Monthly Archives: July 2014

Iraq Break-Up

July 14, 2014 – 10:26 am

The World Cup superseded all news over the weekend. The Civil War in Iraq continued without cessation during the last weeks of Ramadan, the holy fasting month of Islam. ISIS the Islamic militant force from Syria is looking for a knockout blow against the US-supported Malaki regime. The Kurds to the north have seized two […]

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Germany Versus Argentina

July 13, 2014 – 2:56 pm

On December 13, 1939 Argentina officials ordered the German heavy cruiser Graf Spee to sea. The ensuing battle between the British Navy resulted in the later scuttling of the Graf Spee. A week later Captain Langsdorff shot himself dressed in full dress uniform and lying on the ship’s battle ensign. Today those two nations meet […]

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THE PRETTIEST GIRL IN MAINE by Peter Nolan Smith on Kindle

July 6, 2014 – 7:02 pm

In the winter of 1991 a British friend and I drove north from a snowless New York to find winter. Our trip took us through New England to the end of US 1 at Fort Kent, Maine. The river was frozen solid and the snow was chest deep. I wanted to forge on to Canada, […]

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$110 Million Condo

July 4, 2014 – 9:11 am

The rich of today do create something. They buy space in the air for architects to formulate luxury living spaces to be decorated by interior designer to house their ‘things’ and protect them from the masses beneath their aeries. One of the filty rich is investing in a $119 million Manhattan penthouse. Oh, the luxury. […]

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Up The Rebels Down With The Dow Jones

July 3, 2014 – 8:44 pm

Today the Dow Jones broke 17,000. My friend Gayle was in a bad mood. The investment banker was playing the market short to tank. Under Obama the rich have gotten obscenely rich and this news is an appalling reflection on Wall Street’s continued exploitation of the US economy in order to diminish the circulation of […]

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