tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post1793917096255517251..comments2024-01-01T01:47:59.449+02:00Comments on Yaacov Lozowick's Ruminations: Start -Up NationYaacovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12835192312242961481noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-48907511626783038082011-02-23T05:50:44.374+02:002011-02-23T05:50:44.374+02:00I incorrectly said they give out bread for free. S...I incorrectly said they give out bread for free. Saddam Hussein did this, but in Mubarak's Egypt and nominal small fee is charged for bread. However, it was cheap enough for people who were raising animals to feed them bread than to buy animal feed.Y. Ben-Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-41917367263984290302011-02-23T05:48:54.334+02:002011-02-23T05:48:54.334+02:00Don Cox-
What you pointed out about starting a bus...Don Cox-<br />What you pointed out about starting a business in Iraq is going to the the big test of the supposedly "new democracies" of the Arab world. Traditionally Arab countries oppose independent entrepeneurship and restrict businesses liscences to a favored few for two reasons:<br />(1) An independent entrepeneurial class is a major political threat to the existing establishment<br />(2) The existing Establishment wants the population to feel it is dependent on the good-will of the Establishment for handouts. Thus, most Arab countries give out basic foodstuffs (e.g. bread) for free. That way, people don't want to rock the boat, fearing they may lose what little they have. Of course, we have see the break-down in this system recently. The question is whether the new power structure will really want to do anything different or merely play musical chairs by putting a few new faces into the Establishment to make people think there is some kind of change.Y. Ben-Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-24936532349380489742011-02-22T22:54:12.505+02:002011-02-22T22:54:12.505+02:00Good Luck to Shai Agassi .
Has he actually achi...Good Luck to Shai Agassi .<br /><br />Has he actually achieved anything so far?<br /><br />Lots of companies are researching the electric option. There seem to be many thorny problems to overcome as yet. Technically, Business wise and Economically.<br /><br />GICAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-47647979564799274932011-02-22T22:43:01.174+02:002011-02-22T22:43:01.174+02:00so stay clear of the Shai Agassi Interview because...so stay clear of the Shai Agassi Interview because he moans about bureaucracy in Israel with the best of them.<br /><br />On the other hand he says he can't imagine that somebody like Peres would have taken him from office to office to get his scheme going anywhere else ...Silkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16383345395827271854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-67456904775816136272011-02-22T22:10:24.491+02:002011-02-22T22:10:24.491+02:00Same in the United States -- Couple of hours of yo...Same in the United States -- Couple of hours of your time and a few hundred dollars for filing fees.Uncle yo-yonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-77843107744881148152011-02-22T20:09:32.813+02:002011-02-22T20:09:32.813+02:00Don -
When I set up LeverEdge, it took all of two...Don -<br /><br />When I set up LeverEdge, it took all of two days, but most of the hours of those days I was doing other things. So essentially it took hours. And a few hours of a lawyer's time, too.Yaacovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12835192312242961481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-37208191774817015822011-02-22T20:06:43.290+02:002011-02-22T20:06:43.290+02:00Saul Friedländer has a new book on Pius XII - the ...Saul Friedländer has a new book on Pius XII - the original seems to be in German and here is the first review that came my way <br /><br />Here is a teaser-quote from the book - I think the whole review is interesting enough for a Google translate <br /><br /><i>Was wir nicht wissen, ist, ob für Pius XII. das Schicksal der Juden Europas eine schwerwiegende Krisensituation und ein quälendes Dilemma darstellte oder ob es für ihn nur ein Randproblem war, welches das christliche Gewissen nicht herausforderte.</i><br /><br />roughly: <br />what we don't know is, whether for Pius XII the destiny of Europe's Jews was a trying crisis and a painful dilemma or whether it was only a marginal problem for him which didn't challenge his Christian conscience.<br /><br />http://www.dradio.de/dlf/sendungen/andruck/1393988/Silkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16383345395827271854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-91720162240108247902011-02-22T19:28:54.557+02:002011-02-22T19:28:54.557+02:00Apart from talent, there is the important question...Apart from talent, there is the important question of how easy it is to start a business in various countries. In Iraq, for example, starting a small business takes many months, endless form-filling and lots of bribes. That will put a damper on even a population full of enterprising individuals.<br /><br />So I presume it must be quite easy to start a business in Israel.Don Coxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-20452843803831905282011-02-22T13:16:40.664+02:002011-02-22T13:16:40.664+02:00but he tells in the interview that mommy took care...but he tells in the interview that mommy took care that Daddy and son (without Dad it wouldn't have been as good according to Shai) didn't run out of cash. <br /><br />Is a sense of how to make money in business (I think she sold clothes) and thus provide for the male geniusses in your family a proof of intelligence? <br /><br />(how much better off she would have been for years not pumping money in her two genuisses? To let yourself get exploited that way surely is proof against intelligence above average ;-))))))Silkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16383345395827271854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-77681258837262530312011-02-22T12:33:56.060+02:002011-02-22T12:33:56.060+02:00No need to apologize.
Agassi is obviously an Ira...No need to apologize. <br /><br />Agassi is obviously an Iraqi Ashkenazi.<br /><br />(Not all Ashkenazim have brilliant senses of direction.)Barry Meislinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04795125774426217113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-15504215477076915632011-02-22T12:28:46.139+02:002011-02-22T12:28:46.139+02:00I was only talking about average IQ scores. Shai i...I was only talking about average IQ scores. Shai is obviously a genius, and his dad (Reuven Agassi) is from Iraq I think.Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03898640576059686565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-72657543609633993752011-02-22T12:02:27.711+02:002011-02-22T12:02:27.711+02:00I may have all that who is what gotten wrong but s...I may have all that who is what gotten wrong but somehow I guess this guy doesn't quite qualify as an Ashkenazi and what a great story he has to tell and how wonderfully well he tells it - now if he'd go into politics with that voice and his way of talking not to mention his looks ... but then of course he may be the exception who confirms the rule ;-((((<br /><br /><b>Shai Agassi about the electric car scheme </b><br /><br />- ENJOY! - if you suffer from Apple-allergy the original it is at BBC Radio 4 The Interview.<br /><br />http://itunes.apple.com/de/podcast/interview-shai-agassi-18feb11/id262251839?i=91441593Silkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16383345395827271854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-2382577631266360772011-02-22T11:15:09.306+02:002011-02-22T11:15:09.306+02:00Hmmm.
Well, that just proves my point (#2), I gue...Hmmm.<br /><br />Well, that just proves my point (#2), I guess.<br /><br />One of the crucial aspects of Up-Start Nation, however, though I don't believe it is mentioned in the book (though the role of military R&D is quite obviously related)---but which CANNOT be emphasized enough, is the debt owed by all Israelis (Ashkenazim, Sfardim, Italkim, Ettiyopim, Anglo-Saxim, Roosim, Droozim, Aravim, Notzrim, Irakim, Temmanim, Mooslamim, others-im, etc.-im), yes, the debt owed by all Israelis to their neighbors.<br /><br />...with whom life is not always easy, but without whom, life would be intolerable.<br /><br />(I think that's also an old joke.)<br /><br />File under: Be careful of what you wish for(?)Barry Meislinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04795125774426217113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-53469571306932360262011-02-22T10:57:06.914+02:002011-02-22T10:57:06.914+02:00You could write books on the tiny differences you ...You could write books on the tiny differences you see between Israeli society and others, or certain cultural traits you see in Israelis that other people don't have, but all successful countries have pretty much the same underlying characteristic: a sizable population(s) that has high intelligence. This is what really matters, everything else is just words.<br /><br />Israel has the Ashkenazim. <br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashkenazi_intelligence<br /><br />The Ashkenazi population is what the entire country's technology industry pretty much rests on.Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03898640576059686565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-24376987537904927562011-02-22T10:38:41.598+02:002011-02-22T10:38:41.598+02:00It's like the old joke about Jews (Israelis? Z...It's like the old joke about Jews (Israelis? Zionists?) being like everyone else...<br /><br /><br />...only more so.<br /><br />File under: Double-edged sword(?)Barry Meislinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04795125774426217113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-7975073231665797142011-02-22T10:31:58.868+02:002011-02-22T10:31:58.868+02:00This comment has been removed by the author.Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03898640576059686565noreply@blogger.com