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...Moqtada al-Sadr... uzimajući u obzir OVO?

...Anti-cuts march: Tens of thousands at London protest

'TKO sablazni jednog od ovih malenih koji vjeruju u mene, bolje bi mu bilo da mu o vrat objese mlinski kamen i da potone u morske dubine.'

'Samo blenda na fasadi nove zgrade Hrvatske biskupske konferencije od poludragog kamena oniksa stoji 2000 eura po četvornom metru, što bi se dalo primjerice usporediti da je nedavno za stipendiranje 10.527 učenika i studenata iz Fonda za stipendiranje hrvatskih branitelja Domovinskog rata i njihove djece u ovoj akademskoj godini izdvojeno 65 milijuna kuna. Odnosno malo manje od 6 tisuća kuna po glavi za cijelu akademsku godinu. Niti pola četvornog metra fasade zgrade. '

...'Vi čistite čašu i zdjelu izvana, a iznutra ste puni grabeži i pohlepe'

"Re the earlier report that the plane shot down by the French is a "Galeb". The Galeb was a jet plane used by the Yugoslavians to bomb opponents (quite often civilians) during the wars in the 1990s. Good that the French shot it down in time."

...THIS?

Part 2.11 of this executive order reiterates a proscription on US intelligence agencies sponsoring or carrying out an assassination. It reads:

No person employed by or acting on behalf of the United States Government shall engage in, or conspire to engage in, assassination.

My general view of politics and policy is that there are no saints and no geniuses; place too much faith in anyone, and you’re bound to be let down. But there are villains, and they need to be fought. - Elizabeth Warren is not Jesus... by Paul Krugman

...Small Saudi protest outside interior ministry in Riyadh

...Top Yemeni general, Ali Mohsen, backs opposition

...Syria unrest: Thousands march in Deraa

...Bahrain and Iran expel diplomats

Nema više besplatnog on line NY Timesa, a time nema više ni besplatnih Krugmanovih kolumni. Poslovni vjesnik ponedjeljkom ima u dodatku dio NY Timesa na hrvatskom pa tamo bude i Krugman.
Ali zato je The Conscience of a Liberal još uvijek free.

He said police and soldiers - both Bahraini and foreign - had seized six ambulances, and then used them to attack protesters.
"The paramedics were kicked out, and they took the ambulances. They went everywhere in them and they were shooting people."

...Two killed in Bahrain violence despite martial law

21.12.2010.

Agencija Standard & Poor's snizila je u utorak dugoročni kreditni rejting za inozemna izdanja obveznica Republike Hrvatske s 'BBB' na 'BBB-', utvrdivši da je njezina fiskalna pozicija pogoršana, a fleksibilnost za financiranje na inozemnim tržištima i dalje slaba.
(...)
Neočekivano duboka gospodarska recesija i politički manevri uoči općih izbora, koji će biti održani u drugoj polovini iduće godine, potaknuli su po mišljenju S&P'sa vladu da značajno oslabi raniju fiskalnu politiku, zbog čega će proračunski manjak u ovoj godini porasti na oko 5,8 posto BDP-a, u usporedbi s ranije prognoziranih 3,6 posto.
U idućoj godini predizborna klima mogla bi dodatno oslabiti spremnost vlade da ustraje u početnoj fiskalnoj strategiji i fiskalnim ciljevima. Stoga u agenciji predviđaju da će proračunski manjak u 2011. blago porasti, budući da se neće poduzimati dodatne mjere u smjeru njegova smanjenja, procjenjuju u Standard & Poor's-u.

...Poslovni savjetnik

'And yet, there are cases in which the distinction between financial and emotional prosperity makes a big difference — namely, periods of high unemployment.
One overwhelming result of happiness research is that having a job matters a lot, much more than you might have expected just from the income involved. Well, duh, you may say — and it’s true that anyone who has ever spent time unemployed, or knows anyone who has been unemployed, knows that the blow to self-esteem is far greater than the mere financial loss.
(...)
The irony, of course, is that Cameron is pushing happiness economics even as he pursues an austerity program that will lead to a great deal of misery, above and beyond the lost GDP.'

...Stimulating Happiness by Paul Krugman, NY Times


Undeterred, Prime Minister David Cameron has decided to create a national happiness index providing quarterly measures of how folks feel.
His foray into “happynomics” has prompted a deluge of criticism — “woolly-headed distraction” was a mild commentary — at a time when Brits face a year of cuts in everything from public-sector jobs to child benefits.
The consensus seems to be that Cameron is going touchy-feely because in reality he’s wielding an ax.
(...)
British A.T.M.s, for example, would automatically give customers an option of donating to charity. It’s a tough sell in a grim economy, but it captures a need among dislocated people to connect more.

...The Happynomics of Life by Roger Cohen

...KINESKI SINDROM za mnoga ljeta...

'Following an increase in protests over recent days, confrontations between protestors and police on Sunday 13 March, reports of protestors establishing roadblocks, and reports that the Saudi National Guard will enter Bahrain, we also advise British nationals currently in Bahrain to remain at home until further notice. The risk of further outbreaks of violence has increased.'

... Foreighn & Commonwealth Office -Warning

'A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.'
Second Amendment to the United States Constitution