Category Archives: France

Genius is in the mind, not the milieu

Posted on February 4, 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, 4 February 2012 As we have frequently pointed out, this is essentially a political blog. … Continue reading →

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Megabucks back in fashion

Posted on February 3, 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, 3 February 2012   RICH BETTER THAN POOR AT WEATHERING RECESSION   In a … Continue reading →

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European newspapers “collaborate” in the shadow of the EU propaganda machine

Posted on January 26, 2012 by Antigone1984.com

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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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Keeping abreast of the great questions of the day

Posted on January 12, 2012 by Antigone1984.com

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Employing arsonists to put out the euro bonfire

Posted on January 2, 2012 by Antigone1984.com

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Free speech denied in France, the home of Voltaire

Posted on December 22, 2011 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.  Anyone in France who denies that the Turks committed genocide against the Armenians in 1915 will … Continue reading →

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Friendly fire: nuclear allies at loggerheads

Posted on December 5, 2011 by Antigone1984.com

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Cannon fodder and military ethics

Posted on December 4, 2011 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.  CANNON FODDER AND MILITARY ETHICS “The best men are no more fitted to be soldiers than … Continue reading →

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Reader alert: Big Brother

Posted on December 4, 2011 by Antigone1984.com

Reader alert: Antigone1984.com has reason to believe that its output is being monitored on behalf of a foreign power. 

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