"Spiritual author" compares "denialists" to Holocaust deniers
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Truthout is according to Wikipedia a "nonprofit, progressive news organization in the United States that operates a web site and distributes a daily newsletter". The Truthout website has published an article written by Richard Sch...
Latvia Beat the Odds—But the Battle Is Far From Over
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The Baltic country of Latvia has gone through the most extreme boom-bust cycle in emerging Europe, and was among the first countries to ask for financial assistance from the international community. Today, it is one of the fastest growing economies i...
EU Referendum Passes by Comprehensive Margin
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Article by Kilian Doyle, Mary Minihan and Steven Carroll published on The Irish Times, 1 June 2012 Taoiseach Enda Kenny said this afternoon that Ireland’s comprehensive Yes vote on the EU fiscal treaty has sent a powerful signal around the worl...
Louis’ Jubilee
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This is the only Jubilee I’ll be celebrating this weekend: …Though I have a horrible feeling that Louis himself (like Duke Ellington) would have been only to pleased to honour Her Maj… Anyway, here’s what the late Dick Sudhalt...
A smile for all children
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Today many European countries celebrate International Children’s Day. Children are the most precious asset for all families and all countries – and let me use this occasion to wish a happy and healthy childhood to all kids. Unfortunately, there a...
Cyprus’ baptism of fire
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The seventh Danish EU presidency is coming to an end next month. The rotating task of chairing the member states’ minister negotiations is handed over to Cyprus on 1 July.
Is An EU Banking Union Coming Soon?
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Financial Market Report for May 31, 2012 Share value of Banco Santander, STD, and the National Bank of Greece, NBG, fell sharply lower this month. Reuters reports Money flies out of Spain. Marketwatch reports Bankia shares sink 28% after bailout plan...
US Treasury Bonds Blast Higher As World Banks Suffer Sharp Drop Which Turns World Stocks, Commodities, and Currencies Lower
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Today, May 30, 2012, Reuters reports Wall Street falls amid Eurozone debt fears. Stocks dropped on Wednesday, as rising bond yields for Italy and Spain and the latest poll results in Greece worsened fears about a spiraling of the euro zone’s debt c...
Spain’s Banco Santander Leads Spain And European Financials Lower As Reuters Reports ECB Not Opposed To Spain Recapitalizing Bankia With Sovereign Debt
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Today May 29, 2012, Spain’s Santander, STD, led Spain, EWP, and European Financials, EUFN, lower as Mining Stocks, MXI, led by Rare Earth Mining, REMX, Copper Mining, COPX, and sparked World Small Caps, VSS, higher. Open Europe reports El Mundo...
A One Euro Government Will Arise Out Of The Meltdown In Greece As Well As Out Of Financial Armageddon
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News reports for today May 28, 2012, indicate that Greece is headed toward financial meltdown. The sensible thing to do, would, be to hold a weekend Euro summit and proceed with dissolution of the EU. Yet, the Sovereign Lord God, Ephesians 1:1-23 and...
Did Germany Really Just Walk Away From Greece ….. Or Will Germany One Day Rise To Be Preeminent Over The PIIGS?
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TestosteronePit writing in Zero Hedge is reporting today May 27, 2012 Germany walks away from Greece. Do the facts establish such a report? Wolf Richter writes “Preparing for Greece’s exit from the Eurozone has been picking up momentum and has re...
News Reports Herald A Soon Coming Federal European Government
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News reports as of May 25, 2012 communicate that a One Euro Government is in the works; that is a unified political, monetary, economic, banking and fiscal union is being developed. There is waiting in the wings of Europe’s stage, one individ...
Ireland's fiscal stability referendum: a yes for recovery | Eamon Gilmore
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Ireland's affirmation of the treaty is not a vote for austerity, but a call for a joint European growth strategyYesterday, in a referendum, the Irish people voted yes to the European fiscal stability treaty. There should be no misunderstanding:...
We did socialism and capitalism, and we're still in a mess. But there is hope | Deborah Orr
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Thatcher and Blair both governed as if it were only worth catering to people who wanted the same things they wantedWhen the financial crash first hit, it was predicted that this would be a "middle-class recession", with professional, white-colla...
Try A Different Wine For A Change
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Here's a challenge for all of you out there on the world wide web... Try something different! "You'll never know if you do not try," is pertinent here. I am reminded of this myself when evening after evening I consume one of my favorite wines from Fr...
Reply No. 2 (YV2) to Kantoos Economics on the merits of the Modest Proposal
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Kantoos Economics (KE) just posted the first installment of a reply to my long rejoinder to his original comment on our Modest Proposal.[1] Two are the main point raised by KE, and to which I respond below: One concerns the tradeoff between (a) maint...
Reply No. 2 (YV2) to Kantoos Economics on the merits of the Modest Proposal
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Kantoos Economics (KE) just posted the first installment of a reply to my long rejoinder to his original comment on our Modest Proposal.[1] Two are the main point raised by KE, and to which I respond below: One concerns the tradeoff between (a) maint...
Declining competitiveness in the emerging world
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IMD has released its latest competitiveness rankings, which measure ”how well countries manage their economic and human resources to increase their prosperity”. Needless to say,...
See you at Missy Magazine!
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I am very excited to announce that this month I have been headhunted to guest blog over at Missy Magazine, a young and sleek German publication on pop culture, society and politics. (Well, I wasn’t actually headhunted. I kinda asked … Con...
