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Was Worth a Shot: Remus Cernea or No Longer Just the Lesser Evil

Note (May, 2012): I fear I must distance myself from the affirmation made in this post’s title. It is possible that it would have been true if him and the Green Party would have somehow bridged their differences, but since they failed to do so and went their separate ways, they have both added to […]

Perhaps a Better Electoral System?

This was supposed to be a part of the earlier post about a possibly better political system, but I decided to turn it into a separate post while I was writing that one. Thought I’d be able to pay more attention to it this way, make it more detailed… Considering my current mental state, that […]

Perhaps a Better Political System?

The elections for the European Parliament made me think once again of a better political system within the existing general structures, perhaps a necessary step towards a system which could actually be good. I’ve had this idea for quite a long time now but, as is the case with a lot of other things, never […]

Georgia Offered the Chance, the World Refused It

As you should be well aware, there’s a war in Georgia. But it’s more than that, it’s the best chance the EU and NATO will have to resolve the “Russian problem”. Or at least it was, since they have already wasted it with meaningless talks and the moment is now lost. Of course the Georgian […]

Death of a President

A TV station from here aired “Death of a President” this evening, the show also including some debate on the topic, and this got me once again thinking about how rotten politics are and how badly assassinations can backfire. It’s interesting to hear that it’s been banned from being aired on TV in the USA. […]