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Getting Into HOP Water I

maxedoutmama.blogspot.com     May 1, 2008    Send to a friend

I have been reading and running a few scenarios on the Blair Bank Search For A Way To Keep In Business (FDIC's latest mortgage bailout plan). Here's the link to the FDIC's blurb about it.I agree with Tanta that this is not very attractive to most. There are quite a few...

Baladeya hold on to home advantage

dailystaregypt.com     Apr 21, 2008    1 related    Send to a friend

CAIRO: Baladeya president Mahmoud Al-Shami still hopes that his side's Egyptian League game against Ahli on Monday will be played in Mahalla.The Egyptian Football Association (EFA) announced on Saturday that the game has been switched to Tanta due to security concerns.Al-Shami believes there is no n

Mahalla set to ask for Zamalek postponement

dailystaregypt.com     Apr 14, 2008    1 related    Send to a friend

CAIRO: Ghazl Al-Mahalla will ask the Egyptian Football Association (EFA) to postpone Zamalek match scheduled for next Thursday until they could host their games back in Mahalla.Ghazl Al-Mahalla are playing their games in Tanta now after last week’s demonstrations that took the city by storm. "We wil

Changes to Blog Layout

calculatedrisk.blogspot.com     Apr 10, 2008    Send to a friend

By request, I'm making a few changes to the blog layout. The first one is the "read more" for longer posts. Right now the "read more" shows up on all old post, but doesn't go anywhere. Tanta and I will start formatting the new posts to use the read more feature. That is...

Brotherhood holds protests in Egypt

aljazeera.net     Apr 4, 2008    21 related    Send to a friend

Police hold nine people as demonstrations over local poll restrictions get under way. ... Hundreds of Muslim Brotherhood members have demonstrated across northern Egypt, accusing the government of preventing them from participating in forthcoming local elections. Nine...

krugman::Paul Krugman::The golden age (of mixed metaphors)

nytimes.com     Mar 17, 2008    32 related    Send to a friend

Tanta at Calculated Risk, keeper of the MMI (muddled metaphor index), has a lot of work to do. As of this morning, I've learned that Ben Bernanke is playing whack-a-mole as he tries to put his finger in the dike while sailing in uncharted waters. Sounds painful.