Trolls, trolls galore

Wed 19/03/2014

Russian trolls with Anglo sounding names are working overtime. Dozens of names, writing the same things in all the fora. Spewing venom and repeating trite and retrite anti-western platitudes. Good old Soviet methods updated for […]

Ukraine, Russia and the West

Mon 10/03/2014

No great power will lift a finger for a small country, unless its vital interests are at stake, translated more often than not to read=OIL. And the US is getting its energy independence back thanks […]

Gramellini confronta Renzi con Mussolini

Fri 28/02/2014

Vito Kahlun cita Gramellini che confronta Renzi con Mussolini: Fatta eccezione per Daniela Santanchè, all’accostamento Renzi-Mussolini  non si era spinto ancora nessuno”. Ha ragione Massimiliano Gallo che, commentando per The Front Page il Buongiorno di Massimo Gramellini su La Stampa di […]

Simon Kuper in the FT: How to save the UK

Tue 25/02/2014

Simon Kuper in the FT: How to save the UK Simon Kuper makes 8 proposals to save the UK, among them: ‘Plonking the government in central Glasgow, where male life expectancy is 54, could transform […]

NYT: How to Get a Job at Google

Mon 24/02/2014

Thomas L. Friedman in the NYT: How to Get a Job at Google part 1 and part 2 writes about criteria used by Google to hire personnel. They stress the importance of cognitive ability, leadership, humility and […]

Mobile Communications: From 1G to 5G

Mon 24/02/2014

I have used the first three generations of mobile telephony and data, but I still have to try 4G – while 5G seems already round the corner!

One Europe: The Costs of Euromaidan

Mon 24/02/2014

One Europe: The Costs of Euromaidan  One Europe tallies the costs of Euromaidan: Ukrainian news portal Newsplot.org designed the infographic  which displays the costs* of the support system on Euromaidan organized by protesters themselves.   Ukrainian people have shown that they […]

El País: Mientras el Ejército suizo duerme

Sun 23/02/2014

Suiza pierde lo que le quedaba de credibilidad – o al menos de seriedad: …Pero si hay algo que ha causado hilaridad generalizada en la habitualmente adusta Suiza ha sido la falta de reacción de […]

Saviano: Se vince la paura si rinnega la storia

Sun 23/02/2014

Roberto Saviano: Se vince la paura si rinnega la storia, l’Espresso 19 Febbraio 2014. “Il referendum svizzero contro la circolazione degli stranieri è ispirato da timori che sono frutto della disinformazione. Decidere su queste basi […]

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