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Dear Pat, > Fact check about the French retirement rate. The "They retire at > 60, poor widdle fingies" meme that's been blatted all over Fox > News etc is apparently not the age of full retirement. That's 65 > like everybody else and is about to go up to 67, like everybody > else. 60 is the age of ...

25-Sep-10 News -- Japan kowtows to China over trawler captain Sarkozy declares victory over striking labor unions ** 25-Sep-10 News -- Japan kowtows to China over trawler captain ** http://www.generationaldynamics.com/cgi-bin/D.PL?xct=gd.e100925#e100925 Contents: "Japan kowtows to China over arrest ...

24-Sep-10 News -- UN meets to discuss surging food prices Wheat prices have risen by 60% in the last 12 months. ** 24-Sep-10 News -- UN meets to discuss surging food prices ** http://www.generationaldynamics.com/cgi-bin/D.PL?xct=gd.e100924#e100924 Contents: "United Nations schedules emergency meetin...

Hi John, Re: The article about Hamas. This happened in Gaza, not the West Bank. As a child growing up in the 60's, reading the Jewish newspapers, one thing is always "forgotten" about these Arabs. They murder their peacemakers, they've been doing it for over 60 years. No wonder the only people left...

Dear Raymonde, > boqueronman and ridgel (2nd paragraph): I couldn't agree more! > I'm sorry to say that John doesn't have a clue about the > "unreasonable" growth of the muslim immigration in Europe over the > past 20 years. We have had immigration before, for example in > France: Polish people in t...

23-Sep-10 News -- France raises alert level for al-Qaeda terrorism China makes stronger retaliation threats to Japan for arrest of fishing captain ** 23-Sep-10 News -- France raises alert level for al-Qaeda terrorism ** http://www.generationaldynamics.com/cgi-bin/D.PL?xct=gd.e100923#e100923 Contents...

... Given that a derivative is a real liability for one party and an equal asset for another, there is no real net wealth produced when the price changes. It is just transferring wealth from one party to another. ... The wealth is "created or destroyed" as the derivative fluctuates between it's not...

Here's the definition that I'm using: > xen·o·pho·bi·a [zen-uh-foh-bee-uh, zee-nuh-] –noun an unreasonable > fear or hatred of foreigners or strangers or of that which is > foreign or strange. > http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/xenophobia This definition carries exactly the meaning that I want...

22-Sep-10 News -- More on xenophobia in Europe All sides prepare for collapse of Mideast peace talks ** 22-Sep-10 News -- More on xenophobia in Europe ** http://www.generationaldynamics.com/cgi-bin/D.PL?xct=gd.e100922#e100922 Contents: "More on xenophobia in Europe" "All sides prepare for collapse o...

John, You may be interested in reading the following article title, "Seven More Years of Hard Times?" at http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/shiller73/English This is by the renowned Robert Schiller of Yale, who apparently is not familiar with "The Fourth Turning" or Generational Dynamics. ...