Category Archives: News
The Feds Move In
The US congress may have recently backed down on their proposed anti-piracy legislation, caving in to high-profile dissent from the likes of Google, Wikipedia and thousands more. But, it seems the government is serious about this stuff. The founder of … Continue reading
Filed under Government, internet, News
The Gods Must Be Crazy
An interesting and wholly (holy) modern religious group has emerged from the frozen, progressive landscape of Sweden. It seems that the nation that gave the world Pirate Bay, Spotify and Skype are adding a new addition to the table. The … Continue reading
Filed under internet, News, Social Media
The Arab Spring in Moscow
With the recent passing of North Korea’s ‘Dear Leader,’ Kim Jong-il, it will be interesting to see if such a closed society will be swallowed by the kinds of tumultuous changes that the Arab world has faced in the last … Continue reading
Filed under Economy, Government, News, politics
Britain’s Divide At Home
Britain’s Prime Minister, David Cameron, not only took a public flogging from the sound bite king, Nicolas Sarkozy (calling him an “obstinate child”) for his stand-alone approach at the latest Brussels EU meeting, but his coalition partner and Lib Dem … Continue reading
‘Hamsters’ are out for Putin’s blood
The ripples from the ‘Arab spring’ have continued to evolve, facilitating the Occupy Wall Street campaign and countless other demonstrations, and now the Kremlin, once the bastion of censorship and state control is being shaken by what President Vladimir Putin … Continue reading
Murdoch Jr. is the new sacrificial lamb
The Commons culture committee were in attendance and so was James Murdoch, for a three hour grilling on the continued phone-hacking saga. Now that it’s been reported in the mainstream media that the Sun newspaper also took part in the … Continue reading
A close shave for Murdoch?
To turn our attention away from the eurozone crisis (actions have been delayed, yet again) and look at another interesting story that never seems to leave (like the debt deliberations). Rupert Murdoch and his News Corp team had their annual … Continue reading
It Will Survive!
Just as news hits the headlines that Greece hasn’t met its terms set for the first bail out tranche, CNN Money has run an article saying that ‘Economists actually believe the euro will survive.’ Just as the protests in Greece … Continue reading
Mamma Mia!
Certain political figures become embroiled in situations that fiction writers would have a hard time dreaming up; for Silvio Berlusconi, Italy’s Prime Minister, it is trench warfare on all sides as his nation attempts to extricate itself from a dire … Continue reading
Filed under Europe, Government, News, politics
Downgraded, degraded
At the end of a cliffhanger week with the US economy stepping into the global spotlight, only to reveal sallow skin and an emaciated frame, the government managed at the last minute, to agree upon a budget plan allowing Congress … Continue reading
