Middle-East
Happy New Year!
12.31.08- Happy New Year to all! Even though this year is ending with the unraveling of the biggest Ponzi scheme in the history of finance and the start of another ugly conflict in the Middle East, there is still reason to hope for better in 2009. I know I’ve been a cynical bastard most of [...]
Political Showdown In Turkey- by Greg Strid
On Wednesday, after a week of political turmoil,
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan
called for early parliamentary elections to calm
his political opponents and the reverse the growing
unrest in the military ranks.
The trouble in Turkey started last Friday when the
Prime Minister’s Islamic-oriented Justice and
Development Party voted in parliament to nominate
Abdullah Gal for president.
Mr. Gal currently holds the [...]
High on Yield
After the internet-led technology bust of 2001-2002, a new, sober
approach to investing, corporate cash management, and risk-taking
began to take hold. During the dark and scary implosion that marked
the dawning of the new millennium, legions of newly-minted day
traders watched in horror as their dotcom portfolios plummeted,
and established tech giants like Sun Microsystems- the dot [...]
From Kool-Aid to Acid
I’ll take the fruit salad please, just remove the cruddy looking,
dried up pieces that are hard to swallow. The toughest looking
pieces in the Baker-Hamilton salad are the ones representing
discussions with Iran and Syria.
As president Bush rambled on about the US not succeeding as
quickly as he hoped, and while he mentioned that progress is [...]
Fantasy Policy
President Bush will be asking Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Malilki what his plan
is to end the sectarian violence in his traumatized land. When the president was
asked about the explosion in violence that has plagued his pet democracy project, he
pointed the finger at al Qaeda..
According to Bush, it is a simple case of al Qaeda [...]
Bush’s War on Lima Beans
Please Mr. President, explain the merits of lima beans. Why can’t I have another vegetable, one that’s tastier and more texturally pleasing? Why does it have to be nasty lima beans?
As for Iraq, what is this job we need to finish? Is it one of the following?
Fighting the spread of Islamic [...]
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