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2008-05-04 Britain

Mexican billionaire builds stake UK's Independent

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Posted by lotp 2008-05-04 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 That little issue can be solved by annexing Mexico. Puerto Rico is doing OK by it. [If we start talking that way, I suspect the ruling class in Mexico City might just begin looking at Cause>Effect and adjust behaviors]

Posted by Procopius2k 2008-05-04 08:43|| 2008-05-04 08:43|| Front Page Top

#2 A fight over The Independent between a Mexican pool hustler (Carlos Slim?) and some O'Reilly (distant kin to (not Vicente) Fox's Bill?) guy who used to run Heinz (as in Kerry's wife's money?) - what a combination of names for a pulp detective novel.

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2008-05-04 10:33|| 2008-05-04 10:33|| Front Page Top

#3 Irish artillerymen in the Mexican War.

Posted by George Smiley 2008-05-04 10:49|| 2008-05-04 10:49|| Front Page Top

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