Almighty Dollar

On China, Canada needs to regain its self-respect

Edit Toronto Sun 06 Jun 2016

OTTAWA - China must think Canada is some kind of North American doormat ... Wang, though, wagged his finger at the reporter, saying she was showing “arrogance” and “prejudice” against China for just asking the question ... Connolly is, indeed, a professional with a thick skin, but Dion missed the point ... Baloney ... Dion, last week, only reinforced the perception that Canada will cave to China for the almighty dollar ... ....

Trudeau expresses 'dissatisfaction' with China after Canadian reporter berated

Edit Toronto Sun 03 Jun 2016

Trudeau said freedom of the press is very important to him, noting that asking tough questions is a key part of the media's role ... Trudeau is also travelling to Beijing for the next G20 summit later this year ... Harper struck a frosty note with the Chinese in 2006 when he said he would not back away from criticizing their human rights record, or sell out Canada's values for the sake of the "almighty dollar."....

Kyle Sandilands, 44, proves he hasn't changed a bit as he boasts about making the ...

Edit The Daily Mail 01 Jun 2016

While some people might think that success changed Australia's Kyle Sandilands, it appears that the 44-year-old shock jock has always worshiped the almighty dollar ... ....

Poll: Are you for or against November night Penn State games at Beaver Stadium?

Edit Penn Live 24 May 2016

It's a well-worn fallacy that the Big Ten ever had a rule against November football games at night. In fact, it happened as early as the 2000s; Iowa played a night game at Minnesota in 2008, though that was inside at the Metrodome. It just rarely happened because, well, I assume common sense overruled the almighty dollar ... That, unfortunately, does not include the fans in the discussion ... kick on Nov ... 1, 1986; and at Pittsburgh on Nov ... 15 ... 7....

Armenians in the Crosshairs

Edit Dissident Voice 24 May 2016

... as part of Armenia, Azerbaijan has feverishly countered this growing momentum by sinking millions of dollars (not unlike Turkey’s Erdogan) on a major publicity campaign using Western MSM to effectively demonize the Armenians as the heavies ... And what’s disturbing is that truth has once again been largely lost and obscured by the almighty dollar....

Talks on direct currency transaction between Ghana and China expected

Edit China Daily 21 May 2016

ACCRA - The Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Abdul Nasiru Isahaku, has confirmed moves by Ghana and China to trade their national currencies ... "But we actually used physical cash, dollars to get this renminbi but this structure that is being proposed by China is direct cedi to yuan transaction without going through a third party, almighty dollar ... ....

GOP stuck in stupidity and denial

Edit The Salt Lake Tribune 18 May 2016

My break with the Republican party came in the mid-80s after studying the annual congressional scorecard published by the Humane Society of the United States. It shows how our federal representatives voted on all animal-related bills before Congress ... The reason is because voting for animal welfare would cost money, and they worship the almighty dollar above concern for anything else. The... ....

The Mandibles: A Family, 2029-2047 by Lionel Shriver – a vibrant vision of America in decline

Edit The Guardian 18 May 2016

A super-rich Manhattan family shows its will to survive as the dollar collapses ... The formerly wealthy, who had installed themselves in France, must now go home because the almighty dollar is worth nothing, replaced as the international currency by the “bancor” ... As the dollar collapses, American exceptionalism morphs into general lawlessness and ......

House of Lies to End After Five Seasons

Edit Coming Soon 17 May 2016

House of Lies to end after five seasons. On Sunday, June 13th at 9 p.m. ET/PT, our favorite corporate sharks will board their last flight, in grand, historic style, to Havana for the conclusion of the Showtime comedy series House of Lies ... The Legend Continues), Donis Leonard Jr ... RELATED ... global domination ... in their constant quest for the almighty dollar, how much is enough? How much money buys happiness and at what cost? ... laws ... ....

In from the cold: Iran x Cuba – review

Edit The Guardian 10 May 2016

Playful seriousness abounds in this exhibition at New York’s Rogue Space gallery. Holy Cow. The title of Allahyar Najafi’s painting captures the playful seriousness that abounds in IRAN X CUBA. Beyond the Headline ... From a crook in the cow’s form stares a bald eagle, once-secular American iconography now as sanctified as the almighty dollar. Twitter ... There is much for the mind to play with in this work, both in meaning and in process ... ....

How Capitalism Took Over Sports Movies

Edit The Atlantic 08 May 2016

Movies such as Moneyball, Draft Day, and Million Dollar Arm, along with TV shows like Ballers, The Agent, and The League, have recast the principal characters of sports-themed stories ... In their pursuit of the almighty dollar, the GMs and owners of the teams (some of them former NFL players) make every attempt imaginable to discredit Omalu and his research....

Column: Only Trump is trying something different

Edit Detroit news 06 May 2016

There are a lot of analogies to explain how Donald Trump will win the Republican nomination. Perhaps the best is that Trump mounted a Wall Street-style hostile takeover — marshaling the proxy votes of long-ignored shareholders to beat the chairman of the board, in this case the Republican establishment ... Bush in 1988 ... Schools are dysfunctional ... Borders, language, and culture seem to mean nothing as big business chases the almighty dollar....

Kathy Griffin, comedian, also an entrepreneur

Edit Naples Daily News 30 Apr 2016

Yes, I know some of you are thinking. "Seriously? Kathy Griffin is in the business section?". But hold on now. Like anyone who works hard for a paycheck, Griffin is in business ... Well, she admits EVERYTHING more easily than most of us ... Kathy Griffin ... How? Griffin, the proverbially plucky pal, puts herself on the same side of the table as her loyal consumer — a hard-to-achieve goal for anyone in search of the almighty dollar....