since 2005: blogging about law & politics
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Let the Pageant Begin
The irony of Pilatus being in prison on the cusp of Easter. Barabbas must be pissing himself and Judas can feel the noose around his neck. reactions Facebook Comments Box
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BONĠU MALTA – MEMORIAL CLEARED (AGAIN)
The situation is not desperate. Thousands flock to Spinola Bay to drink and revel. The memorial has been cleared (again) because someone somewhere has decided that we have a collective need to forget and it is his duty to help us do so. Political appointees and apparatchiks everywhere will once again deem it necessary to…
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On Memorials
What was cleared last night was not Daphne’s memorial. What was cleared was the reminder that justice is failing, it was the reminder of a rebellion against impunity, a reminder that not all of society is prepared to keep their eyes, ears and mouths shut. There will eventually be a time and place to discuss…
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Jan Kuciak
The following is a google translation of the article by Peter Bardy, Chief Reporter on Aktuality.sk, the online investigative journal for which Jan Kuciak worked before being brutally murdered in his own home along with his girlfriend. The translation is not perfect but the meaning comes across clearly. Sadly it is a familiar message…
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Aversus a Musis
Neque enim quisquam est tam aversus a Musis, qui non mandari versibus aeternum suorum laborum facile praeconium patiatur. Themistoclem illum, summum Athenis virum, dixisse aiunt, cum ex eo quaereretur, quod acroama aut cuius vocem libentissime audiret: “Eius, a quo sua virtus optime praedicaretur.” Itaque ille Marius item eximie L. Plotium dilexit, cuius ingenio putabat…
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Slapp that Bitch Up
Christmas Eve 2017. As North Korea and the United States of America both threaten to take action against countries voting against them in the United Nations, Henley and Partners decide to do a bit of bullying of their own and attempt to silence the Shiftnews portal. Writing in the Shift today, the editorial team explains…
servis legis summus ut liberi esse possimus