Tag: thecontrarian
group name: idlespeculation
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February 04, 2008 08:18 PM EST --
"Détente" is a French word meaning a relaxing or easing.
During the seventies it also became an English word applicable to an international situation in which countries that had been . . . more
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April 04, 2008 02:43 PM EDT --
The planes rose into the blackness of the new-moon night and, after reaching their maximum altitude, headed east. The lights of Amman could be seen as the formation left Israel, sped across Jordan and . . . more
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May 17, 2008 01:41 AM EDT --
It's gotten so prevalent that even the outsourcing is being outsourced.
A firm in India is performing offshore outsourcing services for at least one American pharmaceutical company.
Offshore . . . more
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April 09, 2008 10:46 PM EDT --
To listen to author Joel C. Rosenberg on the Glenn Beck Show last evening, it would appear that events in the Middle East are moving forward on the basis of old religious predictions.
Whether that . . . more
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April 18, 2008 03:01 AM EDT --
Well, it might be a good idea to tighten our belts.
It's been reported that consumers represent over two thirds of this country's Gross Domestic Product, and it's becoming increasingly . . . more
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June 20, 2008 09:32 AM EDT --
Dick Cheney: "I cannot think of a time when we have had a region emerge as suddenly to become as strategically significant as the Caspian." ( Guardian , 1998)
John J. Maresca, vice president . . . more
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December 26, 2007 11:49 PM EST --
The presidential campaign is moving ahead quickly, perhaps too quickly. Hillary Clinton said the Democratic candidate may be known by early February, a little over one month away.
Yet, while . . . more
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June 25, 2008 11:40 AM EDT --
The other day, the Bloomberg News channel reported that the futures market favored Barack Obama over John McCain by 63% to 33%. This represented the opinions, of course, of people who have actually put . . . more
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July 03, 2007 04:20 AM EDT --
A recent comment by Ellen B. caused me to think that the fourth of July might be a particularly good time to take stock of our nation. So, I dressed appropriately, or at least I thought so, and I’m . . . more
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August 29, 2007 03:00 AM EDT --
The other day, a friend of mine, a doctor who is a native of Syria, suggested I write about Darfur. I replied that the terrible humanitarian crisis there had already been covered. He said, no, that wasn’t . . . more
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January 02, 2008 11:59 PM EST --
The assassination of Benazir Bhutto in Pakistan continues to send ripples through the region. CNN announced yesterday that it had obtained Bhutto's files that contained, among other charges, accusations . . . more
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March 14, 2008 03:53 PM EDT --
As the nation arguably draws closer to a possible financial meltdown than at any time in the past 79 years, it may no longer be relevant to question whether or not we are actually "in a recession." . . . more
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June 06, 2008 08:31 PM EDT --
The overriding issue in the forthcoming election is not the economy, even though the rise in today's announced unemployment rate represents the biggest jump since 1986. It's also not about . . . more
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January 12, 2008 02:22 AM EST --
New Hampshire's Secretary of State announced Friday that Republican candidate for president, Albert Howard, and Democratic candidate Dennis Kucinich have both satisfied the requirements for initiating . . . more
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January 16, 2008 12:54 AM EST --
Last Wednesday, President Bush departed the U.S. on a trip that was scheduled to involve six countries in the Middle East.
Could the timing have been any better. Tensions had been increasing . . . more
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September 11, 2007 12:56 AM EDT --
The events of September 11, 2001 were catastrophic in more ways than one. Not only did they involve the immediate destruction of four planes, several high-rise buildings, a portion of the Pentagon . . . more
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August 15, 2007 04:08 AM EDT --
A combination of factors have come together to create a possible combustible situation in Pakistan, a country that sits on the eastern edge of the volatile Middle East. Briefly, the significant . . . more
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September 19, 2007 02:15 AM EDT --
The real estate sector is in serious trouble . Foreclosures are on the increase. Lenders and investors are struggling. Mort Zuckerman of Boston Properties, Inc., told Bloomberg News yesterday that he foresees . . . more
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