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Category Archives: USA
Guantanobama
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 July 2013 GUANTANOBAMA VISITS AFRICA US President “Guantanobama” is in Africa. Great stuff. His … Continue reading
Posted in Justice, Politics, USA
Tagged Guantánamo, Magna Carta, Obama in Africa, Robben Island, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania
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Food for thought
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 May 2013 The scams to which the free market will stoop to turn a fast … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, France, UK, USA
Tagged bon appétit, caveat emptor, eating out, home made, microwave meals, restaurant scam
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The Greening of America
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Posted in Politics, Revolution, USA
Tagged Charles A. Reich, counter-culture, the 1960s, the human condition, the promised land, Woodstock
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Boston massacre
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Posted in Afghanistan, Military, Pakistan, USA
Tagged Anne Smedinghoff, Boston marathon, Double standards, Kunar province, Zabul Province
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Ich bin ein Berliner
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Posted in Germany, Politics, USA
Tagged Berlin, East Side Gallery, Ivan McClostney, John F. Kennedy, Kani Alavi, Schöneberg
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A way out for Cyprus: the courts
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 March 2013 The news today is that up to 60 % of savings deposits of … Continue reading
The market rules, okay?
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Tagged Apple, eurozone, Gap, invisible hand, Le Figaro, market economy, Motown
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Preacher v. Wall Street
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The Iraq war: 10 years on
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Posted in Iran, Iraq, UK, USA
Tagged Donald Rumsfeld, Geroge w. Bush, Iraq War, Nour al-Maliki, Saddam Hussein, Tony Blair
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