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President Hu: “That’s Gobshite!”

Posted on December 17th, 2009 under China, Deficit, Depression, Federal Reserve, Obama, President Hu, Putin, Spending, fiction!?. Comments: None

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 [...]

Posted on May 26th, 2009 under Apocolypse, BRIC, Beijing, Budget, China, Communism, Depression, Emerging Markets, Exit Plan, Federal Reserve, Global Policeman, Global Poverty, Globalizm, Gold, Gold Standard, Great Depression, IMF, Insolvent, Lou Ping, Multipolar, National Debt, Obama, Oval Office, Spending, Stock Market, Sub-Prime, São Paulo Forum, Taxation, Trade Deficit, U.S., UN, US Dollar, US Treasury Bonds, Unilateralism, Unipolar, United Nations, WTO, World Trade, de Gaulle, debt, economy. Comments: None

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 [...]

Posted on March 7th, 2009 under Afghanistan, Americans, Axis of Evil, British Sailors, Bush Administration, CIA, Espionage, Gitmo, Global Policeman, Guardian, Iran, Iraq, Islam, Islamofascist, Jack Bauer, Middle East, Mullahs, Muslim Brotherhood, NATO, NSA, Obama, Pentagon, President, Robert Gates, Rumsfeld, Russia, Security, Spending, Spying, Terrorism, U.S., UN, United Nations, War on Terror, Washington, WikiLeaks, al Qaeda, counter-intelligence, interviews, john mccain, journalism. Comments: None

“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

Posted on February 26th, 2009 under Budget, Democrats, Emerging Markets, Federal Reserve, Global Policeman, Global Poverty, Globalizm, Great Depression, Hillary Clinton, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Human Rights Watch, IMF, Middle Class, New Deal, Obama, Oval Office, Politics, Social Security, Spending, State Department, State of the Union, U.S., US Dollar, US Treasury Bonds, Unipolar, United Nations, WTO, World Trade, debt, israel, liberal. Tags: , , . Comments: 1

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 list [...]

Posted on January 3rd, 2007 under 2008, Barack Obama, Bush, Deficit, Education, Iran, McCain, North Korea, Pelosi, Rudy Guilliani, Spending, Taxation. Comments: 1

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