Tag: france

August 19, 2012 0

Cognitive Dissonance and Good Advice

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Anonymous said… You think that Tony has it in for you? Well, I’d like to let you know that I have also been a victim of Tony’s not-so-righteous wrath.Not long ago, I committed the ultimate crime (in Tony’s eyes).

August 12, 2012 0

Europe’s Most Dangerous Politicians: Angela Merkel, Francois Hollande, David Cameron, Jean-Claude Juncker, Jose Barroso, Mario Monti, Herman Van…

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Der Spiegel has published an inane article about Europe’s 10 Most Dangerous Politicians . Top 10 List Markus Söder , Bavarian Finance Minister: The politician from the Christian Social Union, the conservative sister party to Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union, is known for his tub-thumping rhetoric and has stepped up a gear in the euro crisis with vitriolic comments about Greece

August 9, 2012 0

Song of the Pielkesphere: Toujours Meh

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Eli Rabett Eli Rabett Eli Rabett is a not quite failed professorial techno-bunny, a chair election from retirement, at a wanna be research university that has a lot to be proud of but has swallowed the Kool-Aid. The students are naive but great and the administrators vary day-to-day between homicidal and delusional. His colleagues are smart, but they have a curious inability to see the holes that they dig for themselves.

August 9, 2012 0

Toujours Gai

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Rabett Run has today’s SSMIS map from Uni Bremen and is now taking bets that before the end of summer there will be no ice in the Arctic below 90N 80N.  A few more days of the cyclone and the Bunny may have to offer odds.  Neven as usual has the details

August 8, 2012 0

French Central Bank Admits the Obvious: France Back in Recession

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French Central Bank Admits the Obvious: France Back in Recession For those who who view matters on a practical basis, France has been in recession the entire year. For those who need to see two quarters of negative growth first, France slides back in recession . France is headed back into recession for the second time in just over three years, the country’s central bank warned on Wednesday.