Some good news from Iraq. The fabled Iraqi Marshlands are returning. These are the places where many say the Garden of Eden and Great Flood are set. The Marshs were almost completely destroyed by damning, diking, irrigation and deliberate draining by Saddam Hussein when the Marsh Arabs revolted against him after the Gulf War. Since …
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National Daycare… PLEASE!
I have a young family. We have a reasonable mortgage ($900)… I have a good, full-time job that I commute to everyday (200km return, about 2.5 hours everyday). We don’t spend extravagantly, we have a cat. We have some debt, mostly from pre-baby renovations, and a car loan, but it’s being managed. My wife has …
CPA/Bremer lost $9 billion?
Can you say “Oil-For-Food, part Deux?” I just read this at the Sydney Morning Herald. (It’s dated February 1… that always makes my brain hurt) It seems that a recent audit of the Coalition Provisional Authority has dug up a discrepancy of $9 billion. The Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) may have paid salaries for thousands …