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Common Destiny

Greece’s bonds continue to fall in value – the rate to maturity on the benchmark 10 year bond is over 12.6% But two of the other countries being propped up by the EU [Germany] are also moving weaker – Italy … Continue reading →

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NPR under assault

NPR loyalists are reported to be in disarray following a dastardly sneak attack by the Tea Party Freedom Fighters. Reliable sources state that the loyalist supporters are preparing defenses against the onslaught of their underground bunkers and are requested urgent … Continue reading →

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Qadaffi is a socialist

It’s not a coincidence or some accident that the “rebels” identify themselves by flying the flag of the “old” country of Libya. Libya is a country made up of around 140 distinct tribes of various origins.  The Senussi tribe of Eastern … Continue reading →

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Indentured Servitude

In addition to slavery, the 13th Amendment outlaws “Indentured Servitude”, something your public school teacher probably didn’t teach you about.   Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall … Continue reading →

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Telegraph’s top 100 most influential lists

You may remember the London Telegraph paper making a media splash publishing the list of the top 100 most influential American Conservatives and Liberals. I was anticipating that they would publish an updated list for 2011 now that the Tea … Continue reading →

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NY Times on the Civil War

Why Now? The piece begins by talking about a Rabbi from New York City who wrote a pamphlet in 1861 explaining that God in the Bible directly endorses slavery as legal, especially of black Africans. So what is the motivation … Continue reading →

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Stopping the flood

In February, government spending exceeded revenue by a record $223 billion for one month The US Senate this week will be haggling over whether to cut spending for Fiscal Year 2010-2011 by $6 or $9 billion

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Oil easing, Greece sinking

Oil isn’t cheap, but my reading of the tea leaves is someone knows the Libya thing is close to an end. Moody’s just downgraded Greek debt again. If you buy a Greek bond, you’ll earn 12.4% a year for 10 … Continue reading →

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News from the front lines

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How are International Waters defined?

The conflict with Libya back under the Reagan era was partly a dispute over how much of the Mediterranean is sovereign Libyan waters. Look at the map of Libya – quaddaphy’s claim was that the entire gulf of sidra/sitre is … Continue reading →

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Prohibition, Arizona and Immigration

This bizarre notion that Arizona can’t pass a State law authorizing its law enforcement to enforce Federal laws has an interesting parallel in the Prohibition era While looking for something else, I stumbled on this http://www.cobbledstones.com/2009/09/chesapeake-bay-played-large-role-in.html which covers the details … Continue reading →

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Civil Wars

Libya is refreshing our memories about the nature of Civil Wars and the question of how a leader can convince his military to fire on and kill a country’s own citizens (“unalienable right to life, etc”). Lincoln only won 38% … Continue reading →

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Time on Libya

http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2057622,00.html At least it includes some recognition of World War II history in the area, and a quote from George Patton… One of the best descriptions I’ve read so far. Libya also has a Navy – at some point, you … Continue reading →

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Burger King Blues

Burger King has been spending a lot of money to lure me back into their place.   You may remember Burger King just was bought by a company from Brazil. They’ve reworked their breakfast menu, so I thought – what the … Continue reading →

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Tanks for the memories

The dreams of the Press and Hugo Chavez are going up in smoke…   it takes time to move tanks and infantry 500 miles in the desert.   Sunday was a very bad day for the “rebels”.   Untrained volunteers on a pickup … Continue reading →

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