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NSA eavesdropping – hyperventilation on a massive scale

Fri 25/10/2013

A lot of hyperventilation over very little: every state worth its salt collects intelligence on enemies, and allies. EU countries could start pointing fingers at the US, if they did not do the same, although [...]

John Stuart Mill: Conservative persons are generally stupid…

Sun 28/02/2016

I did not mean that Conservatives are generally stupid; I meant, that stupid persons are generally Conservative. I believe that to be so obvious and undeniable a fact that I hardly think any hon. Gentleman [...]

Thomas Friedman on Snowden|NYT

Tue 11/06/2013

Friedman opens with: “I’m glad I live in a country with people who are vigilant in defending civil liberties. But as I listen to the debate about the disclosure of two government programs designed to [...]

Europe’s new right sounds like the old left – FT.com

Thu 25/02/2016

One day in 2008, a friend called to tell me that he thought the world might be coming to an end. He was not a religious fanatic; he worked in markets. Lehman Brothers had just [...]

Explainer: What you need to know about Catalan independence |Wikitribune Beta

Fri 27/10/2017

Source: Explainer: What you need to know about Catalan independence – Wikitribune Beta

Photo etc.

Photography and travel, politics, computers and journalism

Putin’s dangerous chess game: Ukraine, Europe and the West under attack – ELfR

Russian Propaganda and disinformation with Dietmar Pichler – ELfR

Nuclear and renewable energies: Discussion – Panel European Liberals for Reform

Get the Children Out! Forgotten Heroes of the Kindertransport – European Liberals for Reform Webinar

Metropa The European Supermetro Network Vision to Become Reality? ELfR webinar

Prospects for change in Russia & Europe’s role in Russia’s political transformation – ELfR

30th anniversary of the fall of the Soviet Union

Prospects for change in Russia & Europe’s role in Russia’s political transformation: European Liberals for Reform Webinar

European Culture: Aranjuez

The Daily Miracle

Will Russia attack Ukraine? “There are no rational arguments, but Russia is not rational”

Polish parliament targets TVN with media law

Human Rights day 2021

I bet you’ve never heard about the U3A?

Modelling and simulation based on examples from transportation and health care” with Paweł Kołodziejczyk – ELfR event

Prospects for change in Russia & Europe’s role in Russia’s political transformation – ELfR webinar

Disinformation and Media Literacy – ELfR panel discussion

How can we prevent future pandemics? – ELfR webinar on 07 December 2021

Human Trafficking by Geoff Corre

World TV day 2021

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