Dear friends,
Your response to my recent report of difficulties has been overwhelming and I am immensely touched by it. Not only did you pull me out from my immediate difficulties, but I now feel reasonably sure to be able to make ends meet until the end of the year. As a result, I am canceling the “regular” Fall quarterly fund-raiser which, believe me, makes me even happier than you! Thanks to you, I will now fully concentrate on my work: writing analyses and running the blog. I wish I could write an individual thank you note to each one of you or, even better, sit down in person with you, give you a big hug, look you in the eye and simply say “thank you!”. No matter what I write here it will never convey to you how grateful my family and I are for your support. I am also deeply, deeply touched. What a fantastic motivator to feel that I have the support of such a huge community! This is a feeling which is hard to describe.
Friends, you are wonderful and I love you all!
Hugs to all,
The Saker
Dear The Saker,
What wonderful news. I am so pleased for you and your family. Good news you can focus your energies on the blog at these very worrying times.
It is understandable that you can’t thank all of us who sent funds individually – the thank you here is much appreciated.
Hugs,
Veritas
Fantastic!
So happy to hear the community has answered!
All the best!
Dear Saker
Many years ago (Putin had just about got his first pairs of short pants) my teachers in the Danish red brick school I went to told us why Obama’s sanctions were the greatest gift Putin and Russia could possibly get.The Book was written in the 1830’ties by a German.
You can get it gratis here as an ebook:
Friedrich List: The National System of Political Economy
http://oll.libertyfund.org/titles/list-the-national-system-of-political-economy
You can also get it from Amazon, but that costs money and the book will only be in Amazon’s MOBI format. But you can buy it as a paper book.
List was busy not just in Germany but also in the United States. But of course American politicians, economists and historians cannot be expected to know their own history.
Regards Jens Guld
Jens – please take this conversation to the MF Cafe or a relevant post (you have already made a similar comment uder a recent Economics post by Eric Zuesse. It is off-topic and breaking moderation policy. Any futher comments will go to trash. Mod
Great news, Saker! Now get to work!…LOL
Greetings from Denmark
Reading your blog led me to study theology at university, gratitude is on my side. Im really glad things worked out for you.
Cheers
Sune
you earned it! ;-)
Dear Saker,
Thanks for the great news. Now we can look forward to more of your outstanding work!
Dear Saker,
During the last three years your blog for me has been the main source for obtaining a kind of understanding what has really been happening in Syria and elsewhere. I have been sceptical that the concept to finance it by donations from your readers can work, so that I am really glad to hear that you have got that much response to your latest info about your financial situation.
Nevertheless keep in mind that as soon as the money will have been spent, the situation will be pretty much the same as before: You will again and again have to ask for support and again and again only a very small percentage of the readers will support you.
Best wishes from Germany,
Look East
P. S.: I will send you a small “food package” for the long winter nights to come as well.