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Issues about Britain & those of British descent.
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Looting the treasury...
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I’m watching Wall Street burn while our politicians throw trillions of our tax dollars on the fire. The money that was supposed to save the markets is obviously not working. It occurred to me that a common form of embezzlement is to hide stolen money in typical operating losses. The greater the losses the easier... more »
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Demand that Obama release his college records! Where is the media?
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Why is it important to see Obama's college records? Because the media has created fantasies around Obama on every issue. You should start dispelling them with the easiest one, i.e. the fantasy of Obama's "academic degrees and honors". Obama has been fighting desperately to block all access to his college... more »
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Athens News, Please Shut Down
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You had many opportunities to correct your bad habit of publishing bitchy letters but continue doing it even in your last days. A more mature paper that cares more about Greece than the English speaking minority that is often hostile to Greece, is long due. Please make a quick exit. Only 350 people will miss you.... more »
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The Nobel Peace Prize for 2008 to Martti Ahtisaari
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The Nobel Peace Prize for 2008 to Martti Ahtisaari The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 2008 to Martti Ahtisaari for his important efforts, on several continents and over more than three decades, to resolve international conflicts. These efforts have contributed to a more... more »
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Podcast interview re the economy w/ Paul Craig Roberts
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Posted this morning at Electric Politics, a podcast conversation on the economic crisis with Paul Craig Roberts. Craig is one of the very, very few economists out there who really gets it: who knows that the U.S. needs a strong industrial sector and that we can't continue consuming without producing, particularly when our consumption is paid... more »
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All bail out failed to save Wall Street...why ?
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Starting from the bail out of Bear Stearn, ....Fannie and Freddie,... AIG...and US$700 billions ... failed to turn the market around. Dow Jones and financial markets around the world are staring in the face of a real melt down! Why ? A simple truth. The market CANNOT keep going up indefinitely... the... more »
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Iceland fariy tale: Happy, properity, and green
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Year after year Icelanders are considered the happiest people. In addition, Icelanders also seem the solve the problem of balancing prosperity and environmental degradation. [link] “Countries like Iceland clearly show that happiness doesn’t have to... more »
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