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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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Protection money: Don Corleone
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Posted in China, Italy, Japan, Korea, Military, Politics, Russia, Switzerland, USA
Tagged Don Corleone, Donald Trump, Estonia, Hyundai, Il pizzo, Kookmin University, Korea-US Free Trade Agreement, Lotte, Melania Trump, Mike Pence, Monaco, Moon Jae-in, Park Hui-rak, San Marino, Thaad
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IMMIGRATION
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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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CONTRA UNIONEM EUROPAEAM
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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
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: Apologies to readers for a rather long post. This is because it concerns … Continue reading
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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Urns for Europa
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. 21 May 2014 The much-hyped non-event of the European Parliament elections is upon us again – … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Europe, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Politics, Spain, UK
Tagged euro, European Parliament elections, eurozone, gold standard, internal devaluation, partitocracy
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Crystal balls-up
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Posted in Europe, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Russia, UK, UN, USA
Tagged 1914, crystal ball, Delphic Oracle, False prophet, First World War, Paddy Power, Peace in our time
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North v. South
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Filthy habit
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Posted in France, Germany, Italy, Spain, UK
Tagged James I of England, Jean Nicot, National Socialists, nicotine, Sir John Hawkins, tobacco
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