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The plastic strips are a particularly nice touch, when it comes to making a facsimile of a Latin American death squad.

19 people were abducted in total. Now, if you are gonna believe that the police didn't have 19 sets of handcuffs available for an operation that they decided to run on their time table, then I have a couple of Bear Stearns shares I'd like to sell you.

Oh, and the 19 people were men and old boys. Women, girls and infants were not taken. It ain't the Met police they've been learning from; it's the fucking School of the Americas.

Banana republic.

- Jake

If you only spend 20 minutes of the rest of your life on economics, go spend them here.

by JakeS (JangoSierra 'at' gmail 'dot' com) on Thu Aug 13th, 2009 at 05:12:38 PM EST
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JakeS:
Banana republic.

One quick question to refresh my memory, since the arrested protesters are Iraqi refugees: Was Denmark part of the "coalition of the willing"?

Europeans think a hundred miles is a long way. Americans think a hundred years is a long time.
by Bernard on Fri Aug 14th, 2009 at 02:26:37 PM EST
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Yes.

The peak-to-trough part of the business cycle is an outlier. Carnot would have died laughing.
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Fri Aug 14th, 2009 at 02:28:02 PM EST
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Hence, the Banana Republic. Explains a lot...

Europeans think a hundred miles is a long way. Americans think a hundred years is a long time.
by Bernard on Fri Aug 14th, 2009 at 04:19:16 PM EST
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It's not a coincidence that Anders Fogh Rasmussen just got the top civilian job at NATO.

The peak-to-trough part of the business cycle is an outlier. Carnot would have died laughing.
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Fri Aug 14th, 2009 at 04:50:58 PM EST
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Meh. At least we're rid of that sick psycho.

- Jake

If you only spend 20 minutes of the rest of your life on economics, go spend them here.

by JakeS (JangoSierra 'at' gmail 'dot' com) on Fri Aug 14th, 2009 at 05:09:39 PM EST
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