Author Archives: Mash

Sunita Paul: Plagiarist

Posted on April 3, 2009 by Mash

Sunita Paul is a plagiarist. Sunita Paul is a “journalist” who has recently been publishing a series of sensational articles about Bangladesh. She has caused quite a stir because her articles make extraordinary claims, based on anonymous sources, about the political situation in … Continue reading →

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Cherry Blossoms In Washington DC

Posted on April 1, 2009 by Mash

[Click to see Slideshow] It was a very cloudy morning today in Washington. Even under a blanket of clouds the Cherry Blossoms looked spectacular. Three friends and I, with cameras in hand, spent a wonderful few hours this morning visiting … Continue reading →

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Restructure, Restructure, Restructure

Posted on March 31, 2009 by Mash

The Obama administration has lost patience with General Motors and has demanded that it restructure before it will get any more government help. That seems logical enough. Yet, when both the Obama administration and the Bush administration have given hundreds … Continue reading →

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BDR Massacre Photos Surface On The Internet

Posted on March 25, 2009 by Mash

Photographs purporting to depict the moments before the massacre at BDR Headquarters on February 25th have surfaced on Facebook and a number of Bengali blogs. It is unclear who leaked these photographs and why they were leaked. In one of … Continue reading →

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Joseph Stiglitz: “Robbery Of The American People”

Posted on March 24, 2009 by Mash

Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz does not like the Geithner plan: “The Geithner plan is very badly flawed,” Stiglitz told Reuters in an interview during a Credit Suisse Asian Investment Conference in Hong Kong. U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner’s plan to … Continue reading →

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