Of gobos, bat-signs and cat-signs: shedding light on the IDL
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Bat-sign After news broke of the Internet Defense League's launch, this weblog was bombarded by well-wishers with links to the IDL's catcall. Since the IDL has managed to cast a shadow simultaneously on Batman and the IPKat through its choice of ima...
The Capitol Limited and Michael and Clarence
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We travelled on an Amtrak train from New York but this Washington to Chicago trip is our first experience of an Amtrak overnight train. The trains are huge double deckers, with sleeping cars, a dining car and a bar. Amtrak owns the trains, but it do...
E.U. Crisis: Democracy Confronts Masters of the Universe.
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Bank of France warned the whole world is at risk and Europe’s leaders still have failed to grasp the nettle. But what nettle.Euro skeptics are adamant it is the fault of failed political European leadership. Those who created a flawed product,...
Negativbewertungen der Parlamentsarbeit in Europa
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Über achtzig Prozent der Bevölkerung halten unsere Volksvertreter wegen der dramatischen aktuellen Probleme schlicht für überfordert. Negativbewertungen der Parlamentsarbeit gehören zur demoskopischen Routine. Traditionsgemäß werden dabei leer...
There is no pony.
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Leaving aside scepticism about the Euro for a moment, and turning to the European Union, Nosemonkey argues that the idea of “auditing the costs of EU law” is silly. Well, it’s a Cameron policy proposal…but enough snark. Britis...
Across Europe, nations are turning in on themselves | Karel Williams
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Within countries, local nationalisms are taking hold, with richer regions demanding to pay less to their poorer neighboursOn the surface, the eurozone crisis appears to be all about the fallout between national governments. It is creditor v debtor, n...
FTfm on AV
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Some highlights from Monday’s FTfm.Offshore bank inflows post modest riseEurope’s embattled offshore private banking industry reported fresh inflows of money for...
How Exactly Does The HCG Diet Supplement Works: A Thorough Info
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Being fat is not simple as it seems. As a matter of fact, it has a lot of baggage coming with it. You will be teased by a lot of people like you do not have dignity at all, and not only that! You are very prone to different diseases that are really v...
New Cybersecurity Proposal in US, Google and Ramadan Traditions, Digg news and more.. Cyberculture roundup..
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TweetNew Cybersecurity Proposal Patches Serious Privacy Vulnerabilities from EFF.org Updates by Rainey Reitman and Lee Tien For months, we’ve been raising the alarm about the serious civil liberties implications of the cybersecurity bills making th...
Belleville with sideburns?
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Time for a follow-up to the extraordinary animated film Belleville Rendez-vouz, featuring a geeky Brit hero with sideburns? Below, the trailer for the film, called Les Triplettes de Belleville when first released (2003) in France: ...
Labour market union, cross-border worker mobility and yellow cards
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The 6th among the nine enhanced cooperations I've proposed here was labelled "labour market union".The rational behind this kind of enhanced cooperation is to increase cross-border labour mobility. Increasing intra-European cross-border lab...
Sorry, but most Irish people are not against abortion.
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On the 25th November 1992 over a million Irish voters, 62% of those who voted, voted Yes to the 13th amendment to the Irish constitution. This was to give the right to travel to Irish citizens, which in the context of the day was primarily a right...
Georgetown and farewell to Washington
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This morning we took the Circulator bus out to the sleepy, picturesque old port of Georgetown. We saw the Old Stone House (1765), probably one of the oldest buildings in Washington and wandered along the Potomac. We also sauntered along the main sho...
Men, Privilege and Violence
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Today, one year ago, a young man set off a bomb in the middle of a city, then drove to a near-by island, calmly crossed the water, and started shooting dozens of teenagers. Today, a couple of days ago, a … Continue reading →...
Men, Privilege and Violence
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Today, one year ago, a young man set off a bomb in the middle of a city, then drove to a near-by island, calmly crossed the water, and started shooting dozens of teenagers. Today, a couple of days ago, a … Continue reading →...
NGOs are hidden arms of international terrorism. Are you joking?
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Why are haunted by the fear Western fall with Islam as the main force infiltrating in our society to destroy it to the point that the EU is scoping for legislation on stopping terrorist infiltration in our beloved and unharmful charities? Today the...
Italian Euro Exit: why it might come in 2-3 years and why it will help the euro zone and Italy
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Silvio Berlusconi is finally back and candidate of his “Polo della libertà” (PDL) for the 2013 elections. Prime minister Monti who is not elected by the people but by the financial establishment, is supposed to govern only till Spring 20...
M. Fatih Cantemir (@emefsi)’den fotolara devam… Bir Çiçek albümü
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Tweet TweetRelated posts: Muhammet Fatih Cantemir’den Ankara Kocatepe Cami fotoları (@emefsi) Büyükada’dan küçük adalara (Fatih Cantemir’den fotolar) Emre Sevimbige: Ayna’nınMavi Şarkılar Albümü- İnceleme Seven Lig...
Time to nationalise the big banks
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In the past 30 years a great number of utilities in the developed world have been privatised. That trend seems likely to be reversed. Why? Because the ideology which drove the project—in particular, the notion that the private sector is always...
