Author Archives: Antigone1984.com

UK seeks torture “assurances” from Jordan

Posted on March 5, 2012 by Antigone1984.com

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.   5 March 2012 PONTIUS PILATE It’s that man again, Abu Qatada. He just won’t go away. … Continue reading →

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Rinascimento

Posted on March 4, 2012 by Antigone1984.com

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, 4 March 2012   After launching the blog experimentally on 7 October 2011 and then … Continue reading →

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Qualunquismo

Posted on March 3, 2012 by Antigone1984.com

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.    3 March 2012 SO WHAT? “The times are out of joint, but we were not … Continue reading →

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God and Mammon

Posted on March 2, 2012 by Antigone1984.com

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.   2 March 2012 GOD AND MAMMON COLLUDE TO STAMP OUT PROTEST Bailiffs protected by police evicted … Continue reading →

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Voltaire vindicated

Posted on March 1, 2012 by Antigone1984.com

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.   1 March 2010 FRENCH GENOCIDE LAW OUTLAWED The French Constitutional Council has thrown out a law … Continue reading →

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Not in our backyard

Posted on February 29, 2012 by Antigone1984.com

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.   29 February 2012 RIOTS IN CHINA, EGYPT AND BRITAIN: SPOT THE DIFFERENCE There have been protests … Continue reading →

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Voting till they get it right

Posted on February 28, 2012 by Antigone1984.com

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 February 2012 Ireland to hold referendum on European fiscal pact The news broke this … Continue reading →

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He’s all right, Jack

Posted on February 27, 2012 by Antigone1984.com

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 February 2012 BREAD AND DRIPPING With due respect to Jane Austen, it is a truth … Continue reading →

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Garden of Eden

Posted on February 26, 2012 by Antigone1984.com

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.  OBEDIENCE AT WORK 26 February 2012 Antigone1984 has always been impressed by the following passage on … Continue reading →

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Graffiti

Posted on February 25, 2012 by Antigone1984.com

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 February 2012 The water can come back to a dried-up river, But what about … Continue reading →

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