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		<title>Western Encounters</title>
		<link>http://thethinblackline.wordpress.com/2009/03/21/western-encounters/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2009 15:21:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Telepromptocracy</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2009 17:33:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the beginning, I was stunned about the eloquence. Then, I was even more stunned about my initial naivity. By now, no single public speech without a translucent voice from the off anymore. Why don&#8217;t we elect ghostwriters directly?
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N.b.: Abroad and deprived of scanner and tablet, the thin black line makes do with paper, pencil and a digital camera. Welcome to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thethinblackline.wordpress.com&blog=3270211&post=160&subd=thethinblackline&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Season&#8217;s Greetings!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 11:18:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The fourth and last drawing below concludes this year&#8217;s Christmas Countdown. Which, as you are certainly aware of, coincided by accident with yet another countdown that is due to end in January. Click below to enlarge and see what I am on about.

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		<title>Rescue package!</title>
		<link>http://thethinblackline.wordpress.com/2008/12/14/rescue-package/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Dec 2008 16:08:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The rejection of the bailout plan for the US car industry last Thursday even affected the thin black line. It could have left this cartoon, which I had finished already several days earlier, utterly outdated. Now that the dust has settled, however, it appears more prophetical than ever: Reading the latest news, it seems that Bush is preparing a little surprise gift, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thethinblackline.wordpress.com&blog=3270211&post=139&subd=thethinblackline&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Where to invest?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2008 21:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Forgotten are the financial catastrophes of the last weeks as an almost overlooked market has caught investor interest. Specialized institutions are now starting to offer attractive new products. Rating agencies and regulators talk of the beginning of a Golden Age.
Have you missed the thrilling news about this latest investment trend? Are you on the lookout for alternatives to replace those boring savings and fixed-term deposits? Then this might [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thethinblackline.wordpress.com&blog=3270211&post=128&subd=thethinblackline&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Countdown to Christmas!</title>
		<link>http://thethinblackline.wordpress.com/2008/11/30/countdown-to-christmas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Nov 2008 18:40:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Preparations for the annual gift exchange frenzy have undoubtedly started: Yesterday I spotted the first true Christmas shoppers as they were making their first practice runs down the shopping malls, trying to prove fellow shoppers that the economic downturn has not reached their wallets yet. An exercise they will likely repeat many times during the weeks ahead of us.
As shoppers have started to sharpen their shopping [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thethinblackline.wordpress.com&blog=3270211&post=110&subd=thethinblackline&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Banking crisis</title>
		<link>http://thethinblackline.wordpress.com/2008/11/11/banking-crisis/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 23:18:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just heard thousands of bank employees will be laid off &#8211; horrendous. So here&#8217;s another downside of our good friend, the banking crisis. 
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		<title>Doing business in the financial industry</title>
		<link>http://thethinblackline.wordpress.com/2008/11/09/financial-industry/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Nov 2008 22:50:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[No. The thin black line is not dead. It just took some time off to draw elsewhere. The financial meltdown definitely asked for another post, so I sat down today to use up the last remnants of my pencil.
The financial meltdown causes profound changes in the banking industry, as even your goldfish will be able to tell you. What [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thethinblackline.wordpress.com&blog=3270211&post=69&subd=thethinblackline&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Pole vault</title>
		<link>http://thethinblackline.wordpress.com/2008/08/10/pole-vault/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Aug 2008 22:52:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Olympic Games have begun, and who isn&#8217;t stunned by everything that has been constructed or renovated for these weeks at the several venues. As George W.&#8217;s put it eloquently during his visit to China: &#8220;Spectacular!&#8221;
And yes, these Games are spectacular, as also the following two expats working in China could but agree on. See [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thethinblackline.wordpress.com&blog=3270211&post=59&subd=thethinblackline&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Schilderwald</title>
		<link>http://thethinblackline.wordpress.com/2008/08/05/schilderwald/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 07:43:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The thin black line begrüsst die Ausdünnung des Schilda-Waldes auf deutschen Strassen. Bleibt fraglich, ob die richtigen Schilder gefällt werden. Und ob Deutschland mit ein paar Vorschriften weniger überhaupt handlungsfähig bleibt. Hat jemand Erfahrungsberichte zu ersterem und letzterem?
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