http://www.politonomist.com ƒ(supply, demand) Tue, 08 Nov 2011 08:09:30 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Tensions have mounted between Egypt and Israel over the deaths of five Egyptian security officers by an Israeli warplane. While Egypt has not announced that it is recalling its ambassador to Israel, the possibility remains despite a rare statement from the Israeli government expressing regret for the incident. It ... http://www.politonomist.com/tensions-mount-between-egypt-and-israel-002698/ This seems to be the year for war crime probes, arrests and trials. From South America to Africa in the last few weeks and months there have been a slew of high profile arrests. gIn Guatemala former general Hector Mario Lopez Fuentes has been charged with ordering the killing of ... http://www.politonomist.com/wave-of-war-crime-arrests-002669/ Norway has been torn apart as two tragic events occur within hours of each other. A bomb exploded in government buildings in Oslo killing at least seven people, while a shooter at a youth camp opened fire, killing at least 85. 30 more were injured in each attack. The official ... http://www.politonomist.com/norway-attacked-in-worst-violence-since-wwii-002655/ While it seems like there is little talk about Democratic candidates for the 2012 presidential election in the United States, there is an outpouring of potential and declared candidates for the Republican primary. The following is an overview of each candidate’s policies, status and a prediction on their success. Name: ... http://www.politonomist.com/gop-presidential-nomination-2012-candidates-002639/ The Canadian Pension Plan is one of the sacred cows of Canadian politics and identity. It was designed with the idea in mind that no person would ever have to live in poverty, while ensuring that the government would not have to completely foot the bill. Essentially it’s a savings ... http://www.politonomist.com/cpp-a-ponzi-scheme-002592/ There has been a slow movement to curtail the purchase of marijuana in the Netherlands over recent months, and this may have a resounding impact on the economy and population. The perception has been that pot is legal in the Netherlands, and that has generated a significant amount of international ... http://www.politonomist.com/netherlands-curbing-marijuana-use-002519/ The ‘War on Drugs’ has been declared lost by the Global Commission on Drug Policy. The organization released a report title “On Drugs” in June 2011 outlining the failures of the War on Drugs and the UN Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961.The War on Drugs has created harmful, yet ... http://www.politonomist.com/war-on-drugs-has-been-lost-002582/ John Edwards, the once promising former Democratic presidential and vice-presidential candidate in the United States, has been indicted today on six counts including conspiracy to hide his pregnant mistress with campaign funds. The investigation has been going on since 2009. Edwards used the funds to pay for her medical and ... http://www.politonomist.com/team-edwards-denial-denial-denial-002576/ Before one can decide whether or not making certain drugs illegal is an appropriate course of action, one must consider the principle question behind it: can government tell citizens what they can and cannot do as long as their actions do not impinge on the rights of other citizens? On ... http://www.politonomist.com/the-philosophical-argument-against-prohibition-002554/ The Canadian government has been experimenting with different laws prohibiting drugs since 1908. As more drugs came to the attention of authorities, laws were modified to deal with their impact, real and imagined, on Canadian society. While at first there were laws on specific types of drugs such as opium, ... http://www.politonomist.com/history-of-drug-prohibition-in-canada-002550/ The Industrial Revolution was a period of great invention, innovation and change. However, the real revolution did not occur in industry – that was more of an evolution of technology and procedure and the way that business is conducted. The revolution occurred in the way that people live their everyday ... http://www.politonomist.com/was-the-industrial-revolution-necessary-002528/ The economic downturn has transformed the Internet to a place of financial risk: from "businesspeople" promising methods to make money to people preying on those who can least afford it with unfavorable debt consolidation offers. This week the FTC announced a number of movements to attack the rebilling industry with ... http://www.politonomist.com/ftc-cracks-down-on-rebills-002401/ Fulfilling the campaign promise that probably won Barack Obama the state of Florida, the White House announced on April 13th that the United States would be relaxing the economic restraints on interaction with Cuba. While Obama has only been president for three months, the embargo that he is ending has ... http://www.politonomist.com/barack-obama-to-end-el-bloqueo-002368/ The idea of pirates today is generally nothing more than the whim of a child. In Somalia, however, the past four years have seen a revival of this once illustrious lifestyle. As conditions in the country worsen due to civil war and all out chaos, more people seem to be ... http://www.politonomist.com/somalian-pirates-of-the-gulf-002364/ The month of March 2009 saw the loss of 61,300 full-time jobs according to Statistics Canada, increasing the Canadian unemployment rate by 0.3 percent — raising the figure to 8 percent, a 7-year high for the country. Similar trends were seen throughout February and March in the United States and ... http://www.politonomist.com/canadian-unemployment-highest-in-7-years-002356/