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Ottens

  1. @DavidIgnatius tells @Morning_Joe it's "terribly inappropriate" for Russia to drag its feet on Syria while people are dying. Oh my!
  2. "Mr Roemer, de hoogste inkomens betalen al 70 procent van de inkomstenbelasting." Antwoord @ooginoog: "Kijk eens hoeveel ze nog overhouden!"
  3. Seriously Syrians? Blaming poor Kofi Annan for a massacre? Reminder to the "int'l community": get involved or get out! Preferably the latter
  4. Leon Panetta tells @ThisWeekABC "there are fifty nations in NATO." Did he forget about Poland?
  5. China's reformers close ranks but Bo Xilai's legacy, at least in Chonqging, endures. Read my article for @atsentinel lnkd.in/rF2xYg
  6. Deze week in @Elsevier, mijn artikel over machtstrijd in Noord-Korea. Regeert Kim Jung-un alleen? Wie trekt er aan de touwtjes? Kopen dus!
  7. As NATO convenes to discuss the exit from Afghanistan, I take a longer term view with two @Wikistrat analysts lnkd.in/uNp8en
  8. White House: Republicans holding budget talks "hostage to political ideology." All politics is ideological. Even if masks as pragmatism
  9. Leave the euro is no get-out-of-jail-free card for #Greece. Read my article for @atsentinel lnkd.in/XE3WdC
  10. Greece decides to commit national suicide and a socialist moves into the Elysee Palace. The left must be having a field day
  11. Atlas shrugs. Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin renounces US citizenship and moves to Singapore to escape high taxes
  12. @hildekitten Isn't that the whole point of tumblr? lol
  13. At the @atsentinel, I write about how Wen Jiabao isn't wasting any time to capitalize on the successful purge of Bo Xi…lnkd.in/rKqfGp
  14. Gay marriage, "war on women"? President @BarackObama revives the culture wars! Reason is obvious: he can't win on the economy AKA his record
  15. @hildekitten Same with YouTube. New uploader crashes my (antiquated) browser every time