2010-06-11, 07:11 | Link #7762 | |
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This just in.
Japan prime minister Naoto Kan warns of Greek-style public debt problems Quote:
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2010-06-11, 07:32 | Link #7763 |
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One thing i am thinking right now is: how much is BP the company itself is going to pay for the damages. I mean, in large operations anywhere you always buy insurance, the more risky the more you buy. The question now is if BP bought a lot of insurance from American insurance companies (e.g. AIG), then the people end up paying the bill may not be BP at all........
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2010-06-11, 09:31 | Link #7764 | |
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2010-06-11, 10:15 | Link #7765 | |
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Remember the stock market is made of 90% greedy and fearful people.
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2010-06-11, 14:08 | Link #7766 | ||
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Imagining the worst in BP's future Quote:
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2010-06-11, 20:13 | Link #7767 | |
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Most of Japan's debt is actually held by the Japanese, not by foreign investors, which further limits its risk. I'm not arguing that Japan can ignore its indebtedness forever, but they are certainly in a stronger position than Greece.
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2010-06-11, 23:07 | Link #7768 |
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Chinese Farmer fires rockets at hired thugs trying to take his land and bulldoze his property.
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2010-06-12, 01:06 | Link #7769 | |
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Pentagon Hunting Wikileaks founder
http://bit.ly/diJuRk Needless to say this is more fallout from the video leaked earlier. Of particular interest, besides the fact that the Pentagon thinks they can arrest (or worse) members of the press, is descriptions of violation of human rights (freedom of speech) in Iraq by US forces, as they assisted Maliki government (called FPs, Federal Police) in preventing academics from discussing corruption in Maliki government. Quote:
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2010-06-12, 03:26 | Link #7770 | |
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2010-06-12, 10:36 | Link #7773 | ||
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Thumbs up to this old farmer who dared to stand up to those property devs! P.S It is not an MLRS. It is a Nebelwerfer. Quote:
Since the value of "working hard" is defined by academics in both societies, what the youths would lose out in is generic skills and general knowledge, i.e, using Google (no I am not joking, how many times have you guys here heard of people you know telling you to help them find a piece of information easily available on Google, other than job opportunities?), most of which are valuable to personal independence. On the local context, our polytechnic and highschool students are losing out to ITE (Institute of Technical Education) students, who are considered to be the "recycled and less intelligent of the society who cannot do well in school" (utter bs if you ask me), in this way because they do not know how to manage their money once they lose their day jobs.
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2010-06-12, 10:49 | Link #7774 | |
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He said that he was just fighting for his rights, for what the government promised to pay him for his land but not for high prices.....I am with him on this incident, but owning private firearms is illegal, so I wish him the best of luck...... Got time to teach me how to make a rocket launcher? I have a few names added to my "special list" recently..........
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2010-06-12, 10:53 | Link #7775 | |
Moving in circles
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Print edition headline: Farmer fires DIY cannon in land fight (Page A11, The Straits Times, Wednesday, June 9). |
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2010-06-12, 11:51 | Link #7777 | |
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