Tag Archives: politics

The New York Times is Stupid on Plagiarism

Posted on February 13, 2013 by Cora

The New York Times has an article on the Annette Schavan case and the other political plagiarism affairs in Germany and completely manages to miss the point once again. Because according to the author, one Nicholas Kulish*, apparently it is … Continue reading →

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Rose Monday Linkdump

Posted on February 11, 2013 by Cora

Rose Monday is the main event in German carnival. Not that it affects me much, since I don’t live in a carnival region and secondary schools don’t have official carnival celebrations. Meanwhile, my cold is improving somewhat, but I’m still … Continue reading →

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Still Snowy Linkdump

Posted on January 27, 2013 by Cora

We still have snow and even got some new snow today, though it’s supposed to start melting tomorrow, most likely with freezing rain, too – brrr. And that on a day I’m supposed to go to Oldenburg. Anyway, I’ve got … Continue reading →

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Some Reflections on the Lower Saxony State Elections

Posted on January 25, 2013 by Cora

As promised, here are my remarks and reflections about the Lower Saxony state elections, somewhat belated, because I was tired and busy and because the election result frankly baffled me. Because to be honest, I fully expected the conservative CDU … Continue reading →

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Links for a Snow Day

Posted on January 16, 2013 by Cora

First of all, I added a few new haiku to The Haiku Zone in the top left corner of the page. There are now 23 rotating haiku featured. Meanwhile, I’ve also got a bunch of links to share: The Golden … Continue reading →

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Obama Reelected

Posted on November 7, 2012 by Cora

Just chanced to glance at the live TV coverage of the US election, which I have running in the background, and saw that Ohio went to Obama, which means that he won the election. Like some 80 or 90 percent … Continue reading →

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Gone Away Linkdump

Posted on October 18, 2012 by Cora

From tomorrow on I’ll be in the UK for a couple of days. In urgent cases, I can still be contacted via e-mail or cellphone. And the office is still occupied in case someone desperately needs to get hold of … Continue reading →

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We won the Nobel Peace Prize

Posted on October 13, 2012 by Cora

This morning, I was quite stunned to hear on the radio that I had won the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize. Because in the extremely unlikely event that I should ever win a Nobel Prize, I would have bet on literature … Continue reading →

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A Trio of Scandals and some Links

Posted on September 14, 2012 by Cora

At the Pegasus Pulp blog, I chronicle the latest developments in the sockpuppet review scandal in a series of three posts and respond to some of the more hyperbolic sockpuppeting defenses, which liken being against fake sockpuppet reviews to being … Continue reading →

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Late August Links

Posted on August 25, 2012 by Cora

I seem to have caught some kind of bug, because I haven’t been feeling well these past few days. Plus, I managed to scald myself with hot tea today, when the handle broke off my tea cup and the contents … Continue reading →

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