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David Victor and Charles Kennel enjoyed that one 5.    The global scientific community has made clear that human activity is already changing the world’s climate system.
The Financial Times reports Russia-Iran Nuclear Reactor Deal Raises Eyebrows . Russia has agreed to build eight new nuclear reactors in Iran in a deal raising eyebrows in Washington and Europe as fraught international talks to curb Tehran’s atomic ambitions near their deadline
Bloomberg reports Climate Model Predicts Very Cold Winter in Northern Hemisphere . About 14.1 million square kilometers of snow blanketed Siberia at the end of October, the second most in records going back to 1967, according to Rutgers University’s Global Snow Lab
For further discussion, please see Ruble Slide Continues; Russia Forced to Abandon Currency Intervention as Reserves Dwindle . Right for Wrong Reason
Money Won the Election! The Center for Responsive Politics projects the 2014 mid-term election will cost roughly $3.67 billion. When all is said and done, Team Red (all Republican candidates, parties, committees and conservative outside groups) will spend $1.75 billion on this election.
View the original here: "Occupy Central’s" Dirty Money, Dirtier Leaders
Riots in Brussels: 100,000 Protest Austerity, Overturn Cars, Throw Fire Bombs; Wherefore Art Thou Austerity? In Search of Austerity In spite of the fact there has been little-to-no austerity to speak of in Europe, or anywhere else in the world for that matter, (rising government debt proves that claim), France moans about austerity, Spain moans about austerity, Italy moans about austerity, and economists like Krugman moan about austerity.
Link: Eurozone Target2 Imbalances Rise Again, Led by Italy
I watched the returns all evening from Start to finish, not that anything was much in doubt. I expected the Republicans would finish stronger than the polls suggested, and they did by a huge margin
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