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Monthly Archives: May 2012
Nihil sub sole novum
Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context. 21 May 2012 Quidquid delirant reges, plectuntur Achivi. Whatever mad acts their rulers perpetrate, it is … Continue reading
Smelling a rat
Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context. 20 May 2012 POLLS THAT STINK A seminal question about one aspect of the current … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, Germany, Greece, UN
Tagged drachma, euro, European Union, Greek polls, smelling a rat
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Nationalise the banks!
Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context. 19 May 2012 NATIONALISE THE BANKS! Europe’s banks should be nationalised, according to a letter … Continue reading
Royal feast for royal tyrants
Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context. 18 May 2012 UK SOVEREIGN LAYS ON JUNKET FOR SEVEN TYRANTS Kings and queens from around … Continue reading
Posted in Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Spain, UK
Tagged Buckingham Palace, Diamond Jubilee, Elizabeth II, Gibraltar, Queen Sofia, Windsor Castle
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Crooked timber
Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context. 17 May 2012 We reprint below the substance of an article by commentator Simon Jenkins in … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, Spain
Tagged Holy Roman Empire, Naopleon, Third Reich
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Potential for panic
Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context. 16 May 2012 GREAT FEAR THAT COULD DEVELOP INTO A PANIC – BANK CHIEF At least … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, Greece
Tagged bank withdrawals, no bank run signs, potential for panic
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Syriza
Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context. 15 May 2012 Ζήτω η Ελλάδα … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, Greece
Tagged democracy, French Revolution, Karolos Papoulias, New Democracy, Pasok, Syriza
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Solution
Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context. 14 May 2012 As promised, we publish today the solution to the puzzle we set … Continue reading
Puzzle
Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context. 13 May 2012 Today we set readers a puzzle. The following is a list of the … Continue reading
Progress, what progress?
Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context. 12 May 2012 It can’t be denied that since the days of homo sapiens human beings … Continue reading
Posted in China, Politics, Russia, Torture, UK, UN, USA
Tagged dictatorship, homo sapiens
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