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Another potentially huge settlement day for CDS contracts ...
Robert Peston For every winner in a claim, there is a loser, the underwriter who has to divvy up. And if the underwriter lacks the resources to pay - which may turn out to be the case in this under-regulated market - that creates two losers: viz the bust underwriter and the claimant which doesn't get the money on which it was counting.
And if that claimant had been calculating its own financial strength on the basis that it had insurance against its Lehman debt, well then... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by adamvasco
at 3:33 AM on October 10, 2008
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Isn't it a long way down?
Pollomacho: I don't have a congressman. Your country is fucking up my world firstly with your imperialism and now with your corporate thieves. I appreciate it when someone in your country tries just a little bit to unfuck it. Obviously that person is not you. My Lawn...off....get. Thank you. Concerned European and believer in Democracy and open government.
posted to MetaFilter by adamvasco
at 5:25 AM on October 9, 2008
My Lawn...off....get
Two words from my Hometown
Extraordinary and Rendition.
posted to MetaFilter by adamvasco
at 2:01 PM on October 9, 2008
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The women of Bamian.
The Hazara A Historical Examination Of The Probable Origins Of An Improbable People. Many Hazara were persecuted and massacred by the Taliban who later blew up two 1,500-year-old Buddhist statues. Great to know the Women are Gaining Rights in Bamian. Thanks languagehat.... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by adamvasco
at 12:35 PM on October 7, 2008
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art history
Great site nicky; I'll be lost in this for a long, long time. Truely best of the web.
posted to MetaFilter by adamvasco
at 12:16 PM on October 5, 2008
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World Mapper
Wow...just wow...There are more shipping containers loaded and unloaded off the coasts and rivers of China, than travel to or from all other territories put together. Great post.
posted to MetaFilter by adamvasco
at 7:03 AM on October 3, 2008
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Brokergeddon.
Ask yourself two simple questions -
1) Where has the more than $2 Trillion in public money put in to markets so far gone?
2) What exactly does it mean to YOU when 'public' money from central banks and treasuries is 'supplied to the markets'?
posted to MetaFilter by adamvasco
at 3:52 AM on September 16, 2008
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"forward, forward I say"
Chalabi was just a grasping, slippery, thieving weasel. Khalilzad has an agenda; he's Cheney's protege; being Negroponte's follower in Iraq has produced infighting now but I think he's an oil man to his fingertips. Anything but deal with Iran; and Russia is the enemy so the great game continues.... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by adamvasco
at 11:36 AM on September 10, 2008
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Afghanistan Civilian Deaths
Ahhhhh.....Oliver North; both independent journalist and scumbag.
– “There is no such thing as an Islamic moderate.”
– "Every terrorist out there is hoping John Kerry Is the next president of the United States"
– Politicians who raise the issue of Abu Ghraib “have blood on their hands.”
– Abuse of Iraqi prisoners is “the kind of thing that you might find on any college campus.... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by adamvasco
at 11:45 PM on September 8, 2008
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Major Hurricane Gustav heads for Louisiana
The only reason Im here is that coldchef had his comment sidebarred. I'm gobsmacked. I can't relate. OK I'm in Europe and its all thousands of miles away and 800 people have died in Haiti but WTF America. How many billions wasted in Iraq? How many lessons learnt / not learnt from Katrina? and you can't even turn the light on for your own people in a predicted rerun of last time. Baton Rouge is your state capital and the emergency services can't cope. WTF. I spit on your politicians and I hope... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by adamvasco
at 5:15 AM on September 6, 2008
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St. Paul Police say Democracy? No.
Know who else carried out raids on protesters? Thats right - Italy another democratic? country.
posted to MetaFilter by adamvasco
at 5:08 AM on September 2, 2008
Steve: please stop being a T.W.A.T ( Total Wanker and Troublemaker)
posted to MetaFilter by adamvasco
at 6:56 AM on September 2, 2008
I must have missed the bit about Amy Goodman having a bucket of piss. I repeat... Troublemaker; sometimes called Troll .
posted to MetaFilter by adamvasco
at 7:42 AM on September 2, 2008
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natural beauty
Great post nicky; but why are you reading the Daily Mail? Are you OK?l
posted to MetaFilter by adamvasco
at 1:13 AM on August 31, 2008
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Reaching for the Heavens
Dee - I think that if I was adding more I would still be working on this post; there is so much here to explain - maybe the geometricals of the designs or the fact that Sinan was a Janissary or slave. The fact that the Suleymaniye complex had one of the first medical madrassa's and much much more. Enjoy.... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by adamvasco
at 3:48 AM on August 15, 2008
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Bansuri
Thank you flapjax. I would never have discovered this without your links. And yes the sun shines in the Mediterranean and yes it is hot and that is why I live here. Cool post.
posted to MetaFilter by adamvasco
at 4:51 AM on August 14, 2008
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Russian tanks and jets roll into Georgia
Background, a little old but still useful, with a map of the Baku Supsa pipeline which is run by BP; who incidentally have just had a few problems in Russia recently.
posted to MetaFilter by adamvasco
at 5:47 AM on August 9, 2008
Pipeline Map
posted to MetaFilter by adamvasco
at 9:10 AM on August 9, 2008
War in Georgia: The Israeli connection.
posted to MetaFilter by adamvasco
at 2:43 AM on August 11, 2008
ornate insect: Its just about night now in the caucasus. OP's and analysis are beng written for tomorrows papers. I think Russia will definitely continue to punish Georgia by bombing infrastructure and the Russians might well push back the borders of the separatist enclaves of S. Ossetia and Abkhazia into Georgia and then they will be in a very strong position to negotiate a ceasefire. They want Saakashvili gone and have already said they will not negotiate with him. They will stop short of a... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by adamvasco
at 9:55 AM on August 11, 2008
Dmitry Orlov : It turns out that I am somewhat qualified to write on the subject: when I was in grad school (linguistics) I studied Abkhaz, the curious language spoken by the indigenous population of the separatist republic of Abkhazia.......
posted to MetaFilter by adamvasco
at 12:45 AM on August 12, 2008
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Sky-high gardens and rooftop oases
This is very neat.
yclipse: you are an idiot. check here and you will see the steps to the right hand side of the first slide.
We have a large roof terrace but concentrate on vegetables in plastic troughs about 1.5m x 40 cm x 60cm. At present 4 of them and many smaller pots. I was thinking of raised troughs on tables originally but the work and expense dissuaded me. My wife is the gardener I just carry things up there and eat the results.
This year we have 4... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by adamvasco
at 4:52 AM on August 10, 2008
