Jinn of Quality and Risk (2002-Oct-02)


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Species: featherless biped, chocolate addict
Roots: born in Sweden — lived also in Switzerland, USA, UK — mixed up genes from Sweden, Norway, India, Germany
Languages: French, English, Swedish, German, Portuguese, Latin, Ada, Perl, Java, assembly languages, Pascal, C/C++, etc.
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2002-Sep-26 [this day]

Schroeder did what it took to win--but at what cost to Germany?

OpinionJournal: Germany and the U.S. have enjoyed a special relationship for over 50 years, born out of Cold War necessity and German appreciation for American generosity after World War II. But not anymore. The relationship has been "poisoned," in the words of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, by Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's bitter, and successful, re-election campaign. This isn't likely to fade now that the election is over. We find a modern Germany firmly siding with one of the worst dictatorships in the Middle East, against Western civilisation, because Herr Schroeder is a pathological opportunist. [this item]

The rinse cycle

Rain in New Orleans, French Quarter Smoke in Los Angeles It's only in the rinse cycle that you find out how dirty the laundry's been. We're in the rinse cycle now. Warren Buffett, sage of Omaha [this item]

President Bush buries multilateralism

The death of a doctrine and its replacement with a new one is a rare thing to behold.Pete du Pont, OpinionJournal [this item]

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