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FT.com / Columnists / Lunch with the FT - Lunch with the FT: Slavoj Žižek
Interesting and off the wall (in different directions) interview.
- Zizek is quite the interesting intellectual. A little too weird for me, but, he is quite useful in certain areas; especially in pop-culture and such. - jackstephens on 2009-03-07
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the financial crisis has killed off the liberal utopianism that flourished after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 and all the grand talk about the “end of history”. The terrorist attacks of September 2001 and the financial meltdown have exploded the myth that the market economy and liberal democracy have all the answers to all the questions.
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But even if capitalism is temporarily repaired, Žižek says, this will do nothing to resolve its inherent contradictions.
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Companies bailed out by America's government have lost half their value in 2009 | Bailing the ailing | The Economist
Firms have not done well with the bailouts
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AMERICA'S government has bailed out over 20 ailing companies since the demise of Lehman Brothers in September. And once, it seems, is often not enough.
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AMERICA'S government has bailed out over 20 ailing companies since the demise of Lehman Brothers in September. And once, it seems, is often not enough.
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Mmegi Online :: Mugabe proves sceptics right
"Sceptics were right about the brouhaha that surrounded the Southern African Development Community (SADC)-crafted Government of National Unity in Zimbabwe. From the start it was certain that the arrangement was destined for failure."
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As we write, the arrangement is in tatters. Mugabe is still behaving as if nothing has changed. MDC's supporters, including a designated minister, Roy Bennett, are still languishing in jail over trumped up charges. Human rights activists are still incarcerated in prisons across Zimbabwe.
Food writer's online guide to building an H-bomb...the 'evidence' that put this man in Guantanamo | Mail Online
"A British ‘resident’ held at Guantanamo Bay was identified as a terrorist after confessing he had visited a ‘joke’ website on how to build a nuclear weapon, it was revealed last night.
Binyam Mohamed, a former UK asylum seeker, admitted to having read t
Why 88 Arab homes may get eviction notices
This is why Biblical and other archaeologists should not DIG in Israel!
"Israel plans to demolish 88 homes in Silwan, a Palestinian neighborhood in East Jerusalem, to make way for a new archaeological park, adding new fuel the slow-burning dispute over J
BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Downturn hits Philippine remittances
"In the Philippines, about eight million people - one in 10 adults - work abroad.
Millions of families depend on the money they send back.
But now a crisis is looming - as the economic downturn means thousands are losing their jobs overseas and being se
BBC NEWS | Europe | Kosovo trial clears Serbia leader
"Serbian ex-President Milan Milutinovic has been acquitted on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Kosovo by a UN war crimes tribunal."
Pakistan braced for street protests after Sharif bar- Politics/Nation-News-The Economic Times
"Pakistan braced Thursday for a new wave of street protests in a showdown with President Asif Ali Zardari after a court barred the country's main opposition leader from running for office. "
Ъ - Уголовное дело об убийстве журналиста НТВ направлено на новое рассмотрение
"Высшая судебная палата Молдавии приняла решение направить уголовное дело гражданина Молдавии Игоря Вельчева, обвиняемого в убийстве журналиста телекомпании НТВ Ильи Зимина в феврале 2006 года, на новое рассмотрение в апелляционную палату города Бельцы. В
Lieberman nod to Netanyahu tips Israel right
"Long disparaged as the bad boy of Israeli politics, Avigdor Lieberman has leveraged a racially divisive campaign assailing the loyalty of Israel's Arab minority to become the kingmaker of the next government.
On Thursday, Mr. Lieberman, who is leader of
Far Eastern Economic Review | Why America Can't Save Asia
"The U.S. Congress has finally passed a much anticipated stimulus bill for $787 billion. While desperately needed, it is unlikely to lift America or Asia out of the rapidly deteriorating economic crisis anytime soon. Government efforts at this stage are s
China's trade collapses | Not made in China | The Economist
"IMPORTS to China plunged in January, signalling that demand is shrinking alarmingly: they fell by 43.1% compared with a year earlier, worse than forecast and double the decline in December. But China's trade surplus, at $39.1 billion, is one of the bigge
Federal judges tentatively order release of 37,000 to 58,000 California prisoners | San Francisco Bay View
"A federal three-judge panel ruled today, Feb. 9, that overcrowding in California prisons is indeed the root cause of health care inadequacy so severe that it amounts to unconstitutional cruel and unusual punishment."
Tehelka - India's Independent Weekly News Magazine
"APIP-SQUEAK of dissent is peeping through the fog of euphoria. Slumdog Millionaire (SDM) was going straight to DVD but it was pulled from that fate and lo — 10 Oscar noms? Really? If people like their social realism packaged like a cake of detergent, wit
Mission High: Flareup over removal of gang prevention program
If anyone wonders why kids are droping out of high school and joining gangs its because the fucking school administrators set up our kids to fail and cut programs that will help in gang prevention because those programs actual speak up for students rights
Bangarappa quits SP, to join Congress-India-The Times of India
"Samajwadi Party MP and former Karnataka Chief Minister S Bangarappa on Thursday resigned from Lok Sabha as well as the party and announced his plans to join the Congress.
He said that he decided to quit SP and join the Congress as he felt that BJP's win
Greed Is Good - WSJ.com
"The anger at Wall Street only grew at the news that Merrill Lynch, after reporting $15 billion of losses, had rushed to pay $4 billion in bonuses on the eve of its merger with Bank of America. Because Merrill Lynch and Bank of America were receiving subs
Geithner Sets Out Sweeping Overhaul to Bank Bailout - NYTimes.com
"The White House plan to rescue the nation’s financial system, announced on Tuesday by Timothy F. Geithner, the Treasury secretary, is far bigger than anyone predicted and envisions a far greater government role in markets and banks than at any time since
Poll of Afghans Shows Drop In Support for U.S. Mission - washingtonpost.com
Not sure how they would conduct an "accurate" poll in Afghanistan, could be worse than they think, these results may be low ballin' it.
"A new poll in Afghanistan shows sagging support for U.S. efforts in that country, with airstrikes a chief concern. A
FT.com / World / Liberal voice amongst Iran's clerics
Grand Ayatollah Yusef Sanei studied under Ayatollah Khomeini in the decades before-and misses his former mentor. He tells the Finnancial Times he thinks the ground is being laid for talks with America."
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