NathanNewman.org – News and Views: The Deficit’s Back- So is the National Budget Simulation Nathan has what looks to be(I haven’t tried it yet) an interesting budget simulation. So, think you can do better than Buhs and the Congress? Go try. It is like Civilization for economics geeks ….
Archive for October 1st, 2002
Lead the nation to prosperity
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Your hands are supposed to be tied
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Bush: Don%u2019t tie my hands on Iraq Bush says: President Bush on Tuesday remained firm in his demand for broad authority to use military force against Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, saying he did not want Congress to pass a resolution on Iraq that “ties my hands.” Bush has invited congressional leaders to a breakfast meeting [...]
Big Pharma Not Producing
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The New Republic Online: Drug Abuse The main justification for drug companies’ high prices has always been that the high costs are necessary to fund R & D into new drugs. Except that lately, the number of new drugs has been steadily dropping: The pharmaceutical industry has suffered some serious blues in the past 18 [...]
Republicans against unilateral action
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Two GOP Senators Urge Iraq Coalition (washingtonpost.com) It is not just the Democrats, anymore: Sens. Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.) and Richard Lugar (R-Ind.) yesterday lobbied Bush to agree explicitly to work more closely with U.S. allies to eliminate Hussein’s nuclear, chemical and biological capabilities. “I don’t understand why the president would not want all the congressional [...]
Saddam is not an Islamic Fundamentalist
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Iraq’s Little Secret Islamic Fundamentalists, like, say, Saudi Arabia, do not treat women like this: A man can stop a woman on the street in Baghdad and ask for directions without causing a scandal. Men and women can pray at the mosque together, go to restaurants together, swim together, court together or quarrel together. Girls [...]
Failures in Afghanistan
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“I Yelled at Them to Stop” Apparently, things are not going so well: The official story from both the 82d Airborne and the regular Army command is that Operation Mountain Sweep was a resounding success. Several arms caches were found and destroyed, and at least a dozen suspected Taliban members or supporters were detained for [...]
Turkish substance not Uranium
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Yahoo! News – Turkey Says Seized Substance Not Uranium According to Turkish authorities: Turkish scientists said on Tuesday the substance at the center of a nuclear weapons scare was not uranium and that the material seized in the south of the country posed no threat. Turkish police said over the weekend they had seized 33 [...]
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