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Hebrew prophet
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 August 2018 “It is doubtful whether Homo sapiens will still be around a thousand years … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Canada, Cosmology, Europe, France, Germany, History, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philosophy, Religion, Saudi Arabia, Science, Turkey, UK, USA
Tagged “21 Lessons for the 21st Century” (2018), “Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow” (2016), “Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind” (2014), Cosmology, Hebrew prophet, Yuval Noah Harari
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Attaboy! Sock it to ’em!
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 August 2018 “When a thousand people believe some made-up story for a month – that’s … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Economics, Europe, France, Germany, History, Ireland, Israel, Italy, New Zealand, Pakistan, Palestine, Philosophy, Politics, Religion, Saudi Arabia, Science, Turkey, USA
Tagged “21 Lessons for the 21st Century”, “Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind”, fake news, Religion, Yuval Noah Harari
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Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose!
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. France, 23 April 2017 SHOCK! HORROR! NEOLIBERAL ESTABLISHMENT FIGURE DEFEATS OTHER NEOLIBERAL ESTABLISHMENT FIGURES After a … Continue reading
IMMIGRATION
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 July 2016 THE IMMIGRANT Arma virumque cano, Troiae qui primus ab oris Italiam fato … Continue reading
Posted in Belgium, Economics, Europe, France, Germany, Globalisation, Greece, Italy, Literature, Politics, Portugal, Turkey, UK
Tagged A Jacobite's Epitaph, Aeneas, Aeneid, Ayn Rand, Brexit, David Cameron, democracy, European Coal and Steel Community, European Parliament, European Union, Herder, immigration, Jean Monnet, Juno, nationalism, Nigel Farage, Plato, populism, racism, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Troy, UK referendum 2016, UKIP, Virgil, xenophobia
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Why the UK does not need the EU crutch
4 July 2016 “[Je refuse] la création d’une zone de libre-échange de l’Europe occidentale, en attendant la zone atlantique, laquelle ôterait à notre continent sa propre personnalité.” Le général de Gaulle, 1967. “I refuse to accept the creation of … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Europe, France, Germany, Globalisation, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Poland, Politics, Portugal, UK, Uncategorized
Tagged bisphenols, Blanketeers, Brexit, Chartists, Combination Acts, European Economic Community, European Union, Factory Acts, General de Gaulle, herbicide roundup, Luddites, neonicotinoids, Peterloo, pollination, Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, TUC, UK Labour Party, universal suffrage
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CONTRA UNIONEM EUROPAEAM
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 April 2016, St George’s Day CONTRA EUROPAM A PHILIPPIC IN TWO PARTS AGAINST … Continue reading
Posted in Belgium, Economics, Europe, France, Germany, Globalisation, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Literature, Luxembourg, Military, Philosophy, Politics, Portugal, Scotland, Spain, UK, Ukraine, USA
Tagged Alexis Tsipras, Alfred Lord Tennyson, Big Bang, Brexit, Dostoevsky, F.R. Leavis, Henry V, J.G. Herder, Jeremy Corbyn, King Offa, Obama, Queen Elizabeth II, Rena Doulou, St George, Syriza, TISA, TTIP, UK Labour Party, William Shakespeare
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Η ελπίδα δέν έρχεται
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Posted in Economics, Europe, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Politics, Spain, UK
Tagged Alexis Tsipras, Angela Merkel, Christine Lagarde, European Union, eurozone, François Hollande, IMF, Jean-Claude Juncker, Leonidas, Manolis Glezos, Matteo Renzi, Podemos, Simonides, Syriza, Thermopylae, troika, Wolfgang Schäuble, Yanis Varoufakis
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Athens rejects Spartan terms
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 February 2015 “Voters are the eurozone’s weakest link.” A headline in London’s Financial Times over … Continue reading
Posted in Austria, Economics, Europe, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Netherlands, Politics, Spain, USA
Tagged Areopagus, Athens, democracy, Ephialtes, François Hollande, IMF, Jean-Claude Juncker, Jeroen Dijsselbloem, Jyrki Katainen, Luis de Guindos, New Democracy, partitocracy, Pnyx, Potomac, Sparta, Syntagma, Syriza, Wolgang Schäuble
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Un perro andaluz
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 February 2015 “Thank God, I’m an atheist.” Luis Buñuel (1900-1993), Spanish film director. Antigone1984: … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Cinema, France, Mexico, Religion, Spain
Tagged atheism, gratitude, Le Monde, Luis Buñuel, theology, Un perro andaluz
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Location, location, location
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 2015 Yesterday the London Guardian used its first seven pages to report on the … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, France, Guardian, Military, Nigeria, Politics, Religion
Tagged Baga, Boko Haram, Charlie Hebdo
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