HE MEADLE ESAST WAR IS TOEN THISPROBLEM AND NOW WE KNOW  YOU ARE RESPONSABLESSSS OF OUR (((((((((((((((((aMERICA))))))))))) DEATH AND LATINAMERICAN AAASSSSSSSSSSSSSSS ARE GUILTY OF THE SAME
YOU CAROLINA DE MONACIOOO YOU ARE DEAD BUT WE DONT CARE ABOUT YOU IT SESELF BECAUSE YOU ARE ALLL AGREEE IN TGHET EUROPE AND LATINAMERICA
YES i BORNED HE BUT SUDACA i AM NOT AND IANM BLONDE ALBIMA AND BEAUTIFUL YOU NOT SEEEEE YOURSELF IN A  AAA  MOTHE MIRRORRRR MOTHER FUCKERS
YOUTHEONE OF THE BEST SO ALLL OF YOU
WAR
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YOU CANT DECIDE OVER MIGRATION IN THE USA AND THE TERRORISTMMMSS ATTACK WAS TO HELLP ME TO LIVE AND IS FOTR ME NOT FOR CAROLINA DE MONGOLICA
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Not sure what they are trying to sell me, though

In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes

Teacher: in the sentence "the thief stole apples", where's the subject?
Kid: in jail.


In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes

Going out for crepes later, though. In true American fashion I will quell my worries about money by spending more of it!  (This place puts coq au vin inside a crepe, which is probably a crime in France, but it is de-lish!)

Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. -Voltaire

Another international finance story centers on transfer pricing. Transfer pricing is the price that firms charge themselves for internally transfering product within the firm. This gets particularly sticky when intellectual property is what is being transfered. While firms are "supposed to" charge a fair "arms length price", the temptation is always there to use transfer pricing to recognize gains in nations with a lower tax rate. Not surprisingly, the IRS is not a big fan of this (It is reported that nearly $10 Billion of pending court cases are based on transfer pricing). Yesterday the IRS and GlaxoSmithKline settled their transfer pricing case for $3.4 billion.

From the last link:

WASHINGTON - British drug maker GlaxoSmithKline PLC said Monday it agreed to settle its $3.4 billion "transfer pricing" tax dispute with the Internal Revenue Service.

The settlement covers the disputed taxes of Glaxo Wellcome -- which merged in 2000 with SmithKline Beecham -- from 1989 to 2000, and taxes of the merged company up to and including 2005. The case was due to go to trial in February.

The total cost to the company will be $3.1 billion after deducting state and local taxes and interest. As part of the settlement, GlaxoSmithKline will also abandon a claim to seek a refund of $1.8 billion in overpaid income taxes. [...]

[...] "If you really want to understand what makes the U.S. economy tick these days, don't go to Silicon Valley, Wall Street, or Washington. Just take a short trip to your local hospital. Park where you don't block the ambulances, and watch the unending flow of 0639_bw_covdcdoctors, nurses, technicians, and support personnel. You'll have a front-row seat at the health-care economy.

Without it the nation's labor market would be in a deep coma. Since 2001, 1.7 million new jobs have been added in the health-care sector, which includes related industries such as pharmaceuticals and health insurance. Meanwhile, the number of private-sector jobs outside of health care is no higher than it was five years ago. [...]

Ben: [...]
Things in the real-world (effectively) share state all the bloody time . The example that popped into my head is a traffic light. One light, and the drivers reference it. [...]

joe:
No no no - Ben is wrong
If I drive at a red traffic light
at 7*10^4 Km/sec the red light will
appear green due to the doppler shift.

So some people will see red other green, depending upon the speed.

So there is no shared state,
eveybody has a different idea and they cannot agree.

I didn't check doppler shift values :).

Los socialistas celebran la segunda jornada de su Conferencia Política en Madrid	The Socialist celebrate the second day of their Political Conference in Madrid
La segunda jornada de la Conferencia Política del PSOE ha arrancado esta mañana con los debates de las cuatro comisiones de trabajo --Nuevos Retos, Nuevas Respuestas, Nuevos Derechos y Nuevas Ciudades--, en las que se analizan las propuestas recogidas en el documento marco. Es la segunda jornada de una Conferencia con la que el PSOE pretende "renovar" sus propuestas e ideas de cara a las próximas citas electorales. Ya por la tarde, la vicepresidenta primera del Gobierno, María Teresa Fernández de la Vega, y la dirigente del Partido Socialista francés Ségolène Royal han intervenido en una mesa redonda sobre políticas de igualdad, el acto principal de esta segunda jornada. En este foro, moderado por Angels Barceló, ha participado también la ex ministra Carmen Alborch.	The second day of the Political Conference of the PSOE started this morning with debates by the four working committees—New Challenges, New Responsibilities, New Rights and New Cities—, in which the proposals gathered in the framework document are analysed. This is the second day of a Conference in which the PSOE intends to "renew" its proposals and ideas to face the upcoming election dates. In the afternoon, the First Deputy Prime Minister, María Teresa Fernández de la Vega, and the french Socialist Party cadre Ségolène Royal have taken part in a round table on equality policies, the main event of this second day. The former minister Carmen Alborch has also taken part in this forum, moderated by [journalist] Angels Barceló.
Royal, que aspira a la candidatura de su partido para las elecciones presidenciales de 2007, ha alabado las políticas de igualdad puestas en marcha por el Ejecutivo español y ha anunciado que incorporará a sus propuestas una Ley de Violencia de Género similar a la española. En Francia, una de cada diez mujeres sufre maltrato. Por su parte, Fernández de la Vega le ha mostrado todo su apoyo en su carrera al Eliseo y ha subrayado su "indignación" cuando se le interponen "objeciones" con los argumentos de "la misoginia". Royal, que se ha reunido después con José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, ha destacado que hasta la llegada del PSOE al Gobierno sólo existía el modelo escandinavo de igualdad, pero que ahora hay un "modelo español" cuyas políticas en esta materia "han sacudido mucho" en otros países europeos y en el seno de otros partidos socialistas.	Royal, who hopes to be her party's candidate for the 2007 presidential election, has praised the equality policies set in motion by the Spanish executive and had announced that she will add to her proposals a Gender Violence Law similar to the Spanish one. In France, one in 10 women is a victim of abuse. On her part, Fernández de la Vega has shown her full support for her race to the Élysée and has  stressed her "rage" when she has to face "objections" argued from "misoginy". Royal, who later met José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, has amphasised that until the PSOE's arrival to government there was only the Scandinavian model of equality, but that now there is a "Spanish model" whose policies on the matter have "much shaken" other European countries and other socialist parties.

If someone does some election coverage on the Swedish election tomorrow I will probably stop by close to midnight and comment (there is local, regional and national on the same day).

I predict that I either will be giddy or that I will not be giddy. Anyway, it will be good to get this election over and done with.

A vote for PES is a vote for EPP! A vote for EPP is a vote for PES! Support the coalition, vote EPP-PES in 2009!

It's taking forever... Will probably end up being my longest diary so far. Hopefully it will be worth it.

Those whom the Gods wish to destroy They first make mad. — Euripides