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Category Archives: Politics
Easily Confused (28) Gaza and Gezi
Park in Gaza: Gezi Park, Istanbul, Turkey: I am waiting for Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan to speak about “the suffering and the inhumane conditions of life in Gaza” again. He probably won’t even notice the irony.
What China can and can’t do
So the European Union imposed tariffs against Chinese solar panels. This is quite interesting, as it shows us what China can and can’t do, in the eyes of the European Union and its member states. What China can do without … Continue reading
Child Safety in America
A nice campaign by Moms demand Action for Gun Sense in America: Having grown up in Germany, I had Little Red Riding Hood (or rather “Rotkäppchen”), dodgeball and of course Kinder surprise eggs in my childhood. I didn’t have any assault … Continue reading
Easily Confused (25) Castro Brothers
Castro brothers (innocent): Castro brothers (not innocent):
You want more Surveillance? You can have it.
I just read this: A new CNN/Time … Poll indicates four in ten Americans say they are willing to give up some civil liberties to fight terrorism. Only 38% favor expanding government monitoring of e-mail and cell phones. While this … Continue reading
Posted in Human Rights, Law, Philosophy, Politics, Terrorism, USA
Tagged civil liberties, Human Rights, PRISM, surveillance, Terrorism
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Easily Confused (23) Orange Revolution
Orange revolution: Orange counter-revolution: What little democratic progress was achieved in Ukraine, the Netherlands are undoing it.
North Korea’s Military Strategy
I have studied a great many wars, but I am not aware of an example where the aggressor state revealed its detailed step-by-step strategy in advance. In public. In a colourful video. North Korea has the courtesy to do so and lays … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema, Military, North Korea, Politics, USA
Tagged Hollywood, Korea, movies, war
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Grutas Park – a Museum of Falsification of History
Last weekend I was in Druskininkai, in the South of Lithuania, and of course I wanted to visit nearby Grūtas Park (Grūto parkas in Lithuanian), a sculpture park of Soviet monuments and a museum about the Soviet occupation of Lithuania. … Continue reading
Posted in History, Holocaust, Lithuania, Military, Photography, Politics, Travel, World War II
Tagged Grutas Park, Gruto Parkas, Soviet Union
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Another “Humanitarian Crisis”
I woke up this morning, at 0630 mind you, to the radio news of BBC World Service which included a short item about Amnesty International warning of a “humanitarian crisis” in Greece because of the situation of the refugees there. … Continue reading
Posted in Greece, Holocaust, Human Rights, Language, Politics
Tagged amnesty international, Human Rights, Media
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The Happy Hermit 