Saturday, August 21, 2004



Over the years, bloggers could have made more money working minimum-wage jobs and become part of the elitist ‘ownership society'. However, we do it for the love of it. Evil vs. Evil: From Bad to Worse

Invisible Hands & Markets: Get Rick Quick in Iraq.
@ least $8.8 billion in Iraqi funds given to Iraqi ministries by the former US-led authority there cannot be accounted for, according to a draft US audit set for release soon.
The exact methodologies of the thefts was inventive and varied, forming a veritable encyclopedia of third-world graft, diverted funding and government fraud. The specific schemes mentioned in the article involved padded payroll; often thousands of salaries would be on the books but only a few hundred workers actually existed.

US audit cites lax 'stewardship'
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