For the last 9 days I have been glued to my computer screen -as we don't have a telly- for the latest updates on MaSr. The unthinkable has happened and events are moving very fast. The political lethargy of the last 30 years has made room for a proper people's lead revolution. Before yesterday I... Continue Reading →
How To Bring Down a Mastadon
We humans are weird animals. We aim to progress, develop and make things more advanced. We are also creatures of habit and like things to remain the same, resist change or believe that back-in-the-good-ol'-days everything was better. If you're a news junkie like me, I'm sure you've heard about the story of Sian and the... Continue Reading →
The Time When Democracy Was Having a Laugh
Two weeks into the new year and it feels like new year's resolution were never made, the festive season has never been and it is just very much business as usual. Not that I make them, by the way, new year's resolutions. Making resolutions is a four- season's affair and everyone knows it, but no... Continue Reading →
Land of Confusion
After more WikiLeaks revelations, LibDem committing mass betrayal and the return of Arctic conditions I have been thinking for some time what happened to my trust in government. Growing up in Lowlands country I was raised with the idea that the government is there to take care of the people. Corruption happened in far, uncivilised... Continue Reading →
Wonderfully Wicked WikiLeaks
Despite dropping temperatures the heat is on in the world of international politics and media. What a treat those girls and boys from WikiLeaks are giving us, Christmas has indeed come early. As an IR (International Relations) student, a news junkie and a lover of gossip I am rather distracted at the moment from writing... Continue Reading →
Unclear and Present Danger
My mind functions a bit like the one of a five-year old; I am easily entertained, easily bored and I'll ask you why you have a big fat nose if that is really the case. I am also quite easily excited or appalled. And appalled I was when I watched Michael Moore's Capitalism: a Love... Continue Reading →