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Olympic Spirit Besmirched?

However, I am most interested on a mini-poll of what the readers think about the riots that are happening along the route of the Olympic Flame. I am calling them riots, you may call them protests, others may c Olympic Spirit Besmirched?
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DialecticBlue: World War III, anyone?

However, I would beg to differ on that point with Professor Keen. From my reading of history, it was WW11 that bought the world out of the Depression. Suddenly the banks found all the money and liquidity that DialecticBlue: World War III, anyone?
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Radical action needed to curb US economic downturn - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

In a well reasoned analysis of the current economic dilemma, or can we call it a crisis now, Professor Keen pointed out that at some point the level of debt cannot be increased. He also pointed out that Bernan Radical action needed to curb US economic downturn - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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Tibet - choose another way to look

From China’s point of view, Tibet has always been a part of China. Mao, for all the demonising of the West, essentially wanted to reduce the inequality between the haves and the have-nots. He perceived that Ti Tibet - choose another way to look
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$1,000 for a loaf of bread is considered a steal in Zimbabwe

There is no mystery. The arch villain, A. Greenspan, simply created too much money, de-regulated the financial system and allowed the egregious growth of derivatives. All of which means there is too much money $1,000 for a loaf of bread is considered a steal in Zimbabwe
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Lump sum payments at the whim of opportunistic politicians are nothing more than patronising handouts. When are pensioners to be treated with respect and given a pension that truly reflects the cost of living? DialecticBlue
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Where are the parents?

It is not the attitude of teenagers that should be targeted, except as an adjunct, it is the attitude of parents. Society should be debating why the parents of those teenagers embroiled in binge drinking have Where are the parents?
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Racism alive and well

Wouldn’t a better outcome have been to explain the law, the reasons behind the law and offer to host a get-together BBQ which would have fostered mutual understanding. Racism alive and well
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