Friday, July 01, 2011

Gates of Vienna News Feed 7/1/2011

Gates of Vienna News Feed 7/1/2011The stock market rallied all week long, and closed the week up more than 5%, thereby erasing all its losses in June. Analysts believe that yesterday’s vote in the Greek parliament, which imposed new austerity measures and thus cleared the way for a new tranche of bailout money, was at least partially responsible for the renewed confidence of American investors.

In other news, it seems that the late Osama bin Laden has become a significant folk hero in certain culturally enriched parts of Sydney, Australia.

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Thanks to C. Cantoni, Fjordman, Insubria, JD, Nilk, RE, and all the other tipsters who sent these in.

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1 comments:

Anonymous said...

Re: Libya: Gaddafi Calls Up Shamans Against Rebels...

Maybe the West should re-think giving Qaddafi the boot.

After all, what despot anywhere in the world is more entertaining than this Libyan looney toon??

Well, at least once you get over all the murder & whatnot..