Category Archives: Europe

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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Et tu, Brute!

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 October 2013 Fangs ain’t what they used to be, as reviewers joke about the declining … Continue reading

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The market rules, OK?

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 August 2013 Here we go again! Having systematically pandered to employer interests while turning a … Continue reading

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Slumming it for Jesus

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.  10 July 2013 Let’s hear it for Jorge Mario Bergoglio! Who he? Well, that is in … Continue reading

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I spy with my little eye…

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 July 2013 PARTURIUNT MONTES, NASCITUR RIDICULUS MUS There’s an old saying that goes “Don’t believe … Continue reading

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A way out for Cyprus: the courts

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.  30 March 2013 The news today is that up to 60 % of savings deposits of … Continue reading

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The market rules, okay?

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, 27 March 2013 LE GOUVERNEMENT IMPUISSANT FACE À LA MONTÉE DU CHOMAGE [Government helpless in … Continue reading

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A Cypriot shipwreck

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 March 2013   Methinks the wind hath spoke aloud at land; A fuller blast ne’er … Continue reading

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Spectacular bank heist in Cyprus

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 March 2013 A gang of ruthless bank robbers has been caught red-handed in the tiny … Continue reading

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The people have spoken, the bastards!

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.  Special editorial note We have gone to town in the following article on the Italian elections. … Continue reading

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