June 2009
The pressure point | Democracy in America |... →
From the Times today
Iran’s economy, even before the electoral crisis, was suffering from the drop in oil prices, with inflation of at least 15 percent — and by some estimates 25 percent — and…
Graph Of The Day: Coup Edition - The Daily Dish |... →
Felix Salmon looks at the bright side of the Honduran coup:
For all the fears about the future of Latin American democracy, the fact is that the region is far more democratic now than it…
Sarkozy Comments on Israeli Minister Make Waves -... →
According to Yediot Aharonot newspaper, Mr. Sarkozy told Mr. Netanyahu that he should remake his government so that he, Ms. Livni and the defense minister, Ehud Barak, could produce historic…
Hírszerző - Belföld - Kell-e nekünk... →
Az 1944 óta eltelt időszak felszámolta a Szent Korona-tannal fémjelzett uralmi, közjogi viszonyokat. Ez 1946-ban történt meg hivatalosan a köztársaság kikiáltásával. Az ezt felfüggesztő kommunista…
Letter from Tehran: With the Marchers: Reporting... →
As we drank the tea, we discussed the deaths of the previous night, and Reza shook his head sadly. “The idea of a Basiji shooting a fellow Iranian!” he said. “When I was a Basiji, all we wanted to…
Letter from Tehran: With the Marchers: Reporting &... →
As we drank the tea, we discussed the deaths of the previous night, and Reza shook his head sadly. “The idea of a Basiji shooting a fellow Iranian!” he said. “When I was a Basiji, all we wanted to…
Defining Prefab-cons - Ideas Special Report →
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Ez neha a baj a magyar self-made konzervativokkal is: amikor atveszik kritikatlanul az amerikai konzervativ mozgalom leggyengebb memjeit, es ismetlik kifulladasig (lasd Sarah…
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O volt felelos a Galileoert. Sirjunk, vagy nevessunk…?
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Akkor miről híres Barsiné? Igaz egyébként. Szori.
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mi van az olyanokkal, mint Barsiné Pataky Etelka. Hát ez. Szép karrier, a szkinhedeknek szóló tévés osztályfőnöki óra ötletétől idáig.
Távol álljon tőlem, hogy kukacoskodjak, de az Király B. Izabella volt (az osztályfőnöki...
Cool Ad Watch - The Daily Dish | By Andrew... →
Copyranter throws some cold water:
Pretty clever and pretty useless, since this lone installation was built for Amnesty International by agency Jung von Matt primarily to win ad awards.
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Retirement: The burdens of old age | The Economist →
IN 1935, when America first introduced state pensions to relieve poverty in old age, the average life expectancy was 62. The official pension age was 65. That meant the cost…
Scary picture - Paul Krugman Blog - NYTimes.com →
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Tory claims for astrology CD » Liberal Democrat... →
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Valoszinuleg ez erosen versenyben van a “legfoloslegesebben elkoltott adofizetoi pennyk” cimert…
Bosworth Conservative MP David Tredinnick’s expenses reveal he spent £210 on…
Tim Harford — Article — How social science ends up... →
Now two Chicago-based economists, Steven Levitt (best known as the co-author of Freakonomics) and John List, have unearthed the original data in libraries in Boston and Milwaukee, following clues…
The Year the World Changed - Freakonomics Blog -... →
In a new Foreign Policy article, Christian Caryl describes how the events of 1979 defined the world we live in today. In 1979 Ayatollah Khomeini seized power in Iran, Margaret Thatcher led the…
Health care: Bill of health | The Economist →
Butters Arrives at Camp - Clips - South Park... →
Butters arrives at Camp New Grace and meets his accountabilibuddy.
"What would Jesus pack?" | Democracy in America |... →
SO ASKS a reader of this New York Times article on Ken Pagano, the pastor of the New Bethel Church in Louisville, Kentucky, who is encouraging his congregants to bring their guns to church on…
Bukta az adócsökkentési politika - FN.hu →
A szerző – többek között – azon két ország sikerét elemzi könyvében amelyeket a szabadpiaci reformok, az alacsony adók – kicsi állam hívei példaértékűnek, követendőnek tartanak. Írország sikere…
Weaponized Keynesianism - Paul Krugman Blog -... →
A great line from Barney Frank, about Republicans trying to preserve funding for the F-22:
These arguments will come from the very people who denied that the economic recovery plan created any…
Farming for 9 Billion People - Green Inc. Blog -... →
How will the world meet the growing energy and food demands of a population projected to approach nine billion in 2050? And how can it do so in a sustainable manner, despite the prospect of climate…