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About the site:
Founded in March 2009, the Global Observatory aims to provide an independent view of world affairs. Upside down. Generally in pajamas.
About the author:
The author is a writer/entrepreneur based in Seattle. During 2008, he supported John McCain for President and considers himself an “independent, conservative Republican.” He is a graduate of Dartmouth College.
More about the author:
Despite being a first generation immigrant to the USA, the author is a racist, xenophobic, homophobic, anti-Semitic (including Arabs), anti-Pakistani, anti-Bengali, anti-Vietnamese, anti-Australasian, arachnophobic, agarophobic, scoliodentosaurophobic bastard.
His alter-ego is an idiot, an asshole, a chubby little fucker, and a lusty male chauvinistic pig. Honestly, what kind of dumbfuck thinks that the text at the bottom of these pages will actually net him any pageviews?
And, all this is just the tip of the iceberg.
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The logo depicts Dartmouth’s Shattuck Observatory, the telescope from University of Chicago’s Yerkes Observatory and an image of the globe from NASA.
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This site is powered by WordPress using a seriously modified Fusion theme.
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WSJ- Gamble on Financial Overhaul 5: 30 pm, March 11, 2010The White House's yearlong effort to rewrite financial regulations risked running aground in the Senate after Democratic Sen. Christopher Dodd broke off bipartisan negotiations and announced plans to push ahead without Republican support. […]
- Mixed News on U.S. Jobs, Trade 5: 29 pm, March 11, 2010Only slightly fewer U.S. workers filed first-time claims for jobless benefits last week, a sign that the job market's revival remains tenuous, while a separate report showed the U.S. trade gap narrowed in January as exports and imports fell. […]
- Examiner: Lehman Torpedoed Lehman 5: 14 pm, March 11, 2010A federal judge released a scathing, voluminous report on the collapse of Lehman Brothers that singles out senior executives, auditor Ernst & Young and other investment banks for serious lapses that led to the largest bankruptcy in U.S. history. […]
- AIG Workers Will Give Up $45 Million to Uncle Sam 5: 12 pm, March 11, 2010The resolution comes after months of discussion with Kenneth Feinberg. And GMAC's chief may not get any 2010 compensation. […]
- Buffett's Pay: Steady at $175,000 5: 11 pm, March 11, 2010Berkshire Hathway. kept Chairman Warren E. Buffett's total compensation at $175,000 in 2009, in line with his relatively modest pay over the years. His company stake, however, is in the billions. […]
- Caterpillar Joins 'Onshoring' Trend 5: 06 pm, March 11, 2010Caterpillar is considering relocating some heavy-equipment overseas production to a new U.S. plant, part of a growing movement among manufacturers to bring more operations back home—a shift that will likely spark fierce competition among states for new manufacturing jobs. […]
- Citigroup Gains Buoy Markets 4: 41 pm, March 11, 2010Stocks added modest gains as bullish comments from Citigroup's CEO boosted the financial sector. Trading in Citigroup represented more than one-fifth of the market's overall volume. […]
- Data Theft Hits HSBC Clients 4: 24 pm, March 11, 2010HSBC said a former employee stole data on about 24,000 accounts in its Swiss private bank that wound up in the hands of French authorities. […]
- Farallon Regroups After Knockdown 4: 23 pm, March 11, 2010Farallon Capital is shrinking and reorganizing as the giant hedge-fund firm emerges from the rockiest period in its 24-year history. […]
- Pink Floyd Wins Downloads Suit 3: 42 pm, March 11, 2010Britain's High Court has ordered record company EMI to stop selling downloads of Pink Floyd tracks individually rather than as part of the band's original albums. […]
- Gamble on Financial Overhaul 5: 30 pm, March 11, 2010
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- It's quiz time! 5: 11 pm, March 11, 2010What do humans and bonobos have in common? […]
- Blood pressure spike 'stroke key' 5: 02 pm, March 11, 2010Fluctuations in blood pressure could be more important than high readings as a warning sign for stroke, say researchers. […]
- New York banking gains on London 5: 01 pm, March 11, 2010New York and London have been ranked as the joint-top global financial centres according to new research. […]
- Drogba is African Footballer of Year 4: 35 pm, March 11, 2010Ivory Coast and Chelsea striker Didier Drogba is named African Footballer of the Year. […]
- Russians jailed over race murder 4: 01 pm, March 11, 2010Nine members of a Russian white supremacist group are jailed for up to 22 years in connection with the killing of an African man. […]
- Turkey and Sweden in genocide row 3: 26 pm, March 11, 2010Turkey withdraws its ambassador to Sweden after the parliament votes to describe as genocide the killing of Armenians in WWI. […]
- Pinera sworn in as new quake hits 3: 22 pm, March 11, 2010Sebastian Pinera is sworn in as president of quake-hit Chile, as a 6.9-magnitude aftershock strikes the centre of the country. […]
- 'No giveaway Budget' says Darling 3: 05 pm, March 11, 2010The Chancellor Alistair Darling warns not to expect a "giveaway" when the Budget is announced later this month. […]
- Bosnian fallout 2: 00 pm, March 11, 2010Pressure on UK after arrest of ex-Bosnian president […]
- Iraq results point to tight race 1: 38 pm, March 11, 2010First results from Iraq's election suggest a tight contest may be developing between PM Nouri Maliki and main rival Iyad Allawi. […]
- Biden tries to ease Mid-East row 1: 36 pm, March 11, 2010US Vice-President Joe Biden says Middle East peace talks must resume, despite a row over Israeli settlement plans. […]
- Liverpool sunk by late Lille goal 1: 10 pm, March 11, 2010Liverpool face an uphill task to progress from the last 16 of the Europa League after Eden Hazard's goal gives a lively Lille side a 1-0 first-leg lead. […]
- Anguish for kidnap boy's family 1: 06 pm, March 11, 2010Relatives of kidnapped five-year-old Sahil Saeed speak of their anguish as reports of his release turn out to be false. […]
- James Bulger's mother meets Straw 12: 59 pm, March 11, 2010Justice Secretary Jack Straw meets the mother of murdered toddler James Bulger to discuss the return to prison of one of her son's killers. […]
- Obama urges China action on yuan 12: 55 pm, March 11, 2010US President Barack Obama has urged China to change its currency strategy to help re-balance the global economy. […]
- It's quiz time! 5: 11 pm, March 11, 2010
When Can Bernie Madoff Invest My Money Again?
