Friday 21 March 2014

Lawrence Solomon: Canada needs Quebec | Financial Post

Andrew Coyne: The West’s foreign policy ‘realists’ are actually apologists for Russia | National Post

Anne Applebaum: Putin invaded Crimea because Putin needs a war | National Post

U.S. sanctions on Russia causing real pain, Treasury official says - CBS News

Can the Break Away / Kidnapped Crimea afford Ukrainian Water?

Has Britain become a nation of real estate agents? If so, then what hope is there for matching maturities of assets and liabilities and finally ending the permanent cash flow debt repayment crisis? Is British capitalism self destructing into money supply based wishes and dreams rather than business realities that provide good incomes.

Seems the bankers want a crisis forever.

Can't they see the problem and what is happening to the real economy of Britain. Can't they see unsustainability of the house building and a principal sector because it dies not provide competitive jobs. Who is going to pay for all the new houses and with what incomes?  What is the capacity to absorb new immigrants?

Has Cameron not learned the history of the causes of economic depressions and what caused the first and second Great Wasr or did he miss that university year?

Yankees can't be blamed this time or is that wrong because an 'inexperienced' Canadian / US banker is at the helm of the Bank of England?

No hope.... Naw..... None....

http://www.economist.com/blogs/buttonwood/2013/09/house-prices

Housing markets: Double bubble trouble | The Economist

Bitcoin: speculative bubble or currency of the future?

Do bees get sick most from germs or viruses?

What is the White House doing about methane pollution?

Could you live in a really tiny house?

How does Solar Technology Help California Survive Drought.

Putin's Crony Capitalists .. "cronies." "cronies." Several of the officials are close advisers to Putin and members of his inner circle; they include Gennady Timchenko, Arkady Rotenberg, Boris Rotenberg, and Yuri Kovalchuk.

The Spring of the Russian Stock Market that is Now Broke .... Possibly ruining the summer for many Russian investors. Oh! Capitalism is cruel, but Communism is Pretty Well Impossible. So What will Russia become: Lopsided Nationalistic Solvietism?

Why do pirated film sites exist?

Netflix CEO Reed Hastings Blasts Comcast - Business Insider

Pod Of Orca Whales Chasing A Speedboat - Business Insider

US Sanctions On Russia Contained A Startling Allegation About Putin's Oil Wealth - Business Insider

First Impressions Of Lenovo's ThinkPad 8 - Business Insider

The Coming Real Estate Bubble - DailyFinance

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