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Author Archives: Andreas Moser
How about some Waffen-SS on the weekend, son?
Richard Iott is the Republican candidate for the 9th Congressional District in Ohio. He is also the father of a son and came up with an interesting idea for what to do with his son on weekends. As a “father-son … Continue reading
Posted in Germany, History, Holocaust, Military, Politics, USA, World War II
Tagged German history, Nazis, re-enactment, Republicans, Waffen-SS, Wehrmacht
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Nobel Peace Prize 2010 for Liu Xiaobo
The 2010 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to the Chinese writer Liu Xiaobo who is serving a prison term of 11 years for having signed Charter 08, a document that calls for political reforms and civil liberties. More than … Continue reading
Posted in China, Human Rights, Politics
Tagged civil liberties, Human Rights, Liu Xiaobo, Nobel Peace prize, sanctions, trade
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No rape in marriage, says head of Islamic Sharia Council
Sheikh Maulana Abu Sayeed, president of the Islamic Sharia Council in Britain says that under Sharia law, there can be no rape in marriage “because sexual intercourse is part of the marriage”. That is clearly a repulsive view, because as … Continue reading
Posted in Family Law, Islam, Law, Politics, UK
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UNESCO World Philosophy Day – why in Iran?
Since 2002, UNESCO is holding a World Philosophy Day each year in November. – That’s a nice idea because philosophy is much underrated in public debate. This World Philosophy Day is hosted by a different country each year. – That’s … Continue reading
Don’t travel to Europe!
So say the US State Department and the UK Foreign Office in travel warnings issued because of terror alerts in October 2010. Just having been to Germany a few weeks ago, I checked the Foreign Office’s travel warning about my … Continue reading
New innovation from Iran: Islamic bikes
After its revolutionary space programme, sending a mouse, a turtle and a can of worms into space in February 2010, and after being set to uncover the secrets of nuclear fusion, Iran is continuing on its unstoppable path of innovation … Continue reading
Liebe Terroristinnen und Terroristen
Der Unsitte, “Mitbürgerinnen und Mitbürger”, “Studentinnen und Studenten” oder “Arbeitnehmerinnen und Arbeitnehmer” zu sagen, konnte ich mich schon aus sprachästhetischen Gründen nie anschließen. Ich fand es auch nicht notwendig, denn ich bin alt genug um mich an die Zeiten zu … Continue reading
Quotas for women – why only in boardrooms?
Both the UK and the EU are considering the implementation of quotas for women in corporate boardrooms, something that Norway already did in 2004. This raises obvious questions which have been discussed many times before: What if not enough women … Continue reading
Car-free by choice
No, I am not immune to charismatic cars. I have had some really cool cars myself: a Chevrolet Blazer S10 was the first one, then a Jeep Cherokee and finally a Jaguar XJ with a 222 HP engine. I loved … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Travel
Tagged car-free, Cars, Chevrolet, Jaguar, Jaguar XJ, Jeep Cherokee
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What Sarah Shourd can’t say (yet)
Sarah Shourd, the American woman who was hiking in the Iraq-Iran border region last year and was arrested on that occasion and who subsequently spent 13 months in a prison in Iran, was finally released on 14 September 2010 without ever … Continue reading
Posted in Iran, Politics, USA
Tagged Ahmadinejad, Evin, Evin prison, hostage, Iraq, Islamic Republic of Iran, Josh Fattal, Joshua Fatal, prison, Sarah Shourd, Shane Bauer, Tehran, US hikers
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The Happy Hermit 