Side Street Journal Saturday 25 June 2011

Commentary on Global Political and Economic Events by Slim Fairview

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SPECIAL SECTION ON CHINA

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Slim Fairview Will the Facebook Revolution Spread to China? Probably Not. http://slimviews.blogspot.com/2011/02/will-facebook-revolution-spread-to.html

Slim Fairview Will the Facebook Revolution Spread to China Part 2 http://slimviews.blogspot.com/2011/02/credentialism.html

Slim Fairview Memo to Big Oil (On Energy Matters) http://slimviews.blogspot.com/2011/03/memo-to-big-oil.html

Slim Fairview China, The Economy, and a word beginning with the letter P. http://slimviews.blogspot.com/2011/06/china-economy-and-word-beginning-with.html

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The Daily Begins Here.  Thank you.  Slim

NYC Bureaucratic Nincomperson orders removal of immigrant crops from local park: http://t.co/rpuJU77 Technocrats or Techno-pimples? Slim

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Amanda Hocking (NYT Magazine) Self-publishes. Julie Powell (Julie & Julia) Blogs. 2 inspirational women who have me blogging & going Amazon

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Schools, with their top heavy, management laden bureaucrats, resource specialists, analysts, et. al. Have decided to eliminate librarians.

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nytimes.com/2011/06/25/nyr… Is there anything Dumber than what the schools are doing now? They are getting rid of Librarians. OMG, how Dumb!

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New Investment instruments: Government future interference futures. Crunch a few numbers, talk to marketing, get back to me.

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Libya is air show for defence mfgs. Glad we didn't miss product launch season. NATO would have had 2 wait 1 full year to launch offensive.

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Italian Banks sidestep Greek crisis, but fret on lending: economy grows 1%. Fra asken il tilden.

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Private equity pensions go public. Investors worry that managers too focused on short term gains. Uh...fire the managers, hire new managers.

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Goldman - Libya deals lack of basic contracts. Does no one do business on the basis of a handshake anymore. Where is the trust? Slim

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As Willie Lowman said, You gotta know the territory. We are training Afghans 2 b American soldiers. They must b trained 2 b Afghan soldiers.

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Taliban: no trouble training troops. Al Qaida: no trouble training troops. Let Afghan army train Afghan troops. At least give it a try!

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CANADA HOUSING BOOM WAR. Mark Carney (Governor, Bank of Canada) "You don't turn to monetary policy first." Let's Watch Carney's Plan, eh?

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Honk Kong limits births by Mainland women. In Hong Kong it is a financial and a health issue. Here, it is a political campaign issue.

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Thailand: Soccer Diplomacy. How long will it take the US to get into the game? PS (Soccer = Futbol) Man U Premier League Champs. Slim

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OPEC fuss over West Oil Release. You're simply over-reacting 2 get attention. Wait a few weeks & everything will calm down. Summer's coming

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FILE UNDER NO FREE LUNCH. SEE POSTING BELOW. Time to pay the piper. One of my Mother's sayings. Slim

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Dems Squeeze Union workers for Dollars. The Donkey giveth & the Donkey taketh away. To those whom much is given, much will be expected.

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Is Free publicity worth the Mad Ave. Dollar price calculation? I have an idea. Treat the free publicity as a bonus. Run a paid ad tie-in.

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Banks set higher mortgage standards, Inventory of foreclosed houses does not go down. Glad the banking industry has a plan. We were worried.

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$20 Million Fed Funds 4 Chicago Wake up Call 2 School kids 2 get them 2 go 2 worst schools. All right, who said improve the schools? wiseguy

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Grueling 24 hour Race in Vermont. Only 25% finish. Whatever happened to the "Good old boy, no-run run?" Diet Pepsi & a Moon Pie, anyone?

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SEC: expands circuit breakers allows for wider price swings. ARBITRAGE! Oops! I mean good move. slimviews.blogspot.com/2011/01/frank-… Regards, Slim

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Stocks fell again over Greek & Italy worries. Is anyone not taking the short position? Slim

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Draghi appointed President of ECB. Did France blink or buckle? Mr. Sarkozy, he called you 2 reassure you, eh. You must feel so much better.

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FTC scrutinises Google. I said it b 4, my search engine rankings are running high & I'm a simple middle-age middle -class, suburban blogger.

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US frets. Was oil release news leaked. Yeah, 15 minutes of Global Supply whipsawed the markets. Those unscrupulous manipulators. Boooo

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Durable goods orders rise 1.9% in May. Quick, express doubts, caution against optimism. If that fails, pass some regulations. Regards, Slim

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Peter Falk dies: Excuse me, sir, just one more thing. Just one detail I forgot. Thank you for the wonderful movie memories. RIP Slim

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WSJ: Syria = Turkey Israel relationship thaw. I told you that Turkey would be a major player in Middle East Diplomatic influence game. Slim

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Generic Drug for TB may work on diabetes. My I please hear complaints about the pharmaceutical industry. Not at the moment? Okay. Slim

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House & Senate & White House meet to talk about budget. One question. Where is the analyst? You know, as in analyse.

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House works hard on symbolic gestures instead of substantive gains. Stop fussing over Libya. Work on jobs.

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