ME and Ophelia

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MONEY MAKES THE WORLD GO ROUND:
Asia and U.S. are joined at the hip and wallet

Thomas P.M. Barnett's post on how Asia and America are joined at the hip and wallet has a great graph. I am posting it here with a special hello to John, Blimpish, Misspent, Monjo and Outer Life following our discussions on economics that started at John's Wal-Mart Redux.


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HOW AFRICA CAN MATTER
And what we should expect in terms of politics

American blogger Thomas Barnett says Africa is the next long-term battlefield where the world will have a serious desire to change things for the good. Get an insight into his perspective at his post titled "How Africa can matter, and what we should expect in terms of politics."
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CRITICS CIRCLE U.N. SECRETARY GENERAL

See latest post by Blimpish titled "Critics circle UN Secretary General."
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FACT OF THE DAY
Courtesy Scotsman and NYT

On Dec. 8, 1941, the United States entered World War II as Congress declared war against Japan, a day after the attack on Pearl Harbor.

Remember Beatle John Lennon today on the 24th anniversary of his death. Lennon was killed by crazed fan Mark Chapman outside his New York apartment today in 1980, but his music will live on forever.