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How the world will change
November 21st, 2008 by Roger Darlington
On the eve of Barack Obama assuming the United States’ presidency, we have the publication of the four yearly assessment of global trends prepared by the National Intelligence Council: “Global Trends 2025: A Transformed World”. On the position of the USA, the report’s executive summary states: “By 2025 the US will find itself as one […]
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Independence for Kurdistan?
November 21st, 2008 by Roger Darlington
When I take a cab, I always sit in the front and I always talk to the driver. Every driver has a story and, here in London, usually it is a story which begins in a foreign land. This morning, I took a cab, engaged the driver in conversation, and asked him where he came […]
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“Yes we Cem”
November 18th, 2008 by Roger Darlington
He insists that he is not the German Barack Obama. But, in 1994, he became the first ethnic Turk to be elected to the German parliament. In 2004, he won a seat in the European Parliament. And this week he was elected co-leader of the German Green Party. He is Cem Özdemir. More information here.
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A new holy war
November 10th, 2008 by Roger Darlington
A year and a half ago, I had a week’s holiday in Israel [see my account here] which including a visit to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. I wrote then: “Now, in its own way, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre is as bizarre as the Western Wall. Un-Christian as this may […]
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The American presidential election (91)
November 5th, 2008 by Roger Darlington
Last night, I stayed up watching CNN until 3 am London time before I had to crash out. By then, I was sure that Barack Obama had won the American presidential election even though the network had still not called it for the Democratic candidate. This evening, together with my American friend Eric Lee, I […]
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The American presidential election (90)
November 5th, 2008 by Roger Darlington
Thank you, America.
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The American presidential election (89)
November 4th, 2008 by Roger Darlington
“The usage of the two campaign Web sites (www.johnmccain.com and www.barackobama.com) can be tracked like any other large Web site via services like Hitwise, Alexa, Compete and Google Trends, to name a few. Overall, traffic to the campaign Web sites shows very clear trends regardless of data source. Hitwise shows a consistent 2-to-1 advantage in […]
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The American presidential election (88)
November 3rd, 2008 by Roger Darlington
I first blogged about Barack Obama on 12 April 2004 [see that posting here]. I blogged 11 times on the Illinois Senate race won by Obama on 4 November 2004. In my last posting on the election, I wrote: “I was delighted to see Barack Obama become the junior senator for Illinois and the only […]
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The American presidential election (87)
October 31st, 2008 by Roger Darlington
Barack Obama (playing himself) pals around with Matt Santos (played by Jimmy Smits) to discuss “The West Wing” and how to spread the wealth For me, the best entertainment television ever produced was “The West Wing”. I watched every episode of every one of the seven series as they were first broadcast; then I rewatched […]
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The American presidential election (85)
October 27th, 2008 by Roger Darlington
A week tomorrow, Americans go to the polls for a Presidential election – plus all the House of Representatives and a third of the Senate (including Joe Biden’s seat!) – in what seems to have been the longest and has certainly been the most exciting race that I can remember. Between now and 4 November, […]
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