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See the article here: Greek State Tries to Stem Neo-Nazi Rise; True Finns Surge in Election Polls
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Willard Tony and Dr. Who Now some, not Eli of course, have had their fun with Willard Tony, but Eli has always been serious and respectful (oh yeah, well this one was early days). OTOH there are, to be sure, problems with his approach, his papers and his all around understanding of what he is doing, many of which surfaced with what Roger Pielke the Elder called the major game changing paper in the history of the world, and Nigel Steve called crap Over at the Weasel’s , Evan Jones is proclaiming that all is well and fixed. Well, young Eli asks, what do you find, and Evan says The City September 2, 7:52 am  4.) We find that Tmean trend for compliant (i.e., Class 12 stations using Leroy 2010 proximity ratings) stations is fully 0.11C lower than that of poorly sited stations (Class 345). This includes consideration for both TOBS and MMTS
See the article here: Eurozone Steepest Contraction Since June 2009; Unwarranted Hope and Reflections on Panic! Economists Can Neither Think…
Read the article: Japanese Exports Sink 3rd Month; Flash China Manufacturing PMI Shows Output down at Sharpest Rate in Ten…
Read the original: West Attempts to Trigger Clash of Civilizations
Read the article: FedEx Package Volume Down 5% in US; FedEx Shipments vs. Real GDP; Preliminary Petroleum Use Figures for…
A summary of California State Finances for August 2012 looks like this: Except for corporate income taxes (down a whopping 71.5% vs. projections), the state is doing better in August than budgeted.
See the original article here: Human Rights Watch: "Syrian Rebels" Guilty of Torture, Murder
More here: Government Debt Held by Spanish Banks Doubles in Seven Months; Deleverage? What Deleverage?