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Mercer on Headed For Bigger Financial Crisis?. Inflation is only good at reducing the value of long term fixed rate bonds. Treasuries have an average maturity of four years and some of the their long term debt is indexed to inflation. If we have another financial crisis
Black Death on Little Government In Kandahar Afghanistan. "And the end of the fight is a tombstone white with the name of the late deceased, And the epitaph drear: "A Fool lies here who tried to hustle the East. ..." Rudyard Kipling, The Naulahka
Matt@occidentalism.org on Little Government In Kandahar Afghanistan. Heh. If the US leaves behind real democracy, Taliban may vote themselves into power.
theag on Greece Still On Path Toward Debt Default. "Paul Krugman argues that if the markets were willing to treat Greece as a very low default risk then Greece could easily afford to pay much lower interest costs on 150% GDP debt." Then why doesn't the EU simply order
Stephen on Greece Still On Path Toward Debt Default. The problem is that the market isn't rational, instead its a mob. If they take a dislike to you then you're screwed. We need to create market signals that disadvantage mob behaviour. Perhaps slow down the velocity of money, make
Stephen on Afhganistan Is Still Afghanistan. v.funny mike. spot on.
gary on Hamas Son Converts To Christianity And Looks At Islam. I'm suspicious about this guy. The old testament is written in the same violent context as the Koran, but since he is a zionist agent,he only attacks Allah. Why not Yahweh too and advocate for Christos as the only light?
Bob Swanson on Housing Prices Increasingly Driven By SAT Scores. The Teachers' union has done a great job hiding any trace of SAT scores by school. They'll do anything to ensure they can't be held to any kind of performance metric. And of course No Child Left Behind was crippled
INFIDEL on Afhganistan Is Still Afghanistan. Haha mike nailed it.
Frank F. on Locking A Car With A Short Horn Blast Is Rude And Obnoxious. I have a 2004 Saab 93 which DOES NOT come with a horn-lock option. The key fob simply allows the courtesy lights to flash and one can hear the "swoosh" of the locks engaging. Of course, the car comes from
Daniel on Report On How Lehman Hid Its Financial Condition. Philip Bennnet the CEO of Refco got 16 years in jail for doing something similar http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phillip_R._Bennett Oh, but that was a different time. And Bennett was more of a grubby outsider. Most of Refco's customers were retail. This current crop
Black Death on Afhganistan Is Still Afghanistan. "Probably a government program to control gang violence too." How about midnight basketball?
mike on Afhganistan Is Still Afghanistan. Ancient land dispute? How primitive. After all, no advanced or intelligent society would support a land grab just because it was "promised" to a certain people in a thousand year old religious book.
Stephen on Afhganistan Is Still Afghanistan. Probably means we're about due for the US to announce that its killed a senior Al Qaeda commander.
Anonymous on The Rise Of Hispanic Neo-Nazis. BEFORE ANY OF YOU RETARDS POST SOMETHING STUPID. JUST KNOW THAT LATINO/HISPANIC/MEXICAN IS NOT A RACE. I SAY THIS BECAUSE I'VE SEEN IDIOTS WRITING "HALF-WHIE/HALFLATINO" NO!!!!!!!! My parents are Mexican and I have white skin and blue eyes. There are
Anonymous on Heather Mac Donald: Hispanics Have Highest Single Mother Fertility. I've realized the very problems of Hispanic birth rates and immigration for some time now. It's a disaster for the future of America. I can't understand why we continue unprecedented levels of immigration into this country with the problems we
Wolf-Dog on Hamas Son Converts To Christianity And Looks At Islam. But how many Muslims have the courage to abandon their religion? Meanwhile, even more disgruntled white Americans and Europeans are converting to Islam. Statistics are not in favor of the non-Muslims... Here is Adam Gadahn: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Yahiye_Gadahn And more recently, "Jihad
cassan on Muslims Said To Make Up 70% Of Prisoners In France. update on WW III Hello people of the world, in april or may of 2009 the Cuba president declare war on the U S, China, & Venezuela. People of the world we all need to help one another and stand
cassan on Muslims Said To Make Up 70% Of Prisoners In France. update on WW III Hello people of the world, in april or may of 2009 the Cuba president declare war on the U S, China, & Venezuela. People of the world we all need to help one another and stand
gcochran on Hamas Son Converts To Christianity And Looks At Islam. You're being silly, Randall.
Mthson on Chilean Looters Become More Organized. Nerissa, sure a society with human equality would be nice, but creating even modest human equality even between siblings (who share 50% of their DNA) through social means is impossible at this time. Among the siblings in my family, one
The Sanity Inspector on Hamas Son Converts To Christianity And Looks At Islam. Typo alert in your header, feel free to delete this after you fix it.
Nerissa Belcher on Chilean Looters Become More Organized. I already said this in my first reply but it is nice to see that research supports me. http://www.alternet.org/story/145955/ YES! Magazine / By Brooke Jarvis What Makes the Healthiest and Happiest Societies? Hint: It Not Rich People The healthiest and
SF on Hamas Son Converts To Christianity And Looks At Islam. Sure, Israel is a big issue, but who controls the oil is just as big. The inhabitants of the oil-producing area of Saudi Area are Shia, but the ruling class is Sunni.
Who are you kidding? on Wealth Around Washington DC. Move the center of the federal government to Casper Wyoming and see how long the DC area prospers. The reason that so many educated people gather round there is the federal government and the services and industries that prop it
Howard Hirsch on Wealth Around Washington DC. This is not new. Tom Bethell wrote a Harper's cover story called "The Wealth of Washington" way back in 1977.
mike on Hamas Son Converts To Christianity And Looks At Islam. "These people are going to have what they consider essential interests, which conflict with ours" Depends on who you are including in that "ours". It wouldn't really bother me if Israel disappeared, as long as the Israelis took their military
Loudoun resident on Wealth Around Washington DC. I resemble that remark. I live in Loudoun county, having recently moved from similarly weathy Arlington county. And I make around $115,000. I feel so median. But before you rip on DC for sucking the wealth from the producing part
SF on Hamas Son Converts To Christianity And Looks At Islam. These people are going to have what they consider essential interests, which conflict with ours, no matter what their religion is. The secular branches of the PLO are not much of an improvement over Hamas, from our perspective. You might
coldequation on Hamas Son Converts To Christianity And Looks At Islam. It is not the same God. Mohammed wrote a fanfic and attributed it to the Christian God. The Christians are under no obligation to accept the identity of Mohammed's sock-puppet and their God.
Stephen on Hamas Son Converts To Christianity And Looks At Islam. (a) its the same god regardless of which sect he's joined; (b) he believes in god. What a fuzzy thinking macaroon.
Death to Them All on Consumer Protection In Japan Very Weak. Lack of legal consumer protection is one of the biggest problems Japan has? Lucky them...As for that jerk-off whining about Tokyo, I hope he gets his head removed by someone in the JDF and his body shipped back home COD.
john walker on One Year Of Illegal Alien Health Care Costs Would Pay For Border Barrier. A sad day in the U.S.A. Ignorance is not bliss anymore. Illegals are not trashing your property and not having you pay their way you ignorant pieces of waste. Millions of illegals help make this country great not bad it
Scott Thomas on Consumer Protection In Japan Very Weak. All Car Companies should have came forward with a full disclosures of what car were dangerous. Instead of waiting for a huge media blitz and tons of public pressure. I never seen so many car companies GM - NISSAN -
Ryan on Consumer Protection In Japan Very Weak. I would agree that Western style legalistic consumer protection is weak compared to the West. Though the Japanese use other means embedded in their culture, like their honor and shame codes, to manage consumer and social protection. As for that
Mthson on Chilean Looters Become More Organized. Nerissa said:"I doubt the genetics of Canada differ significantly from the USA." Yes, if you only compare the majority ethnic group in those two countries, most measures like education and crime rates are the same. However, the US is unique
Ross on Time For A Balanced Budget Amendment. The progressive era reforms of 16'th and 17'th ammendment, in conjunction with the Federal Reserve act, need to be undone. The 16'th allows the government unlimited access to your wallet via the income tax. The 17'th ammendment allows Senators to
Nerissa Belcher on Chilean Looters Become More Organized. The Gini index is a measure of the income distribution in a country. The lower the number the more equal the income distribution is. Numbers which follow are from the CIA link below (1). Iceland in 2005 had a score
O'Brien on Chilean Looters Become More Organized. I think East Asians *do* have a higher threshold for malicious behaviors than whites or Amerinds. However, East Asians, and other "bright" groups can also be very sophisticated in the way they carry out bad behavior, and the consequences can
sg on Time For A Balanced Budget Amendment. We need a Rule of Law amendment. Too many laws are not enforced or selectively enforced, like immigration.