With great power comes great responsibility, Voltaire said and it’s a shame that French president Nicolas Sarkozy didn’t think of reminding those words to British Prime Minister David Cameron at Friday’s summit. After what happened in Brussels, the reactions were predictable: the British public were split with a heavy majority backing David Cameron (despite his [...]
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Yesterday, the German Pirate Party (Piratenpartei) gathered over 8% of the Berlin State Election cast ballots, pushing the 5% required margin and cornering more prominent parties, such as the anti-European radicals and the nationalists. The first pirate party was founded in January 2006 in Sweden (the famous Piratpartiet), in the wake of the Pirate Bay [...]
Even if you’re not an economist, chances are you might have heard of Nouriel Roubini, the Economics professor who declared in 2005 that the real estate industry was riding a speculative wave that would soon sink the economy. Much like the fabled Cassandra, his prediction was ridiculed just before it came true. In the Western [...]
The presumed death of Al-Qaeda mentor Osama bin Laden in a takedown operation can’t be the object of a Q & A session because there are no answers. Claiming security, the US government divulges nothing. What we are left are questions spawning more questions. 0. What did Osama bin Laden do, exactly? Osama bin Laden [...]
Historical dramas tend to be less historical when put into a movie. HBO’s The Tudors managed to impress visually and story-wise, while leaving historical accuracy aside. With characters not entirely related to the historical image and keeping touch only with the larger scale events, The Tudors managed to reinvent interest in the Tudor age of [...]
The “pay no attention to the man behind the curtain” award goes to Russian president Vladimir Putin who proved conclusively that one can be both a country’s leader and puppet master (Putin’s Medvedev is now a recognized rival of Dunham’s Achmed), while keeping self in power. We look forward to Putin performing his puppeteering in [...]
Intr-o conferinta de presa, ministrul roman de externe Teodor Baconschi a anuntat oficial retragerea dosarului Romaniei pentru aderarea la spatiul Schengen. Asaltat de intrebarile ziaristilor bulversati, Baconschi a precizat ca Romania nu poate permite aderarea la spatiul Schengen atata timp cat state precum Germania sau Franta sunt cuiburi de coruptie ce anual permit intrarea fara [...]
A intelege politica externa a Romaniei este o incercare inutila de a pune ordine in haos. A incerca sa adaugi prisma obiectivelor economice este absolut inutil iar incercarea Romaniei de a adera la spatiul Schengen subliniaza acest lucru inca o data. Am spus-o de multe ori: Romania nu merita sa intre in Uniunea Europeana in [...]
I hate Sarah Palin. The United States presidential hopeful Sarah Palin is one of those people gifted with the unique talen of being able to bring down Internet behemots such as Facebook or Youtube (or even Twitter). Just the other day I was on Youtube trying to watch one of my favorite music videos when [...]
