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| Url: | http://schneiderhome.blogspot.com |
| Author(s): | James Schneider |
| Language: | English |
| Tags: | Politics, foreign affairs, opinion |
| Description: | Analysis, rants, comment, and opinionated arrogance on global and UK politics. |
| Ratings |  (7 Ratings) |
| Popularity: | 69 Followers |
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Somalia and Food Aid
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Al-Shabab, the Islamist militia which controls most of southern Somalia and almost all of the capital, Mogadishu, have told the UN foreign food aid program to stop sending food. |
2009-12-03
Darling, call RBS' bluff
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Peter Preston is running a story, which I picked up via Paul Walter's blog, that the board of RBS |
2009-12-02
Tax in form or tax in substance - a vital distinction
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The economist and political thinker Henry George (he of land value tax fame and in the above image) made a key distinction in categorizing taxes. There are two types of tax: tax in from and tax in ...more |
2009-12-02
What Blackwater started Russian special forces will continue
| Blackwater (now rebranded XE) and the intense use of mercenaries in Iraq has, unsurprisingly, opened the door for copycat rent-a-thugs hoping to get rich off Iraq's destruction. Watch the Russia To...more |
2009-12-02
Don't invest in De Beers
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De Beers, the notorious diamond company, is planning to raise $1 billion from investors to help cover its $3.2 Billion external debts. De Beers has a pretty filthy record of maintaining monopolist ...more |
2009-12-01
Is India blocking phones for security reasons or helping oligopoly control of the market?
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India has an incredibly fast growing mobile phone market. Part of this growth is fueled by unbranded low cost phones. There are an estimated 25 million unbranded mobiles which are either made in In...more |
2009-12-01
Charlie Faulkner needs a basic lesson in incentivizes
| Charlie Falconer, Blair chum, and former Justice secretary said the most incredible thing on last Wednesday's Question Time. Speaking about bank charges on overdrafts he said that the banks had to ...more |
2009-11-30
Patents, monopolies, expensive drugs, insurance markets, and the joint stock company
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I just left a comment on a post by Michael Gradwell about the fundamental injustice of the pharmaceutical industry. I thought I'd turn my comment into a whole post here.The patent system creates an...more |
2009-11-30
Calling all internet junkies - offset CO2 whilst you search
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I'm a bit of a Lomborgist on Global Warming. I'm highly dubious of the ability for large State action to prevent degradation of the environment. There are several things the State can do, which inv...more |
2009-11-30
Vulture Funds circle Liberia
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Vulture Funds are pretty fucking vile. They buy debt of poor nations at reduced prices then take that nation to court in order to retrieve the funds. Two of these Funds, Hamash Investments and Wall...more |
2009-11-26
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So there.
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