Tag Archives: German politics

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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How to dispose of German politicians, the craziest football match of the year and some writing and genre links

Posted on May 16, 2012 by Cora

This is how we dispose of politicians in Lower Saxony: David McAllister, minister president of Lower Saxony (in case anybody is wondering about the name, McAllister’s parents are Scottish), and much of his cabinet went for a ride in a … Continue reading →

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It’s plagiarism season again

Posted on May 3, 2012 by Cora

It seemed as if the political plagiarism frenzy had come to an end after the last of the politicians found to have plagiarized their doctoral thesis lost her degree in a revision of a decision from the 1980s. Now, however, … Continue reading →

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A bit of searchterm weirdness and a great link

Posted on March 19, 2012 by Cora

For some reason, several people reached my site today by googling the name of a certain German politician and secretary in Angela Merkel’s cabinet in connection with “imcompetence”. Now I don’t recall ever having called said politician imcompetent in these … Continue reading →

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Some good discussions about romance and erotica and a bit of politics

Posted on March 16, 2012 by Cora

At Tor.com, Jo Walton discusses her conflicted relationship with the romance genre and Georgette Heyer. It’s a good post and even the discussion in comments is surprisingly good, given the population of regular commenters at Tor.com, and goes into how … Continue reading →

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A Tale of Two Presidents

Posted on March 11, 2012 by Cora

Yes, there’s some ranting about German politics behind the cut, so just skip if you don’t care:

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Gauck Linkdump of the Day

Posted on March 2, 2012 by Cora

There’s more on the upcoming German presidential elections behind the cut, including what Joachim Gauck thinks about the internet (hint: he doesn’t like it), a link to an interview with Gauck challenger Beate Klarsfeld and the candidates evaluated from a … Continue reading →

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One interview, two celebrity deaths, two cool links and Gauck

Posted on March 1, 2012 by Cora

Today I am interviewed by fantasy and YA writer Emily Ann Ward at her blog. Come on over and say hello. All the interviews I’ve done so far can be accessed from the interview page, by the way. What is … Continue reading →

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Political Linkdump of the Day

Posted on February 28, 2012 by Cora

I don’t really want to talk about politics anymore, but unfortunately it’s still important to blog about the criticism of Joachim Gauck, because the mainstream media is totally failing in even addressing the criticism at all. So there’s more presidential … Continue reading →

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The Daily Political Post

Posted on February 25, 2012 by Cora

Yesterday was the memorial ceremony for the ten victims of the Neo-Nazi terror group NSU complete with a national minute of silence at 12 o’clock. Our school participated in the minute of silence and it went reasonably well, though minutes … Continue reading →

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