Category Archives: France

De amicitia

Posted on November 16, 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.  16 November 2012 TWO FRIENDS “Quand je connus Mme de Montmorency, elle aima à me dire … Continue reading →

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Kiboshed for the wrong reason

Posted on November 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.  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

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

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Manufacturing output plummets in Eurozone

Posted on November 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 November 2012 Manufacturing in the 17-state Eurozone fell for the eighth month in a row … Continue reading →

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Milan and McDonald’s: an oxymoron

Posted on October 24, 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.  24 October 2012  TURNED OUT THEY WASN’T LOVIN’ IT AFTER ALL! In these grey lacklustre downbeat … Continue reading →

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Back to basics: Communism

Posted on October 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 October 2012 “We know that communism is the right hypothesis. All those who abandon this … Continue reading →

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Not a royalist

Posted on October 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 October 2012 “The people will not be truly free until the last king has been … Continue reading →

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Fiddling Nero

Posted on September 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 September 2012 THE LESSONS OF MUNICH Emperor Nero sang and fiddled while Rome burned, according … Continue reading →

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Gray Paree

Posted on June 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.    Paris, 12 June 2012 The last time I saw Paris Her heart was warm and … Continue reading →

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Paris vaut bien une messe

Posted on June 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.    Paris, 11 June 2012 There is never any ending to Paris and the memory of … Continue reading →

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