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China Shakes the World: A Titan’s Rise and Troubled Future —…
tour chinese | 4 hours ago by zc
China Shakes the World: A Titan’s Rise and Troubled Future — and the Challenge for America: James Kynge Editorial Reviews From Publishers Weekly Since China joined the World Trade Organization in 2001, binding its billion-plus pop read more
Durham starved?
Triangle Economic News | 10 hours ago by Gerald Belton
I was surprised to see a front page article in today’s Herald-Sun titled “Starved for grocery stores.” Author Monica Chen seems to think that ugly perceptions of Durham are keeping the large grocery chains from locating here. She co read more
Palin’s Perfect Delivery
Daily Blessings | 16 hours ago by Kim
I try to stay away from politics here as it’s so overused and underwhelming in blog land. I get bored by the arguments for this side or this issue. However I must say that Palin delivered a very cadid and amazing speech last night. The issues read more
Analysis of Sarah Palin’s Speech at the RNC
Republican Ranting | 21 hours ago by Republican Ranting
OK, I’ve had meetings and homework all night, and I’ve been trying to catch up on these speeches. Palin’s is so long that for now I’ll just analyze half, and then I have to get sleep, or I’m just gonna crash. So, her read more
Analysis of Rudy Giuliani’s Speech at the RNC
Republican Ranting | 22 hours ago by Republican Ranting
Here’s my next speech analysis. This one is for Wednesday’s keynote speaker, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani: He’s talking about him supporting John McCain, just like he said he would. “This year, with what’ read more
Freeconomics
OmniNerd | 23 hours ago
While this Wired article I found last night is almost six months old, and somewhat lengthy, it's really worth the time to check out. Bluntly, it almost makes me want to believe market economics may actually do more good than harm--which is no small read more
Analysis of Mitt Romney’s Speech to the RNC
Republican Ranting | September 4th 2008 by Republican Ranting
Alright. I’ll now be analyzing former Governor Mitt Romney’s (R-MA) speech to the RNC: He’s talking about respecting the people there for the views they have. He’s talking about Washington looking at the elites from the E read more
Fielding plays populist with luxury car tax
Labor View from Broome | September 3rd 2008 by Kevin Rennie
Family First's Steve Fielding has played populist politics with the luxury car tax. He said he was defending farmers' and tourist operators' "tools of trade". The numbers tell a different story. The standard Toyota Landcruiser Cab-chassis starts at a read more
Selected posts for Wednesday
Bloggers4Labour | September 3rd 2008
Just a few excellent posts I picked out on Wednesday:Fat Man on a Keyboard on attempts to resuscitate the radical Liberal Left:[...] 19th Century anti-statist radical liberalism was against corporate capitalism; it was in favour of direct workers’ read more
In Which I Curse Pierre Maura
The Global Sociology Blog | September 3rd 2008
For making me spend more money on books with his recommendations and therefore contributing to the ever-increasing pile of good stuff to read! And so, on their way across the Atlantic: Sociologie des marches (sociology of the markets) Sociologie pol read more
Fred Thompson, on Economic Misdirection
Considerettes | September 3rd 2008
We need a President who understands that you don’t make citizens prosperous by making Washington richer, and you don’t lift an economic downturn by imposing one of the largest tax increases in American history. Now our opponents tel read more
Over $1B pledged to region
Triangle Economic News | September 3rd 2008 by Gerald Belton
Companies from the U.S. and abroad pledged more than $1 billion in new investments in seven of the 13 counties in the Research Triangle Regional Partnership region between June and August, the economic development organization announced Tuesday. All read more
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Kooks In Suits | September 3rd 2008 by Slobokan
Recession: A period of an economic contraction, sometimes limited in scope or duration. An extended decline in general business activity, typically two consecutive quarters of falling real gross national product. The economy pulled out of a danger read more
RNC finally airs in New Zealand
Jack Yan on Vox | September 3rd 2008 by Jack Yan
Triangle finally decided to show the Republican National Convention in St Paul tonight, with a three-hour coverage ex-PBS. It plans to have two more nights, which will equal the coverage that it gave to the DNC. From a marketing point-of-view. read more
Ron Paul: Can We Really Trust the Government?
Fine Gold Silver Coins: Information, Education, Evaluation,… | September 3rd 2008 by Dr. Kevin Ong
Image via Wikipedia It’s alway very refreshing and enlightening to listen to U.S. Senator Ron Paul share his insights on the interplay between fiat or paper currency, the economy and the government. The surprising thing is why he keeps on spea read more
Obama's Economic Advisor Talks to Colbert About the Misery Index
Buck Naked Politics | September 3rd 2008 by Deb Cupples
Colbert talks to Laura D'Andrea Tyson, former Clinton economic advisor and current Obama advisor. "I'll ask her if she's in charge of taxing or spending." RECENT POSTINGS McCain vs. the Media Six Dead in Washington Shooting Pakistan to Begin Inquiry read more
Secrets to hide?
Curly's Corner Shop, the blog! | September 3rd 2008 by Curly
South Tyneside Council all quiet Labour’s Cabinet in South Tyneside is meeting today at South Shields Town Hall but as far as the switched on online community is concerned they have nothing to talk about! One would normally expect the council&# read more
Labour living on borrowed time
Curly's Corner Shop, the blog! | September 3rd 2008 by Curly
Britain, only G7 country with economy in reverse The pound had plunged to an all-time low against the euro, on the back of Chancellor Alistair Darling’s careless talk about Britain facing the worst conditions for 60 years, and the forecas read more
Albuquerque, NM and Rehovot, Israel: Booming Cities Team to Roar…
NeoConstant | September 2nd 2008 by NeoConstant
By Andrew L. Jaffee, netwmd.com (An abbreviated version of this article originally appeared in the Albuquerque Journal, July 24, 2008.) ALBUQUERQUE, NM — Sunny and dry most of the year, the city is home to a major research institute and several read more
The Banyana Handicap : A Triumph for the READY TO RUN
Summerhill Stud, South Africa | September 2nd 2008 by nefdtblogger
2007 Ready To Run Gallops at Summerhill(Summerhill Stud)Telly watchers of Saturday’s big meeting at the Vaal would’ve been gob-smacked by the runaway victories of Muhtafal’s two daughters, Nottgalashia and Alejate in the Banyana Handicap (List read more
Naomi Klein to speak in Regina - Sept 23
Larry Hubich's Blog | September 2nd 2008 by Larry Hubich's Blog
Naomi Klein, author of the New York Times bestseller: The Shock Doctrine: The Rise Of Disaster Capitalism, will be speaking at a public lecture in Regina, Sask. on September 23, 2008. This will be a "DO NOT MISS" event. For further details click here read more
Even Diddy is feel'n it ya'll
Attack This! | September 2nd 2008 by Mike
Rapper, producer and wannabe actor P Diddy, which I think is still his name this month has posted a fantastic blog entry summing up how all of us are suffering from the high gas prices. In a video entry worthy of topping a ridiculous Kanye West speec read more
Energy Bulletin - Congressman's views on energy
Infosnack Headquarters | September 2nd 2008 by Michael Perkins
Energybulletin.net has this excellent post analyzing some of the energy talking points that are out there. I wish the post had had something about ethanol since there are definitely a lot of myths out there. read more
Why oil is like pistachio nuts
Not PC | September 2nd 2008
Over at Anti Dismal, Don Boudreaux demonstrates (using pistachio nuts) why we'll never actually run out of oil. What happens, you see, is that unless technological improvement saves the day, what's left (whether it's oil or gold or pistac read more
Let Them Count Houses
clusterflock | September 2nd 2008 by clusterflock
In which Christopher Hitchens questions the tumbrelicity of certain political remarks: I count myself as something of an expert on what writer Joyce Cary once called “tumbrel remarks.” A tumbrel remark is an unguarded comment by an uncont read more
It’s all about the debt
Bites of Point | September 2nd 2008
The US federal debt now stands at about $9.6 trillion. Just let that number sink in for a moment… believe it or not, it gets worse. The debt is rising faster than income, a rapidly growing percentage of the debt is owed to foreigners, and the a read more
LPGA Requires Players to Speak English
BusinessPundit | September 2nd 2008 by Rob
(Suppose she’s listening to total immersion English?) In a controversial decision, the LPGA has decided to require players to speak English. What? Oh the horror! My only question is, what took so long? The golf course has always been more about read more
Mad, Cloned Cows Fetter the Free Market
BusinessPundit | September 2nd 2008 by Rob
The world of livestock demonstrates the government’s mixed up free market–and food–policies: The New York Times (via Dean Baker) says that… …a federal appeals court has ruled that the government can prohibit meat packers read more
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