Monthly Archives: February 2013

Après mai…. nice film by Oliver Assayas on Paris revolt… pretty, if uncompelling unless you are 21

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Formidable!

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House of Cards the end

House of Cards preposterous… I stopped watching after this execrable storytelling. En route to his goal, we saw just how ruthless and ambitious he was, culminating in his murder of Peter (the one really shocking moment in the show, although … Continue reading

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New song from Phosphorescent

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Sidi Toure on KEXP

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Mali: à Gao, l’euphorie de la libération a disparu

Not over yet, perhaps by a long shot… northern Mali before was virtually ungovernable, hard to see how presence of French troops will change that.  If Darfur was any lesson at all, it is that UN force can do very … Continue reading

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Sad economics trivia that makes you think….

Richard Lipsey (theory of second best) was married briefly, apparently, to Assia Wevill. Now, second-best that.

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Poor Moon – Birds

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Interesting urban property corruption scandal in Bamako involving Ivoiro-Lebanese businessman

Everyone always mentions how corrupt the ATT regime became in Bamako and that is what led to the disillusion and civic disengagement, and eventually the stunning “fuite” of a sitting president jumping over a wall running away from presidential palace … Continue reading

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