Category Archives: Afghanistan

Caput anni

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 January 2015 The good news is that Antigone1984 is to resume blogging as from today. … Continue reading

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Lions led by donkeys

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.    Remembrance Sunday, 9 November 2014   THE TOLLING BELL   Who bends not his ear … Continue reading

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Guns abroad, guns at home

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.  31 May 2014 Two letters in the International New York Times yesterday 30 May 2014: 1. … Continue reading

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Scoop! Hold the front page!

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 April 2014 SHOCK HORROR DOWN UNDER! ROYAL PARENTS “CARRY” BABY SON OFF PLANE! Millions of … Continue reading

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War without end

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 November 2013 Contrary to the propaganda disseminated for years by deferential western media, the United … Continue reading

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Boston massacre

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 April 2013 DOUBLE STANDARDS Three people, including a child, were murdered and more than 150 … Continue reading

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Secret courts and partitocracy

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 March 2013 We have frequently criticised the stranglehold over political life exercised by the leaders … Continue reading

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What is life without a dream?

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 January 2013 We ended the year 2012 yesterday by citing the last stanza of the … Continue reading

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Kiboshed for the wrong reason

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, 12 November 2012 BYE, BYE, MISS AMERICAN PIE US Central Intelligence Agency director David Petraeus … Continue reading

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The Glorious Dead

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 November 2012 LEST WE FORGET Traditional annual memorial services attended by the British royal family … Continue reading

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