Julian Assange extradited to Sweden

Image via WikipediaNow why I am not surprised...?

"WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who rocked the U.S. government by publishing thousands of secret diplomatic memos, must be extradited to Sweden to face sex crimes allegations, a British judge ruled on Thursday."

This story link from Reuters


UK court agrees Assange extradition to Sweden

Restaurant Prohibition a Paris

"Dans les années 20, époque où l'alcool était interdit aux États-Unis, quelques bars résistaient discrètement, planqués en sous-sol ou accessibles par des entrées secrètes. On y buvait des cocktails généreusement arrosés et on s'y encanaillait sans vergogne. Le restaurant Le 1er reprend les codes de la Prohibition en proposant dans sa cachette perchée un menu extravagant, où l'alcool côtoie sans pudeur les plats les plus raffinés. Et dans votre tarte, whisky ou pastis ? "

From My Little Paris

Voir Le resto de la Prohibition

Menu de la prohibition à 26€
Restaurant le 1er, 47 rue Saint-Honoré, 75 001 Paris
Code porte : 1933, premier étage
Ouvert du mardi au samedi en soirée seulement, lieu privatisable
Réservation indispensable : 01 44 76 03 38 

Youth Demographics are the Key to the Dictator Revolutions

"Uganda’s population has grown from 15m in 1986 to 32m today, half under 16 years old. Youth unemployment is 80%."

From The Economist blog Baobab writing about President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda's 25th anniversary of power under the title of Rambo's 25th anniversary.

Any country with youth demographic statistics such as these and youth unemployment levels at similar levels needs to watch out.

Bubblology and the Australian Housing Market.

Under the wonderful heading

Our bubble's bigger than their bubble (free sign up required to view).

Steve Keen writes in the (Australian) Business Spectator

"The Australian housing bubble is categorically larger than the USA's, though in standard bubblology talk, the main reason that it is – that it was driven by far more than pure speculation on prices – is touted as one of the reasons that "Australia is different" and a crash won't happen here.

It’s the sort of youthful hope that keeps many investors sleeping soundly underneath the Southern Cross. But this ‘logic’ is a better fit for astrologers – those other chartists – than property market forecasters."

The Death of the Music Industry

For once I have not attempted to re-write the heading as this one from SAI Business Insider just says it all.

Article The Death of the Music Industry