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Archive for August, 2004

Guns don’t kill people, poor foreign policy does.

A nation can reach the point at which
it does not buy more security for itself simply by buying more military
hardware. We are at that point. The decisive factor for a powerful
nation already adequately armed is the character of its relationships
with the world.

Robert S. McNamara, U.S. Secretary of Defense, 1966

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Why Wall Street Wants Google to Fail

As published on MSN Money and discussed today on Slashdot:


The
most anticipated initial public offering in years threatens to derail a
cherished gravy train, where underpriced shares are handed out to
favored investors and grateful CEOs.
. . .
That’s why I don’t
think you can trust anything Wall Street says about the Google IPO: The
investment banking establishment has too much at stake and too many
institutional conflicts of interest to make them credible on this
offering.

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