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Forum Post Tatsuo: KIdnap wave

Forum Post, December, 03 2011 Miyachi Tatsuo
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Security firms fight tide of kidnappings in Venezuela When the Venezuelan baseball star Wilson Ramos was freed from his two- day kidnapping ordeal this month, he flung his arms around his rescuers and wept in disbelief. It was a desperate embr...

Forum Post Australis: Really thoughtful piece

Forum Post, October, 04 2011 Companero Australis
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Just thought I'd say thanks for this really informative and nuanced piece ... a lot to think about.

Forum Post Street: Two corrections

Forum Post, September, 12 2011 Paul Street
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Rusell I'll read it if and when I get a chance.  Eli I've been saying it since the towers fell...hard to be heard on this as with so much else. Readers who got this commentary via e-mail may be interested to know about two correc...

Forum Post Finger: Debt as morality

Forum Post, September, 11 2011 Russell Finger
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I'm currently reading the book "Debt - the first five thousand years" and it is a revelation. It ties religion, state creation, societal values and economics back together using the idea of debt as the central issue in all of human r...

Forum Post Pedelty: This needs to be said louder and more often

Forum Post, September, 11 2011 Eli Pedelty
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Thanks Paul.

Forum Post Russell: statistics

Forum Post, April, 27 2011 Kathleen Russell
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it is a deadpan frozen culture thriving on fear and isolation but some of us transcend lies yet we are unable to find a way to do more than support eachother

Forum Post Jones: Leadership

Forum Post, March, 31 2011 David Jones
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This article demonstrates the disturbing fact that the Bolivarian Revolution and the personality cult of Chavez are dangerously entwined. The revolution can succeed only if it builds a horizontal system of leadership that makes Chavez unnecessary...

Forum Post Nikonov: resident Obama initially opposed the army’s overthrow of Zelaya

Forum Post, March, 22 2011 Alla Nikonov

No, Obama was NOT. He lied and whitewashed and did NOTHING really against the coup.

Forum Post Waters: Re: Re: Re: While I am not defending Qaddafi

Forum Post, March, 16 2011 Joseph Waters

Scruggs has it right. The U.S. made overtures to Castro and the 26th of July Movement in the closing days of the Cuban Revolution when it seemed like it was about to suceed. The intrigue can get pretty thick. You have to be careful about making kn...

Forum Post Scruggs: Re: Re: While I am not defending Qaddafi

Forum Post, March, 11 2011 T.M. Scruggs
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The U.S. will try to take advantage of any situation to whatever extent it can.  If they think the rebels (wherever, whenever) are going to win, they will try and get in good with them as they will be the future government.  This commen...

Forum Post Bumi: Re: While I am not defending Qaddafi

Forum Post, March, 10 2011 . Bumi
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I agree, when was the last time the US backed a good cause? Can anyone remember such a thing? The imperialist powers smell oil. Europe and the US will attempt to install a puppet. Where's the US support for the rebels in the other countries? L...

Forum Post Nikonov: While I am not defending Qaddafi

Forum Post, March, 10 2011 Alla Nikonov

"rebels" are looks more and more like imperilaism pawns. Their leaders are mostly renegads of regime, and they called for imperilaist intervetntion.

Forum Post Wilpert: Re: Minor quibble

Forum Post, February, 07 2011 Gregory Wilpert
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Belarus is definitely one of the more complicated and controversial cases. I have heard a tremendous amount of contradictory information about this country and not having been there myself it is quite difficult to get a clear idea as to what is go...

Forum Post Bohmer: Excellent synthesis

Forum Post, February, 06 2011 Peter Bohmer
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Greg, Really important and worthwhile  article, The data, the analysis is outstanding. I hope that a lot of people get to read this.  It is a very good example of critical support, something the left in the United States sometimes has tr...

Forum Post Polson: Minor quibble

Forum Post, February, 03 2011 Rufus Polson
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Overall, I think this article is a great summary of how things are going and the major issues. On the international issue, you mention "Chavez has given legitimacy and personal support to the authoritarian rulers of Iran, Belarus, China, Zim...

Forum Post Jones: China and Cuba

Forum Post, January, 27 2011 John Jones
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I am also a great admirer of China where I have spent months on two occaisions and travelled extensively. My time and travel in Cuba has been more limited. However these are more favourite destinations. China has the best public transportation sys...

Forum Post Keller: Breaking Free

Forum Post, January, 18 2011 Keith Keller
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This is a good article. I’m glad to see the author go beyond the surface macro economic numbers to highlight the effect of higher commodity prices and the reversion to commodity export. The diversification of the customer base to include ...

Forum Post Nikonov: Kudos to Eva

Forum Post, November, 20 2010 Alla Nikonov

Keep you reporting up, we need it. 

Forum Post Garrigues:

Forum Post, November, 10 2010 Chris Garrigues
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Catch Ben at Red Emma's (Baltimore) tomorrow night - the last stop on his book tour.

Forum Post Johnson: How to reform media?

Forum Post, October, 19 2010 Steven Johnson
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Just an idea to test in this forum.... Give each citizen a "share" of total government media subsidy. Citizen can direct the share to any designated media organization or divide it among more than one. Attempts to buy people's decisi...

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