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Category Archives: Politics
Now what? Kim Oba-ma to strike back at North-Korean Christmas movies?
Straight from the horse’s mouth, the chief-commander of the US of A speaking about the Sony hack: “We will respond, we will respond proportionally, and in a place and time that we choose. It’s not something that I will announce … Continue reading
The Euro parliament voted today to break up Google
will be the headline in the American press. The reality is that it was a short paragraph in a long document on consumer rights in a digital market. However it's true that a large majority of the parliament just requested … Continue reading
European Right To Be Forgotten should be respected worldwide
All European citizens have this right, but where should it be exercised? Is it only valid within the European community or is it a transnational right? Can you bypass filters by going to google.com? The current implementation by Google is … Continue reading
Londoners confronted with Dutch black face tradition
Interesting experiment to walk around in a park dressed up as Black Pete / Zwarte Piet, the helper of 'Sinterklaas' who in December goes around handing out presents to children. Eighty percent of the Dutch population fails to understand that … Continue reading
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It took 25 years for propaganda wars to catch up with the Gulf war
This video of John Cantlie, prisoner of IS, reporting live from Kobani is a first on many accounts. Released today it shows the Islamic State completely caught up with the latest in propaganda. Almost a quarter of a century passed … Continue reading
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State will appeal in Pistorius 'murder' trial: a backgrounder
After 'bladerunner' Pistorius got off with a relatively light sentence of five years the state prosecutor Nell announced today that they will appeal. No doubt most South-Africans will be happy as the idea that he would get away with possibly … Continue reading
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See what happens when kids grow up in a world of racial stereotypes
The video shows a repeat of an old experiment where children can chose between two dolls. See these black children demonstrate a complete lack of self-esteem or even outright self-hatred by choosing a white doll (the 'nice one') over a … Continue reading
If skin is sacrosanct why then is foreskin excluded?
Under most Western laws children can't legally have a tattoo whatever their parents decide but little boys are commonly (33%) circumcised. If we want to protect children from irreversible damage by the ideas of their parents we should of course … Continue reading
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30 million dollar and a new identity if you can tell who downed flight MH17
A German detective agency offers this extremely high reward on behalf of a mystery client to a whistleblower who can reveal who was behind the downing over the Ukraine of flight MH17. The money is already deposited on a Swiss … Continue reading
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You Go First: Is Obama's Coalition actually going to bomb Syria?
We live in the age of consent; you can't just drop some bombs on a country because you suspect terrorists on their soil. Worse, you can't even attack a country without permission of the Security Council and you need a … Continue reading
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