Seriously? "What stands out in the Middle East are the aggressive actions of Israel?" Have you heard of Aleppo? Your selective biased view is truly astounding.

Every country has a right to defend itself from constant, almost daily attacks.

I had once broached the subject of investing in Nigeria with friends and they thought I was being reckless. I'll be sharing this article with them.

My take would have been that if the belt was good for 60k miles, and it failed after 10k miles, the failure must have been due to an improper installation or faulty part - which is their responsibility. They should have replaced it for free! But as you said, often you end up someplace in the middle, even with the best negotiator.

The #Sprint promotion is a good one, but #Boost mobile has a great offer as well - $30 per month, no contracts, unlimited everything. What's strange is that Sprint owns Boost Mobile. I would think their promotions would cannibalize each other. In fact I switched from Sprint to Boost last year. My rate dropped from $90 per month to $30, though I did have to buy my own phone. $S

@[Logical One](user:35635)'s accusations about this stock are very disconcerting! @[Jason Napodano](user:33738), as the author of this piece, do you have anything else to say about $VBIO?

Thanks @[Harry Dent](user:5932), I hadn't expected a #Trump win, but once he did, I had thought the markets would crash and #gold to skyrocket. Thanks for putting some clarity on the situation. But what about @[Gary Tanashian](user:4809)'s comment below?

By "missing," he means mortgage loans that lenders would have made, if reasonable lending standards were in place. But since they weren't, the loans weren't made. Here's the link the author included which explains this in more depth:

www.urban.org/.../overly-tight-credit-killed-11-million-mortgages-2015

I think it's clear that both can have value, but yes, hindsight is always 20/20.

While the grass may seem greener... Every country has its poor, even the US.