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Category Archives: Politika
About vaccine scepticism
In the past weeks I have been bludgeoned with vaccine scepticism several times. In most cases I stumbled into those conversations totally unsuspecting, as I assumed that rational people know that it is preferrable to take a miniscule risk now … Continue reading
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Of Strawmen and fake equivalency (New Zealand vs. USA elections)
Jacinda Arden (NZ Labour party) puts out a press release saying that national elections will be postponed from 19th September to 17th October (here, here). The white supremacists and Trump apologists around the world cry about the injustice of it … Continue reading
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The Brexit choices, Brexodus and rocky road ahead
It occurs to me that there is fundamental disconnect between reality and the expectations of English people. It looks like the tories expect to crash out of the EU without a deal, but attempt to pin it on the EU. … Continue reading
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New Immigration rules
New immigration rules leaked to the Guardian. For those who are still interested in this freak-show: – no more indefinite right to remain. At most one could stay in England is for five years. So, better not plan to attend … Continue reading
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The rise of fascism in the West and the need to be loved
A colleaugue of mine, posted a note on Facebook, comparing Trump to Berlusconi. This is what I think about it. I think, actually, that a comparison to Mussolini would be more apt. What, with the planned military parades (and here), the … Continue reading
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The fight for the interpretation (or: After the Brexit speech on January 17th, 2017)
There is now a fight going on about what the British people wanted when they voted to leave the EU. The first rational thing to do in this case is to look at the referendum question. It was exactly … Continue reading
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Mladina about Brexit
I translated an article in Slovene about Brexit from a popular Slovene Magazine Mladina. To be clear, the following text is not mine, it was written by Grega Repovž and the original can be found here: https://mladina.si/175145/cas-za-delavsko-internacionalo/ All the rights are retained … Continue reading
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Brexit
OK, let’s talk about Brexit. I have only peripherally been following this overly politicized storm in a tea cup. It is not that I think it is impossible for Britain to shoot itself in the foot and “leave”. I guess … Continue reading
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About nationalism
Recently, I came across posts on Facebook, claiming that politicians are importing refugees and migrants into their countries in order to get their votes. Since this is exactly what I proposed about six months ago I don’t have an issue … Continue reading
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After Paris
I actually wrote this some weeks ago. But it is still topical. D I keep seeing posts on the Internet about how it isn’t good that the person or person(s) responsible for the Paris attacks had their passport stamped in … Continue reading
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O malih ljudeh in malih politikih
SDS opozarja (po Twitterju, mensezdi), glej zgodbo, da se moramo varovati (parafraziram) “instant strank, z instant politiki in instant programom”. Ja, ker instant stranke z instant programom so nekončno slabše kot etablirane stranke z vedno istim programom, ki ga nikoli … Continue reading
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O visokem šolstvu in begu možganov
Polno potovalko imam analfabetov in ludistov, ki se čutijo poklicane za to, da nam povejo kako bi moralo funkcionirati šolstvo in kdo je tisti kader, ki ga pa res potrebujemo. Celo vrsto zmot in zablod najdem v dnevnem … Continue reading
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No Pasaran!
Ko sem l. 2008 odhajal v Anglijo delat doktorat se mi je zdelo, da je Slovenija v dobrih rokah. Majer je bil poražen, levica je prišla nazaj na oblast, ljudje so dali vedeti intelektualnim pritllikavcem in nemoralnim apartčikom, da jih … Continue reading
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Janša ne bi razlagal kolegom iz tujine zakaj imajo njegove akcije posledice
J. Janša v Dnevniku: “V zadnjih dneh imam težave razložiti svojim kolegom iz Evrope, kako je možno, da je Slovenija v treh letih padla praktično iz vrha na dno in drugič, da tudi sedaj, ko še imamo možnost, da … Continue reading
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O (ne)zaupnici
18.07.2012 Tole pišem pred glasovanjem o t.i. zlatem pravilu. “Če ne boste glasovali kot jaz hočem, obstaja možnost, da vežem zaupnico na taisto glasovanje.” Kako prozorno. Ta besedni konstrukt, “obstaja možnost da” je približno tako prepričljiv kot vsa sprenevedanja do sedaj. … Continue reading
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O statistiki nezaposlenosti
“LJUBLJANA – Zavod za zaposlovanje se je pohvalil z nižjo junijsko brezposelnostjo že peti mesec zapored, brezposelnih pa je po uradnih evidencah 105.630, kar je dobrih deset tisoč manj, kot jih je bilo januarja.” …”Za osebe, ki niso aktivni iskalci … Continue reading
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Karlova igra
“Po mednarodnem pravu uživajo predsedniki vlad, držav in zunanji ministri popolno imuniteto, ki jih odvezuje tudi pričanja v sodnih procesih,” Dagmar Albegger, tiskovna predstavnica avstrijskega ministrstva za pravosodje. Sedaj je torej igra malo bolj jasna. O Plagiatorju ne bi izgubljal … Continue reading
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Predstavitev superministra
Le redkokdaj dobimo sleherniki tako lepo priložnost, da se spoznamo z razmišljanjem velikih. Tokrat imamo priložnost videti prezentacijo samega superministra, Žige Turka – do nje nas vodi povezava na njegovem blogu. Z zanimanjem sem predstavitev odprl, da bi videl … Continue reading
Posted in Izobraževanje, Kultura, Politika, SLO
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O mehkem udaru
Tisto, ker ne gre neopaženo mimo nas, pa vendar se nam na videz neizogibno približuje, je prikrit vojaški udar. Janša, skupaj z ostalimi “partnerji” jemlje tisto, kar mu ne pripada – oblast. Dobra četrtina volivcev je volila zanj, ostali, ki … Continue reading
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O volitveni norosti
11.1.2011 glasovanje za mandatarja v slovenskem parlamentu definira nove standarde tajnosti. “Da ne bi kdo pomislil, da glasujem tako, kot mislim, da je prav, raje ne bom vzel glasovnice.” Janković ni potrjen, Janša takoj pove, da bo privolil v mandatarstvo … Continue reading
O trenirkah in joku
V petek na SDS-ovi spletni strani objavijo rasističen tekst tule z naslovom “Jankoviča sta dvignila umetno ustvarjen strah in slovenska radodarnost z državljanstvi”. Tule je članek v Dnevniku na to temo. Par ilustrativnih izsekov: “Relativni zmagovalec predčasnih volitev Zoran Jankovič … Continue reading
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O volitvah in nujnih spremembah
Na razgledih.net Janez Šušteršič piše o tem kako bi spremenil volilni sistem (toliko procentov volivcev kot pride na volitve, takšen delež sedežev v parlamentu je na voljo). Na prvi pogled sicer všečna ideja, ki vpelje koncept vzpodbud (ang. incentives) v sistem … Continue reading
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O poceni kreditih kot razlogu za ostajanje v Sloveniji
[…]bi po eni od javnomnenjskih raziskav kar tretjina Slovencev odšla v kakšno drugo državo. Pavle Gantar: Če bi bile razmere res tako slabe, bi verjetno odšli. To anketno vprašanje ima po mojem nekaj metodoloških problemov. Vprašati bi jih morali tudi, … Continue reading
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O novi “družbeni pogodbi”
Zadnje čase se po medijih večkrat pojavlja ideja o t.i. novi družbeni pogodbi. V končni fazi je to verjetno bolj kot ne politično-filozofska debata. O vsem tem mislim dve stvari – država obstaja zaradi družbene pogodbe (kot je navedena npr. … Continue reading
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O primitivizmu in Godwinovemu zakonu
Takole: Najprej piarovec največje vladne stranke primerja enega bolj vidnih desničarskih “intelektualcev” z očetom modernega marketinga in Hitlerjevo desno roko. Potem Mladina to potisne še korak dlje in na satirični predzadnji strani objavi fotografije obeh prej omenjenih posameznikov skupaj z … Continue reading
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O kulturi dialoga in kreganju
Če povem po kmečko: “Glej, ne jamri če je nekdo vložil v neko stvar več časa in energije kot ti in si ti zdej v slabi poziciji. Še najmanj pa se ti splača zahtevat, da bi za plodno debato moral bit vsi taki bedaki kot ti.” Continue reading
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O tem kako nekdo ni kriv, ker ni vedel…
Saj s tega stališča to ni ravno fantastična izbira – bodisi ne vedo kaj delajo, bodisi so kriminalci. Continue reading
Posted in gospodarstvo, Politika, SLO
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O nizkih standardih in grenki resnici
…kako nizko je postavljen ta standard! Ne: “Dobili boste nekaj kar daleč presega pričakovanja; nekoga, ki je pripravljen živeti za ta narod, nekoga, ki ve kaj dela in kam se premika”, ampak “bodite veseli, da vsaj nisem totalen podn”. Continue reading
O uravnoteženem poročanju
Še ena zmaga uravnoteženega poročanja! Continue reading
Posted in Kultura, Politika, SLO
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