Untimely meditations
One man's thoughts, observations and rants
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Latest posts
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ACTA countdown running
Despite (or maybe thanks to) rumours that the EPP Group in the EU Parliament was going to try some last minute trickery to get ACTA off the agenda for this coming Wednesday, this latest threat has failed to materialize. This means that the countdown to the vote on ACTA in the European Parliament is still…
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Karel de Gucht: Vote of EU Parliament on ACTA doesn’t matter
I have written before on the shocking arrogance of the European Commission. However, it now appears that matters are even worse than previously thought. EU Commissioner Karel De Gucht held a speech the day before the INTA Committee voted on ACTA, announcing that the vote of the EU Parliament on ACTA doesn’t matter, ACTA will…
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I’m a terrorist
What? Yes, I am a terrorist. At least, according to Marielle Gallo, a member of the European Parliament, wife to famous historian Max Gallo. In a heroic effort to prove to the world how far Mrs. Gallo is removed from her constituency (and sanity, some might argue) she stated in a recent interview that those…
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Breaking news: INTA committee rejects ACTA 19 – 12!
This just in: The INTA committee, the committee in the European Parliament that is responsible for ACTA has just accepted the motion to REJECT ACTA! This is good news!
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David Martin: “Say no to ACTA”
In a rather surprising statement from David Martin, the new rapporteur on ACTA and chairman of the EU International Trade Committee, he urges the rejection of the controversial ACTA agreement, stating that the benefits of the agreement do not way up against the concerns surrounding ACTA. The statement is surprising, because mr. Martin has in…
Recent comments
But isn’t God omnipotent? And, btw, you need to read your Bible again because the flood had nothing to do…
The Christian god is man-made, it’s a non-existent being. So yes, while I can not say for certain that there…
A rather convenient way to excuse your god for a global genocide. Fortunately, none of it happened.
No, holy books are not evidence of the claims of religion, they are the claims. As such, they do not…
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“There are two different kinds of people in the world: those who want to know, and those who want to believe.”
Friedrich Nietzsche
Philosopher
Good point. I get the awful impression that this person has never studied any counterargument for their religion.