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<!--Generated by Squarespace Site Server v5.9.1 (http://www.squarespace.com/) on Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:59:11 GMT--><?xml-stylesheet type="text/css" href="/universal/styles/feed.css"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Journal - Comments</title><link>http://analystblues.com/journal/</link><description></description><copyright></copyright><language>en-US</language><generator>Squarespace Site Server v5.9.1 (http://www.squarespace.com/)</generator><item><title>ABP Analyst comments on US Becoming Command Economy to Compete with Command Economies</title><author>ABP Analyst</author><pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 02:07:09 +0000</pubDate><link>http://analystblues.com/journal/2008/10/14/us-becoming-command-economy-to-compete-with-command-economie.html#comments</link><guid isPermaLink="false">278984:2824227:comment/6515494</guid><description><![CDATA[<p>Bank of America has announced a specific pay-back plan projecting satisfaction of its TARP fund debt to the U.S. Government. That puts some life back into the private economy theme.</p>]]></description></item><item><title>ABP Analyst comments on Big Picture: Resolving Afghanistan-Pakistan</title><author>ABP Analyst</author><pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 22:04:24 +0000</pubDate><link>http://analystblues.com/journal/2009/5/12/big-picture-resolving-afghanistan-pakistan.html#comments</link><guid isPermaLink="false">278984:2824227:comment/4860986</guid><description><![CDATA[<p>The Uigher uprising in the Xinjiang Province illumines what is at stake for the Chinese in Afghanistan and Pakistan, as noted in the principal bluepaper.</p>]]></description></item><item><title>ABP Analyst comments on Updated: Swine Influenza &amp; Recent Assessments of US Bio-Preparedness Priorities</title><author>ABP Analyst</author><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 14:17:28 +0000</pubDate><link>http://analystblues.com/journal/2009/4/27/updated-swine-influenza-recent-assessments-of-us-bio-prepare.html#comments</link><guid isPermaLink="false">278984:2824227:comment/4492872</guid><description><![CDATA[<p>Novartis reports vaccine production.</p>]]></description></item><item><title>ABP Analyst comments on Big Picture: Resolving Afghanistan-Pakistan</title><author>ABP Analyst</author><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 14:08:09 +0000</pubDate><link>http://analystblues.com/journal/2009/5/12/big-picture-resolving-afghanistan-pakistan.html#comments</link><guid isPermaLink="false">278984:2824227:comment/4492826</guid><description><![CDATA[<p>Reuters reports the highest level of Afghan violence since 2001 today. It follows US troop influx. 10,000 marines have landed and are engaging insurgents. This is the same historical trend seen in colonial occupations in which there is a significant resistance to the occupier, and the occupiers are over-extended. In time, the locals know it will become too expensive.</p><p>Revisit the regional containment, investment and policing model, and you have interested nations with direct supply lines investing in their own secure borders.</p>]]></description></item><item><title>ABP Editor comments on US Becoming Command Economy to Compete with Command Economies</title><author>ABP Editor</author><pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2008 15:41:45 +0000</pubDate><link>http://analystblues.com/journal/2008/10/14/us-becoming-command-economy-to-compete-with-command-economie.html#comments</link><guid isPermaLink="false">278984:2824227:comment/2477549</guid><description><![CDATA[<p>By way of update; the Treasury Department has since rejected the bad paper purchases. Whether that rejection will hold, who knows. The preferred method of handling the crisis is direct investment in bank stock.</p>]]></description></item></channel></rss>