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		<title>Responsibility?   Not in Spain</title>
		<link>http://www.megaspora.net/en/2010/02/25/responsibility-spain/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 09:38:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are tired (here in Spain) of seeing multiple cases of politicians in office declining any responsibility for their wrong acts, or also cases of them assuming their responsibility while staying in office to continue their wrong (unlawful even) behaviour. But today I read in the news that here in Spain a local politician of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Museum of Communism</title>
		<link>http://www.megaspora.net/en/2009/05/18/museum-of-communism/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 20:53:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[While walking around Prague last week, I ran into the following banner on a street wall: Very nice. More&#160;&#187;]]></description>
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		<title>European Elections Campaign is a Political Campaign</title>
		<link>http://www.megaspora.net/en/2009/04/26/european-elections-campaign-is-a-political-campaign/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2009 13:42:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A couple of days ago I was in Brussels, and I saw in the airport a big billboard encouraging people to vote in the European Parliament elections of June. I think it&#8217;s good to get people involved in voting. However, campaigns to promote participation should be void of political messages. Sadly, the European Parliament has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Embarrassing European Union</title>
		<link>http://www.megaspora.net/en/2008/12/14/embarrassing-european-union/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Dec 2008 00:13:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>psr</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ireland and a few other European countries decided to ask their citizens in referendum to ratify (or not) the EU Lisbon Treaty. Other countries simply voted in parliament. In June 2008 the majority of Irish said &#8220;no&#8221; to this treaty, while the rest of Europe voted yes. The single &#8220;no&#8221; vote meant, in theory, that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>USA 2008 Election</title>
		<link>http://www.megaspora.net/en/2008/11/04/usa-2008-election/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 08:14:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>psr</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.megaspora.net/en/?p=83</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I haven&#8217;t commented much about the election in USA in this blog. Lots has been said about it and about the two main candidates, McCain and Obama. The big news headlines, as always, did not discuss the issues and the actual political programmes of these two gentlemen. Likewise, the main reasons influencing people&#8217;s votes are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Back to GMT+1, waiting for GMT+0</title>
		<link>http://www.megaspora.net/en/2008/10/26/back-to-gmt1-waiting-for-gmt0/</link>
		<comments>http://www.megaspora.net/en/2008/10/26/back-to-gmt1-waiting-for-gmt0/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Oct 2008 06:27:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>psr</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.megaspora.net/en/?p=74</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Tonight (Oct 25 to Oct 26) is the end of DST (Daylight Savings Time), which has kept central Europe artificially in GMT+2, commonly known as CEST (Central European Summer Time), and we&#8217;ll go back to the usual timezone, called &#8220;CET&#8221;, or Central European Time, or GMT+1. Along with central europe goes Spain, which however is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Third U.S. Presidential debate in Madrid</title>
		<link>http://www.megaspora.net/en/2008/10/18/third-us-presidential-debate-in-madrid/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Oct 2008 20:28:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>psr</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Madrid today took place the public screening of the third U.S. presidential debate. It was originally scheduled for last Thursday, October 16, to be followed by a local debate between Madrid-based democrats and republicans. The screening was later moved to October 18 (today). When I got there I noticed fewer people than at the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In capitalism&#8217;s defence.</title>
		<link>http://www.megaspora.net/en/2008/06/25/in-capitalisms-defence/</link>
		<comments>http://www.megaspora.net/en/2008/06/25/in-capitalisms-defence/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 19:40:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>psr</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are plenty of anti-capitalism opinions reflected in print, the media and on the Internet. When I read such material, I feel the need to reply in the form of an article in this blog, but I can rarely find the time. Recently, however, I came across another such article in the blog of a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Language, communication and freedom</title>
		<link>http://www.megaspora.net/en/2008/06/08/language-communication-and-freedom/</link>
		<comments>http://www.megaspora.net/en/2008/06/08/language-communication-and-freedom/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jun 2008 19:44:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>psr</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Language is often considered to be an aspect of culture. I dissent. First and foremost, language is a means of communication, but the diversity of languages certainly makes humans associate a particular language with a particular group of people. Humans feel identified with other human beings who speak the same language, while feeling more distant [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Who you are, what you are</title>
		<link>http://www.megaspora.net/en/2008/03/13/who-you-are-what-you-are/</link>
		<comments>http://www.megaspora.net/en/2008/03/13/who-you-are-what-you-are/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2008 07:26:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>psr</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Geraldine Ferraro, campaign adviser to Hillary Clinton, has resigned in the face of accusations of racism from the other democratic candidate, Barak Obama. Ferraro&#8216;s comment in dispute was that part of the support that Obama has is due to the fact he is black. This is not racism. This is a fact. It is entirely [...]]]></description>
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