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Not part of the Iraq Plan
Not that there was ever a plan for the post-war Iraq. That much has been made terribly obvious. But I bet this wasn’t how Cheney, Bush and friends anticipated things would turn out.
Iraq has signed its first major oil deal with a foreign company since the fall of Saddam Hussein’s regime, a spokesman for the Iraqi Oil Ministry said Saturday.
It was the first time in more than 35 years that Iraq has allowed foreign oil companies to do business inside its borders.
The contract with the China National Petroleum Corporation could be worth up to $3 billion. It would allow the CNPC to develop an oil field in southern Iraq’s Wasit province for about 20 years, Oil Ministry spokesman Assim Jihad said.
As a coworker of mine recently said. The Beijing Olympics were just as much, or maybe more, about showing the world that China was ready to be equal to, and pass, the United States in influence in the world. Russia also obviously took the opportunity to flex some long resting muscles.
The Age of America is, I think, coming to an end.
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Calculating Commuting Costs for Victoria BC
This is a followup to my previous post:
Calculating Commuting Costs on Vancouver Island.
You can read the reasoning behind it, the methods and what not at the last post… this is simply a continuation showing costs of commuting to Victoria. Again, given the rapidity of the rise happening, and going to happen in the future… the only realistic option is to get people out of their cars altogether and onto transit. And that means renewed rail on the E&N.
Please, show your support, and go to OurCorridor.ca … push senior levels of government to invest in the E&N and make it a viable alternative for people, and for industry and business.
Click on the images below to see the movies of rising gas prices. First is the “High Mileage”, 4.2L/100KM (55mpg) scenario. Second is the “Low Mileage” 10.7L/100KM (22mpg, which is also the US national average).
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Germanys’ Last WW1 vet dies
It is a day that should go down into history, but likely won’t at least not with any fanfare.
On January 1, 2008, Erich Kastner, the last remaining soldier who fought for the German Imperial Army during the First World War died. (CBC)
Unlike the “winning” side… Germans don’t celebrate or even commemorate their war veterans… for obvious social issues.
However, at this point almost 100 years later… I think it’s safe to say what happened during WWI was simply the worlds greatest tragedy. And those veterans, on all sides, deserve our respect for having fought in such terrible, horrifying conditions.
And so, goodnight, Mr. Kastner. You are the end of a generation. We hope never again to repeat the bloodshed that you were a part of.
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Congratulations to Iraq
There is so little good news from Iraq, this should be the top story on every newcast and blog around the world.
The Iraqi National Soccer team (The Lions) has won the Asian cup in a major upset. They beat Australia, South Korea and finally Saudi Arabia today in the final. (See the link for great pictures).
The team is made up of all Iraqis, Sunni, Shia and Kurd.
All of Iraq rejoiced today, even as bombs went off.
This is the type of thing that can truly revive a nation and allow it to remember the pride it always had.
May Iraqis revel in this victory.. and may it help them continue being strong in the face of terrible, terrible circumstances.
(It was so very special today, to see my RSS feed for Iraqi blogs, and every single one was positive and cheering… wonderful wonderful day)
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