Regardless of where they sleep — or don’t sleep — at night, modern-day pirates seem to be receiving a lot of attention of late. Perhaps their notoriety stems from the fact that they share so much in common. Sea-loving lowlifes can be found hijacking ships off the coast of the lawless Puntland region of northeastern [...]
Few Differences Between Somali, Domestic Pirates
November 18th, 2008 · 2 Comments
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Three Reasons Not to Bail Out General Motors
November 10th, 2008 · 4 Comments
After reading an article in today’s edition of The Moscow Times (see graphic at right), I came up with three good reasons why at least one of the “Big Three” automakers — General Motors — should NOT receive any portion of a proposed $50 billion bailout from the federal government: Reason #1: GM is, according [...]
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