Time to call the Scottish PSC what they are: racists
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The Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign (SPSC) has long been known as more fanatically anti-Israel than the rest of the PSC. Whereas the ‘main’ (ie English) PSC generally evades the issue of whether Israel has a right to exist in a...
Azerbaijan: Nationalism, Extradition, and an Axe Murderer
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Scary Azeri comments on the extradition to Azerbaijan of Ramil Safarov, an Azerbaijani soldier who murdered an Armenian counterpart on a NATO training course in Budapest, Hungary, with an axe. The blogger criticizes the presidential pardon and honori...
In Praise of Public Investment: On the importance of Mariana Mazzucato’s article in The Guardian
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Two are the greatest untruths that have inflicted major damage upon our understanding of how social economies work; and, by extension, upon our societies. First, there is the pseudo-‘law’ of ‘crowding out’; i.e. the illusory belief that when...
In Praise of Public Investment: On the importance of Mariana Mazzucato’s article in The Guardian
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Two are the greatest untruths that have inflicted major damage upon our understanding of how social economies work; and, by extension, upon our societies. First, there is the pseudo-‘law’ of ‘crowding out’; i.e. the illusory belief that when...
George Osborne booed by stadium full of Paralympic spectators
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This is probably not what George wants, as David Cameron is conducting a reshuffle and polls show half of the British public think the Chancellor should go. So that’s what a -37% approval rating sounds like in an 80,000 capacity stadium. It has...
China: Modest Growth or Full Employment?
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As summer slid into fall in 2012, the Chinese government was giving no hint of any ensuing economic stimulus program. This was more than slightly unnerving for some, as a recent manufacturing survey had slumped more than expected, to 49.2 in August.
Progetto di Claudia Cipriano di unità: Altremaree Music Festival, Floridia, Sicilia
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Altremaree, a music festival in Floridia, Sicily was the idea of Floridian Councilor for Culture, Claudia Cipriano, who had a …Continue reading »...
Leman, Penguen or Uykusuz: Turkey's comic books vs. Erdogan
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Utter the names of these satirical comic magazines in the presence of any Turk, and their eyes will light up with recognition. Yet these publications are a serious thorn in the side of the government. Despite tough conditions and government repressio...
Duty to warn clients in construction sector
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Imagine you are building a house for your family. You've hired a builder and an architect. After months of work, you are about to move in when after a storm you discover your roof is leaking. Let's say the architect made a mistake and forgot to add a...
Stern climate change review 'not fit for purpose' says Tory MP
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A senior British Conservative sharply criticises economist Nicholas Stern's six-year-old report on the costs of climate change and says a new independent study should be commissioned...
"The Markets" as Imaginary Ogre
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Charles Wyplosz argues that the much-maligned "financial markets" are actually more comprehending of the need for patience in restoring budget equilibrium than French political leaders are. I think this is correct, but it's worth asking why French le...
Rex 84: to be introduced in the Eurozone?
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Readiness Exercise 84 is a series of executive orders that outlines the continuity of the US government wherein the constitution is suspended. Under this exceptional plan martial law is implemented and the military command take over state and local g...
Sweden to help improve poorest countries’ trading capacity
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According to recent updates by the WTO, Sweden has made a contribution of CHF 4.6 million to the Doha Development Agenda Global Trust Fund (DDAGTF) and CHF 107,000 to the Trade Facilitation Trust Fund. The main aim of these contributions is to...
Sweden to help improve poorest countries’ trading capacity
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According to recent updates by the WTO, Sweden has made a contribution of CHF 4.6 million to the Doha Development Agenda Global Trust Fund (DDAGTF) and CHF 107,000 to the Trade Facilitation Trust Fund. The main aim of these contributions is to...
Dealing with dangerous dogs and their owners
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Dog attacks can have a devastating impact on both the owners and the dogs involved, be they pets or guide dogs – writes Julie Girling MEP...
Germany: Improve Reporting on Disabled People
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It ought to become something understood in the language that disabled people do things not in spite of or because of, but with their disabilities. During the Paralympics in London there have been more and more reports on “against-it-all people&...
Patents County Court small claims track
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Following the IPKat's Friday Fantasies post enquiring about the status of the promised small claims track for the Patents County Court, Katpat to Philip Harris of Walker Morris who, after a not inconsiderable amount of digging has discovered that The...
Bruce Willis to sue Apple over who owns his iTunes library?
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Bruce Willis and his three daughters A few days ago the IPKat devoted some of its feline time considering what may happen to one's own digital libraries upon death. As readers will promptly remember, the problem is that,&nb...
Turkey Warned Against Going Back to Future on PKK
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Just as one of the bloodiest summers since the 1990s is turning Turkey’s leaders increasingly hawkish, Human Rights Watch offered a glimpse into the dark methods employed two decades ago.
A Draghi leak…
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…looks like this:On Monday afternoon, the ECB president was supposed to be holding talks “in camera” with the economic and monetary affairs committee, prior...
NS does a Jimmy Carr (2)
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OK, so that was quite a way to come back after my summer vacation. From this blog post here about tax evasion by the Dutch state railway company NS came this GeenStijl story, which in turn led to a ginormous article in De Volkskrant last Saturda...
Putin Adds Police, Spy Chiefs to Energy Commission
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President Vladimir Putin has reinforced one of two commissions seen as vying for control over Russia’s crucial oil and gas sector by adding the country’s top cop and spook to its ranks.
Serhatcan Yurdam derledi: Beşiktaş’ta “Harçlar Kaldırılsın” Eylemi
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[View the story "Öğrenciler Sokakta: Beşiktaş'ta \"Harçlar Kaldırılsın\" Eylemi" on Storify] Related posts: Serhatcan Yurdam derledi: #cerkessoykirimieylemi | “ÇERKES SOYKIRIMI TANINSIN” Serhatcan Yurdam: Cihan Kırmızıg...
For the true masters of Europe, the EU and the euro are successful…
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IN THE RADICAL PRESS / MEMOIRE DES LUTTES By Bernard Cassen For supporters, neo-liberalism is not an ideology. This project is a natural and obvious fulfillment of freedom. But there is a hierarchy of freedoms. Some – those relating to economic...
A long-distance relationship
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There are many clichés used to describe Iceland’s position in the middle of the Atlantic. Torn between Europe and North America – quite literally sitting on the fault line separating the two continents geologically – the country’s location i...
Parliamentarix and the Falling Sky
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It didn't take long after the 'news' broke that the European Parliament's Brussels HQ ceiling is falling in for French factions of the institution to propose decamping wholesale to Strasbourg, as they do every month at ever increasing...
Fighting financial complexity with simple rules?
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Day by day we experience that football bets get won or lost, cardiologists’ patients survive or die and investors get rich or ruin themselves. According to Andrew Haldane, the common trait of all these situations is that they require decisio...
