
The Anglo-Zanzibar War was fought between the United Kingdom and Zanzibar on 27 August 1896. The conflict lasted around 40 minutes and is the shortest war in recorded history
The Beagletonian School of Philosophy is definitely porch-oriented, as with the Ionians, theorizing to dizzyingly complex degrees and sipping mint juleps without the crushed ice, crushed mint, or syrup.
The latest koan to get the tattered toga cynics going was this –
If the pain of living in a Socialist Tyranny is so much that RushLimbo goes back on the stuff, does that mean the Democratic party’s lack of values really does undermine the American character?
- With malice toward none, with charity for all, ...let us strive on to finish the work we are in, ...to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations.
- Abraham Lincoln, Second Inaugural Address, Mar. 4, 1865
Foreign owners of US Treasury Securities (July 2008) | ||
---|---|---|
Nation | billions of dollars | percentage |
Japan | 593.4 | 22.17% |
Mainland China | 518.7 | 19.38% |
United Kingdom | 290.8 | 10.87% |
Oil exporters | 173.9 | 6.50% |
Brazil | 148.4 | 5.54% |
Caribbean banking centers | 133.5 | 4.99% |
Luxembourg | 75.8 | 2.83% |
Russia | 74.1 | 2.77% |
Hong Kong | 60.6 | 2.26% |
Switzerland | 45.1 | 1.69% |
Republic of China (Taiwan) | 42.3 | 1.58% |
Norway | 41.8 | 1.56% |
Germany | 41.1 | 1.54% |
Mexico | 36.0 | 1.35% |
South Korea | 35.3 | 1.32% |
Turkey | 32.4 | 1.21% |
Thailand | 31.8 | 1.19% |
Singapore | 31.4 | 1.17% |
Canada | 26.6 | 0.99% |
Netherlands | 14.9 | 0.56% |
Poland | 13.9 | 0.52% |
Egypt | 13.4 | 0.50% |
Chile | 13.1 | 0.49% |
India | 13.0 | 0.49% |
Sweden | 12.4 | 0.46% |
Belgium | 12.0 | 0.45% |
Ireland | 11.2 | 0.42% |
All other | 139.5 | 5.21% |
Grand Total | 2676.4 |