hot news from perugia by the NYT - and me

It is with a certain satisfaction that i hear of the end of one trial in the so-called Perugia killings, of which i was informed by vanity fair in its june issue, and whose contents i shall review here as soon as i lay hands on the magazine, somewhere in the depths of my library. so far i submit an article found today at the NYT, in the hope that i do not infringe any copyright laws.

indeed, i am doubtful whether i am allowed to do this, so there shall appear my own researched article in due course…

jeremy dufour - mon favori

In der bei mir nie abreissenden folge der schönsten männer der welt, hier meine neueste trouvaille, ein junger pariser - man möge mir meine kleine schwäche nachsehen, liebe freunde… traf ihn bei den men´s shows in der stadt des lichts - my favourite top model of the year! wir werden seine karriere mit interesse verfolgen…

Joe Biden - the alternative

I am informed by the New Yorker (in my opinion the best magazine in the world) that Joe Biden is one of the most qualified presidential candidates in some decades. His knowledge of current and foreign affairs is obviously well founded, he seems to be a quite reasonable man and is - a rare characteristic in these times - a very modest man. I am confident that he is an able confidant of Obama and their friendship is portrayed as cordial, reasonable, close and trusting. Palin, beware!

Bundespräsident Koehler und die Finanzkrise

Meine profunde Erleichterung gegenüber der schwersten Finanzkrise seit dem Zusammenbruch des römischen Reiches - in der Tat werden wir gerade Zeugen des Exodus der Pax Americana - begründet sich auf die Tatsache, das Horst Koehler als ehemaliger Weltbankpräsident (oder wars der IWF?) wohl das am besten in Finanzfragen vorbereitete Staatsoberhaupt der Welt sein dürfte.

U.S. Hedgefonds and real estate risk - why me, Lord (from february 2008)

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It is with a certain uneasiness that I am informed of the current financial crisis on the U.S. financial market, triggered by U.S. consumers and house owners heavily indebted and consuming on credits fueled by cheap mortgages in bygone days, and of which I have been warned several times during recent years, not the least by Alan Greenspan himself - and I admit to be worried, and angry. As a citizen of a state of Old Europe I wonder why I should be held accountable - despite my awe and understanding of the principles of globalization - for the failings of the Americans to keep their books together, after and while subjected to their demand of cheap oil (resulting in catastrophical exterior politics) and their extreme and undeniably unethical waste of our resources of energy and water. Now their heated consumer spending, fueled by the lowest interest rates in history, has landed them rather forseeably in troubled waters, a falling dollar and the possible collapse of the world markets, with heavy repercussions for my Old Europe Economy. In short: I paid for the lush lawns and middle class houses, the high powered cars and the landslide of gigantic refrigerators, with which I am confronted every day in the U.S.-produced sitcoms and movies (them being also part of the phenomenon of the so-called U.S. Cultural Imperialism) and of which I am critical due to their relentless myth-building American Dream of The-winner-takes-it-all. (OK, that was not so short…)

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