Steve Kornacki: Republican presidential candidates have devoted months, if not years, of their lives to chasing their party’s nomination, they’ve raised and spent (along with their Super PAC allies) tens of millions of dollars, and they’ve participated in more than a dozen debates – each of which has...
Posted by
tas on Jan 17, 2009 in
Oil,
Russia,
World Markets |
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Having now denied many European countries gas for 10 days, Russia may have brutally exposed the vulnerability of the European Union. But it has also shot itself in the foot and forced the EU to get serious about cutting its exposure to Russian provisions. In the end, Moscow’s only long-term reward may...
Posted by
matttbastard on Oct 6, 2008 in
Economy |
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So, what did we learn this weekend (besides the fact that Sarah Palin is the spiritual reincarnation of Richard Nixon and John Sidney McCain III has, according Howard Wolfson, jumped the shark)? Well, the European banking crisis is spreading; US bank failures are expected to increase in ’09; US...
I kind of thought the crusades were done and over with, but apparently I was wrong. Stumbling aroundNewsNow, I happened upon this essay which chronicles a disturbing argument to engage in genocide of Muslim peoples. I can’t stress enough how utterly terrifying the sentiments expressed in this article...
