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How to engineer an Anglo-Russian rapprochement
Arrange a meeting at a summit. Prior to the meeting, ensure government officials drop reassuring hints about the need to improve relations: Russia now poses its biggest threat to Britain since the Cold War, according to security sources. MI5 fears that Britain has been swamped with spies since the breakdown of relations over the tit-for-tat…
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links for 2008-07-07
Aspenitis “It’s a place where wealthy people talk unironically about the problems of the world, while lobbying frantically to ensure that they stay several thousand miles away.” (tags: Aspen wealth) Swimming Lessons for Journalists | MediaShift Idea Lab journalists need to start leaping en masse from the sinking ship of the newsroom and start working…
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Open Justice
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The secret of great talk radio
Rush Limbaugh, the Beethoven of American talk radio, explains his success in the NYT: “Do you know what bought me all this?” [Limbaugh] asked, waving his hand in the general direction of his prosperity. “Not my political ideas. Conservatism didn’t buy this house. First and foremost I’m a businessman. My first goal is to attract…