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by Jerome a Paris Fri Nov 13th, 2009 at 10:36:28 AM EST
It wasnt till we got to the end that the gentleman took his house of parliament ID out from his briefcase. (one of three that he had to sort through) (Im not sure which party the gentleman represents or which constituency, or wether he's been retired to the Lords, but much bitterness and feeling of being badly treated was in evidence) Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
Bill Cash claimed more than £15,000 in taxpayer-funded expenses to pay his daughter rent for her west London flat - even though he owned a home closer to Westminster. He has promised to repay the money and said he hopes to remain an MP Bill Etherington last year claimed £2,600 for blinds, £775 for central heating and £305 to repair his roof following a problem with rodents. In 2004, claimed £5,250 for doors and windows Bill Olner claimed £1,408.33 per month rent for a second home in London. Also claimed for food, utilites, council tax and cleaning Bill Rammell claimed £475 a month mortgage interest in 2008 for second home located in constituency. Claimed £1,360 for replastering and installing downlights in bedroom Bill Wiggin claimed interest payments for a property which had no mortgage William Hague claimed mortgage interest payments of up to £1,200 per month on second home in London. Made few other claims apart from council tax William McCrea charged hotel stays and maximum £400 food allowance for most of 2005-06. Claimed £10,000 for furniture for house bought in south London in April 2006
Not just a Muslim thing, although this is bizarre on a higher level than typical religionism among the Christianists here. Be nice to America. Or we'll bring democracy to your country.
Here you have a group of "youth" setting up checkpoints at which they make women jump so they can watch their breasts bounce. Then they spank them.
Sounds like what your average college fraternity might want to do but wouldn't dare to. En un viejo país ineficiente, algo así como España entre dos guerras civiles, poseer una casa y poca hacienda y memoria ninguna. -- Gil de Biedma
It goes back to the Women Are Icky And Liars mentality that the ultra-religious all have. Hence sex-hating. Be nice to America. Or we'll bring democracy to your country.
It's a way of asserting control over strong emotions that might otherwise become overwhelming.
It's not a coincidence that if you lift up the rock the fundie types live under, all kinds of sexual weirdness comes wriggling out. I'd guess they experience desire as an overpowering threat to their fragile sense of personal dominion and sovereignty.
It's also not a coincidence that the wackier fundies get, the more this kind of thing happens, until everyone is living in Gilead - which isn't just a repressed place, it's also a very kinky one.
I feel X when I look at you. Therefore, you are the cause of X. Since X is bad I must change you so I don't feel X when I look at you.
The thought they are responsible for X never crosses their mind. She believed in nothing; only her skepticism kept her from being an atheist. -- Jean-Paul Sartre
you are the media you consume.
What, you have gun control now? En un viejo país ineficiente, algo así como España entre dos guerras civiles, poseer una casa y poca hacienda y memoria ninguna. -- Gil de Biedma
In terms of the Marxian formula, it would seem that the superstructural traditions of art have shed themselves in the effort to innovate at a pace in rhythm with modernity's infrastructural advances in in technology. To put it simply, are vanished in the high-velocity quest for originality. Such a quest was inevitably and terminally fatal. [Due to ...] In the absence of any aesthetic criteria, money is the only yardstick. All "tastes," like all "needs," are attended to by the market.
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In the absence of any aesthetic criteria, money is the only yardstick. All "tastes," like all "needs," are attended to by the market.
Which strikes me as a piece of analysis having broader application than "mere" Art. For example, the recent housing bubble relied on the home purchaser to de-privilege "measurements" -- can't think of a better word, right now -- such as community, Public Space, and social support networks. She believed in nothing; only her skepticism kept her from being an atheist. -- Jean-Paul Sartre
;-)
She believed in nothing; only her skepticism kept her from being an atheist. -- Jean-Paul Sartre
Dexia Faces Core Business Breakup BRUSSELS--Dexia SA could be forced to sell off a large piece of its core public-financing division if it can't convince the European Commission that the business is sustainable, according to people familiar with the situation. After months of negotiations over a restructuring plan submitted at the end of February by Dexia -- the Belgian-French bank that received repeated government bailouts -- the commission remains skeptical, these people say. If it is unable to convince the commission, Dexia will likely be forced to sell a large portion of its assets or even all of Credit Local de France, which accounts for roughly one-third of Dexia's public-finance lending, and continue as a much smaller bank focused on its business in Belgium and a few other countries. The commission -- the European Union's executive arm-- is taking a tougher stance with Dexia than with its Belgian rival KBC Group, these people say.
BRUSSELS--Dexia SA could be forced to sell off a large piece of its core public-financing division if it can't convince the European Commission that the business is sustainable, according to people familiar with the situation.
After months of negotiations over a restructuring plan submitted at the end of February by Dexia -- the Belgian-French bank that received repeated government bailouts -- the commission remains skeptical, these people say.
If it is unable to convince the commission, Dexia will likely be forced to sell a large portion of its assets or even all of Credit Local de France, which accounts for roughly one-third of Dexia's public-finance lending, and continue as a much smaller bank focused on its business in Belgium and a few other countries. The commission -- the European Union's executive arm-- is taking a tougher stance with Dexia than with its Belgian rival KBC Group, these people say.
UK wind industry gets breath of fresh air Centrica, the owner of British Gas, has sold a 50 per cent stake in three British wind farms to an American fund management group, in the latest sign of renewed investor interest in the industry. Centrica said that Trust Company of the West (TCW), a Los Angeles-based fund manager, was buying the stake in its Lynn and Inner Dowsing offshore wind farms off the Lincolnshire coast, and Glens of Foudland, an onshore wind farm in Scotland. The £84 million deal comes amid rising interest in the wind industry, which was virtually paralysed in the credit crunch last year. Last week, The Times reported that multinational companies, including Google, were examining opportunities in the industry in the UK. (...) Centrica has also raised £340 million in project finance from a consortium of 14 banks to fund the wind farms. However, Andy Cox, energy partner in KPMG, said: "The challenge to finance offshore wind projects should not be underestimated. Capital remains constrained and the operating risks are still cause for concern. "The deal is definitely a step forward, but it's dwarfed by the total amount of refinancing required to construct the 25 gigawatts of UK offshore wind projects in the pipeline, around £100 billion according to the Crown Estate."
Centrica, the owner of British Gas, has sold a 50 per cent stake in three British wind farms to an American fund management group, in the latest sign of renewed investor interest in the industry.
Centrica said that Trust Company of the West (TCW), a Los Angeles-based fund manager, was buying the stake in its Lynn and Inner Dowsing offshore wind farms off the Lincolnshire coast, and Glens of Foudland, an onshore wind farm in Scotland.
The £84 million deal comes amid rising interest in the wind industry, which was virtually paralysed in the credit crunch last year. Last week, The Times reported that multinational companies, including Google, were examining opportunities in the industry in the UK.
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Centrica has also raised £340 million in project finance from a consortium of 14 banks to fund the wind farms.
However, Andy Cox, energy partner in KPMG, said: "The challenge to finance offshore wind projects should not be underestimated. Capital remains constrained and the operating risks are still cause for concern. "The deal is definitely a step forward, but it's dwarfed by the total amount of refinancing required to construct the 25 gigawatts of UK offshore wind projects in the pipeline, around £100 billion according to the Crown Estate."
VPRO is only broadcasting the first season, but all episodes that have been broadcast so far are available (albeit low quality) on their website - for a limited period. The first two are in high definition quality. If you don't mind subtitles too much, this is a very nice free treat. And amazingly addictive.
Moving on to part 5 now...
Something of an upset, but the way better team won.
"The future is already here -- it's just not very evenly distributed" William Gibson
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