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Repression in Ukraine: languacide of Russian
These are some facts: A) According to annual surveys by the Ukrainian Institute of Sociology (of the National Academy of Sciences) throughout 1994 to 2005: 1.- Average 36% of the Ukrainian population are native Russian speakers. 2.- Average 34% of … Continue reading
Religions and social evolution
Premise nr 1: Religions are but a sedative; nothing else. They help us to bear life and, eventually, to face death. In this way, they act like painkillers, dumbing our mind, and even our senses in some cases. This is … Continue reading
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Bethlehem of Galilee, Jesus’ birthplace?
While yahooing “Bethlehem” on the internet, a couple of results stating a curious theory caught my eye: namely, that Jesus’ birthplace might not have been the famous Bethlehem of Judea, but a much smaller–and closer to Nazareth–Bethlehem of Galilee (Beit … Continue reading
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The disarmament of ETA
Since Le Tribunal d’Estrasburg declared illegal the polemic Parot doctrine used by Spain for impeding the early redemption of terrorists and other dangerous criminals, and the Spanish National Court started to promptly and suspiciously release ETA murderers -along with anoother scum as a … Continue reading
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Mateo
‘Esto ocurría en el bar Venecia. ¡Tú pregútale por ahí a cualquiera qué pasó en el bar Venecia y verás cómo te lo cuentan! Era en los tiempos en que aquí andaba todo revuelto y cada semana había una amenaza … Continue reading
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Ochandiano
Tras unos días de fríos nortes, el otoño ha hecho su impetuosa entrada en el valle y la montaña alavesa, pasando una paleta de ocres y sienas sobre la arboleda y la hojarasca. Después, un veranillo de San Martín acompañado … Continue reading
Honouring Torrente Ballester
Un reciente y por completo innecesario artículo de Ángel Vivas, publicado en el diario El Mundo el pasado diez de octubre, ha tenido el malaje de hacerme saltar de indignación en el asiento. En él, el periodista Ángel Vivas, en … Continue reading
The big lie
It would be a pity if one of the most telling and meaningful pieces of information published in the last few days passed unnoticed among the noise of other news, certainly more sexually attractive but surely less important from the … Continue reading
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