Transcript of CNN interview with Vladimir Putin. Part 1: Part 2: Part 3: Update, 2 Sep 2008: video added.
U.S. second-quarter growth came in a little higher than expected today, on the back of exports which grew at a 13.2% annual rate, thanks to a weakened dollar. Result: fears of recession this year quelled. Seems to me there’s never been a better time to boycott U.S. goods.
Over the weekend a group from the Free Gaza Movement, including my good friend Ken O’Keefe, set out in boats from Cyprus and successfully broke Israel’s contemptible economic blockade of Gaza. Ken emailed through a few photos today, with this message: Some pictures to share of a day that may have largely ignored in the West, but was deeply…
I was reluctant to post this at first because it suggests the Democrats will save the day. They won’t. However, it’s nice to know this sort of thing gets talked about occasionally in the halls of power of the United States of America. Of course it’s not a problem isolated to the U.S. either. Via…
Jane Clifton muses on the emergence of blogging and it’s relationship with old fashioned journalism, complaining that “it’s hard to tell whether the information providers are accurate, biased or simply malicious.” “The Blogerati” responds in good fashion, but what I like that blogging brings to the table is exactly what Clifton fears: uncertainty about who is telling the truth. One…
The NZ Herald has published a remarkable editorial today which offers rare insight into just how well our “free” media system serves to undermine democracy, while the background story offers great insight into how much National Party politicians deplore democracy and how deplorably dishonest they can be in the lead up to an election. As an aside: the only politicians…
I recently cleared my email inbox at work and put measures in place to keep it that way. It took a couple of solid days hard graft to make sure things were properly filed or otherwise taken care of. Now I’m giving my personal email the same treatment. The problem here is that I’m dealing not with thousands…