Scratches to Sketches
Thursday, 22 May 2014
Retail sales up 6.9% in April, making early rate rise likely | Business | The Guardian
UK bank governor gets the whole thing wrong. What a disaster for the otherwise kindly Brits.
AstraZeneca directors unmoved by shareholder calls to reopen Pfizer talks | Business | The Guardian
Pfizer is a predator firm funded by American bank solution dollars that should not have been created let alone used for takeover bids of foreign entities. Shame on America? Shame on Bush?
The Piketty phenomenon: big picture economics | Editorial | Comment is free | The Guardian
Heavy doses of economics based on the bigger picture?
Now, Gujarat to cover Narmada canals with solar panels! | Business Line
Those Indians are pretty smart. Why don't we cover our barns with solar panels?
French railway operator SNCF orders hundreds of new trains that are too big | World news | theguardian.com
This has got to be a way to get old stations modernized?
Wednesday, 21 May 2014
Prince Charles 'compares Vladimir Putin to Adolf Hitler' during chat with pensioner who lost relatives in Holocaust - Mirror Online
I do not agree with Gapes one bit. Sounds like some politicians were caught with their pants down on this one. It's like Grandma saying to a bully that its time to stand up and fight for your principles. Putin needs a black eye. As long as the world hesitates to the likes of Putin they will assume a weakness and plan worse actions. Pity British politics is lead by a coward.
Putin is behaving just like Hitler, says Prince Charles | Mail Online
Prince Charles, you are my hero!
BBC History - Prince Charles
I think about 4 billion people who have read history would agree with the characterization of Putin and Hitler. You have to be really really stupid not to see the strong strong similarity. Roll on Charles, you are the best... And the bravest.
Turkish PM’s adviser goes on sick leave for injury to leg used to kick Soma protester - POLITICS
What goes around comes around!
Sea level rise forces US space agency to retreat - SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Why not just call it water rising rather than global warming?
Cell tower to be built at Oak-Land Junior High | Lillie Suburban Newspapers - LillieNews.com
Just quote outdated safety standards and you can quell almost any opposition, at least until the cows come home..
Here’s What Chinese Hackers Actually Stole From U.S. Companies | TIME.com
WTO rules broken by Chinese right, left and centre.
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Sketches from scratches is a provocative blogspot that has grown out of the Wuh Lax experience. It is eclectic, which means that it might consider just about anything from the simple to the extremely difficult. A scratch can be something that is troubling me or a short line on paper. From a scratch comes a verbal sketch or image sketch of the issue or subject. Other sites have other stuff that should really be of interest to the broad reader. I try to develop themes, but variety often comes before depth.
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