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HERE COMES CLIMATEGATE II
DAILY TELEGRAPH Uh oh, global warming loons: here comes Climategate II! By James Delingpole November 22nd, 2011 James Delingpole is a writer, journalist and broadcaster who is right about everything. He is the author of numerous fantastically entertaining books including 365 Ways to Drive a Liberal Crazy, Welcome To Obamaland: I’ve Seen Your Future And
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THE CULTURE WAR OVER EUROPE’S MONEY
NOVEMBER 17, 2011 The Germans are richer and more stubborn.The French are flashier and faster on their feet. By WALTER RUSSELL MEAD The European crisis repeats the same pattern endlessly. Bad news sinks markets, ultimately accelerating into a panicky wave of liquidation. European leaders convene, deliberate and emerge with what they say is a “fix.”
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EUROPE’S ENTITLEMENT RECKONING
NOVEMBER 10, 2011 From Greece to Italy to France, the welfare state is in crisis. In the European economic crisis, all roads lead through Rome. The markets have raised the price of financing Italy’s mammoth debt to new highs, and on Tuesday Silvio Berlusconi became the second euro-zone prime minister, after Greece’s George Papandreou, to
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WHY GERMANY IS LEADING FROM BEHIND
NOVEMBER 4, 2011 Angela Merkel’s uncertain trumpet in the great euro crisis reflects her country’s history, and a new kind of politics in the West. By JOSEF JOFFE In the European currency war, Germany has the biggest arsenal and the strongest interest in forestalling the collapse of the euro. So why is it playing Hamlet:
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WHY WE CAN’T EXCAPE THE EUROCRISIS
NOVEMBER 2, 2011 EU and U.S. debt are interlinked through the banking system. By GERALD P. O’DRISCOLL JR. When is a bailout not a bailout? When the bailor is short of funds. The recently announced debt plan in the European Union comes up short in almost all respects. The debt crisis is not just an
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A SLOW-GROWTH AMERICA CAN’T LEAD THE WORLD
NOVEMBER 1, 2011 After World War II, the U.S. promoted international economic growth through reliance on the market and the incentives it provides. Times have changed. By JOHN B. TAYLOR When President Obama meets with his counterparts from other G-20 countries in Cannes later this week, American economic leadership will, unfortunately, largely be absent. At
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EUROPEANS PAY DEARLY FOR THEIR CARBON VIRTUE
OCTOBER 26, 2011 The Post-Global Warming World Moving on from climate virtue. EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE: Then there are those “technical problems.” The process of capturing and compressing CO2 is energy-intensive. Storing the carbon once it’s been sequestered is another issue. In Germany, a 30-megawatt carbon-capture pilot plant has been in operation since 2008. Yet
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LOSING THE ECONOMIC BATTLE
Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) The global debt apocalypse approaches. David M. Smick October 31, 2011, Vol. 17, No. 07 On the issue of public debt, Washington is experiencing what psychologists call “learned helplessness.” The financial news is so relentlessly terrible that people have become numb to it and assume nothing can be done
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