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August 2, 2011 | Politics

Stasi informant went from radical left to neo-Nazi right

Rechtsextremist Mahler zu sechs Jahren Haft verurteilt

Some people are simply born to cause trouble. Horst Mahler was a leader of the German radical left in the…

April 28, 2010 | Politics

Watching The Watchers

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Google, living up to their lesser known slogan of “Do no evil – but if you have to tell everyone”,...

January 29, 2010 | Politics

Obama’s First State of the Union Address Analysed

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An analysis of Barak Obama’s State of the Union Address delivered on 27 January 2010 reveals some interesting core messages,...

August 25, 2009 | Fun & Humour, Politics, Science & Technology

The Boy Who Heard Too Much

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Great article on vintage-style phreaking in Rolling Stone. The article includes this alleged exploit: Last year, during the presidential campaign,...

August 20, 2009 | Politics

CIA Used Blackwater Assassins

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From the New York Times: The Central Intelligence Agency in 2004 hired outside contractors from the private security contractor Blackwater…

July 28, 2009 | Politics

EU Citizens Told To Shut Up And Not Pay Attention

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The fine art of doublespeak is alive and well, and skilfully practised by Spanish EU Commissioner Joaquin Almunia. Redefining the…

May 15, 2009 | Point Of View, Politics

Le Fear Of Der Foreigners

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What bollocks Eurosceptics like UKIP come up with to rationalise their xenophobic beliefs. According to a UKIP report, “Brussels [is]...

December 23, 2008 | Politics

Goodbye Guantanamo?

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From an article on Salon: President-elect Barack Obama has long stated that he would shut down the U.S. military detention…

November 12, 2008 | Language, Literature & Linguistics, Point Of View, Politics, Religion & Philosophy

Orson Scott Card, Bigot

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Brilliant author and all-round douche Orson Scott Card (see previous rants here and here) has added to his store of…

November 5, 2008 | Politics

Yes We Can. And We Did.

Yes we can. And we did.

October 21, 2008 | Politics

A Peculiar Association: Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings

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In any society that we can call sane or decent, Martin Hemings would have been Thomas Jefferson’s brother-in-law; in 18th-century…

October 16, 2008 | Politics

To All Obama Supporters

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Note to all Obama supporters: can the euphoria and back-slapping. Some polls are better than others, but on average all…

August 21, 2008 | Politics

US Behind Georgian Military Action?

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What was (and is) the role of the United States in Georgia’s military campaign in South Ossetia? The military relationship…

August 13, 2008 | Language, Literature & Linguistics, Politics

Doris Lessing Takes On Zimbabwe

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Doris Lessing (winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature for 2007) on the political situation in Zimbabwe: The political degradation…

August 6, 2008 | Point Of View, Politics

Lies, Damn Lies, And Politics

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So let’s recap the story so far: Saddam Hussein and Iraq had no weapons of mass destruction. MI6 knew that…