Corporate Raiding: The Danger of Doing Business in Russia – TIME

Posted by Matt in December 20th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Russia, Array, Bribery, Bureaucratic Incompetence, Business In Russia, Corporate Business, Corrupt Policemen, Dmitry Medvedev, Doing Business In Russia, Financiers, Forgery, Identity Theft, Illegal Tactics, Jails, kremlin, Lawyers, Nihilism, Physical Intimidation, Russia Time, Squalid Conditions, Tax Officials

Magnitsky’s death has triggered a wave of public discussion in Russia — reaching as high as the Kremlin — about the squalid conditions in the country’s jails and bureaucratic incompetence. But it has also renewed focus on an odious criminal practice that embodies what President Dmitry Medvedev describes as the “legal nihilism” pervading the country. [...]

Dating Lessons from Kim Jong Il of North Korea

Posted by Matt in December 9th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Off-Topic, Array, Dating, Kim Jong Il, North-Korea, Peace

Watch this video of Kim Jong Il on eHarmony. Peggy, may you rest in peace (RIP).

Germany accuses China of industrial espionage | World news | The Guardian

Posted by Matt in July 22nd, 2009 | no comment

Published in China, Espionage, Europe, Array, Baden WüRttemberg, Billions, Blogged, China News, Counter Intelligence, Euros, Expert, Flock Browser, German Economy, Germany, guardian, Industrial Espionage, Industrial Secrets, Intelligence Agent, Internet Secrets, Spies, Tapping, Tens, World News

Germany is under attack from an increasing number of state-backed Chinese spying operations that are costing the German economy tens of billions of euros a year, a leading intelligence agent said.
Walter Opfermann, an espionage protection expert in the office for counter-intelligence for the state of Baden-Württemberg, said that China was using an array of “polished [...]

Global Elite: Hu Jintao

Posted by Matt in July 10th, 2009 | no comment

Published in China, Global Elite, Adult Life, Array, Central Military Commission, Communist Party Of China, Generation Leadership, Global Elite, Global Influence, Harmonious Society, Hu Jintao, Jiang Zemin, Jintao Hu, Jixi, Leadership Style, Paramount Leader, Peaceful Development, Political Philosophy, Political Reforms, Previous Administration, Republic Of China, Standing Army, Tea Trading, Tibet Autonomous Region

Hu Jintao (born 21 December 1942) is currently the Paramount Leader of the People’s Republic of China, holding the titles of General Secretary of the Communist Party of China since 2002, President of the People’s Republic of China since 2003, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission since 2004, succeeding Jiang Zemin in the fourth [...]

El Nino conditions return to affect weather

Posted by Matt in July 9th, 2009 | no comment

Published in general, Array, Eastern Equatorial Pacific, El Nino, Fahrenheit, Forecasters, Government Scientists, National Oceanic And Atmospheric Administration, Neutral State, Sea Surface Temperature, Tropical Pacific Ocean, weasther, Weather Around The World

Government scientists said Thursday that the periodic warming of water in the tropical Pacific Ocean, which can affect weather around the world, has returned.
The Pacific had been in what is called a neutral state, but forecasters at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration say the sea surface temperature climbed to 1.8 degrees Fahrenheit above normal [...]

Mortgage Defaults: Many Are Intentional, Study Finds

Posted by Matt in July 8th, 2009 | 2 comments

Published in Financial, Array, Chicago University, Current, Doubt, Economists, European University, Housing Market, Money, Mortgage Defaults, Negative Equity, Northwestern University, University Chicago, University Institute, University Of Chicago

Up to 26% of U.S. homeowners who stop paying their mortgage may be doing so intentionally, not because they can’t make the payments but because they don’t want to put money into a house that’s worth less than what they owe. That finding, from a paper by economists at the University of Chicago, Northwestern University [...]

1913 Intel is Now a Membership Site

Posted by Matt in June 12th, 2009 | 1 comment

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I have made the complete conversion to a membership site. New posts will be available to members by simply logging into the blog. Old posts will still be available to everyone.
If you wish to become a member then please check out the “Subscribe” link at the top of the page.
What are you missing?

You remember how [...]

Pentagon War Games Predict Future Threats

Posted by Matt in June 5th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Military, Armed Conflict, Army Corps, Array, Big Thinkers, Grim Place, invasion, Multinational Corporations, Nation States, National Security Threats, North-Korea, Pentagon, Private Security Forces, Refugees, Scarce Natural Resources, War Games

The military’s big thinkers plan for future needs by predicting potential security threats
By the Pentagon’s reckoning, the world in 2018 will be a grim place, with a considerable array of tricky national security threats facing the U.S. military. Multinational corporations, employing increasingly thuggish private security forces, begin to undermine the traditional power of nation-states. Countries [...]

A Rapid and Harsh Turn against Israel

Posted by Matt in June 4th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Israel, Middle East, Ariel Sharon, Array, Barack Obama, Best Behavior, Binyamin Netanyahu, Daniel Pipes, Danielpipes, Democratic Government, Eastern Jerusalem, Ehud Olmert, George W Bush, Government Press Office, Hillary Clinton, Jackson Diehl, Jerusalem Post, Mahmoud Abbas, Netanyahu Government, Office Director, Oral Understandings, Palestinian Side, Yasir Arafat

by Daniel Pipes
Jerusalem Post
June 4, 2009

http://www.danielpipes.org/6389/rapid-and-harsh-turn-against-israel
The much-anticipated meeting between Barack Obama and Binyamin Netanyahu on May 18 went off smoothly, if a bit tensely, as predicted. Everyone was on best behavior and the event excited so little attention that the New York Times reported it on page 12.
As expected, however, the gloves came off immediately [...]

Staring down North Korea

Posted by Matt in June 2nd, 2009 | 1 comment

Published in Koreas, Missiles, Abc News, Alaska, Array, Associated Press, Confidence, Defence Secretary, Defences, Face, Interceptor Missiles, Intercontinental Ballistic Missile, Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Icbm, Japan, Korean Missiles, Launch, Missile Defence, Mr Gates, Nkorea, North-Korea, pyongyang, Range Missiles, Readies, Robert Gates, Rogue State, Secretary Robert, South-Korea, Warship, Washington Times

The United States, South Korea and Japan have moved to bolster their defences in the face of an increasingly belligerent North Korea, as reports on Tuesday indicated that Pyongyang was preparing fresh missile launches.
US Defence Secretary Robert Gates visited a base in Alaska on Monday to view one of 16 interceptor missiles designed to stop [...]