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He will ensure that people like me can afford to live properly, and to keep the ruffians away. We simply CANNOT allow the labor party types, or, aw gawd, GREENS gain some sense of power!! We cannot! Posted by: Concerned Citizen of Ascot 8:48pm November 23, 2007 Comment 387 of 392 .
Afghanistan:Manley Report
The trans-Afghan pipeline remains on hold until it can be built safely through Taliban territory. We find ourselves in a situation where, though we'd like to leave, if we cut our ties and left, the puppet would collapse. So before we leave we need to create an Afghan army that we can control from afar and that will prop up the Karzai government and secure the region for the US. But it seems we are having trouble finding Afghan recruits to replace us. But why should we be surprised? Afghanistan is a Muslim nation that has been invaded by infidels bent on imposing their godless values on the people. (Think of Britney Spears or Paris Hilton as poster girls for women's rights and freedoms.) Why would Muslims surrender their country to agents of the Great Satan? So of course they will fight us.
China Spurs Coal-Price Surge
China is doing for coal what it once did for oil: pushing prices to new highs, adding more pressure to the creaking global economy. China has long been a huge supplier of coal to itself and the rest of the world. But in the first half of last year, it imported more than it exported for the first time, setting off a near-doubling of most coal prices around the world. The capper came in late January when a winter of punishing snowstorms and power shortages led Beijing to suspend coal exports for at least two months. Just since then, Asian prices have shot up an additional 34%. Last week, coal benchmarks hit all-time highs in the U.S., Europe and Asia. That's adding to orries over global inflation already stoked by rising prices for everything from crude oil to cattle feed. "The velocity of the change has been remarkable," says Thomas Hoffman, senior vice president for external affairs for U.S.-based coal supplier Consol Energy Inc., which he says is considering holding off on some commitments to supply coal to see if prices rise even further.
Filed under: GreenBayPackers
I don't know if it's done in other parts of the country, which I'm sure it is, but around here, there are local theaters that put the Packer game on the big screen. It's mostly theaters that serve beer and food that do it, otherwise, without serving beer at a Packer game in Wisconsin, it's pointless. It's an incredibly popular place for people to go and watch the game. I've never done it myself, but there are a lot of people that do. Not any more. The NFL has sent out letters to the owners of these operations to stop showing these games because they violate copyright laws. This according to the Journal Sentinel. Brian McCarthy, an NFL spokesman, said in an e-mail that the league recently became aware that the businesses were showing Packers games. "We let them know they are violating copyright law and longstanding NFL policies that prohibit mass out-of-town viewing of NFL games," he said.
US stock futures fall ahead of consumer price data; Fed minutes ...
Investors were also cautious ahead of Wednesday's Commerce Department report on January housing starts and building permits, as well as the Federal Reserve's minutes from its last meeting. On Jan. 30, the Fed decided to lower key interest rates by a half-point to 3 percent, following an emergency three-quarter point cut the prior week. Dow Jones industrial average futures dropped 88, or 0.71 percent, to 12,300. Standard & Poor's 500 index futures fell 9.30, or 0.69 percent, to 1,346.10, and Nasdaq 100 futures fell 9.50, or 0.53 percent, to 1,772.00. As oil closed above $100 for the first time Tuesday, the stock market gave up its sizable gains and finished mixed. On Wednesday, in premarket electronic trading, crude on the New York Mercantile Exchange fell 95 cents to $99.06 per barrel.
Bonds fall on January U.S. consumer price jump
Bonds are selling off because the Consumer Price Index report accentuated the fact that the Federal Reserve has been cutting interest rates while inflation remains sticky above 'comfort levels,'" said Josh Stiles, senior bond strategist at IDEAglobal in New York. .
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