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[Spontaneous Monotony] A call to all P2P users As of late the MPAA’s and RIAA’s of the world are claiming that we are denying them their justly earned money and are...

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[Moon of Alabama] 10 Years of Chirac ...: Companies started creating a less protected sector in parallel to their core employment: all new hires would be temporary or otherwise unprotected (internships, foreign subsidiaries under different rules) and these would bear the brunt of any downturn when these would come. So, contrary to all beliefs, the French economy is not less flexible than others, but the flexibility is borne by a much smaller portion of the overall working population, basically the young (who take years to get a "real" job"), the old (who were encouraged to leave early, in the best case for an early retirement, in the worst case, for irreversible layoffs) and other more vulnerable populations like immigrants or women. Meanwhile, the "core", still heavily  protected, sees what happens to those that drop out, to their kids or parents, and they fight even harder to keep what they have (especially if they have to care for less lucky members of their family) - creating that impression of overall rigidity of the economy, making it impossible to find a global solution, and making it painfully obvious to all the the French economy was not functioning on the soundest basis. The fact that the "core" workers are, for a large part, in the public or quasi public sector or in the still-well unionized large companies has made them an attractive target for right wing ideologues.

[Moon of Alabama] Billmon: The Grand Delusion (cont.): hook: Call me unimaginative, citizen, but I find it inconceivable that Strauss could be compared... though they may be, show a thorough and lucid understanding of Machiavelli's project). What

[World O'Crap] World O'Crap: That brings to mind all kinds of wacky possibilities! Anyway, our sources (NBC) indicate that next week there will be an outbreak of pregnancies in the convent, which goes to show you why you shouldn't let your convent be infiltrated by Satanists.

[World O'Crap] World O'Crap: wing foundations designed to turn out college conservatives, isn't really what you'd call a deep... actually called Ann a "girl," it does show that they don't know much about her. The truth...: "How can you call yourself a Christian since Jesus said 'Blessed are the Peacemakers'?" Ann looked

[It's just me....] Just Did It!: about the letter and once she got it, wat else she cud do other than to call me into her office... the middle part of the show. She sounded more self-centred than before. She sounded more worried about who

[Blog from Italy] Italian humour: Now, I'm not 100% sure, but I reckon the old Carry-on films would have gone down rather well here. I found this type of Italian comedy a bit dull, mainly because I'd seen it all before and this made the gags seem out of date and unsophisticated. It was not really what I would call 'intelligent humour' and after seeing the likes of Ben Elton, it seemed a little weak and highly unoriginal. Maybe, it was the language problem, but when those around me, Italians, were howling with laughter, I would be left wondering what was so funny, even when I did manage to understand the joke.

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