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Friday, July 1, 2011
War by Numbers
America's bills for policing the world:
$3.7 trillion
The minimum total cost of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, according to Costs of War
$4.4 trillion
The maximum total cost of the wars, according to Costs of War
$1.4 trillion
Congress' estimated cost of the wars through the end of 2012, according to the Congressional Research Service
$2.7 trillion
Total spending in Afghanistan alone since the September 11 attacks, according to Costs of War
$934 billion
High-end estimate of veterans benefits costs through 2050
$453 billion
Projected war-related spending between 2012 and 2050
$185 billion
Estimated cost of interest payments for money borrowed to fight these wars
4,466
Number of American troops who have died in Iraq
1,534
Number of American troops who have died in Afghanistan
125,000
Costs of War's estimate of civilian deaths in Iraq
7.8 million
Number of people who have been displaced by the conflicts, which is "equal to the combined population of Connecticut and Kentucky," according to Merco Press
33,000
Number of troops Obama plans to withdraw by Election Day 2012
Nearly 70,000
Number of troops who will remain
$3.7 trillion
The minimum total cost of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, according to Costs of War
$4.4 trillion
The maximum total cost of the wars, according to Costs of War
$1.4 trillion
Congress' estimated cost of the wars through the end of 2012, according to the Congressional Research Service
$2.7 trillion
Total spending in Afghanistan alone since the September 11 attacks, according to Costs of War
$934 billion
High-end estimate of veterans benefits costs through 2050
$453 billion
Projected war-related spending between 2012 and 2050
$185 billion
Estimated cost of interest payments for money borrowed to fight these wars
4,466
Number of American troops who have died in Iraq
1,534
Number of American troops who have died in Afghanistan
125,000
Costs of War's estimate of civilian deaths in Iraq
7.8 million
Number of people who have been displaced by the conflicts, which is "equal to the combined population of Connecticut and Kentucky," according to Merco Press
33,000
Number of troops Obama plans to withdraw by Election Day 2012
Nearly 70,000
Number of troops who will remain
Made For Each Other
I'm not sure whom I feel more sorry for. Neither, I guess- they will get on fine as they both sound as obnoxious as each other. I if this is for real? A mother to her future m-i-l, and not for the faint hearted...
There is also some more on this at TTel.
It is high time someone explained to you about good manners. Yours are obvious by their absence and I feel sorry for you.
Unfortunately for Freddie, he has fallen in love with you and Freddie being Freddie, I gather it is not easy to reason with him or yet encourage him to consider how he might be able to help you. It may just be possible to get through to you though. I do hope so.
If you want to be accepted by the wider Bourne family I suggest you take some guidance from experts with utmost haste. There are plenty of finishing schools around.
Please, for your own good, for Freddie’s sake and for your future involvement with the Bourne family, do something as soon as possible.
Here are a few examples of your lack of manners:I understand your parents are unable to contribute very much towards the cost of your wedding. (There is nothing wrong with that except that convention is such that one might presume they would have saved over the years for their daughters’ marriages.)
- When you are a guest in another’s house, you do not declare what you will and will not eat – unless you are positively allergic to something. You do not remark that you do not have enough food. You do not start before everyone else. You do not take additional helpings without being invited to by your host.
- When a guest in another’s house, you do not lie in bed until late morning in households that rise early – you fall in line with house norms.
- You should never ever insult the family you are about to join at any time and most definitely not in public. I gather you passed this off as a joke but the reaction in the pub was one of shock, not laughter.
- You should have hand-written a card to me. You have never written to thank me when you have stayed.
- You regularly draw attention to yourself. Perhaps you should ask yourself why.
- No one gets married in a castle unless they own it. It is brash, celebrity style behaviour.
If this is the case, it would be most ladylike and gracious to lower your sights and have a modest wedding as befits both your incomes.
There is also some more on this at TTel.
Cuba to Buy and Sell
The authorities in Cuba have released more details of their plans to allow people to buy and sell their cars and homes for the first time in 50 years.
The new laws will open up a private property market and enable Cubans to buy any car they can afford.
Private property has been severely restricted on the Communist-run island since the revolution in 1959.
The proposed laws, which still have to be passed by parliament, are part of a shake-up of Cuba's struggling economy.
Communist Party newspaper Granma published details of the plans for the new laws, which it said had been discussed in a recent meeting of top government officials.
Under the proposed laws, which are expected to be passed by parliament by the end of the year, Cubans will be allowed to sell their home for money.
The new laws will open up a private property market and enable Cubans to buy any car they can afford.
Private property has been severely restricted on the Communist-run island since the revolution in 1959.
The proposed laws, which still have to be passed by parliament, are part of a shake-up of Cuba's struggling economy.
Communist Party newspaper Granma published details of the plans for the new laws, which it said had been discussed in a recent meeting of top government officials.
Under the proposed laws, which are expected to be passed by parliament by the end of the year, Cubans will be allowed to sell their home for money.
BBC
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