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About Geoff O'Reilly

I'm a baby boomer that loves to read and think ... I think we're the lucky generation ... and we're not going to leave a great legacy

Pain in Spain goes on and on

Posted on March 28, 2014 by Geoff O'Reilly

They came to Madrid from every corner of the country.  Some walked for a month. “We want work. We can’t accept that millions of unemployed people must go home to live with their parents,’’ said Jorge Balbas, an unemployed man … Continue reading →

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… my worst Knightmare

Posted on March 26, 2014 by Geoff O'Reilly

  This piece of retro politics shows that those big things on the side of Abbott’s head really are tin, and perhaps even that the space between them is an empty can. It reminds me of the 1960’s when, with … Continue reading →

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Watching China

Posted on March 25, 2014 by Geoff O'Reilly

My post on China at the weekend attracted a bit of interest, so here’s more to ponder … A visual from Zerohedge: By now everyone knows that the Chinese credit bubble has hit unprecedented proportions. If they don’t, we remind … Continue reading →

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China: has the music just stopped?

Posted on March 23, 2014 by Geoff O'Reilly

Whilst we’re all distracted by the extraordinary events in Ukraine and Crimea, and the hunt for MH370, things in China are looking dodgier by the day. In the last 5 years the Chinese have created $16 trillion in credit. That is … Continue reading →

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MH370 and another mystery of flying

Posted on March 21, 2014 by Geoff O'Reilly

I’ve been asked so many times for my theory on the mystery gripping the world, that I thought I’d write it down. Someone on MH370 had a sinister plan.  We will likely never know what the plan or the objective … Continue reading →

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Joe’s jumbled message

Posted on March 1, 2014 by Geoff O'Reilly

I’ve been listening very hard to Joe Hockey recently. Way back, whilst still in opposition, he made that famous “it’s the end of the age of entitlement” speech in London. Lately he’s been strongly on the same theme. He argues … Continue reading →

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Posted on February 27, 2014 by Geoff O'Reilly
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Death by Government

Posted on February 23, 2014 by Geoff O'Reilly

Yesterday Tony Abbott stood in front of a press gathering in Tasmania and asked could anyone think of “another Government program that had caused death”. There appeared to be a polite silence … I was astounded! Abbott was, of course, … Continue reading →

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Something here we don’t know?

Posted on January 20, 2014 by Geoff O'Reilly

The Wall Street stock market has broken stride in the last month or so. Through the last quarter of 2013 it kept rising, breaking new highs every few weeks. Just recently the Dow and the S&P have basically gone sideways. … Continue reading →

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Olympic games … lost the plot?

Posted on January 18, 2014 by Geoff O'Reilly

There is no better metaphor for the hubris of those in power than the Olympic Games. The vaunted Olympic ideal is was that the best sportspeople in the world come together in fun and fellowship to test their extraordinary skills … Continue reading →

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