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Nov 25, 11 •
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According to the tenets of Vodou, a dead person can be revived by a bokor, or sorcerer. Zombies remain under the control of the bokor since they have no will of their own. “Zombi” is also another name of the Vodou snake lwa Damballah Wedo, of...
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Nov 24, 11 •
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“Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.” – Martin Luther, German scholar. Germany was THE news on Wednesday, so much so that those commentators searching for the dislocating ‘Lehman...
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Nov 23, 11 •
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Comments Off on Shhh..I’m a Deficit Denier
On Tuesday the UK’s ONS (official national statistics) released the latest budget deficit figures and the current coalition greeted the new figures with the kind of relish last witnessed when the UK Chancellor received hearty pats on the back from his front...
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Nov 22, 11 •
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Comments Off on The Super Committee Isn’t Too Super Is It?
“Failure among the super committee to reach an agreement could send the S&P 500 down 9.5 percent from last week’s closing level to 1,100, The failure would reflect poorly on Congress. It would showcase as was the case in August the inability of...
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Nov 21, 11 •
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Comments Off on Print or Perish
Let’s shift the current focus and concentrate on the UK’s financial ills, as opposed to the E.U.’s or the USA’s. The UK’s mainstream media have adopted a rather ‘Olde Englishe’ smug and arrogant attitude towards the travails of the E.U. over...
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Nov 18, 11 •
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Comments Off on Land Of The Free, The Brave, And The Ignored Living In Abject Poverty
There are times when you read some stats. contained in an article or press release and it leaves you dumbstruck as to how broken and dislocated the financial system appears to be, particularly in the USA. Before we concentrate on the latest USA child poverty...
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Nov 17, 11 •
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Comments Off on Power To The People, But Not To Certain Greek Ministries
It’s impossible not to admire the bravado, the implied statement and indeed the ironic humour of the union who killed the power to a Greek ministry building on Wednesday. The Greek public electricity workers’ union flipped the switch on the country’s...
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Nov 16, 11 •
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Comments Off on Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien
“Non, je ne regrette rien” meaning “No, I’m not sorry for anything”, is a French song composed by Charles Dumont, with lyrics by Michel Vaucaire. It was written in 1956, and is best known through its 1960 recording by Édith Piaf. Piaf dedicated her...
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Nov 15, 11 •
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Comments Off on Hawaii Five 0 – That Should Read China 5, Obama Zero
The APEC Honolulu meeting has ended with as little ‘hard-wired’ policy agreement as achieved during the endless stream of Eurozone meetings. The outcome? Who will blink and be the first to lose their gross Hawaiian shirt? There’s enough images available...
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Nov 14, 11 •
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Comments Off on Technocracy Replaces Kleptocracy now “There’s Nothing Left to Steal”
Watching Silvio Berlusconi surrender his power and position, without trying to lay a glove on his opponents, is puzzling and troubling in equal measures. It’s as if Silvio finally decided there’s nothing left worth fighting for. It’s impossible to put...
