Category Archives: USA

Drone Incident November 1

Posted on November 9, 2012 by Muller

Not only Iranians are concerned about re-elected President Obama’s expanding drone war  in right now five countries. Iran is already a target. In order to get an idea where the American predator drone (fortunately “unarmed”, as CNN broke yesterday after … Continue reading →

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No Real Choice

Posted on November 7, 2012 by Muller

Americans reelected Barack Obama last night and thus made sure that he has got another chance to work hard on his promises of four years ago. The fallen messiah has to yield now. Of course, there is again hope for … Continue reading →

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The Perfect Storm

Posted on October 28, 2012 by Muller

Update October 29 below. Today politicians in the U.S. seem to be rather concerned about the possible impact of hurricane Sandy on the upcoming election on November 6, not so much about possible causes of natural disasters. Neither President Barack … Continue reading →

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Friendly Leaks

Posted on October 21, 2012 by Muller

Update below. Helen Cooper and Mark Landler of the New York Times (NYT) want to know that, as result of intense and secret exchanges of American and Iranian officials for almost four years (!), both sides have agreed on one-on-one negotiations … Continue reading →

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A Rather Grim Outlook

Posted on September 14, 2012 by Muller

Tromsø University and in particular its Center of Advanced Studies in Linguistics (CASTL), which celebrates its excellence and tenth anniversary, hosts this autumn semester Noam Chomsky who gave a political talk to the public yesterday to an overcrowded auditorium. Chomsky, … Continue reading →

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