2015 02:29:51 PM
MY COMMENT: If Sharp sells its panel business to the
Chinese, more key parts of the digital devices will go to the Chinese hands.
When the Chinese buy
technological and industrial companies with problems, after that, they find the
way to make them profitable. Meanwhile, they capture the know-how of others for
bargain. 11/02/2015 02:11:27 PM
MY COMMENT: China is familiar with the African market through
a series of businesses and investments.
Xiaomi will have
success if its local distributor makes a good job. 11/02/2015 01:03:47 PM
MY COMMENT: China made huge progress in different industries.
However, in the aviation sector, we don’t know till now if it will be
successful.
The C919 airliner is
the beginning a new challenge in an industrial niche where the Chinese have to
compete against companies with a lot of experience and high quality level. 11/02/2015 12:30:14 PM
MY COMMENT: China wants to be the ruler of the South China Sea and it is acting in a risky way because any
mistake of the parts will degenerate in a war. 11/01/2015 02:53:04 PM
MY COMMENT: Germany was not prepared to receive thousands of
refugees in short time.
The European countries cannot receive “waves” of refugees. They only can
integrate part of these refugees.
A lot of people who come from Muslim countries have different culture, religion
and language. 11/01/2015 11:51:49 AM
MY COMMENT: Maybe this is the price that Russia has to pay for fighting against terrorists
in Syria. 4 Recommendations 10/31/2015 05:42:59 PM
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SOURCES:
1) External Sources:
Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Tweeter and PBS NewsHour.
2) Own Sources: My
own research for previous publishing projects like TTT of Comlab Corp, Spanish
English Club online and others.
