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Wittgenstein
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. 2 June 2012 NON SEQUITUR Die Logisch-Philosophische Abhandlung (Tractatus Logic0-Philosophicus) of Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951), published in … Continue reading
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Tagged non sequitur, Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, Wittgenstein
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Socialists win presidential poll in France
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 May 2012 Paris, 8pm French time Announcement of the result of the French presidential election … Continue reading
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Big Brother
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. 2 April 2012 ORWELL Today, 2 April 2012, the print edition of the Guardian newspaper … Continue reading
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Tagged 1984, Big Brother, Orwell, secret police, state surveillance
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Mosquitoes
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Nuremberg and Athens
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Tagged Greek bailout, Nuremberg, Papademos, Schaeble, Van Rompuy
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“There is no alternative”
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Chopping logic – a fishy business!
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Tagged Chuang Tzu, fish, Han Dynasty, logic, Taoism
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Only in Ireland………! Part 2: Religion
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Tug your forelocks – or else!
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UK police to fire plastic bullets “spontaneously” at rioters
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