Why was it difficult?
“Tesco said it had been “a difficult decision” to end its trade with Zimbabwe.”BBC NEWS | Business | Tesco to end trade with Zimbabwe
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This is how to do a team meeting…
Failed isn’t the right term…
“By that measure, the US has been stagnant since the oil shocks of the early 70s. Absolutely no growth in income for the primary wage earner. Has globalization failed us completely?”John Robb’s Weblog: Broken Incomes
I think I understand the point but we got to this place by choice.
In the early 80s western governments decided that the way forward was for us all to work more. That way we would beat communism and save the world. There would be no central planning, no social controls and we’d all work a lot harder.
If we want to move away from the current model, it’s not just about measuring wealth. It’s about how we value the different roles in society and how we value intangibles.
If John wants to start that fight; fine. I think that he knows what he’ll be doing for the rest of his life!
Paul Krugman of the 1950s…
“But Europeans are divided by language, culture, even food. They tend to be reluctant to move even within nations: Francophone and German-speaking Switzerland are segmented labor markets. So how can the euro work?”
Will the Polish plumber save the euro? – Paul Krugman – Op-Ed Columnist – New York Times Blog
He needs to get out more! In my office half the people I work with are migrants of one sort or another; the Euro where people didn’t move because of the food died about 20 years ago.
Let’s see the vice-sausage being made…
Joho the Blog » Let’s see the vice-sausage being made
An interesting point and I’d love to see it happen. Why won’t it?
…because he’d probably get Hillary through the popular vote! She is the only candidate for VP with structure in place to get the vote out.
Time to sign up and be counted…
(In French)
L’appel de SVM contre la future loi Hadopi | SVM
Name that city…
…seriously; would an article about your home city with this in it?
“Once again – great cities need more vision than hubris; great public transport that it is affordable and reliable and easy to use instead of tunnels that noone drives through; an airport train service with carriages built for travellers with luggage that whisks you into the city center; bars that are licenced to serve coffee and alcohol without needing to buy food; boulevards that are clean and greened and attractive instead of tacky and smelly and dangerous, especially at night; cheap, plentiful, fast broadband; a city centre built for people on foot, not for private cars; public markets with locally grown produce that spring up daily or weekly in the middle of a city and which get public support, rather than wholesale produce markets that are scattered around the edges or huge supermarket chains that homogenize the food experience. One or two truly great, world-class hotels that reset the bar for global travellers and make them want to come just to stay there. Ideally too a world class newspaper that takes seriously the issues of the city, and the world. Instead of one that, in particular online, is increasingly tabloid and banal. Good weather, which I also hear of late has gone down the plug hole.”
Time to leave!
Conversation is the opposite of war…
“…conversation is the opposite of war while people refusing to communicate is something to fear. In Jerusalem enraged members of an Orthodox community attack him before he can ask his first question. In Saudi Arabia students are marched out of the room when he asks what they have been taught about Israel.”
I can’t imagine…
…why Google doesn’t show “the big picture”.
“Google uses this opportunity to show that maps are valuable to track events and see the big picture, but it would’ve been nice to also see photos, videos and news related to this event.”
Google has already shown that i’s willing to do things to protect China. Another one on this list?
Why it’s worth reading blogs…
So the fighting stops in Iraq for a day. The news says that this is a good thing; I believe them and then John Robb has the completely opposite take on events. Thing is; I believe him more than the news…
“Sadrs plan was defensive and not offensive. However, the militias were starting to take too much territory and expose themselves to airstrikes. This is an attempt to get them back into a defensive crouch.”