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Germany’s top court does not ban the right-wing extremist NPD, because it deems the party irrelevant by now On the apparent madness in the White House: A Strategic Lens Won’t Bring Trump into Focus, So Let’s Give Psychology a Shot (Honest Graft) A rather different view on Trump: Trump’s lies as a rational choice (Fully…
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https://twitter.com/davidschneider/status/788434335137488897
Germany’s president is not going to seek a second term. An article in the Economist explains why this matters The AfD is using stockphotos to illustrate its nativist message. The models are actually … Romanians There was another Brexit referendum 41 years ago. Here are some wonderful vintage photos. [contentcards url="http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/jun/05/do-you-remember-first-time-readers-1975-europe-referendum"]
The controversy about how we should refer to the terrorist group known in Western Europe as “ISIS” has been going on for some time (the Americans prefer “ISIL”). If you followed the news after the recent attacks (and who hasn’t), you will have noticed that a third name, “Daesh”, is gaining currency with heads of…
Why Andre Gelman doesn’t use the terms “fixed” and “random”. If he doesn’t, we shouldn’t. Probably [contentcards url="http://t.co/3Hx29jse53"] PhD Comics: Overtime [contentcards url="http://t.co/OvTWTqYfTP"] Academic fraud in Political Science [contentcards url="http://t.co/ee0voTQ5tD"] Posters from the Soviet Space Age. [contentcards url="http://t.co/qn2Q3x4z18"] And finally, Fascinating longread on the LaCour affair [contentcards url="http://t.co/HlhC9PP3gX"]
RT @internetofshit: And that’s when our smart devices learned to blackmail us Don’t forget blueprint for this building was stolen, too Unafraid of #Greek / #German national stereotypes? Try this hilariously stupid video: V is for #Varoufakis Exactly MT @BioDataGanache: Sometimes peer review goes wrong… dreadfully wrong. RT @SLdeLange: Charming new poster from UDC/SVP youth…
BBC News: Varoufakis ‘taped confidential EU meeting’ Interesting, but a wee bit pricey: “France and Fascism” monograph RT @BarnabyEdwards: Mum… Dad… I can’t keep it secret any longer: I’m Chinese.
Cameron in Europe: Not a Good Place to Be The Parliament of Women, 1656 Jacob Christensen on the 2015 election in Denmark: Forming a Government – The Game Begins Dazzling picture of Margaret Thatcher, campaigning to stay in EU in 1975 Referendum. Where’s that jumper now?
Interesting piece in the Economist on Germany’s emerging foreign AfD removes whip from “too liberal” MP, two more may follow (in German). My update on the AfD faction in Thuringia is here. ONS constituency interactive maps Greeks continue to love euro more than they love Tsipras
Patrick Dunleavy is not happy about the Conservative win: Three more years of Cameron – but it will be a rocky road ahead Why GRAMMAR MATTERS. This is depressing: Amnesty’s report on “Europe’s sinking shame: The failure to save refugees and migrants at sea” What do you call a past counterfactual? Useful information, anyway: What…