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the threat of a disaster does not always stop it from happening. The chances of the euro zone being smashed apart have risen alarmingly, thanks to financial panic, a rapidly weakening economic outlook and pigheaded brinkmanship. The odds of a safe landing are dwindling fast.
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Terrible swift sword
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Great nations decline in different ways: by losing wars, overreaching, collapsing internally. But it would be extraordinary if America sacrificed its position as the world’s leading military power as the result of a legislative accident.
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S&P downgrades Belgium credit rating – Yahoo!7 Finance
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S&P downgrades Belgium credit rating…
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Children of Heaven
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Fridays are family movie night. We watched Children of Heaven (1997) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118849/ Highly recommend family viewing. Poignant, in that it was also a Iranian made award winning movie. The common man (& woman & child) suffer. Same goes for people everywhere. The war hawks want war – in the name of security(?) – to fill their own pockets. Happiness is – a tattered pair of shared shoes.
on Value
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Teaching a child not to step on a caterpillar is as valuable to the child as it is to the caterpillar. -Bradley Miller, activist (b. 1956)
3 Absurd Reasons for Banning Drugs
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Dr. Stephen Davies discusses what he feels are the three most strange and bizarre reasons for banning drugs. The first of these reasons for prohibiting drugs…
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The Broken Window Fallacy
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Does destruction create jobs? After natural disasters, terrorist attacks, and wars, some people argue that these disasters are good for the economy, because …
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‘We have lost respect’ – former US Senator — RT
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The US is like a drunkard who charges to war with anyone who might pose a threat, ex-Senator and former US presidential candidate Mike Gravel says.
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MW3 – Jeep Wrangler MW3 Commercial
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http://aajnow.com – Modern Warfare 3 and Chrysler join up to create the MW3 Special Edition Jeep Wrangler. This commercial campaigns tagline is “The toughest…
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Syria unrest: Arab League ponders sanctions in Cairo — RT
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As the death toll continues to rise with Egypt’s military rulers refusing to step down, the Arab League has chosen Cairo as the perfect destination to discuss possible sanctions against Syria for not implementing its own peace plan.
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