The President’s global conflict-of-interest problems just got a little bit bigger following revelations about the Trump International Golf Club Dubai.
The President’s global conflict-of-interest problems just got a little bit bigger following revelations about the Trump International Golf Club Dubai.
Over the past fifty years, art in the Gulf has witnessed an artistic revolution, starting in Kuwait.
“Because that’s where the money is” – Willie Sutton, when asked why he robbed banks ——————————————————– The New York Times ran a story this past Sunday noting that some U.S. universities that set up operations in Dubai are having trouble attracting enough students. Apparently, the economic downturn there has hit Michigan State and the Rochester […]
1) Greece is at serious risk of total economic collapse—Prime Minister George Papandreou is proposing dramatic spending cuts, and tax hikes on banker’s bonuses, to ease the crisis. 2) Dubai has been bailed out by Abu Dhabi to the tune of $10 billion. 3) From FP: “How we invaded Afghanistan” (the Russians) 4) The New […]
The banks thst lent about $40 billion to the state-owned corporation Dubai World must have figured, “Okay Dubai doesn’t have oil, but it’s part of a larger oil country (United Arab Emirates), and it’s in an oil region, and so they’re good for the money.” Apparently, no one thought that an enterprise based on ridiculously over-priced real […]