Europe the Winner?

{ Posted by When Giants Fall on 2009-12-24 19:21:00 }

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Open Thread

{ Posted by Dirigo Blue - Front Page on 2009-12-24 12:02:00 }

Good afternoon. Glenn Greenwald has this on last week's missile strike on Yemen that you may not have hear about: Given what a prominent role "Terrorism" plays in our political discourse, it's striking how little attention is paid to American actions which have the most significant impact on that pr ...

Christians flee Bethlehem

{ Posted by Reporting on the Middle East, Science, and Education on 2009-12-24 11:07:00 }

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More on Palestinian Christian refugees....

{ Posted by GayandRight on 2009-12-24 09:48:00 }

They face real discrimination from Muslim Palestinians.... The pilgrims will be there as midnight Mass at the Church of the Nativity is again broadcast live around the world this Christmas Eve -- but the town of Bethlehem is fast losing its last few year-round Christian residents. Christians are fle ...

Iraq Christmas

{ Posted by Third Party Blog on 2009-12-24 06:51:07 }

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Alfred Woody Wang's Kewl Blog [ 椼仁 ]: Dollar vs EURO -- Weapons ...

{ Posted by Third Party Blog on 2009-12-24 06:51:07 }

There were weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, in the form of EURO currency. The petrodollar depends upon Iraq's oil reserves to defend the United States dollar against the EURO and other currencies. In 2001, well before Iraq's ... These dollars are recycled from oil production to the US as Treasury Bills and assets in US stocks and real estate, which is a substantial portion of the financial market. The EURO becomes the alternative currency to nations wishing to switch. ...

Oil tops US$73 on Iran-Iraq tension

{ Posted by Third Party Blog on 2009-12-24 06:51:07 }

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