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Chicago — Meet Mockba: Russia tops bribe payers list
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‘Tis That Time of the Year…
When snowglobes reappear! (hint:Â Watch for the mermaid and Santa early on) Almost finished with some other projects that have had us burning the candle at both ends and the middle – should be back to regular posting later this week so in the meantime, kickback and have fun with the snowglobe 🙂 – SJS
Sunday With Calvin
…and Skippy, here’s one just for you
An Israeli Tipping Point?
The term tipping point describes a point at which a slow gradual change becomes irreversible and then proceeds with gathering pace. It is derived from the metaphor of a rigid solid object being tilted to a point where it begins to topple. Couple of observations from the region… Iran to launch 1st domestic satellite soon…

