Friday 4 January 2013

Зацепило


"This is all my life," he says to the fighters. "I worked for 30 years to buy an apartment. Will I be around for another 30 years to buy another one?"
When they get back to the command centre, Abu Ali is still in a foul mood. "You were going to kill my men for this?" he says, gesturing at their bags. "All of you, get out of my area. I have a war to run."
"We just wanted to check if anything was looted," the engineer says quietly.
"Every single house has been looted," shouts Abu Ali. "And the [government] army has never been to this area. It is us who looted them!"

Wednesday 5 December 2012

Для себя

http://notthetreasuryview.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/taxing-rich-and-fairness-its-not-just.html

Wednesday 18 April 2012

Сидит, значит, Лев Толстой на суку...


Интересно как пресс-релизы "ни ап чем" превращаются в огромные статьи.

"Given the potential impact on millions of people of the Financial Policy Committee’s new powers of direction, this will be an issue of intense public, and thus Parliamentary, interest. The Committee will be examining the Bank's proposals for the operation of these tools in detail."

Перепечатано отсюда.

Брюки преврашаются в статью.

Как всегда радуют комменты: "Плач Ярославны" тихо курит в стороне.

Tuesday 6 March 2012

Поржал...вот за это и люблю журналистов


hrwaldram
5 March 2012 11:47AM
Spoke to my Russian mother in law yesterday and at the school she teaches kids were bribed into voting for Putin.
That's an incredible statement to make. Do you want to get in touch with our reporter haroon.siddique@guardian.co.uk to explain more - wondering if you have any hard evidence to back it up - lots of similar reports flying around this morning.




Wednesday 22 February 2012

а не будут слушаться исключим из списков

The aid amounts to 0.5% of Hungarian GDP and will take effect from January 2013 if the government does not comply. If Hungary were part of the eurozone, the "fine" would be lower at first but would be imposed immediately. отсюда 

Sunday 12 February 2012

Такого как Путин!

Владимир Путин: «Нам нужна новая экономика»

Хорошо пишет, по крайней мере обещает. Политическая воля нынче значит много.

Но удивляют комментарии к статье. Сплошные эмоции и безнадежный пессимизм. Примелькалось, конечно, лицо, но из всех зол выбирать стоит наименьшее.