Re: [MBZ] OT - AK data point

2019-12-18 Thread dan--- via Mercedes
Asians in general, both Chinese and Japanese. Heck, remember their former President, Fujimori? I got to attend this black tie reception thing with him when I was there on business years ago. My buddy at work that covered South America was Peruaño and donated or helped get medical equipment

Re: [MBZ] OT - AK data point

2019-12-18 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Do you mean Japanese? There is a large Japanese colony there, including my dentist who expatted to Maryland On Tue, Dec 17, 2019 at 2:51 PM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > There are quite a few Chinese in Peru too, "Chifas" as they are known, > and the restaurants

Re: [MBZ] OT - AK data point

2019-12-17 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
There are quite a few Chinese in Peru too, "Chifas" as they are known, and the restaurants are pretty good.  I don't know what brought them there in the past.  And the Chinese have lately become big donors to Peru, building all kinds of stuff. --FT On 12/17/19 5:30 AM, dan--- via Mercedes

Re: [MBZ] OT - AK data point

2019-12-17 Thread dan--- via Mercedes
Spot on as far as Panama and diversity. If you don’t understand or know the history it will mess with your mind. Why? Go into a very authentic Chinese restaurant in Panama City and the employees all speak very fluent Spanish. “What is wrong with this picture?” your brain will say. With alcohol

Re: [MBZ] OT - AK data point

2019-12-16 Thread clay via Mercedes
They are running out of cash. Second year in a row the government will need to reduce spending by $1.5B. Governor is raiding the constitutional savings accounts of around $500mm, which will leave those pretty much depleted. The state is a huge Socialist program, with oil money paying for

Re: [MBZ] OT - AK data point

2019-12-16 Thread clay via Mercedes
Not at all! I was very amazed to find the bulk of the population is not as ethnically diverse as all the pundits try to make one think up there. I had pictured all manner of natives and other folks of color having a much larger hold on population. The news and chatter is all about natives

Re: [MBZ] OT - AK data point

2019-12-16 Thread Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes
When are you going to get your dividend check? On 12/16/2019 8:33 PM, clay via Mercedes wrote: The state (AK) does an annual enumeration of population. This year there was a drop in population, seems to be a trend. Alaska is white. In more than just frozen water on ground. There are about

Re: [MBZ] OT - AK data point

2019-12-16 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
So you're saying that old white guys are lame? - Max Charleston SC On Mon, Dec 16, 2019 at 9:34 PM clay via Mercedes wrote: > The state (AK) does an annual enumeration of population. This year there > was a drop in population, seems to be a trend. > > Alaska is white. In more

[MBZ] OT - AK data point

2019-12-16 Thread clay via Mercedes
The state (AK) does an annual enumeration of population. This year there was a drop in population, seems to be a trend. Alaska is white. In more than just frozen water on ground. There are about 128k native people. About 66% of the residents are imports with european ancestry. Over 500k