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| The Violence Card |
 EVER since the culture wars of
the 1980s, Americans have been
familiar with "the race card" -
an epithet used to discredit real
and imagined cries of racism.
Less familiar, however, is an equally
cynical rhetorical tactic that I call "the
violence card."
Here's how it works. When confronted
with an instance of racially charged
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| NOT ENOUGH
INFLATION |
 AFEW days ago, Alan
Greenspan, the former
chairman of the Federal
Reserve, spoke out in
defence of his successor.
Attacks on Ben Bernanke by
Republicans, he told The
Financial Times, are "wholly
inappropriate and destructive."
He's right about that - which
makes this one of the very few
things the ex-maestro has
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Binay move no big deal for Palace
AGENCIES
MANILA Vice-President Jejomar Binay’s formation of a senatorial slate under the United Nationalist Alliance banner shouldn’t affect the Aquino administration’s working relationship with the country’s second highest executive, Malacañang said on Saturday.
“It is a widely known fact that President Aquino and Vice President Binay belong to different political parties,” deputy presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte said in a text message to the Inquirer on Saturday afternoon.
“It should not get in the way of governance,” she added.
Valte made the remarks in response to a question on whether the Aquino administration would continue supporting Binay even when the latter’s political plans are proving to be separate from those of President Aquino’s ruling Liberal Party.
A member of the Aquino administration despite belonging to another party, Binay is the chair of the Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council. He is also the Presidential Adviser on Overseas Filipino Workers’ Affairs.
Apart from forming a senatorial slate, Binay has also made known his presidential ambition and is expected to run for the presidency in 2016.
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