The great bailout – Europe’s best-kept secret

Posted by Matt in June 6th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Economy, Europe, Financial, Bailout, Baltic State, Best Kept Secret, Centenary Celebrations, Confluence, Credit Crunch, democracy, Devastation, Economic Crises, Europe, European Election, Freedom, German People, Heart, Isaiah Berlin, Jewish Philosopher, Perfect Storm, Secret Germany, Vote

Germany is at the heart of a huge plan to prop up crippled EU economies – not that the German people would ever know
I will not vote in today’s European election. Instead, I am doing something much more interesting and relevant to the future of Europe and Britain. I am travelling to Riga to speak [...]

Critics say China’s builders cut corners

Posted by Matt in May 14th, 2008 | no comment

Published in China, 10 Years, Apartment, Central China, Construction Boom, Death Toll, Devastation, Earthquake, Mementos, Powerful Earthquake, Rage, Recent Construction, Sichuan Province, Toll Soars

As the death toll soars from the powerful earthquake that ravaged central China’s Sichuan province, the scale of the devastation is raising questions about the quality of China’s recent construction boom.
“This building is just a piece of junk,” one newly homeless resident of Dujiangyan yelled today, her body quivering with rage. Her family salvaged clothing [...]

Regional Nuclear War Would Affect Entire Globe

Posted by Matt in April 7th, 2008 | 1 comment

Published in Nuclear, War, Atmosphere, bombs, Cataracts, Devastation, Dna, Earth, Energetic Radiation, Global Ozone, Globe, Lifeforms, Melanoma, Nuclear War, Ozone Depletion, Ozone Hole, Plants And Animals, Skin Cancer, Sun, Ultraviolet Radiation, Uv Radiation

Devastation of a regional nuclear war would be far from confined to the countries that started it. Plants and animals, including humans, would be endangered by a global ozone hole that would result and persist for years after all the bombs were exhausted, a new study suggests.
The layer of ozone high up in the Earth’s [...]