on July 26, 2011
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Budget negotiations in the US Congress are pushing too closely against the deadline for the rescheduling of the national debt. The United States is presently in hoc to an amount resembling this. I am not sure how many noughts – or zeroes – this is.
All of this is too close to a debt or payment default for the comfort of the nation, let alone the rest of the global economy. The BBC’s economics editor Stephanie Flanders explains more about why this is happening here.
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Reasons underlying the argument include furnishing and maintaining the largest military establishment known to the world, several long term expensive wars, repeated tax cuts for the wealthiest citizens, the ongoing costs of social security and medicare plus the recent and urgent need to subsidise the global financial industry.
Pity the poor swine who is allowed to pilot this process to a safe harbour.
on July 24, 2011
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There is a great deal of sadness in the world at present but the loss of anyone who can sing like this seems a particularly bad one to me. Of course, art and artists are a daft thing to try and define but, like so many others, I am sure I recognised it in her. A drawing of Amy Winehouse made in 2008.
on July 22, 2011
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on July 17, 2011
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The Opinions of Tobias Grubbe for 11th July are published at this window, his patron Journalisted from the Media Standards Trust where you may read all about them.
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on July 16, 2011
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The problem with flying in to sort out a situation, at cost, is that fires break out in other parts of your business empire while you are away. Watch what is happening to News international interests in the USA…
Updated 4th July 2013: The News International business is split in two with the news print business rebranded as News Corp – complete with Rupert’s handwriting as a part of the brand.
The legal actions following voicemail hacking have spread to the US legal system and in the UK charges have been laid over both hacking and corrupt payment to public officials.
on July 10, 2011
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on July 5, 2011
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We are hearing a lot about the sovereign, national and private debt crises in Europe from our media presently and especially relating to Greece. But as a blog from Stephanie Flanders of the BBC explains, the elephant in this particular room may be the United States of America.
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on July 3, 2011
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