30/1/09

[identity profile] gunslnger.livejournal.com
Obama touts middle-class task force led by Biden

"I do not view the labor movement as part of the problem. To me, it's part of the solution," he said. "You cannot have a strong middle class without a strong labor movement."

Yes, you can, by having less government control and interference. The current labor movement and it's integration with government is a significant part of the problem. I suppose you can simplify it to say that government is part of the problem, on both sides of the issue.
[identity profile] gunslnger.livejournal.com
3 steps back to the sanity of cash

Studies by behavioral economists show that credit divorces you from the "ouch" of spending actual money -- and thus it not only changes how much you spend (people typically spend more when they use plastic), it also creates fuzzy thinking around your finances.

Can someone tell me why people in government would be immune from this?
[identity profile] madali.livejournal.com
In Davos, the Turkish PM was debating with Israeli PM, and didn't get the same allocated time to respond, and just stormed off, making him probably Middle East's hero of the day.

BBC Article & Video

Not surprisingly, he got a hero's welcome when he goes back to Turkey.

News articles claims that Peres and Erdogan have now made up. "I am very sorry for what happened and friends could sometimes have an argument between themselves," Peres told Erdogan during the telephone conversation, according to Ha'aretz. "I have always had a great respect for the Republic of Turkey and you as the prime minister. I consider myself as a friend of Turkey and Premier Erdogan.

Israeli official claims this might affect relations, not between the nations, but with the Prime Minister.

This is a transcript which of the phone conversation between the two, but I am not sure how accurate it is. If it is, sounds like Peres is apologizing.

Last of all, and almost cliche, someone has to bring up anti-semitism. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is encouraging expressions of anti-Semitism in his country by espousing biased views and wholeheartedly accepting the Hamas narrative of the recent Gaza fighting, a senior Israeli official told The Jerusalem Post on Wednesday.



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