Special issue: Anthropologies #12: Occupy & Open Access -and an anthropology roundup
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Anthropologies #12: Occupy & Open Access from ethnografix by Ryan Anderson Anthropology & Occupy (anthropologies) from ethnografix by Ryan Anderson [Note: This is a post that I wrote for the latest edition of anthropologies that tries...
Are words all we have? - on EP's resolution on child labour in cocoa sector
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Today the European Parliament passed a resolution aimed at increasing awareness of the problem of child labour in cocoa fields (Chocolate without the guild of child labour). The EU is the world's leading consumer of chocolate (40% of world's cocoa) a...
On revisions and recovery
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A chart from Credit Suisse showing the net payroll revisions for the prior two months for each month since the start of the recession:We’re not entirely sure what to think about this,...
An intriguing Rusalka
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I went along to La Monnaie this evening in some trepidation, warned that Stefan Herheim’s interpretation of Dvorjak’s classic opera, Rusalka, was somehow provocative. It would certainly not be to the liking of traditionalists but I found...
Newt Gingrich’s 80s TV movie cameo
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With commentators tipping Newt Gingrich as about to bow out of the Republican nomination race, after a succession of disappointing primaries, a future in the world of film might be beckoning. Scrapbook presents the above video, showing Gingrich’...
The Closer
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___________Round-upThe day Treasuries turned? Benchmark yields jumped sharply as markets digested Tuesday’s Fed statement and a weaker 30-year auction. The 10-year note...
The Ashton-Juppé Gate: Why is France Out of Line?
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These last several weeks Alain Juppé, French Foreign Minister, has been outspoken against the incompetence of the EU High Representative Catherine Ashton and the European External Action Service (EEAS). The latest attack was a letter sent by Juppé...
YouGov: Fearing the Tumbrils?
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There is something almost ancien regieme about the YouGov-Cambridge event at the British Academy tomorrow. A whole bunch of media/political/business panjandrums are gathering to discuss a general "Whither Britain's relationship with the EU". Here is...
The state of peacekeeping: NATO retreats, the UN hangs tough and the African Union advances
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There’s been talk of speeding up the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan this week. France is hurrying for the exit. On a recent visit to Brussels, I found that many NATO diplomats were frank about their desire to get the Afghan withdrawal ov...
Warmists confirmed as cheats, liars, fakers; Pope still Catholic; etc
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I wonder how the BBC environment correspondent Richard Black would report it if the Climatic Research Unit's Phil Jones were suddenly to confess that everything he'd said in the last two decades about the anthropogenic warming threat was total rubbis...
No Good Option for Syria, But a Do-Nothing Approach is Still Worse
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WASHINGTON—The Bashar al-Assad regime’s handling of the Syrian uprising may not ensure the survival of the Damascus government, but it seems set on destroying any prospects for a soft landing from the current crisis. A weakened, failed Syria woul...
Switzerland Bus Crash: Students’ Blog Chronicles Joy Before Deadly Accident
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By RAF CASERT HEVERLEE, Belgium — A torch-light march. Ravioli and meatball dinners. Rides in a funicular railway. A sing-a-long and a dress-up casino evening. Those were some of the things that made last week “mega-cool” for 24 sixth g...
Power and weakness in Putin’s Russia
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The result of the Russian presidential election brought two months of euphoria to a shuddering halt. The expectation that Putin would return with a weaker mandate was crushed by his unexpectedly high 63% of support. And even allowing for massive frau...
Lukoil’s London Presentation: Lost in Translation
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Lukoil, Russia's largest private oil company, failed to impress investors with a blast-from-the-past presentation in London, as its promise to increase both dividend payments and production in the coming years was met with a fall in the company's sha...
The Ever-Growing Greek Bailout
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Those pesky billions in the second Greek bailout, they keep multiplying! We address one, the actual size of the Greek bailout, the participation of the IMF in this bailout and how it compares to the previous one and the proportion of the bailout earm...
Daimler Lecture at the American Academy in Berlin
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Prof. Peter Lindseth I wanted to alert readers that my Daimler Lecture at the American Academy in Berlin, which I gave on February 8, is now available online here, along with a brief summary written up by the Academy. The … Continue reading &...
Fitch revises UK to negative outlook
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‘Century bonds, eh?’, etc. Fitch affirmed the UK’s current rating at AAA…Fitch Ratings-London-14 March 2012: Fitch Ratings has affirmed the United Kingdom’s...
The Inane Politics of Tony Cliff
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The Inane Politics of Tony Cliff By Camila Bassi* (from JOURNAL FOR THE STUDY OF ANTISEMITISM, Jan 2012) No one is obliged to become a Marxist; no one is obliged to swear by Lenin’s name. But the whole of the politics of these two titans of revolu...
The Inane Politics of Tony Cliff
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The Inane Politics of Tony Cliff By Camila Bassi* (from JOURNAL FOR THE STUDY OF ANTISEMITISM, Jan 2012) No one is obliged to become a Marxist; no one is obliged to swear by Lenin’s name. But the whole of the politics of these two titans of revolu...
One rule for Jesus, another for Muhammad? | Timothy Garton Ash
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Equality is essential, but complicated – that is why some Christians feel that Muslims get an easy rideSimple things can be so difficult. Take equality, for instance. Britain now has an Equality Act, to promote that good thing. But when you start l...
Cross Border Cooperation Theme on 21st of March
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In the coming year, the GroenLinks Working Group on Europe will pay a number of visits to different Dutch regions to discuss relevant European issues. First stop on this tour will be the city of Nijmegen on the 21st of March (Vlaams Cultureel Kwartie...
Neptune’s Pride Diary #4
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The penultimate part of my Neptune's Pride Diary sees us conspire to end the game peacefully, and the return of Doctor Terror.The post Neptune’s Pride Diary #4 appeared first on Joe Litobarski.
Neptune’s Pride Diary #4
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The penultimate part of my Neptune's Pride Diary sees us conspire to end the game peacefully, and the return of Doctor Terror.The post Neptune’s Pride Diary #4 appeared first on Joe Litobarski.
Labour’s new PLP chair
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With Tony Lloyd standing down as PLP Chair as he seeks to become Manchester’s new police commissioner, today Labour MPs have been voting on his replacement. The candidates were John Cryer and Dave Watts, with Watts coming out on top. We’l...
No forever debt please, we’re British
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We couldn’t not post the thoughts of Julian Wiseman, Societe Generale rate strategist, concerning HM Treasury’s trial balloon of a possible 100-year UK government bond....
Smith Leaves "Toxic" Goldman Sachs
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17366552 (BBC Article)Greg Smith, Goldman Sachs' London-based equity derivatives boss for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa resigned today, citing severe and unsustainable moral decline at the bank. His resignati...
Storified: Is ‘clicktivism’ destroying meaningful social activism? AND Kony 2012 comments and questions
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[View the story "Is 'clicktivism' destroying meaningful social activism?" on Storify] [View the story "Kony 2012 comments and questions" on Storify] Related posts: KONY 2012 and a roundup of web reactions Andrew Lih’s piece on “Wik...
Q&A: Irish promises and promissory notes
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Yesterday, the European Commission slapped down a request by Ireland to defer a €3.1bn payment related to its banking debt. “I actually wonder why this has to be asked at all,” said the EU’s top economic official, Olli Rehn. “The principle...
Neptune’s Pride Diary #4
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The penultimate part of my Neptune's Pride Diary sees us conspire to end the game peacefully, and the return of Doctor Terror.
