7 points in defense of Greece
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1) Greece does not use nuclear for energy thus does not risk the safety of others, as many other EU/Eurozone states (and others) do. 2) Greece does not use ultra low corporate taxation, thus does not "take" taxable income from other EU/Eurozone and...
Neil Armstrong changed the way we think of ourselves – but, oddly, not the way we think of the Moon
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Only 24 men have travelled beyond low Earth orbit. Of these, 12 have set foot on the Moon. And of the 12, the most famous, because the first, was Neil Armstrong. Those of us – the majority, now – who were born after that event must make a...
Comment on Julian Assange should face justice by Brian Barder
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I'm afraid this is a straightforward case of believing what you want to believe: not reds, but feds under the bed. Of course anything's possible, but the hidden hand of the CIA is really no more likely, absent evidence, than that it's all the work...
The PS Summer School or the time for change
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The French Socialist Party is holding its traditional summer school (“université d’été”) at La Rochelle (west of France) since yesterday evening and till tomorrow morning. At this occasion, all the ministers and leaders went to join the abou...
After the Moon and Mars, How about Earth?
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As someone who quite often writes obituaries (for the Guardian, amongst others) I always have my eye out for death notices (these days more likely to be found on twitter than in the columns of The Times), so of course I spotted news today of the demi...
Russia: Diva Politics Over Pussy Riot
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The Pussy Riot trial has caused no small amount of debate among Russia's public figures, including an amusing row between two of the country's best known celebrities.
Gold And Silver Rise As Stocks Trade Lower On Failure Of World Central Banks Monetary Authority To Sustain Growth And Corporate Profitability … Bible Prophecy Heralds The Rise Of Regional Blocs To Replace Sovereign Nation States … God Is Calling For Overc
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Financial market report for the week ending Friday August 24, 2012; this is twentieth week of entry into the Second Great Depression. The see saw destruction of fiat wealth is underway as Bonds, BND, traded higher and World Stocks, VT, traded lower a...
Comment on From the people who brought you electoral reform by Paul Griffiths
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"There has been no such attempt [as the Scottish Constitutional Convention] to find consensus on changes to the electoral system or the second chamber before the Liberal Democrats put them in the programme for government." Because no such consensus...
The improbable come-back
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To come back or not to come back? Since several days, speculations are increasing regarding a probable come back of Nicolas Sarkozy, three months after he was defeated to the French presidential election by François Hollande, if we refer to …...
Cedar Springs gets its knickers in a twist
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Red flannel long johns, a cosy and stylish way to keep the cold away from the delicates. But that is not all...the crimson pantaloon has recently been the subject of a trade mark dispute between organisers of the Red Flannel Festival and Cedar Spring...
The incoherence of modern anti-Zionism
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By Harry Glass, Workers Liberty Review of Rebels Against Zion, edited by August Grabski. This book is a collection of Jewish left “anti-Zionist” essays that ultimately shows the descent into incoherence of anti-Zionism over the twentieth centur...
The incoherence of modern anti-Zionism
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By Harry Glass, Workers Liberty Review of Rebels Against Zion, edited by August Grabski. This book is a collection of Jewish left “anti-Zionist” essays that ultimately shows the descent into incoherence of anti-Zionism over the twentieth centur...
Who enjoyed the Olympics?
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Currently in London, I’m enjoying two weeks-off after an intensive and heavy personal and political year, which partially explains the low publishing articles frequency on my blog. But I enjoy my time to discover the British capital city and its...
EU citizens losing faith in intergovernmental crisis management
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How do EU residents assess the economic outlook and crisis management in the eurozone and the wider European Union? Periphery In the blog post EU without Europeans and tolerable outcomes we noted how support for EU accession in Norway and Iceland...
François Hollande, Man of Mystery?
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The French have never been passionate about François Hollande, their new president. A professional politician, never a government minister, he has been engaged in the machinations of the Socialist Party for most of his career. Thus starts the boo...
Organizing your personal research library and compiling bibliographies: I was an EndNote refusenik, but now I’m a Mendeley convert
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A key aspect of scholarship is how you create a personal research library, find and access your sources when needed, and cite them accurately and comprehensively. Patrick Dunleavy explains how the (relatively new) software Mendeley has transformed hi...
Expect more farm protests in Spain | Dan Hancox
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As Rajoy's austerity measures start to take effect there will be more struggles for land – they have a long history in SpainThe struggle of unemployed Spanish farm labourers continues to grab global headlines. First with the enterprising supermarke...
$1,049,343,540 Samsung has to pay Apple..Assange case… A cyberculture roundup…
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Samsung ordered to pay $1,049,343,540 in Apple patent lawsuit defeat from The Next Web by Drew Olanoff via Apple wins software and design patent judgements against most Samsung devices in trial over iPhone and iPad from The Next Web by Matthew Panzar...
Intense clashes in SE Turkey… Five PKK reports… a politics roundup..
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Intense clashes continue in SE Turkey from Hurriyet Daily News Intense clashes are continuing throughout southeast Turkey following close to a month of operations in the area. Turkey’s longest war from Hurriyet Daily News The longer the conf...
Emre Sevimbige (@fable_edgar): ” Çok Konuşulan Konulara Dehşet Saçan Adam
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Emre Sevimbige https://twitter.com/fable_edgar via Çok Konuşulan Konulara Dehşet Saçan Adam Çok asabi yanlarım sözkonusu. Bazı olaylar, bazı kişiler, bazı durumlar çok canımı sıkıyor. Bundan sonra düzenli aralıklarla, doldukç...
Photographs of Odessa
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As some readers have rightly pointed out, there are few photographs from Odessa in this blog to date. In an effort to change that there is a new category on the right of your screen, aptly entitled “Photographs of Odessa – Irisha Onischuk...
Belgium: Police Violence
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Here is a video showing police in Brussels arresting a drunk man who was beating a woman, before they then start to beat him. A person in the neighborhood filmed the incident. Written by Fred Petrossian · comments (0) Share: Donate · face...
An Occasional Guide to Irish Politics: The pundit in the wrong country.
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He’s intelligent, articulate, witty and has an ideolgical point of view. Which explains why he is struggling in Ireland, where there is a deep suspicion of people who “believe” in things. He finds himself gnashing his teeth when on...
F@#! Copying
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Your Katonomist must confess something. Amongst the very serious economics and IP blogs in her reader, lie more than a few fashion blogs. One of her favourites is that of jewellery designer and blogger supreme, Wendy Brandes (who even blo...
Macedonia: Crowdsourcing Against Gender-Based Violence
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Ushahidi blog's current “Deployment of the Week” selection [en, mk] is React! Be Safe! (”Реагираj!”), an online platform against gender-based violence in public spaces [en, mk, sq], launched by the think-tank Reacto...
Scrapbook’s top five: our most popular posts this week
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The most clicked stories of the week were: Tories “feeling the pinch” as SPADs asked to share rooms at conference Top civil servant: letter to Prezza was censored without approval Tory police candidate interfered in fraud probe on behalf...
