Latest Blog Posts for Sanjeev Sabhlok's occasional blog

• Iran has killed 4000 homosexuals; many others do so regularly. Islamic leaders call for such killings. What’s so surprising about Orlando?
  on Jun 13, 2016 in Current Affairs Liberty
  There is no way for Muslims to say that the killings in Orlando were not representative of Islam. In at least 10 Muslim countries, homosexuality is punishable by death. [Source: Washington Post; 4,000 homosexuals have been executed in Iran since the...
• Madhu Trehan’s interview of Rana Ayyub re: Gujarat Files. Modi and Shah’s crimes against humanity further exposed.
  on Jun 11, 2016 in Current Affairs India
  I’ve spent 45 minutes listening on this interview. It was gripping and showed the young journalist Rana Ayyub’s commitment to the truth. A brave woman – far braver than most people I’ve come across. I’m going to buy Guj...
• China received EIGHT times more FDI than India between 1986 and 2014. Even today, China gets MANY times more than India,
  on Jun 9, 2016 in Current Affairs Economics India
  There are two key data sources on FDI: UNCTAD, World Bank and the CIA Factbook (see Wikipedia). It appears that Wikipedia data are cumulative, not annual. I have used detailed data from the World Bank to knock up the following cumulative chart of FD...
• The real issue with India’s foreign reserves – the US is playing a ponzi game
  on Jun 8, 2016 in Current Affairs Economics India
  My follow up email to my previous blog post. I copied Raghurajam Rajan into my email, plus bccd. some senior leaders of India. === Shubhendu. So long as India’s reserves hold their value, there is no issue with having large reserves. Indeed, a...
• Raghuram Rajan MUST switch from US treasuries to gold or Bitcoin asap. Trump WILL give the world a haircut. The US has NO OPTION but to default.
  on Jun 8, 2016 in Current Affairs Economics India
  The US government debt ceiling is $14 TRILLION.  Total debt including unfunded social security liabilities is up to $90.6 TRILLION. Of this, the Fed holds $2.4 TRILLION and foreigners hold $6.3 TRILLION. India is currently the world’s 12th la...
• Why Ayn Rand will always remain on the fringe, as a pop-capitalist. No serious policy work can be based on her intuitions.
  on Jun 7, 2016 in Liberty
  I’ve critiqued Rand (who was quick to attack superb economists like Friedman) on a blog and on my FB page: On Anoop Verma’s Blog: Ayn Rand did go to some extremes, on occasion. She is very good at an intuitive level but remains only tange...
• Proposing marketism instead of capitalism – although I now find I’m not the first to invent this word
  on Jun 7, 2016 in India Liberty
  The word capitalism was created by the enemies of liberty. It therefore continues to battle a connotation that it means support for “capitalists” – by which people often conjure up an image of a crony capitalist. I thought a few mo...
• Take it easy. There is no need to pray for an animal before killing it for food. Be the carefree animal that you are.
  on Jun 6, 2016 in Philosophy
  There was this little debate the other day regarding whether humans should pray before they kill an animal for food. Well, those who pray before killing an animal are simply ill-educated and deeply confused about the nature of their existence. it is...
• Modi – the king of corruption – trying to fool Indians about a fraudulent “crackdown” on corruption
  on Jun 5, 2016 in Current Affairs India
  Modi has allegedly “cracked down” on corruption (Source). No bigger joke than this on the Indian people. There has been NO system wide governance reform. Modi doesn’t even know anything about reform. He is running socialist UPA3 an...
• FURTHER proof that BJP is a corrupt, black money party
  on Jun 5, 2016 in India Politics
  I’ve already elaborated on various proofs regarding BJP’s and Modi’s corruption. Proofs re: Modi’s corruption are abundant. And Ramdev directly acknowledged (on a mike) that BJP uses black money in elections. MLA Gyan Dev Ah...

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