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Points: 37575 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 13 2008 at 14:14
Originally posted by NaturalScience NaturalScience wrote:

Has Gordon Brown, the British prime minister, saved the world financial system?  Wink

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/13/opinion/13krugman.html?_r=1&em&oref=slogin
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..well, perhaps a little too soon to say, let's see first.
 
I think Krugman's new word Femafication: (the act of blindly following an ideology that produces disastrous results, usually in public policy), is possibly a misnomer since it sounds more like gender realignment. LOL
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Points: 1402 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 13 2008 at 15:02
'So you don’t expect to see Britain playing a leadership role.'
 
Cheeky b******d.
 
I dare say that he didn't mention that the US took the leadership in amassing the greatest national debt.

The Outstanding Public Debt as of 13 Oct 2008 at 06:13:52 PM GMT is:

$%201%200%20,%202%207%209%20,%202%201%203%20,%205%204%208%20,%203%205%201%20.%202%201%20

The estimated population of the United States is 304,901,480
so each citizen's share of this debt is $33,713.23.

The National Debt has continued to increase an average of
$3.34 billion per day since September 28, 2007!
Concerned? Then tell Congress and the White House!

 
 
 
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Points: 89372 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 13 2008 at 16:24
Hmm, I'm watching Crimewatch and think the use of Godspeed You Black Emperor! is rather inappropriate.

Does anyone else feel the same way about such music being used for such horrific crimes?
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Points: 20031 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 13 2008 at 17:29
I thought it was quite funny that the US national debt clock ran out of digits last week!!!
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Points: 1065 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 13 2008 at 17:30
Originally posted by chopper chopper wrote:

I thought it was quite funny that the US national debt clock ran out of digits last week!!!

Yeah, did they have to add more on to the end of it or something?
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Points: 65457 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 13 2008 at 17:51
they had to remove the $ sign in order to fit an extra numeral  LOL




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Points: 7003 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 13 2008 at 17:58
42 days detention knocked back - nationalising the banks - problems with Iceland - it's almost like having a proper Labour government in power!
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Points: 13244 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 13 2008 at 18:02
Originally posted by James James wrote:

Hmm, I'm watching Crimewatch and think the use of Godspeed You Black Emperor! is rather inappropriate.

Does anyone else feel the same way about such music being used for such horrific crimes?


SConfusedmehow that post feels out of place on it's page...
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Points: 19823 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 13 2008 at 18:07
Originally posted by Syzygy Syzygy wrote:

problems with Iceland!
 
hmmm, yes..Ermm
 
do you think its any coincidence that Kerry Katona, the supposed 'face of Iceland' has also gone bankrupt?
 
 
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Points: 7003 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 13 2008 at 18:20
Originally posted by fandango fandango wrote:

Originally posted by Syzygy Syzygy wrote:

problems with Iceland!
 
hmmm, yes..Ermm
 
do you think its any coincidence that Kerry Katona, the supposed 'face of Iceland' has also gone bankrupt?
 
 
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Points: 13244 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 13 2008 at 19:06
I was doing that anyway.... then again, I'm not a UK resident so it won't make a difference.
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Originally posted by fandango fandango wrote:

Kerry Katona, the supposed 'face of Iceland' has also gone bankrupt?http://www.marieclaire.co.uk/news/celebrity/271082/kerry-katona-made-bankrupt.htmlWink


Would that be financially, or morally?

Never mind Kerry - have another child, sell the story of its conception and your split from its father to another wobbling-classes feeding comic, record another advert promoting yourself as the model mother (model in this case meaning a mother who is happy to force feed her children salt & sugar laden ready meals in favour of any kind of nutrition), have another breakdown whilst trying to remember why you are famous in the first place, sell the story of that to a different hack-job glossy & hey presto - You have more money to spend at Iceland!

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Points: 14693 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 14 2008 at 03:51
Originally posted by limeyrob limeyrob wrote:

'So you don’t expect to see Britain playing a leadership role.'
 

Cheeky b******d.

 

I dare say that he didn't mention that the US took the leadership in amassing the greatest national debt


Rob - it's the full quote which gets me:

"This is an unexpected turn of events. The British government is, after all, very much a junior partner when it comes to world economic affairs. It’s true that London is one of the world’s great financial centers, but the British economy is far smaller than the U.S. economy, and the Bank of England doesn’t have anything like the influence either of the Federal Reserve or of the European Central Bank. So you don’t expect to see Britain playing a leadership role"

I can never remember the difference between being patronised or being condescended to...



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Points: 2696 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 14 2008 at 04:11
Originally posted by Jim Garten Jim Garten wrote:



I can never remember the difference between being patronised or being condescended to...
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Points: 4252 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 14 2008 at 04:17
Originally posted by James James wrote:

Hmm, I'm watching Crimewatch and think the use of Godspeed You Black Emperor! is rather inappropriate.

Does anyone else feel the same way about such music being used for such horrific crimes?
 
 
i never watch Crime Watch - they shove all that stuff in your face than say..."sleep well.."    ...and i'm awake all week worrying about every little noise or too scared to go out!  Cry  LOL
 
 
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Points: 4252 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 14 2008 at 04:20

Iceland ? - I don't understand what the fuss is all about .....they were open this morning...Ermm
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Points: 1497 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 14 2008 at 04:46
Originally posted by Syzygy Syzygy wrote:

42 days detention knocked back - nationalising the banks - problems with Iceland - it's almost like having a proper Labour government in power!
 
Now we're really in trouble then...
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Originally posted by mystic fred mystic fred wrote:

Iceland ? - I don't understand what the fuss is all about .....they were open this morning...Ermm

 
Well I'll bejammed! LOL
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Points: 7003 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 14 2008 at 04:56
Originally posted by Jim Garten Jim Garten wrote:

Originally posted by limeyrob limeyrob wrote:

'So you don’t expect to see Britain playing a leadership role.'
 

Cheeky b******d.

 

I dare say that he didn't mention that the US took the leadership in amassing the greatest national debt


Rob - it's the full quote which gets me:

"This is an unexpected turn of events. The British government is, after all, very much a junior partner when it comes to world economic affairs. It’s true that London is one of the world’s great financial centers, but the British economy is far smaller than the U.S. economy, and the Bank of England doesn’t have anything like the influence either of the Federal Reserve or of the European Central Bank. So you don’t expect to see Britain playing a leadership role"

I can never remember the difference between being patronised or being condescended to...



Git.
 
Well we w ere in danger of turning into the 51st state for a while. Maybe we should make them revert to colonial status in return for the bail out Wink
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Points: 65457 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 14 2008 at 04:58
some yahoos still think the Bank of England is the culprit behind every major world conspiracy
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