The NY Times has a fascinating video profile of two Pakistani brothers that have a successful business exporting fetsh clothes to the US.
Posts Tagged ‘US’
Pakistani Fetsh Wear
Thursday, May 14th, 2009“How the Crash Will Reshape America”
Wednesday, February 25th, 2009Declining cities, mass transit, velocity, spikiness, creative clusters, incentives, urban geography – this article by Richard Florida covers just about everything we’re interested in at the Seattle Project.
We need another border fence
Saturday, September 27th, 2008
Way To Rub It In
Thursday, July 31st, 2008Judge rules White House aides can be subpoenaed – International Herald Tribune
Bates, who was appointed to the bench by Bush, issued a 93-page opinion that strongly rejected the administration’s legal arguments. He noted that the executive branch could not point to a single case in which courts held that White House aides were immune from congressional subpoenas.
“That simple yet critical fact bears repeating: the asserted absolute immunity claim here is entirely unsupported by existing case law,” Bates wrote.
Nice!
Word
Friday, May 30th, 2008Los Angeles’ carbon footprint is a light one — sort of – Los Angeles Times
“The Mississippi River roughly divides the country into high and low emitters,” it says. “In 2005, all but one of the 10 largest per capita emitters were located east of the Mississippi.”
Proof again of the inherent superiority of the West Coast! =)
Banking Thoughts
Wednesday, April 16th, 2008I just got off the phone with Charles Schwab and I’m got some stuff to say.
First, I was shocked when the person helping me didn’t know how to answer my questions immediately. I had gotten so used to solving my problems within a minute of calling Schwab that I was honestly surprised to hear the woman say, “I don’t know. Let me check with someone here.” It didn’t help that she and her colleagues ended up having to wrestle with the system for almost 30 minutes to delete an automatic transfer, disconnecting me twice while I was on hold. That being said, they solved the problem, were very friendly and helpful, and offered me $100 for my ‘troubles’. Now that’s how to ensure customer satisfaction! (more…)
He’s One of Ours
Sunday, March 23rd, 2008Pakistani Party’s Leader Chooses a Prime Minister – New York Times
The Bush administration has made it clear in strong but indirect ways, lawyers say, that it opposes the restoration of the chief justice because of fears that Mr. Musharraf, already weakened by the overwhelming vote against his party, would be cornered by Mr. Chaudhry.
“He may be a bastard, but he’s our bastard.”
In other Pakistan news, Naked Punch 10, whose editorial I posted earlier here, can now be purchased from the Naked Punch website. I also just uploaded Naked Punch Asia, a magazine produced in Pakistan by Qalandar and other pro-democracy activists. It can be downloaded from the main Naked Punch page.
Sick
Friday, February 29th, 2008“More then 1 in 100 American adults is in prison, report finds” – International Herald Tribune
For the first time in history, more than one in 100 American adults is behind bars, according to a new report.Nationwide, the prison population grew by 25,000 last year, bringing it to almost 1.6 million. An additional 723,000 people are in local jails. The number of American adults is about 230 million, meaning that one in every 99.1 adults is behind bars.
I’m reminded of this scene in Three Kings:
Cynics: Realists you don’t agree with yet
Tuesday, February 26th, 2008
Damn
Monday, February 25th, 2008Man, this is a harrowing story about a company in Afghanistan. Apparently the second part will run next Sunday.
