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POTUS meets the Queen of England
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. 4 June2019 Swansong of lame-duck Prime Minister From 3 to 5 June 2019 POTUS Donald Trump, … Continue reading
Posted in Brexit, Europe, Politics, UK, USA
Tagged Buckingham Palace, Dick Whittington, Donald Trump, Frankenstein, George W.Bush, Oliver Twist, Picasso, Queen Elizabeth II, Richard Nixon, Robin Hood, Shakespeare, Theresa May
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South of the Border, Down Mexico Way
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Posted in Mexico, Music, Politics, USA
Tagged Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Donald Trump, Gene Autry, Porfirio Díaz, Rio Grande
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Tennessee Waltzer
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Posted in Europe, Music, Politics, UK, USA
Tagged human rights, Jim Cooper, LGBTQ. Tennessee Waltz, mid-term US elections, Phil Bredesen, Taylor Swift, Tennessee
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Hebrew prophet
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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!
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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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Oklahoma!
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. 19 March 2018 NO, NO, OKLAHOMA! לֹא תִּרְצָח The last time Oklahoma hogged the global limelight – … Continue reading
Posted in China, Economics, Egypt, Europe, Germany, Globalisation, Hong Kong, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Justice, Pakistan, Politics, Religion, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Torture, UK, Uruguay, USA
Tagged Also Sprach Zarathrustra, Amnesty International, Beheading, Choctaw, Clayton Lockett, Council of Europe, Crucifixion, death penality, European Union, Exodus, Fred Zinnemann, Friedrich Nietzsche, gas chambers, Gordon MacRae, Hitler, Holocaust, Jesus Christ, King James version, Mary Fallin, Moses, Mount Sinai, Nazis, nitrogen gas, okla humma, Oklahoma, Old Testament, Oliver Cromwell, Red Indians, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Shirley Jones, Texas, Thou shalt not kill, Tulsa, Twin Towers, US Eighth Amendment, Virginia, World War II
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John Lennon
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Posted in Literature, Music, UK, USA
Tagged "The Beatles", Central Park, John Lennon, New York
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Les neiges d’antan
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Posted in Literature, UK, USA
Tagged "Dick the shepherd", "greasy Joan", "Love's Labour's Lost", global warming, London, William Shakespeare
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The heart and soul of the party
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. 27 February 2018 DER UNENTBERHRLICHE Wirklich, er war unentbehrlich! Überall, wo was geschah Zu … Continue reading
Posted in Austria, Economics, Germany, Literature, Philosophy, UK, USA
Tagged movers and shakers, office life, Pindar, Pythian Odes, society, the life and soul of the party, Wilhelm Busch
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