Quod Erat Demonstrandum (Q.E.D)

Circa. 2007 - In a nondescript cafe, Mich had predicted a global economic neurosis in October 2008. Mich had specifically mentioned that the financial meltdown would be "an imminent shadow of the Great Depression." Such a bold prognostication was met with raised eyebrows and refuted with an all-too-familiar dismissive laugh.

Sep 2008 - In yet another nondescript cafe, the very naysayer is now a convert after reading an article in the Guardian, We Are In The Worst Crisis Since The Depression, Says IMF. In the wake of the Lehman Brothers collapse and the AIG crisis, a different tune is sung. "You know quite a bit about financial markets, don't you?"

No, Mich doesn't. It's just a lot of common sense, critical analyses derived from international politics, an enthusiasm for socionomics - if only for the sheer coalescence of history and social engineering - and a voracious appetite for the crème de la crème arc in the global economy.

This is when "I told you so" augurs not a winning hand.