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Political Corruption

What a Pitiful People We Are

Robert Mercer-Nairne | Posted 12.05.2013 | UK Politics
Read More: Systemic Failure, Political Corruption, UK Politics, UK Business, Crime, Chris Huhne, Justice, Westminster, UK Media, UK Politics News
Robert Mercer-Nairne

The spectacle of two human beings undergoing what amounts to a slow motion car crash should fill us with deep sadness. Instead, we are the jackals with cameras seeking to capture every nuance of the tragedy so that we may wallow in Schadenfreude, that compelling release of our own follies.

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Mexico: Where is the Justice for Regina Martínez?

Cathal Sheerin | Posted 03.04.2013 | UK
Read More: Literature, Murder, Politics, Women's Rights, Women, Violence Against Women, Latin America, Mexico Violence, Free Speech, Women and Politics, Mexico, Political Corruption, Justice, Journalism, Women in Media, UK News
Cathal Sheerin

Journalist Regina Martínez was murdered in Mexico's most corrupt state in April 2012; there is widespread suspicion that the official investigation ...

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Apocalypse, How? 21 December 2012 (Not) the End of The World

Ellen Grace Jones | Posted 08.02.2013 | Home
Read More: Mayan Apocalypse, Winter Solstice, George Orwell, 2012 Doomsday, Daniel Pinchbeck, Political Corruption, 2012 Apocalypse, Mayan Calendar, Spirituality, Home News
Ellen Grace Jones

In cultural terms the tiresome doom-and-gloom connotations stem from misguided interpretations of the calendar. It never meant, 'the end of the world', moreover, 'the end of the world as we know it.'

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Silvio Berlusconi and The Mafia Man With Easy Access To Horses' Heads

John Fleming | Posted 12.01.2012 | UK Politics
Read More: Mafia, Assassination, Political Corruption, Italy, P2, Cosa Nostra, Silvio Berlusconi, UK Politics News
John Fleming

A couple of days ago, I blogged about Silvio Berlusconi's resignation as Prime Minister of Italy and quoted an English friend of mine who has lived ...

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