Monthly Archives: November 2008

le joyeux noel des boulanger 0

le voili le voilou:

joseph stiglitz explains financial crisis, trade deficits, reserves, institutions, liberalization, globalization, subsidies and democracy 0

joseph stiglitz is a columbia university professor. he was chief economist and senior vp of the world bank from 1997-2000 and became a nobel laureate in economics in 2001. you may have heard of him recently for his book the 3 trillion dollar war: the true cost of the iraq conflict. it is the [...]

our children will blame us (nos enfants nous accuserons) 0

my sis’ wanted me to spread the word on nos enfants nous accuserons, a movie by jean-paul jaud hitting the french projectors in the next few days. i shall oblige her. the trailer is bilingual french-english and is much more eloquent than any further introduction i could offer:
links to:
the trailer at dailymotion
the movie website

convert republicans to democracy 0

convert republicans to democracy. herculean is it not? how about evangelizing a lefty to write with his right hand. ask my dad, the results are closer to old viking runes than the alphabet.
if you have argued your way until this election, you have wasted your breath and possibly collapsed a lung. instead look at this [...]

which one will you be on next? 0

and of course, to trace the nocive impact of these metal winged giants, a wonderful simulation of worldwide air traffic.