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Greek Poison: "Enough to focus anybody's mind..."
Dollar Rally?The gamblers have shorted the Euro all the way to Hades in contracts at the Chicago Merc, and the next sound you hear will be the screaming of the bankers. The reckless debt leverage in Greece is a poision that is spreading like an oil spill in the Med. The wit here mentions that the potential downside for European bail out artists is $320 billion to save the collective rags to rags economies of the PIIGS -- Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece and Spain. Greece may be gone. Spain is enroute to execution. The shortside is money like drugs, and it will excite the ops. The US dollar is rallying? Well, the Euro and the English pound are collapsing, so…By John Batchelor | February 9, 2010 12:16 AM
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Sarah Sacred Narrative
"Citty on a Hill," wrote the Puritan John Winthrop.Michael Vlahos, author, "Fighting Identity," spoke Saturday 6 re the article he published at National Journal "National Security" blog in which he arged that the Republicans continue to possess the national sacred narrative of America the Redeemer Nation. The best singer of…By John Batchelor | February 8, 2010 12:49 AM
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Jihad Ahabs
South Ocean Anarchists. I recall speaking to an author some years back now re the anti-whaler daredevils who pursue the Japanese whaling fleet in the Southern Ocean. The human motives are various; however, the pursuit of a superior and hostile force seems to be the excitement for the anti-whalers.…By John Batchelor | February 7, 2010 12:38 AM
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Pink Demon
Mutton Rock. The first take of the now-famous campaign video ad was to use the "Demon Sheep" graphics to the Pink Floyd classic "Sheep" from "Animals." Watch and compare, and it is quickly obvious that the Pink Floyd track for "Demon" is vastly superior to the literal-minded voice-over. Battle of…By John Batchelor | February 6, 2010 12:38 AM
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Akio Toyoda Eclipse
Wozniak Mystery. The creative what-me-worry? palaver from Toyota is a catastrophe for the owners of Toyotas. Spoke to Bernard Simon, FT, from Toronto, on Thursday 4, and he said there is no one, agreed-upon confirmation process of the recalls, the investigations, the questions of the many models now under recall…By John Batchelor | February 5, 2010 12:50 AM
(2)Politics at the Movies
Mr. Obama Goes to Washington
January 30, 2010 2:02 AM
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January 30, 2010 2:02 AM
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Jean Arthur's brilliantly correct explanation to Jimmy Stewart as to how to write and pass a bill in Congress which can then go to the President's signature for law - from Frank Capra's over-the-top "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" -- illustrates about all President Obama and his impatient administration believed was needed in order to pass their fairy tale healthcare concatenation -- before the El Alamein of January 19 in Massachusetts. The Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda books are coming. Better get a pencil.
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Peter Clarke's "Keynes: The Rise, Fall, and Return of the Twentieth Century's Most Influential Economist."
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