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POPSState of the world as we end 2007 This is an incredibly powerful paragraph. I wonder if when George Bush looks at the cover of Time Magazine and stares into the eyes of Vladimir Putin, he still says, "ah, those trusting eyes of Vlad." The U.S. is getting completely outplayed at the chess table and its leaders don't have a clue.
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POPSA world springs to life on an urban wall While the onslaught of figures, episodes and colors is at first overwhelming, a casual left-to-right reading suggests some narrative possibilities. Basically what we have here is a tale of escape and growth that begins in darkness and — after taking a few tips from the Bible, Hieronymus Bosch and M. C. Escher — ends in a stunning vortex of brilliant color.
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POPSTake this acronym and shove it up your ass! TARP, TALF, CDO, CDS, REPO. Honestly, i am so frustrated by how confusing the entire financial collapse is made to seem. Nobody i know is able to articulate a clear sentence in trying to describe what happened. It's as though some mysterious, overly complicated algorithm went all crazy and we just need to pray that washington and wall street figure it out so we can be ok again.