China has been all over the economic news lately. They’re eating up “other peoples” (I use that term loosely) oil reserves and buying up refineries and pipelines. (though the UNoCAL bid fell through. They’re beneficiaries of the “outsourcing” scourge of the US and in turn selling their goods back at rock-bottom prices. It is clear …
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Even though I’ve been feeling even more cynical than usual, especially towards the UN… I still found myself at the UN website this afternoon. They actually have a lot of information about the 60th General Assembly. They also have live webcasts throughout the Assembly. They start a 9AM EST and go all day. You can …
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Ya, I’d go with that statement… (Updated) According to a new survey commissioned by the BBC and conducted by Gallup International, most of the worlds population feels that they do not control their own government. The BBC has a couple stories on this poll, and some great graphs that you should check out at the …
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