tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693451999817479352.post7238738821743948067..comments2023-10-22T17:43:54.334-04:00Comments on The CRE Review: Coming and Going this week in CMBS...crabsofsteelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13395961726023130183noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693451999817479352.post-53860518899168021142009-10-11T12:51:01.745-04:002009-10-11T12:51:01.745-04:00OH, and tomorrow's a holiday too, btw! Bond Ma...OH, and tomorrow's a holiday too, btw! Bond Market is closed, and we will be celebrating this guy who accidentally "discovered" America (well, discovered it after numerous other peoples already had done so, and it was inhabited when he arrived), lied to his benefactor about it's riches, demoted native women to working in the fields (Arawak women were on equal standing with men, in large part, before he arrived), drove many of the natural inhabitants into slavery, left his wife for a mistress, misinterpreted the distance of his destination (because he failed to convert from the Italian to Arabic miles - should of used the metric system), can be linked to a number of deaths amongst the natives and his crew, not only brought disease to the Americas, but also likely brought syphilis back to Europe on a return voyage eventually leading to over 5 million deaths. I present to you, Christopher Columbus. Let's celebrate!Dark Spacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13613854488437471493noreply@blogger.com