Sunday May 27, 2012

High stakes

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Oxfam activists pose as G-8 leaders wearing caricature masks at a poker table in a gambling club in Paris on Tuesday. Leaders from Britain, Canada, the U.S., France, Russia, Germany, Italy and Japan will meet at the G-8 Summit at the Deauville in France on Thursday and Friday. The sign reads: G8 Promises of Aid ...who’s bluffing?

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    marsnairb

    Ha Ha Heads of State,

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    Maria

    Good masks!But who's who? From left to right: dunno, Cameron, Obama, Sarkozy, Berlusconi, Merkel, Kan, dunno. The dunnos are Harper ? and Medvedev I guess, but which is which? Sarkozy looks so dodgy!

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    southsakai

    I'm having a very hard time making out President Obama from these masks

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    southsakai

    I think President Obama is the 3rd from left, only one that seems to have a tan

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    lostrune2

    Maria,

    I think Medvedev is at the far left, so that means Harper is at the far right. Hint hint, maybe.

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    combinibento

    This was boring last year, the year before that, and its boring this year.

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    ihavegreatlegs

    This is the last and final shuttle flight crew. Would be a great idea.

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    Noripinhead

    Merkel's wardrobe is a crackup. Da Party girl.

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    cactusJack

    Why are the cards so dang big?

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    keika1628

    Here's something I do know about . Oxfam have not been able to draw down any money from the European Aid promised since the the last summit. Chief offenders Germany Italy France Britain . No ODA has left the ECB in over a year But the top executives are still paying themselves high salaries.

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    Antonios_M

    Way to go, Berlusconi and Sarcozy! You are the only trendy guys among these people... Is it only me or Medvedev looks like thinking "Where is the Vodka?"....

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    WilliB

    Keika1628:

    " No ODA has left the ECB in over a year But the top executives are still paying themselves high salaries. "

    ... but the ECB has plenty of money to buy up ever more worthless Greek bonds. Political voodooh economics at its finest.

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    MoriNoHogosha

    Protesters will always believe that government figureheads have nothing better to do. Ironically, neither do the protesters apparently.

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    Antonios_M

    but the ECB has plenty of money to buy up ever more worthless Greek bonds. Political voodooh economics at its finest.

    The European Central Bank is buying these worthless Greek bonds in order to help the other European banks to get rid of them. It is more or less acting like a lifeguard in case Greece defaults.

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    Serrano

    How come only Sarkozy gets shades?

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