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What can you expect from a pig but a grunt?

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.  28 October 2013 Britain’s extremist rightwing Prime Minister David Cameron does not mince his words. In … Continue reading

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Caviare to the general

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.  27 October 2013 大聲不入於里耳。 《折楊》、《皇荂》, 則嗑然而笑。 是故高言不止於眾人之心。 至言不出, 俗言勝也。 Great music is lost on the ears … Continue reading

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Red carpet for China’s fat cats

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.  26 October 2013 BUM’S RUSH FOR CHINA’S PAUPERS British Treasury chief George Osborne and London Mayor … Continue reading

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Here’s a toast to the Prince of Wales!

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.  25 October 2013 “Most Chinese people do not enjoy the beauty of ancient real ruins. Instead, … Continue reading

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Democracy not incompatible with dictatorship

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.  24 October 2013 “In Germany, the rise of Hitler and his Nazi Party was unquestionably connected … Continue reading

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The Life of Others

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.  23 October 2013 “A state’s appetite for collecting intelligence expands in direct relationship to its technical … Continue reading

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Telling it like it is

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.  22 October 2013 Life is a sexually transmitted disease and the mortality rate is 100%. R.D.Laing … Continue reading

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Big Brother is watching you

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.  Paris, 21 October 2013 The big news here today is the revelation in the newspaper Le … Continue reading

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Paris in the Fall

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.  Paris, 20 October 2013 Chanson d’Automne Les sanglots longs Des violons De l’automne Blessent mon coeur … Continue reading

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Filthy habit

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 October 2013 A custom loathsome to the eye, hateful to the nose, harmful to the … Continue reading

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