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Adrift in a sea of lunacy

OK, here’s the obligatory bailout post. Instead of me talking, I’ll let former Treasury Secretary Paul O’Neill say it:``If they pass this thing, it’s awful what the...

Started in QandO • 2 weeks ago • 0 responses
Dreamland lives up to its name

USA Today carries a story about one of the most iconic and best "college football joints" in the nation. And it’s arguably the best college football joint in the land. Indeed, doesn’t...

Started in QandO • 2 weeks ago • 0 responses
Iraq: more reconciliation news

This has been an issue that has kept sectarian tensions high in Iraq. It too now seems to have resolved itself in the way the Sunnis hoped it would:Iraq’s government took command Wednesday of...

Started in QandO • 2 weeks ago • 0 responses
Make ’em walk the plank

Apparently it is one thing for pirates to take over a cruise ship or some coastal freighter, but when they decide to hijack a ship with 33 T-72 tanks, they end up bringing more attention to...

Started in QandO • 2 weeks ago • 0 responses
Fallout continues for Russia after Georgian invasion

Apparently Russia didn’t do as well as it has been touted to have done in the invasion of Georgia:What I learned in briefings from defense and diplomatic officials — many of them bright...

Started in QandO • 2 weeks ago • 0 responses
When are we being Chicken Littles?

Let us look at one of the ways that we are being panicked unnecessarily, and why incidentally we can help many of these financial institutions in the fashion I discussed in my last post. In my next...

Started in QandO • 2 weeks ago • 0 responses
My favorite proposal for helping financial institutions-Updated

I do believe we should be doing something as a nation, through our government, to avoid the not insignificant chance of a total financial meltdown. I have seen several things proposed that I find...

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Vlad the Dissembler

When in trouble, blame your woes on an outside "enemy":Russian leaders blamed the US financial system’s irresponsibility for the world economic crisis and said it should top the next American...

Started in QandO • 2 weeks ago • 0 responses
My favorite proposal for helping financial institutions

I do believe we should be doing something as a nation, through our government, to avoid the not insignificant chance of a total financial meltdown. I have seen several things proposed that I find...

Started in QandO • 2 weeks ago • 0 responses
Iraq: Slowly but surely

Iraq continues to show signs of improvement in terms of decreased deaths due to violence and the reconciliation process:The number of civilians killed in Iraq last month more than halved to 359...

Started in QandO • 2 weeks ago • 0 responses