And this is a senseless coincidence. But I could not resist that on March 11th the top three stories I see in Reuters are:
# Gunman kills at least 11 people at German school
# Madoff faces life in prison on 11 criminal charges
# Eleven killed in Alabama shooting spree
What is it with 11???
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This is the year in which Europe will either fall apart or emerged stronger. I give it 75% that it emerges as a stronger union but the risk of collapse is still there. Germany has the key to solve the problem because of the size of its economy, its saving rate and its export volume. Germany has to decide on whether it continues to transfer some of its wealth in order to create markets for its exports or it let’s Europe fall apart and ends up with an overvalued currency and deteriorated markets. Already today it started paying negative interest rates which is a prelude in my view to a huge rise in the DM should it be born again. Tough choice. I think Germany can actually both save Europe and make money by buying underpriced Italian and Spanish bonds and selling them after stabilization. It can do what the FED did with many financial institutions, make a profit by providing much needed liquidity at a critical time.
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Posted by Sebastian - March 11, 2009 2:26 pm - #
Hehe.. you’r right
Posted by henning - March 11, 2009 2:37 pm - #
indeed strange coincidence…
sadly though, reuters will have to correct their first headline, as he ended up killing a total of 16 people before being shot by police…
Posted by Jeff - March 11, 2009 2:41 pm - #
Just the middle date between previous september 11th and next september 11th
oops, sorry
Posted by polac - March 11, 2009 2:53 pm - #
It is just the psychotic excuse for mad guys that resumes their crazy acts focusing in number 11 as a catalyst source.
Posted by Juan - March 11, 2009 2:59 pm - #
One´s life is full of daily “events”, let´s say about 1K “events” per day. Multiply that by 6 billion people interacting between themselves…the miracle would be that there were NO coincidences like this!
Posted by Vlemmix - March 11, 2009 3:49 pm - #
“Teenage gunman attacks German school, kills 15″, so that’s one 11-item less, not indicating that the world is becoming a better place though…
You notice the 11′s with the same brain that will see a face in the well know picture from Mars
Posted by Yusuf Goolamabbas - March 11, 2009 3:53 pm - #
The phrase from Spinal Tap ‘These go to eleven’ came to my mind
Up to Eleven.
Posted by Francisco - March 11, 2009 4:13 pm - #
It is.
And this is an idiotic comment.
Posted by Roetzen - March 11, 2009 5:20 pm - #
11 is the 7th prime number. 7 is also a prime number. The 6th. 6 divided by 2 is 3 and March is the third month. 3 is also a prime number. It is all about prime numbers.
Posted by Richard A. Muscat - March 11, 2009 10:09 pm - #
totally idiotic but rather fun i think