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cyclical or structural?

Technological unemployment… Is our current unemployment malaise of cyclical or structural nature? According to Paul Krugman and Joseph Stiglitz the answer is more stimulus, more government printed money washing through the economy as if at a luxury spa where we … Continue reading

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rebel yells

The problem with evil, with villainy, is that the subject stretches toward the boundaries of infinity. Our planet may be short of many things but the supply of evil-doers is endless. They are everywhere: from office towers, to government, at … Continue reading

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tears and fears: RIP (through) holy land

Attack Jerusalem? Launching rockets on the eternal city? Imagine the irony if a Hamas rocket hits the Dome of the Rock? Recoil time to play in the rubble. Something here about Walter Benjamin’s idea of children playing in trash and … Continue reading

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who cares what other people think…

Some things never change. Way back when David Ben Gurion said something to the effect…”What matters is not what the goyim say, but what the Jews do.” So it was then,  and so, to a great degree, it is today. … Continue reading

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back to each other’s garden

Shake up the status quo.What started off as a bit of a stunt could gather steam, abate, and then come back stronger at a later date. This could be more serious than good natured letting off of steam. Maybe some … Continue reading

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coke or pepsi?

Who is more dishonest, the Left or the Right? If Nate Silver was polling this scientifically, he would likely -19 times out of 20 with 5% deposit refundable on the empties- call it leaning with a qualified toss-up. It ultimately … Continue reading

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eyeless in benghazi

It smells funny. Its not the sulphur in a Libya oil field, but more like rotting fish on the Delaware… There would ostensibly have been enough time. The so-called mob, after sacking the KFC franchise, apparently had enough casual spare … Continue reading

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your tax dollars at work….

Reading through the lines here. Prop up the Jordanian regime as much as possible…or preparing the terrain for the “Jordan is Palestine” lebensraum idea. Whatever it is, the alarm bells are ringing and Jordan is vulnerable. Planners and specialists sounds … Continue reading

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bombs away: mullah strangelove

So then, just where are they going to drop this thing? (see link at end)…Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told Knesset Speaker Reuven Rivlin on Thursday that Moscow does not believe Iran will use a nuclear weapon against Israel. “Thus … Continue reading

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won’t get fooled again?

The Great Revolution of Egypt. Hard to really discern the posture, gesture and window dressing from actual meat and potatoes significance that Egyptian society will develop according to its own intrinsic sense of logic and understanding instead of being contained … Continue reading

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