Author Archives: Antigone1984.com

US calls China’s bluff

Posted on January 15, 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.  15 January 2012 The major geopolitical development this weekend has been the US decision to penalise … Continue reading →

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Sarkozy loses French presidential election

Posted on January 14, 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.    14 January 2012 SARKOZY’S BLACK FRIDAY   President Nicolas Sarkozy of France has lost the … Continue reading →

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US troops pissed off in Afghanistan

Posted on January 13, 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.    13 January 2012 FEARS THAT VIDEO MAY NOT BE USED PROPERLY   Four US marines … Continue reading →

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Keeping abreast of the great questions of the day

Posted on January 12, 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.  12 January 2012 “If we spend an hour every morning informing ourselves about distant wars and … Continue reading →

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Obama shoots from the hip: no more wars

Posted on January 11, 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.  11 January 2012 The least convincing forecast in the history of politico-military predictions appeared in an … Continue reading →

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Quills and cutlasses

Posted on January 10, 2012 by Antigone1984.com

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Another “Orwell” spotted in the garden

Posted on January 9, 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.    9 January 2012   Sorry, guys, we’ve clocked another “Orwell” in the political rose garden … Continue reading →

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Plea to Israel not to over-react to credit card hacking incident

Posted on January 8, 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.  8 January 2012 We reproduce below an item published on the BBC website yesterday Saturday 7 … Continue reading →

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Banking on goulash democracy

Posted on January 7, 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.    7 January 2012   The Hungarian Government is reported to have taken steps to lessen … Continue reading →

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It’s that man Orwell again: celebrating the centralisation of localism

Posted on January 6, 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.  The City of Light, 6 January 2012   We were tickled by a report on academies … Continue reading →

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