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Month: September 2010

Summer’s end: it’s turning into nuclear winter at the White House.

Personal growth is what Obama needs now Larry Summers (right) effectively quit the White House yesterday, shortly after […]

John Ward September 22, 2010 Global currency war, Hillary Clinton, Larry Summers, myth of growth., Obama stuffed

THE UK’s FINANCES: Why it doesn’t do to welch on one’s gambling debts.

The Editor tries to explain why in today’s world, avoiding and postponing fiscal pain is the fast lane […]

John Ward September 21, 2010 compound debt, High stakes, Left doesn't get it, ONS debt figures, Trichet secretive

BREAKING….ECB hoovers up more bonds as EU debtor borrowing costs continue to rise.

“Look into my eyes, look into my eyes, look into my eyes….” Trichet’s hypnosis looks more and more […]

John Ward September 21, 2010 BayernLB, buying bonds again, merger ECB, Trichet bollocks., WestLB

US-ARAB ARMS DEAL: rationalisation of the century.

It’s finger on the trigger time for economic recovery. Not since Gordon Brown sold gold “as part of […]

John Ward September 21, 2010 Anthony Cordesman, Gordon Brown, US sells arms to arabs, Vladimir Putin

There’s austerity, and there’s austerity.

Some simple numbers can tell us where it’s at. The life expectancy in Swaziland is 39.6 years. In […]

John Ward September 21, 2010 bankers, global wealth, politcians clueless., real austerity, trade unions

ANALYSIS: A Progressive illness.

Like so many words in the rich soil that is English, ‘progressive’ has all kinds of meanings. But […]

John Ward September 20, 2010 bad science, Eurosceptics, meaningless bollocks, Progressive

EXCLUSIVE: HILLARY’S TEAM GIVES OBAMA THE FULL STRENGTH ON EU DISASTER.

Clinton….pointing finger at Europe The Slog understands that President Obama has been briefed about the inevitability of major […]

John Ward September 20, 2010 2016 White House bid., advising Obama, eurozone spin, Hillary Clinton, President briefed on real euro situation, Tim Geithner

EU DEBT CRISIS: Pimco Chief slams funding strategy.

In this morning’s FT, Pimco CEO Mohammed El-Arian (left) gives the unvarnished view on the EU’s debt position […]

John Ward September 20, 2010 EU debt control not working, Mohammed El-Arian, must end in tears., PIMCO

EU bailout fund gets triple A credit rating. What on earth does that have to do with the price of fish?

The Slog digs behind the headlines, and sees a Triple-A that is yes-and-no-with-reservations. The desperate EU spin continues. […]

John Ward September 20, 2010 AAA bailout fund rating, EU spin, Fitch, Jonathan Swift., Moodys, pointless

Spin a coin on the next crisis area.

One-dimensional thinking is no longer enough. That Ideology, Mammon and religion are really three sides of a four-dimensional […]

John Ward September 20, 2010 China, Islam, Japan, JImmie Akesson, Nick Clegg, science left-field., Theo van Gogh, Thilo Sarrazin

Whether you like the Tea Party or not, its origins should be worthy of your attention.

Ron Paul….who he? Why the Tea Party vindicates The Slog’s belief in internet-based change. A Daily Telegraph piece […]

John Ward September 19, 2010 internet as agent of change., revolution, Ron Paul, Tea Party, Toby Harnden

REVEALED: Why the Westminster Parties don’t want us to have the ‘none of the above’ option.

Had the Electoral Reform Society’s ‘NOTA’* option been used at the General Election, all but one of Labour’s […]

John Ward September 19, 2010 electoral reform, out with the swines.

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