Category Archives: Minor notes

Someone is wasting my money

Posted on 2012-03-18 by Gilbert

Within minutes of posting this, it was accessed by two IP’s that had never been here before. One is registered to the Commission of the European Communities, the other to the  Council of the European Union. Both were using dated … Continue reading →

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The BBC thinks I’m morally lenient

Posted on 2012-01-04 by Gilbert

The BBC offers a quiz to Test Your Morality (HT: Brian Green at The Moral Mindfield). Basically they present you with some scenarios of what someone has done and ask you to give 1-10 ratings of your sense of wrongness, … Continue reading →

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Presidential status check

Posted on 2012-01-04 by Gilbert

Christian Wulf, the president of Germany (a figurehead in our constitutional order) is presently caught in a bit of a scandal. Everyone is wondering if and when he will resign.  If he actually resigns I might use the selection of … Continue reading →

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