Eurovision 2012
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If the Russian grandmothers don’t win it, something’s wrong. That is all. Update: Wall St. Journal is liveblogging. Sign of the end times? Also #eurovision on Twitter is home of the best commentary.
A Paradox of Risk Aversion is haunting the global economy: Rob Johnson’s poignant warning against both bubbles and austerity
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We keep forgetting that every Crisis, like a coin, has two faces. One is the mountain of debt and losses that is crushing states, people and banks. The other is an equally imposing mountain of accumulated savings that are to ‘frightened’ to fund...
A Paradox of Risk Aversion is haunting the global economy: Rob Johnson’s poignant warning against both bubbles and austerity
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We keep forgetting that every Crisis, like a coin, has two faces. One is the mountain of debt and losses that is crushing states, people and banks. The other is an equally imposing mountain of accumulated savings that are to ‘frightened’ to fund...
"Roof top gardens" and "sunken terrace" restaurant for climate bureaucrats
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The Green Climate Fund - the crowning achievement of the UN led global warming hysteria - is supposed to start distributing huge sums of cash - $100 billion a year by 2020 - from "rich" industrialized countries to often corrupt regimes in the "...
Support the hero Dr. Shakeel Afridi!
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Why isn’t there yet an international campaign to support this anti-fascist hero? Dr. Shakeel Afridi helped get rid of one of the world’s most dangerous terrorists. Now, he is imprisoned for preventing the loss of more innocent lives. W...
Support the hero Dr. Shakeel Afridi!
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Why isn’t there yet an international campaign to support this anti-fascist hero? Dr. Shakeel Afridi helped get rid of one of the world’s most dangerous terrorists. Now, he is imprisoned for preventing the loss of more innocent lives. W...
Eurovision 2012
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Oh God… Two minutes in, and it’s the campest thing I’ve seen all year. This is going to be excellent… Three minutes in, it’s not exactly a *European* opening, is it? Rather Middle Eastern, I’d have said. Four minut...
Growing youth unemployment in Europe – time to move?
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While youth unemployment is soaring in some European countries, other EU members show better figures for both growth and employment. That creates a big incentive to seek jobs across Europe’s borders.
Who is a "natural born citizen" of the United States?
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Birthers questioned whether Obama was in fact born in the United States, while they claim Rubio, indisputably born in Miami, is not eligible because his parents were not citizens at the time of his birth writes Byron York regarding birther talk (th...
Live Blog: Eurovision 2012
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The Eurovision Song Contest headed into new territory as Baku, Azerbaijan, hosted the 57th edition. Sweden, which can actually afford to host next year's competition, took the prize. Read our recap of the event.
What to Pack on Your Break Abroad
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Start packing for you holidays abroad sooner rather than later. If you're packing for a trip to Salou, you won't want to skip the swimsuit. Wear it as part of your outfit if you're going to be away from the hotel all day, as you never know where you...
US Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen: Democratic Taiwan sets an example for China
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Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, influential chairwoman of the US House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs, has praised the role of Taiwan as a beacon of democracy: A senior U.S. congresswoman praised Taiwan's democracy in Taipei Monday a...
#pub204 (@bilgi_pr) finalinin 2. sorusuna da cevaplar geldi. hepsi burada:
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TweetShare via email Sanırım akademik hayatımın en deneyimsel derslerinden birini yapıyorum. Dijital Kültürler dersinin finalini tek bir kerede değil bir dizi soruyla çevrimiçi şekilde icra ediyoruz. Aşağıdaki playlistin başında final...
Declan Ganley
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I was in the audience for Declan Ganley’s presentation at RUSI in London yesterday. It was one of the most interesting and civilised debates about EU matters I have attended in London in recent times. If you’re interested to hear what Gan...
Louise Mensch appeals for political donations – to the Lib Dems
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With UK Uncut protesters targeting Nick Clegg’s house today, Tory MP Louise Mensch reacts by suggesting people, erm, donate to the Liberal Democrats: I would never normally do this. I am Tory to the marrow of my bones. But how about £5 to the...
Why social media will have at best a marginal effect on the 2014 EP elections
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Due to a short Twitter debate with @huettemann I have promised to write this post. As far as I am concerned, social media will have at best a marginal effect on the 2014 European Parliament elections. Here’s why. First though I will mention the...
US Department of State Annual Report on Human Rights Practices for 2011- TURKEY SECTION
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TweetShare via email Turkey To link directly to this report, use: http://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/humanrightsreport/index.htm?dynamic_load_id=186414 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Turkey is a constitutional republic with a multiparty parliamentary system an...
Counterfactual
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Antonio Fatás (h/t Mark Thoma) asks what would have happened if Spain, say, had been able to devalue its currency in response to the crisis? By comparing the trajectory of Spanish and British GDP, he questions the conventional wisdom that control ov...
Ireland needs the legal guarantee of access to cash and credit that the Fiscal Compact Treaty will deliver.
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Which stance should Ireland take on the European Union’s Fiscal Compact? In the lead up to Ireland’s referendum on the Compact, Ben Tonra argues that the country needs to support the treaty. However, he believes its prescription, austerity, is of...
You’re Doing Fine, Baden-Württemberg, Baden-Württemberg, OK
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Rereading this is starting to make my stomach hurt.Observes Hermann. Not me, though. He discusses his view of the magnitude of the cash-pile that German savers and investors are sitting on. While this is in sharp contrast to the state of personal...
This Week in Luxembourg
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This week’s Grand Chamber case is about “imperative grounds of public security” as a justification for kicking out a long term resident under art. 28(3) of the Free Movement Directive. Compared to AG Bot’s opinion, the Court’s opinion (Judg...
Testing
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Trying out asides from my mobile. Full-on high-tech, me… If this works, the likelihood of typos on here increases significantly – but so does the likelihood of miniature musings on the move…...
Chinese labour activist to be released after serving 11 year prison term
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Some good news for the Chinese working class: Hu Mingjun is about to be released. But with so much of the contemporary “left” noticeably keen on China (either as the inevitable future world superpower, or as the only realistic alterna...
Chinese labour activist to be released after serving 11 year prison term
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Some good news for the Chinese working class: Hu Mingjun is about to be released. But with so much of the contemporary “left” noticeably keen on China (either as the inevitable future world superpower, or as the only realistic alterna...
The Scottish government´s renewable energy spin vs reality
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Scotland - quite like the UK - has a "green" government, which has eagerly embracesall the warmist propaganda arguments and cheap renewable energy slogans. Now the Scottish Department for Energy and Climate Change is claiming that the government´s "...
Launch of IEA report: Golden Rules for a Golden Age of Gas
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The International Energy Agency will next week (29 May) launch an important report on the "golden rules" for governments and industry if they are to overcome serious risks and concerns (social and environmental) about the Golden Age of Gas. T...
