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Robin Hood Bankerin

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:50:20 +0000

It’s not enough that the government imposes confiscatory taxes and funds all sorts of entitlement programs, in Germany a bank manager was taking money from the “rich” clients to give to the “poor”: German banker admits transferring money from rich to help poorer ...

Fausta posted 6 hours ago from faustasblog.com

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German banker turns Robin Hood

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:34:00 +0000

In these financially troubled times, bankers tend not to score too highly on the scale of public admiration, with their bonuses, bailouts and bad loans. But today details emerged of a woman who may confound the popular view that everyone in the industry is in it for themselves. The 62-year-old ...

AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth found this 15 hours ago on guardian.co.uk

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News flash: Afghanistan not Germany or Japan

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:13:33 +0000

a 45-page paper by Army Maj. Jim Gant, the former team leader of a special-ops detachment stationed in Konar province. The paper, called “One Tribe at a Time: A Strategy for Success in Afghanistan,” recounts his experiences with organizing “tribal engagement ...

Kathy Shaidle posted 16 hours ago from fivefeetoffury.com

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Germany Concerned Its Evidence to Be Used to Back Death Penalty in 9/11 Trial

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:45:18 +0000

A German government official says the nation will send an observer to the upcoming trial in New York of the professed mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks and four accused henchmen. Justice Ministry spokeswoman Katharina Jahntz on Saturday confirmed a report in Der Spiegel that a ...

Knowledge is Power found this 43 hours ago on foxnews.com

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Soothing Poster Is a Sign of the Times

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:36:00 +0000

To propel themselves through this economic downturn, media and advertising executives are turning to a phrase meant to soothe another troubled populace: the British during World War II. “Keep calm and carry on,” a British government propaganda poster created in 1939, is now decorating offices. ...

Calculated Risk found this 2 days ago on nytimes.com

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German Afghan Troop Decisions Await Obama Strategy

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:18:00 +0000

Germany will wait for U.S. President Barack Obama's decision regarding the strategy for Afghanistan before weighing options on its troop levels, Germany's minister of defense, Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, said Nov. 19 in Washington. "We are all eagerly awaiting for the announcement the president ...

THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS found this 34 hours ago on defensenews.com

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Merkel expects 'thank you' as GM repays loans

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:18:00 +0000

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Tuesday she was expecting a "thank-you letter" from General Motors after the US firm paid Berlin back for huge loans to keep its Opel unit afloat.

THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS found this 34 hours ago on thelocal.de

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Laundry list of charges fall on Sanford

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:35:04 +0000

The State Ethics Commission report on Gov. Mark Sanford ’s indiscretions regarding use of state money and campaign dollars was released today, but we’re not sure if this thing is really worth a damn or not. A few of these charges, here or there, might lead to a fine or a stern rebuke from the ...

weswolfe posted 2 days ago from wolfereports.com

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Gates Says Afghan Surge Could Happen Swiftly

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:55:18 +0000

Defense Secretary Robert Gates said any new U.S. forces President Barack Obama sends to Afghanistan could move into the country swiftly, despite logistical hassles that force almost all major deliveries of troops and supplies to go by air. His wording suggested that, as expected, Obama will ...

Hot Air » Top Picks found this 2 days ago on abcnews.go.com

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Berlin wants no part in potential 9/11 execution

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:07:00 +0000

A legal team is going to New York to prevent the use of evidence provided by Germany in seeking a death penalty. Berlin wants to ensure that promises made by the US are kept if the suspects are found guilty.

THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS found this 4 days ago on dw-world.de

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Here we go: World meddling in 9/11 trials begins

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:26:30 +0000

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Baseball Crank found this 2 days ago on michellemalkin.com

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Oh, Why Not: Germany Has Bald Bears

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:00:32 +0000

Okay, so this is OLD (thanks Dave at GR), but it pinged my weird-shit-o-meter when I saw it. All the female bears in a German zoo have lost their fur. Veterinarians are struggling to determine why the zoo's female spectacled...

Rover found this 3 days ago on minx.cc

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Obama’s China Trip Announces a ‘World Without Leadership’: Financial Times Deutschland, Germany

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:29:51 +0000

Now that we’ve gotton some of the Chinese reaction to president Obama’s trip, it’s time to start sampling the reaction of the rest of the world. This article by the great Thomas Klau of Germany’s Financial Times Deutschland is not encouraging – and points ...

tsteels2 posted 4 days ago from themoderatevoice.com

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Still Feeling Confident About A Conviction, Eric?

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:03:35 +0000

I hope Mr Holder, our brain dead socialist attorney general wasn't counting on any evidence gathered by Germany to use in the trial of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. Germany says they are going to send an observer to ensure that none of the evidence they gathered is used since this is a potential death ...

The Jawa Report found this 3 days ago on jammiewearingfool.blogspot.com

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The Decline of the Left

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:00:00 +0000

The Republican landslide in Virginia and stunning upset in New Jersey were not the only bad news for the left in the last few months.

Maggie's Farm found this 9 days ago on americanthinker.com

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Where's the Clean Energy?

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:09:20 +0000

It was in Germany that Ed Regan realized Gainesville, Florida, was going about things all wrong. The assistant manager at Gainesville Regional Utility (GRU) was out looking for ways to boost his city's renewable energy capacity. "Germany was a game-changer," Regan says. Wind turbines and solar ...

The Nation: Top Stories found this 6 days ago on thenation.com

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Liberal Media âWhitewashedâ Evils of Communism, New Study Documents

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 02:55:37 +0000

(CNSNews.com) Twenty years ago this week, the Berlin Wall fell, opening a door to freedom for millions of East Germans who had lived under communism for nearly 50 years. But as a new report documents, much of the major U.S. media coverage of the Berlin Wall, and the subsequent downfall of Soviet ...

Pat Dollard | Young Americans found this 12 days ago on cnsnews.com

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The Political Economy of Trust

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:53:48 +0000

Trust and cooperation are at the heart of the two most important approaches to comparative politics - rational choice and political culture. Yet we know little about trust’s relationship to political institutions. This book sets out a rationalist theory of how institutions - and in particular ...

Crooked Timber found this 7 days ago on cambridge.org

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Powell's Books

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:53:48 +0000

Trust and cooperation are at the heart of the two most important approaches to comparative politics - rational choice and political culture. Yet we know little about trust's relationship to political institutions. This book sets out a rationalist theory of how institutions - and in particular ...

Crooked Timber found this 7 days ago on powells.com

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Chaos in the Doctor's Office: Panic in Germany as Swine Flu Spreads

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 22:39:00 +0000

Graphic: Swine flu fatalities in Europe DER SPIEGEL Graphic: Swine flu fatalities in Europe

skippy the bush kangaroo found this 11 days ago on spiegel.de

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Top Germany News, Videos, and Blogs - BeltwayBlips

Robin Hood Bankerin

German banker turns Robin Hood

News flash: Afghanistan not Germany or Japan

Germany Concerned Its Evidence to Be Used to Back Death Penalty in 9/11 Trial

Soothing Poster Is a Sign of the Times

German Afghan Troop Decisions Await Obama Strategy

Merkel expects 'thank you' as GM repays loans

Laundry list of charges fall on Sanford

Gates Says Afghan Surge Could Happen Swiftly

Berlin wants no part in potential 9/11 execution

Here we go: World meddling in 9/11 trials begins

Oh, Why Not: Germany Has Bald Bears

Obama’s China Trip Announces a ‘World Without Leadership’: Financial Times Deutschland, Germany

Still Feeling Confident About A Conviction, Eric?

The Decline of the Left

Where's the Clean Energy?

Liberal Media âWhitewashedâ Evils of Communism, New Study Documents

The Political Economy of Trust

Powell's Books

Chaos in the Doctor's Office: Panic in Germany as Swine Flu Spreads

Liberal Media âWhitewashedâ Evils of Communism, New Study Documents