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If Odysseus landed in modern-day Washington D.C, he would be viewed with the darkest suspicion, photographed and finger-printed, his iris-print recorded. He would be handcuffed and interviewed by the Department of Homeland Security. He would be lucky to escape electrocution as a common pirate, a fate he probably richly deserved, and would very likely be …
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Owing to the Common Agricultural Policy, every cow in France gets $2.00 a day in subsidies (you read it right – – $2.00). Indeed, the OECD gives $350 billion dollars in subsidies to farmers and gives a magnificent $50 billion dollars in aid to developing countries. The hypocrisy needs no comment from me. This being …
Victor Kioulaphides gave this succinct explanation of the downfall of Athens on the Yahoo Epicurean discussion group site. It has eerie echoes of our current problems: The demise of ancient Athens was the hapless Sicilian campaign. False data: A. Athenians thought it took about one day to sail around Sicily; it took triremes no less than …
A school district in Washington State has prohibited teachers from showing Vice President Al Gore’s documentary on global warming. Last month, a national organization of science teachers turned down an offer of free copies of "An Inconvenient Truth" citing controversy surrounding the film, but Federal Way public schools may be the first school district to …
From the Herald Tribune, Friday 5th January, 2007 There was good news and bad news Wednesday for shareholders of Home Depot. The good news is that Robert Nardelli, the imperious chief executive…….has resigned. The bad news is that he’ll be taking $210 million worth of compensation with him……. Nardelli may be best known for his …
