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President Hu: “That’s Gobshite!”

China Stuck in a Feedback Loop | The Dollar or the Dark Ages? – Tough Call.

The FT published a brilliant article on Monday (May 25) entitled, “Beijing is caught in ‘trap’ over dollar.”
The article suggests the world’s fastest growing economy has placed too much of its hard-won cash reserves in the U.S. debt market and, as a result, has locked itself into a bit of a jam. As the [...]

The Guardian | Leaked Report on Intelligence Failures in Afghanistan

The Guardian Newspaper (UK) yesterday reported on a confidential report leaked to the Press that outlines a ‘bleak picture of a counterinsurgency effort undermined by intelligence failures that at times border on the absurd.‘
This is on topic of recent comments by Army General David McKiernan – the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan – that equally [...]

“A New Era” Budget Includes Doubling Foreign Aid? {$50bn} Good Grief!

Ok, so forgive lack of URL’s, scruffy typing, and shortness of breath – due to running to make train and then unapologetic anger after reading the

So Much for the New Year Resolutions!

My morals have always been … flacid. Rarely have I successfully stuck with a sound and generally wholesome idea / task / purpose to its ultimate conclusion. Just one of my many (many!) fascinating flaws. So this New Year I thought I’d truly stun myself, and those around me, by building a staggeringly unrealistic [...]

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