VIDEO – SWISS MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT SPEAKS OF THE RADICAL ISLAM THREAT TO EUROPE
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THE TROUBLE WITH FRENCH BANKS
SEPTEMBER 13, 2011 A BNP Paribas executive makes his concerns known. By NICOLAS LECAUSSIN EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE: “Look at the French banks’ debt holdings versus those of U.S. banks,” he continues. “The total debt of the three big U.S. banks (Bank of America, JP Morgan and Citigroup) is $5.86 trillion, or 39% of GDP,
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THE EVOLUTION OF OUR BLOATED WELFARE STATE
Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) The End of the New Deal Order It won’t win the future. Matthew Continetti September 5, 2011, Vol. 16, No. 47 EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE: The modern welfare state was born. In our era, Keller writes, political debate isn’t over how to constrain government. It’s over how to use
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WEALTHY FRENCH PUSH FOR EXTRA TAX ON RICH
EUROPE NEWS AUGUST 24, 2011 As Sarkozy Seeks to Plug Holes in Budget, Heirs and CEOs Say in Open Letter That ‘We Feel We Must Contribute’ By DAVID GAUTHIER-VILLARS Liliane Bettencourt, with her daughter Françoise Bettencourt-Meyers in Paris in 2007. PARIS—France’s richest woman, who recently ran into trouble for allegedly evading taxes, said Tuesday she
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THE GLOBAL TEMPER TANTRUM
Fury is spreading. But the mobs ignore the real culprit behind broken economies. by Niall FergusonJuly 11, 2011 Yiorgos Karahalis / Reuters-LandovRiot police at a protest against austerity measures in Athens on June 28, 2011. This is the age of indignation. Politics in the Western world are becoming more emotional—because our problems are so intractable.
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EUROPE IS WARNING US – VICTOR DAVIS HANSON
INVESTORS’ BUSINESS DAILY June 9, 2011 Europe Is Warning Us By Victor Davis Hanson ROME — If Americans think fuel and food prices are high, they should try Europe, where both can nearly double those in the United States — while salaries here are often lower. Italians, like most now-broke Southern European countries, are desperate
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SAVING PRESIDENT ASSAD
MAY 13, 2011 Screams in Homs but forbearance around the world. Hearty salutations and reassurances from Damascus. After killing more than 600 (and counting) and arresting and injuring thousands more in a seven week crackdown, the Syrian regime wants you to know that it thinks it has the upper hand over protestors. And Bashar Assad
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ON THE LIGHTER SIDE – EUROPEAN THREAT LEVELS
The English are feeling the pinch in relation to recent events in Libya and have therefore raised their security level from “Miffed” to “Peeved.” Soon, though, security levels may be raised yet again to “Irritated” or even “A Bit Cross.” The English have not been “A Bit Cross” since the blitz in 1940 when tea
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A EUROPEAN ECONOMIC TSUNAMI
May 11, 2011 By Desmond Lachman The European sovereign debt crisis is now entering a critical phase, which U.S. economic policymakers would be ignoring at their peril. For this crisis has the real potential for delivering the severest of body blows to an already enfeebled European banking system. And if there is one thing that
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OBAMA AND THE GREAT ARAB REVOLT
Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) Sandstorms Barack Obama and the Great Arab Revolt. Reuel Marc Gerecht May 9, 2011, Vol. 16, No. 32 We may never know whether the conjecture of the historian Fouad Ajami is correct: that President Barack Obama sought the approval of the Arab League for the air war against Muammar
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