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• Clementine de Brosses : Jurisprudence en matiere de regulation financiere aux Etats-Unis (affaire Enron) : decision de la Cour Supreme Federale Arthur Andersen LLP v. United States (2005) par Clementine de Brosses

  Clementine de Brosses : Jurisprudence en matiere de regulation financiere aux Etats-Unis (affaire Enron) : decision de la Cour Supreme Federale Arthur Andersen LLP v. United States (2005) par Clementine de Brosses le lundi, janvier 22 2007, 09:24 - Regulation institutionnelle - Lien permanent · arret · Arthur Andersen · audit · Cour Supreme · scandale Enron · securite financiere · transparence Jurisprudence.

• Will 'United States Of Tara' Confirm Diablo Cody's Genius? [Prodigies]

  newVideoPlayer("/tarapre_def.flv", 506, 423,""); Diablo Cody—Patron Saint of Former Strippers Who Did It Just for the Experience but Ultimately Aspired to Something More—is the writer of The United States of Tara, a new Showtime series previewed in the promotional package above. Starring Toni Colette and based on an idea by Steven Spielberg, much is riding on Tara and its tale of an American mom who just happens to suffer from dissociative identity disorder.

• The United States of Fat: A Map of Obesity in the USA

  Fit Nation, a special report at CNN has a map showing how the United States is becoming fatter and fatter over the past twenty years. Notice how good ol’ Mississippi leads the way in obesity (30% of Mississippians are found to be obese!): Link

• Another Sad Indicator of the Declining Power of the United States

  The case: United States v. Approximately 64,695 Pounds of Shark Fins. The winner: the shark fins.

• "On this day in 2003, the United States began Operation Iraqi Freedom."

  "On this day in 2003, the United States began Operation Iraqi Freedom."

• The United States: Not isolationist now, not isolationist then, not isolationist ever

  [The Democratic Party has] been effectively taken over by a small group on the left of the party that is protectionist, isolationist and basically will – and very, very hyperpartisan. So it pains me. -- Joe Lieberman, March 29, 2008 For an American to use the word "isolation" in any form when regarding U.S. foreign relations, it's not just stupid, it's a horrifying insult to the millions around the world that have lost their lives in one way or another to the U.

• Japanese Homewares (That You Can’t Get in the United States)

  Apartment Therapy LA Blog has a neat post about some homewares from Japan (that unfortunately, you can’t get in the United States). This one above, a dining room set called Cube Style, is very cleverly designed for small apartments (as you probably know, space is at a premium in Tokyo) Link

• Passage of the Day: Among Rev. Jeremiah Wright’s ‘Ten Essential Facts about the United States’

  This is from Rolling Stone’s Ben Wallace-Wells (HT No Quarter via Instapundit), in the magazine’s February 22, 2007 issue (original was paragrah-free; paragraphing added by me; links added by me; actual profanity appears in original): The Trinity United Church of Christ (TUCC), the church that Barack Obama attends in Chicago, is at once vast and unprepossessing, a big structure a couple of blocks from the projects.

• New Motto for the United States: “Our Worst Critics Prefer to Stay”

  A couple of months ago, Freakonomics Blog asked its readers to decide a new "6-word motto" for the United States. And the winner was: Our Worst Critics Prefer to Stay Stephen Dubner of Freakonomics wrote: I applaud your choice of winner, and I especially applaud “edholston,” the blog reader who wrote the motto. “Our Worst Critics Prefer to [...]

• The Most Polluted Cities in the United States

  Yay for Los Angeles! The City of Angels no longer holds the dubious title of the Sootiest City in the United States. That honor is now held by Pittsburgh (though LA is still the most polluted other measures). The American Lung Association’s State of The Air 2008 report ranked metropolitan areas according to their ozone, year [...]