Category Archives: COUNTRIES/INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS

Lynch mob

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 February 2012 THE KING OF JORDAN UK politicians, expediently foaming at the mouth, have … Continue reading

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From Magna Carta to Abu Qatada

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.  8 February 2012 BLACK PROPAGANDA Nothing that spies say about anything should be treated as true … Continue reading

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L’Être et le Néant

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, 7 February 2012   BEING AND NOTHINGNESS   We put thirty spokes together and … Continue reading

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DAS VIERTE REICH / THE FOURTH REICH

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.   VON JETZT AN EUROPA SPRICHT DEUTSCH 6 February 2012 What Bismarck and Hitler failed to … Continue reading

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GOD SAVE THE QUEEN

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.  WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER – UK PRIME MINISTER 5 February 2012 Tomorrow 6 February … Continue reading

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Genius is in the mind, not the milieu

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

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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The shoddiest possible goods at the highest possible prices

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.    We continue the process – started on 30 January 2012 – of publishing as posts … Continue reading

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Referendums “have nothing to do with democracy”, claims EU bureaucrat

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.   1 February 2012 Readers of this blog will be aware of the extent to which … Continue reading

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What would Gandhi have said?

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.  30 January 2012 For the next few days, starting with today’s post, we are going to … Continue reading

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