The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was the other possibility.

As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5- year phase-in plan that would become ( Read more... )

2008й год закончился многочисленными разговорами/спорами/прогнозами о «кризисе», потом начались праздники и мы кажется немного расслабились/подзабыли/не захотели думать/вспоминать на каком свете мы находимся. Но западные аналитики не спят, они отгуляли Рождество и во всеоружии начали НГ со следующих прогнозов:

Jan. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Four years ( Read more... )

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Yesterday these bastards monkeys hijacked vessel of Odessa based shipowner!
( Ro-ro hijacked )

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1. Самый дорогой коктейль

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На этой неделе журнал "The Economist" в статье "Funny bones " прорекламировал книгу под названием “Hammer & Tickle” про коммунистические шутки.

Прочитав пару "шуток", мне почему-то стало не просто не смешно, а по настоящему грустно и обидно за этот период истории, за наших людей.


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"A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it."

- Einstein -

That's so f*in depressing. Every morning on the way to work I’m watching petrol prices increasing like a hell and together with it the exchange rate. And every morning I’m realising that the wage I’m paid in $ worth less and less every f*in day.

First, "they" managed to drive the country into the inflation of 30.2% (and this is Nov data) and now ( Read more... )

China inflation surges to 11 year high on food, fuel, etc.

This obviously means that Central Bank of China is trying to remedy the economy by increasing the interest rate and letting the currency appreciate faster to cool down the economy.

Taking into account the fact that 2008 Olympic Games will take place in China, what are the possible ( Read more... )