2011-08-08, 05:08 | Link #15503 |
books-eater youkai
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Betweem wisdom and insanity
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ECB backs Italy, Spain as policymakers pledge action
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/...7J707B20110808
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2011-08-08, 07:18 | Link #15504 | |
Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Edinburgh
Age: 42
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I find it quite funny that politicians have holidays. IMO, being a politician is not a job it is a lifestyle, meaning until your term in office is over you should be working 24/7 for the people who voted for you. No holidays. |
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2011-08-08, 09:30 | Link #15505 |
Not Enough Sleep
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: R'lyeh
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Australian Nancy Wake, who as a spy became one the Allies' most decorated servicewomen for her role in the French resistance during World War II, has died in London, officials said Monday. She was 98.
Code named "The White Mouse" by the Gestapo during the war, Wake died Sunday in a London nursing home, Prime Minister Julia Gillard said. "Nancy Wake was a woman of exceptional courage and resourcefulness whose daring exploits saved the lives of hundreds of Allied personnel and helped bring the Nazi occupation of France to an end," Gillard said in a statement. Trained by British intelligence in espionage and sabotage, Wake helped to arm and lead 7,000 resistance fighters in weakening German defenses before the D-Day invasion in the last months of the war. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...8D09.DTL&tsp=1
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2011-08-08, 10:13 | Link #15506 |
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Location: classified
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Wow, this is some summer of economic recovery.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories...08-08-07-28-28 Barney Frank certainly understands what we as a nation need to do. http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories...08-08-07-24-28 As does of course Ron Paul, David Kucinich, and a few others. I wonder, will the "progressives" in congress and the White House pull their heads out of their arses fast enough to stop a full blown depression? Can't say I''m betting on it.
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2011-08-08, 10:56 | Link #15507 | |
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Join Date: Jan 2009
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Interesting are reports that the European Central Bank in a letter actually dictated the policies that the Italian government should announce and implement (Corriere della Sera). Just can't see the Fed tell off the WH and Congress. |
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2011-08-08, 11:09 | Link #15508 |
Kurumada's lost child
Join Date: Nov 2003
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The more you look at it, the more evident it is that 911 was just a big excuse to go to war against a nameless enemy while at the same time increase arms sales.
Try to tell the people in government that the wars are pointless and wont solve anything... it really shows that there is an alter motive. Police of the world my ass. If they want to police it start by going to The Congo and Somalia. *takes off his captain obvious hat* |
2011-08-08, 12:16 | Link #15511 |
Gamilas Falls
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Republic of California
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Considering the colonial/imperial dealing in that region...I get the feeling the Europeans, and by extention the American, would be quite happy if central africa vanished overnight like a bad dream. They had nothing but problems there for at least the last 150 years, and nothing really gained from any of it. With things like that in the collective memory, it stands to reason that the Western World will mostly not care what happens in Central Africa...or at least not care enough to do anything about it for long.
Northern Africa on the other hand has been part of western civilization (one way or another) for thousands of years...so they have intrest there.
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2011-08-08, 12:22 | Link #15512 |
Asuki-tan Kairin ↓
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Fürth (GER)
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But still most of that interest is burried in the ground. Digging rights are more important than human rights in politics. Imo, any pro-intervention politician who claims otherwise is lying.
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2011-08-08, 12:28 | Link #15513 |
Gamilas Falls
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Location: Republic of California
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Human rights over getting resources is quite frankly and very recent concept. And it seems to be one that doesn't hold up in international politics at all. The main restraint seems to be that no one is willing to just go into an invasion to invade in the old style where you are going there to get something you want and no one says otherwise.
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2011-08-08, 12:57 | Link #15514 |
Kurumada's lost child
Join Date: Nov 2003
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Africa was a very rich continent, but it has been raped over and over by the Europeans for centuries. Afghanistan on the other hand is sitting on nearly one trillion dollars of untapped precious minerals and strangely enough ever since the invasion its Opium sales have exploded.
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2011-08-08, 16:20 | Link #15517 | |
Knight Errant
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Location: Dublin, Ireland
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Look at how bad the Soviets failed, and militarily the Soviets were pretty much as strong as the US. I think the Americans are recognizing that's it's pretty much impossible to maintain a region like Afghanistan. Even Afghanistan has trouble holding Afghanistan! (look at the number of tribal warlords...) |
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2011-08-08, 16:23 | Link #15518 | |
Pilot in Training
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Earth
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In other news, London police blame Grand Theft Auto for the riots http://uk.games.ign.com/articles/118/1186734p1.html I wonder if this will effect PG18 games and their availability in the UK. |
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2011-08-08, 16:24 | Link #15519 |
Obey the Darkly Cute ...
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(watching stock markets).... well, if my aunt and uncle had any vision left of retiring, it just died today. They'll be dead before their retirement funds come back :P
The inevitable result when people elect people dumber than mud and righteous about it. "Ah think I'll start cutting back by not paying fer stuff I already bought... whut you mean ah ruined my reputation in town?"
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2011-08-08, 16:42 | Link #15520 | |
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(GNPC) have submitted a $5 billion bid for Kosmos Energy LLC's assets in the West African country, a source with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Friday. China has become a major investor in African energy and mineral resources, which it needs to feed its booming economy." See: http://af.reuters.com/article/energy...69L03U20101022 Looks like it's China's turn now. I wonder how that'll pan out? |
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