The West is too used to getting oil for cheap (sometimes at a gunpoint.) The true price of oil is not reflected in the price an average user pays at a petrol pump. At around $3/gallon (less than $1/liter), oil is cheaper than coke in the US. No doubt US is intoxicated with oil. The [...]
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Mid-East revolutions force oil prices to a fairer value
Posted in Business, History, Mosque, west, tagged crude, oil on February 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Crunch comes to Washington
Posted in Business, west, tagged usa on February 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Can I feel happy that I predicted the crunch in the US six months ago? It happened sooner than I expected. By the way, protectionism is not going to save US economy in the long term because of some systemic faults. The crisis in Europe is going to go back to the US in two [...]
About: Al Jazeera English in the US
Posted in Blogroll, hypocrisy, Investigation, west, tagged aljazeera, usa on February 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
If you know any related articles, please share. Al Jazeera English gains cachet in U.S. during Egypt rallies Mubarak’s Fall Prompts Double Takes by Anchors Al Jazeera English Blacked Out Across Most Of U.S. Al Jazeera gains popularity during uprising Egypt coverage gives Al Jazeera surge in US viewers UPDATE: Here is a collection by [...]
HP G62-347NR and Ubuntu
Posted in Reviews, tagged AMD, HP, laptop, linux laptop, ubuntu on February 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I tried a new HP laptop G62-347 NR, which features an AMD Athlon 2.2 GHz 64bit dual core processor with Ubuntu. My impressions of both the laptop and it’s compatibility with Ubuntu are positive. The keyboard is a bit awkward. Usually the ‘Ctrl’ key is at the bottom left. Here it’s left but one. Gets [...]
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