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The sad reality is that these days politicians/marketers/vipers are now fanning the flames of fear on both sides of the political divide. While the nature of those fears may diverge, their commonality is that they are being used to make people feel AFRAID. This has been true for years now whether you watch Fox/CNN/___ fill…

It’s Finished by John Lanchester: Column in the London Review of Books

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Recommended reading: It provides a comprehensive, detailed and disturbing review of the events of the past 12 months and can be found at http://www.lrb.co.uk/v31/n10/lanc01_.html. Be warned: it’s a seriously long article with some tough points about what’s happened in the UK, to the UK and to its citizens. But it’s a seriously good introduction to…

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It’s Spring in Taiwan (and Winter and Summer and Fall) in one day

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It’s spring season: the weather is now variously hot, cool, wet, dry and windy in varying combinations. But we are moving into a wetter season that lasts until about Junily. Just carry a sweater and brolly (good for sun) and some rainproof shoes. Google’s weather is accurate for … yesterday. Check out Windy.com Thanks Timo Volz…