Category Archives: COUNTRIES/INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS

War is peace

Posted on April 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 April 2012 WAR IS PEACE Thirty-two people are reported to been killed in fighting … Continue reading →

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Football (2)

Posted on April 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 April 2012 “Some people think football is a matter of life and death…I can … Continue reading →

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Football (1)

Posted on April 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.    13 April 2012 “I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. … Continue reading →

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Malcolm X

Posted on April 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 April 2012 It’s the hinge that squeaks that gets the grease. Malcolm X (1925-1965). US … Continue reading →

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Ultima Thule

Posted on April 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 April 2012 WINDS OF CHANGE The Shetland Islands – the northernmost part of Scotland and … Continue reading →

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Galway shawl

Posted on April 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 April 2012 Easter Monday THE GALWAY SHAWL Lyrics below. For the music, try the … Continue reading →

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Urbi et Orbi

Posted on April 8, 2012 by Antigone1984.com

8 April 2012 Easter Sunday URBI ET ORBI In terra pax hominibus bonae voluntatis Romae. In sua oratione pascuali hodie pro multitudine centum milium fidelium, in foro Vaticano, Papa Benedictus XVI incitavit pacem in terra atque finem caedis, praecipue in … Continue reading →

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Not a dinner party

Posted on April 7, 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.   7 April 2012   革命不是請客吃飯, 不是做文章, 不是繪畫繡花,不能那樣雅致, 那樣從容不迫, 文質彬彬, 那樣溫良恭儉讓。革命是暴動, 是一個階級推翻一個階級的暴烈的行動。 《湖南農民運動考察報告》 一九二七年三月 《毛澤東選集》第一卷第一八頁   A … Continue reading →

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Jaw-jaw

Posted on April 6, 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.   6 April 2012 To jaw-jaw is always better than to war-war. Winston Churchill (1874-1965), Tory politician, … Continue reading →

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Kafka

Posted on April 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 April 2012 CONCEALING TORTURE In a draconian crackdown on civil liberties redolent of the totalitarian … Continue reading →

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