The Israel Lobby
Friday, November 16th, 2007 Posted in politics | No Comments »One of the things about living in France is being somewhat cut off from the english media, and having to resort to BBC world for english news in the television. Its a good channel with lots of interesting programmes, ...
quel temps de merde
Thursday, April 22nd, 2004 Posted in politics | No Comments »thunderstorms in april, that must be our new tropical climate. thanks to all those 4x4/SUV drivers
alternative currencies
Wednesday, February 11th, 2004 Posted in politics | No Comments »Bernard Lietaer, ex-european central banker has some interesting ideas about money. You can earn and spend your alternative currency in paris
“The Heart Attack with a hole in the middle”
Wednesday, October 8th, 2003 Posted in politics | No Comments »Last time I wsa in the US, I discovered 'Krispy Kreme" donuts. Very Nice. Very Fattening. Now, you can get them over in the UK. I guess this is inevitable, a bit like the
distributing wealth
Monday, September 1st, 2003 Posted in politics | No Comments »This is an interesting article about redistributing wealth to stimulate the economy when all our jobs are being done by robots. I'm not sure the idea would work, as most people would probably spend all their free time and ...
US debt
Monday, July 21st, 2003 Posted in politics | No Comments »My theory is that we are all in for a rocky ride when the world realises that the US owes nearly 7 trillion dollars. See how much they owe now
unbiased news
Monday, April 7th, 2003 Posted in politics | No Comments »Seems like Yahoo! and MSN are refusing to accept adverts forAl Jazeera. good to see that they're not letting politics get in the way of editorial neutrality or "shareholder value"As a side note, it seems that the al jazeera ...
Sunday, April 6th, 2003 Posted in politics | No Comments »
"Extending the war into Iraq would have incurred incalculable human and political costs. We would have been forced to occupy Baghdad and, in effect, rule Iraq". Thats George Bush Sr's view
Friday, February 28th, 2003 Posted in politics | No Comments »
ok, found it - apparently, even the Observer is wondering When will we buy oil in euros? axis of weasel
the end of the dollar
Friday, February 28th, 2003 Posted in politics | No Comments »talking to a colleage today aboutn the impending war in the gulf. One of the reasons that US are so keen on a war is (suprisingly) to control the production of oil in the middle east. More worryingly ...
