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Wednesday Morning Spice
12 Apr 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
Playboy creates post-MeToo brand, China gears up for war, Russian volcano erupts, Neo-Nazi fat shaming, and The 45 best shows on Netflix right now
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Tuesday Morning Spice
28 Jul 2020 by Kiernan / No Comments
IMF approves massive SA loan. Sinaloa Cartel hacked by police. How Trump could still win. Lewis Hamilton not anti-vaxxer. Distraught Kim K.
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Greece Bailout Rally Video Shows Massive Scale Of Support [Video]
01 Jul 2015 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Things are really heating up in Greece as criticism of prime minister Alexis Tsipras becomes more vocal. There might be a glimmer of hope however.
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Crazed Topless Women Attack Strauss-Kahn Car Outside Court [Video]
11 Feb 2015 by Kiernan / 1 Comment
It seems the tables have been turned on Dominic Strauss-Khan as topless women are now attacking him outside the court where he is standing trial. Makes a nice change from the other way around.
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BRICS Nations Give The Middle Finger To The World Bank – Plan To Start New Development Bank
27 Mar 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The Brics nations of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa are aiming to establish a new development bank during the annual conference which began yesterday in Durban. The leaders of each of the five developing countries will discuss bringing together foreign currency reserves to ward off balance of payments or currency crises. Martyn Davies, […]
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Head Of International Monetary Fund Doesn’t Pay Tax On Her Salary
30 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Remember that Dylan lyric: “Steal a little and they throw you in jail/Steal a lot and they make you king”? That’s kind of how I feel when I read that Christine Lagarde, the head of the International Monetary Fund, earns a R4,6m salary annually – without paying tax on it. This is the very same person who very recently attacked the Greeks for failing to pay their taxes.
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Dominique Strauss-Kahn Invokes “Absolute Immunity,” In Civil Suit
30 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Dominique Strauss-Kahn, recently charged for involvement in a prostitution ring, is also being accused of raping a hotel housekeeper – and since he seems to be losing that whole prostitution thing, he’s had his lawyers try to dismiss the case because his former position as head of the International Monetary Fund gives him “absolute immunity.”
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Dominique Strauss-Kahn Being Questioned In French Prostitution Inquiry
21 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Dominique Strauss-Kahn, that former head of the IMF who totally didn’t rape anybody, is being questioned by French police as a suspect in a prostitution ring inquiry, a prosecutor says. The man who was probably going to be the next president of France could be held for up to 48 hours.
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Meltdown On The Med – A Summation Of Greece’s Economic Pickle
22 Jun 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The economic dilemma facing Greece and and the European Union is reaching a head as Greece threatens to default on its debt to the European Union. The outcome of the crisis, whether positive or negative, will have a substantial effect on the health of the global economy. So it’s an important issue. And yet, discussion […]
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The Economist Punts Trevor Manuel As IMF Successor
23 May 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
What with IMF boss Dominique Strauss-Kahn jailed on sex assault charges, there’s speculation about who’ll be replacing him. Calls from non-European countries to instate a non-European head have become increasingly vocal, especially after French Strauss-Kahn’s shenanigans – so it’s interesting that The Economist looked to Trevor Manuel, among others, as a potential succcessor.
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