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Grace and Humility
I am grateful that the French/German channel ARTE provides footage of the concert of Brian and Roger Eno at the Acropolis in Athens of August 4. The circumstances, in times of Covid, the most...
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Tropical Nights in Tromsø
When temperatures fell to just 21°C in a summer night in 2018 (July 29), it was reported in the news the following day. The first time in recorded history, Tromsø, about 350 km north of the Arctic...
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Insights Into Shi’ite Islam
I have come across this book by photographer Hans Georg Berger, Einsicht – Drei Reisen in die innerste Welt des schiitischen Islam (Insight – Three Journeys Into the Innermost World of Shi’a Islam,...
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Venus Transits in 1032 and 2012
Venus transit on June 6, 2012, Tromsø. By courtesy of Bert Olsen. As readers may have noticed, I am a moon watcher. Eclipses of either the sun or the moon had been a sort of passion throughout my...
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A Memoir of a 34-Year-Old
It’s true, Chelsea Manning has experienced what others would not have in an entire life. She has done the public an incredible favor when downloading thousands of documents to WikiLeaks which...
View ArticleDissatisfied, Incompetent, Socially Retarded
When Prince Harry now mentions that he had killed 25 Afghan fighters when in the country at the tender age of 23, I remember what I wrote about him in 2008. The Testosterone Factor March 03, 2008 This...
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Norman X. Finkelstein’s Inquest Into His (Self-provoked) Martyrdom?
Phew! I just checked and it took me ten weeks to finish reading it. I don’t know exactly what is this, at least, it’s Norman Finkelstein’s latest book. One user over at reddit, when seeing the...
View ArticleHow Does a Yellowhammer Sing?
About two years ago, I had blogged about a rare concert by Brian Eno and friends and family members at the Acropolis in Athens which took place under very concerning circumstances. So far unseen...
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Dangerous Ignorance
When Israel’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu explained to the World his ideas about the new Middle East in New York last month, I was wondering how the Palestinians must feel when realizing that...
View ArticleThe Song Of the Martyrs
All our lives, all of usWhose bones you haveClimbed on– were all our lives wasted?– were we martyred toFinish with all formsOf slavery forever – onlyTo witness our offspringComplacent and bought...
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