Thursday, February 26, 2009

OBAMA AVEC ZIZEK


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Another from the Gringo. Here's his analysis of the following Obama statement:

“The scale of the US economy and the capital markets are so vast, and the problem in terms of managing and overseeing anything of that scale, I think...wouldn’t make sense. And we also have different traditions in this country and we want to retain a strong sense of private capital fulfilling the core investment needs of our country.”

HITCHENS AVEC BERLUSCONI


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From the Gringo.

Thursday, February 12, 2009

Tuesday, February 3, 2009

FOURIER AVEC TEXAS

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Courtesy of the Institute. The odd red legacy of a state for which red usually signifies something quite different.

Witness the historical anomaly that is Victor Prosper Considérant and his commune La Réunion.

"It has been suggested that Karl Marx himself once considered coming to Texas. Or, possibly, he only mentioned the idea as a ruse to throw authorities off his trail."