Kevin Bae

Non-Social in a Socially Networked World

  • It’s sad that this is now true… real men of women’s sports

    It’s sad that this is now true… real men of women’s sports

  • Environmental green dreams are built on the backs of children and destroying the Congo

    Environmental green dreams are built on the backs of children and destroying the Congo

    Read this short interview with Siddharth Kara over at The Free Press. Kara describes how cobalt is mined in the Congo. Child labor and environmental destruction is embedded in every piece of tech we use that has a battery. Congo has three-quarters of the world’s cobalt, as well as monopolies on coltan and tungsten—which are vital for batteries and circuits,…

  • Companies save 40% on labor costs by outsourcing overseas

    Companies save 40% on labor costs by outsourcing overseas

    This isn’t news. When will people in the United States realize the multitudinous layers of government and government regulations hinder American businesses ability to hire American employees. The question is rhetorical. The idea came to Johnny Taylor Jr. early last year, after one of his employees made a case that her technology position could be done…

  • China and France complete their first LNG transaction in Chinese Yuan instead of the U$ Dollar

    China and France complete  their first LNG transaction in Chinese Yuan instead of the U$ Dollar

    This is not good news. It’s bad enough China and Russia are trading in Yuan and strengthening their alliance. Now, we have an ally, that we defend with American taxpayer dollars, trading with China in their native currency. Chinese national oil company CNOOC 0883.HK, 600938.SS and France’s TotalEnergies TTEF.PA have completed China’s first yuan-settled LNG trade through the Shanghai Petroleum…

  • Government regulation of banks resulted in larger disasters

    Government regulation of banks resulted in larger disasters

    Since the creation of the modern banking regulatory apparatus the losses, as a percentage of GDP, have grown from 1% in 1913 to 7% in 2009. The safer the government tried to make banking the greater the risks people and businesses took. This resulted in larger failures and losses. “It is scarcely to be expected…that…

  • Jussie Smollett re-enactment by the Osundairo brothers

    Jussie Smollett re-enactment by the Osundairo brothers

    Further proof of the end of Western Civilization. What the hell happened to us? It is funny, though, to watch these two knuckleheads re-enact one of the dumbest events in Chicago history.