[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5erjj6aS5Ws[/youtube]
David Steven
Europe United
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RUSI on security after the election
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DENv1bEA_ww&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]
NATO to Hoon: sod off
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Liam Fox speaks to Army Rumour Service
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4UxlFEBSZM[/youtube]
Praying for European collapse
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Merton sings to Chatroulette – the original
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32vpgNiAH60[/youtube]
Tufte kills cats
Via @fantomplanet. Tufte's surprisingly ugly website is here.
Ben Folds Ode to Merton – Chatroulette live
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfamTmY5REw[/youtube]
Telegraph: Impeach Obama (update x3)
Writing for the Telegraph, Gerald Warner argues that President Obama could face impeachment if he signs the healthcare bill: The nasty car crash that is...
Germany to Europe – do as we say and do
A few weeks ago, I questioned German wage restraint, pointing out that other Eurozone countries would prefer Germany to allow salaries to rise, thus...
Nigeria: do donors know what they’re spending? (update x2)
You see plenty of reports from development agencies castigating development countries for one reason or another, but the boot is much less often on the other...
Moody’s – it’s time to stop hiding
Michael Lewis, in his highly entertaining new book, The Big Short, has a pop at ratings agencies (amongst a bazillion other targets). All the big Wall Street...
Churchill band of the future
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lW6jW9y59JY[/youtube]
Economist – blogs make us yawn
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The Telegraph on acid – France, the CIA, and a touch of plagiary (updated x4)
[Updates below: Maybe ergot, maybe not. The CIA's obsession with acid.] After 'Duke of Edinburgh asks female sea cadet if she works at a strip club', the most...
Labour, Tories – mixed messages on money
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CP9_kkzfN-w[/youtube] It's no wonder the markets are raising questions about UK public finances - neither of the main...
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