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Brian Eno And Gaza

Posted on May 16, 2018 by

Brian Eno celebrated his 70s birthday yesterday. His decision not to perform at a more or less unimportant pop festival in Berlin later this year was because the organizers had accepted a small amount of money (allegedly €500) from the … Continue reading →

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Ascension Day

Posted on May 10, 2018 by

The gorgeous glas window in Tromø’s Arctic Cathedral displays actually the Return of Jesus, not Ascension Day. I had visited the church for the first time, shortly after my arrival in the Arctic, on Ascension Day 2007 when several newborns … Continue reading →

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US Presidents Lack Moral Center

Posted on April 16, 2018 by

In an interview with Al Jazeera on 12 January 2013, Noam Chomsky characterized then president Barack Obama as a man without “moral centre”. If you look at his policies I think that’s what they reveal. I mean there’s some nice … Continue reading →

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Now They Gas Monkeys

Posted on January 30, 2018 by

The real shocking news about Volkswagen’s ongoing scandal about exhaust fumes is that the Germans are now gassing monkeys. (Humans were only tested for adverse effects nitrogen oxide.) The news broke more or less on Germany’s Holocaust Memorial Day, 27 … Continue reading →

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Chief Whip of European People’s Party Evokes Wannsee Conference

Posted on January 6, 2018 by

When chief whip of the accumulation of conservative and right-wing populist European People’s Party (EPP) in the European Parliament, Manfred Weber, uttered his expectations for 2018 on the occasion of his national party CSU’s New Year’s reception in Seeon, Bavaria, … Continue reading →

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