Causes of the third wave of democratisation in the diverse Latin America
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In the period between 1974 and 1991 the world witnessed an unprecedented wave of democratization. A substantial number of countries left behind authoritarian regimes and embraced democracy. This process that began with the overthrown of the dictator...
Top 10 Tips For European Tours
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If you're traveling to Europe with a European tours company, there are a few tips you should know. European tours are highly recommended, as every 'i' is dotted and every 't' is crossed for you; all you have to do is show up and enjoy the trip. A Eur...
Stocks Fall Lower As The ECB Becomes The Monetary And Fiscal Backbone Of A Federal Europe Through LTRO And Bond Purchases
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Financial Market Report For Friday April 13, 2012; Second Great Depression Weekly Report Number 1 1) … Stocks Fall Lower As The Spain CDS Continues On Track For Record Close Tyler Durden writes “Spanish CDS, at 493bps, have just pushed ab...
What is Joan Burton up to?
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What is the Minister for Social Protection, Labour’s Joan Burton, up to? First she complains loudly about Fine Gael Minister for the Environment Phil Hogan meeting Michael Lowry after the Moriarty report and a photo of taken at the NYSE involvi...
Prussia after German unification vs Germany after European unification
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A historical comparison - contrast exercise: Is Germany afraid re European (political) unification of the same/similar thing that happened to Prussia after a few decades of the German unification in the 1870s? Addition (15/4/2012): In other words,...
Freedom for Sannikau
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ANDREI SANNIKAU (Sannikov in Russian transcription), the Belarusian opposition presidential candidate jailed for five years hard labour on bogus charges in April 2011, has been freed. This report (in Polish) gives some details. Readers may...
Cem Pelister (@cempelister): GÖKYÜZÜ DE SÜPER FİNALE KARŞI
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GÖKYÜZÜ DE SÜPER FİNALE KARŞI Endüstriyel futbolun son harikası olan Süper Final’in başlangıcı bu akşam (14.04.2012) oynanması planlanan Beşiktaş – Galatasaray karşılaşması ile başlayacaktı, ta ki Gökyüzü isyan edene kada...
“10 ideas on open journalism” and more… A journalism roundup
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10 ideas on open journalism from the Guardian’s editor Alan Rusbridger from The Next Web by Anna Heim The future of journalism, Angela Phillips from open Democracy News Analysis – by Angela Phillips In this paper, Angela Phillips paints a pic...
Austerity Kills
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The NY Times reports an epidemic of suicides in European countries whose economies have been hard-hit by austerity:“This is a social malaise, we’re inside a tunnel and there’s no light at any end,” said Mr. Federico, whose union is starting a...
Hobsbawm on Radio 4 tonight
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BBC Radio 4 once again justifies the licence fee with what should be a fascinating programme at 8.00 pm tonight: Simon Schama interviews Eric Hobsbawm. Hobsbawm is generally considered to be Britiain’s greatest ‘Marxist’ historian (...
Hobsbawm on Radio 4 tonight
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BBC Radio 4 once again justifies the licence fee with what should be a fascinating programme at 8.00 pm tonight: Simon Schama interviews Eric Hobsbawm. Hobsbawm is generally considered to be Britiain’s greatest ‘Marxist’ historian (...
New study: Ecosystems are resilient to global warming!
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Here comes another huge disappointment for the global warming alarmist community:Ecosystems are basically unaffected and adapt well to a warmer climate, according to a fresh study, published in the journal BioScience:An analysis of 35 headwater basin...
Europe needs Aaron Sorkin
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What if Europe had its own version of The West Wing? Could a thrilling fiction show like Sorkin's perhaps make the "behind the scenes" of the EU attractive and understandable for the average European? When I asked my friends, the answers were all ne...
Erneuerbare Energien in Germany
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Wozu werden die erneuerbaren Energien eigentlich subventioniert? Die Stromverbraucher zahlen Milliarden für Windkraft und Solarstrom – und das aus gutem Grund… Ein dauerhafter Bezug solcher Beihilfen macht die bevorzugte Branche nur fett...
Britain’s Olympic Hopefuls – Helen Clitheroe
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Helen Teresa Clitheroe is this week’s featured female Olympic athlete. One of Britain’s best hopes for a medal this summer at London 2012, she will be competing in middle and long distance running. For the Beijing Olympics, Helen achieved...
The EU will not be a democracy until ..
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The EU (or Eurozone or Europlus) will not be a democracy until there is a federal income tax (US style). Until then the richest people (via their national governments - "paymasters") demand a bigger or almost total say in EU affairs. That would not...
Marine Le Pen’s recent detoxification of the Front National has been at the expense of the party’s intellectual traditions.
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The French far right party, the Front National, has been a perennial part of French elections for nearly 40 years, first under Jean-Marie Le Pen, and more recently his daughter, Marine. As part of our continuing series on the French … Continue...
Getting serious
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IN THE run-up to NATO's summit in Chicago next month, the Baltic states and Poland have plenty to talk about. One big issue is how realistic to make the Steadfast Jazz wargames planned for October-November 2013. As I point out in my Wilder Europe col...
The customer as lead indicator
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It’s been a really bad week for a pair of household names, and next week promises to be pretty awkward for a third. The eclipse of Nokia is set to become a classic business school study....
Family Law Gone Berserk: A Kennedy Arrested for Wanting to Hold His Son and Take Him Out of Daycare
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Even a member of the powerful Kennedy clan (one who, interestingly enough, turns out to be a Fox News reporter) is not immune to being victimized by the feminists' radical child "protection" laws. As José Martinez tells it in the New York Post, The...
Australian climate madness: Quantas jets to fly on cooking oil
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Julia Gillard´s Australia is clearly showing the way in climate madness. Now the country´s major airline Quantas has began using cooking oil - about ten times more expensive than ordinary jet fuel - as fuel for its kangaroo jets:On Friday, Qan...
Croatia: Antifascist citizens show their ugly face at rally in Zagreb
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On Friday 13 April, in the evening, several hundred visibly rowdy followers of Citizens action United Against Fascism came to Zagreb’s Ban Jelacic Square – ready to pounce upon the right-wing Croatian Civilisation /Culture Movement (HUP) gatherin...
How to appease abandoned readers? With fancy images!
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Dear Readers, I apologize for the absence of posts recently. I am currently rather busy preparing an article series for Gender Across Borders, that I will share with you as soon as it’s published. In May, I am going to … Continue reading...
