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News That’s Fit To Punt – 01/Feb/2012

Citizen Rinehart The richest woman in Australia, Gina Rinehart has set her mind on buying into Fairfax, the company that owns the Sydney Morning Herald, and the Age, amongst other mastheads. The response coming out of the Fairfax stables has … Continue reading

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Dreaming Of Greek Island Villas

Different Spin Just a weird, weird thought for today. Would you move to Greece? I don’t know if you’ve ever looked, but today Mrs. Pleiades showed me a bunch of photos of Real Estate available in Greek Islands. Hey, I’m … Continue reading

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China In The Spotlight

More Than Reading Tea Leaves Okay, non-movie related entry today. Sorry guys, but this stuff keeps being so interesting, so bear with me. Time Magazine had this article today, pondering the likelihood of China being able to help out Europe … Continue reading

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Come And See

Been A Long Time Back in the day, one of the most traumatic films you could watch about the experience of World War II was ‘Come And See’ directed by Elim Klimov. This wasn’t just any movie about the war, … Continue reading

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All Greek To You?

It’s All Greek To The Greeks Too This business of the Greek debt crisis is a bit disturbing. Markets are all lining up to kick Greece’s rear should it default on its debt. The markets around the world slid today … Continue reading

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It Was 70 Years Ago Today

Corporal Hitler Taught The Band To Play And it’s definitely gone more out of style than in, but all the same, today marks the 70th Anniversary of WWII, which commenced with Hitler’s Germany invading Poland. Naturally there haven’t been that … Continue reading

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