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A foaming Roger Köppel and North Korean Propaganda Methods

Posted on 10 January 2012 by dselz

Roger Köppel, editor, publisher & owner of the right wing publication Weltwoche pushed a smear campaign that lead to the resignation of Philipp Hildebrand, the president of the Swiss National Bank. The methods employed are smear tactics at its worst … Continue reading →

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Intolerable behavior of Blocher & his right wing trolls

Posted on 9 January 2012 by dselz

Today Hildebrand, president of the Swiss National Bank quit his job. After a relentless campaign against him by Mr Blocher from the right wing party SVP, he took his leave. In the process Switzerland lost her probably most prominent and … Continue reading →

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On important and unimportant matters

Posted on 4 January 2012 by dselz

The media frenzy on the Swiss National Bank president or the German State President completely outshines any serious topic. A little rant on irresponsible media and society. More in German.

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A little campaign to bring down the Swiss National Bank president

Posted on 4 January 2012 by dselz

The president of the Swiss National Bank is embroiled in a scandal involving his wife and some dollar purchases at inconvenient moments. Big fuss ensued. Yet the some questions remain unanswered so far. More in German.

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10 theses on the future of newspapers

Posted on 28 December 2011 by dselz

Much has been written about the future of newspapers. Here my humble contribution: In a complex world people turn to trusted sources of information for news, analysis and comment, e.g. newspapers. The unique value of a newspaper is its editorial staff … Continue reading →

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In the sleeping coach through the elections for the government

Posted on 14 December 2011 by dselz

Elections to the Swiss national government are as always comparable to a comfy ride in a comfortable sleeping coach. Nothing much interrupts your journey until waking up at the destination and realizing that not much changed. Well after all that … Continue reading →

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Bruno Zuppiger is toast – Today’s conspiracy theory

Posted on 8 December 2011 by dselz

Bruno Zuppiger, candidate for the Swiss government was today accused by the Weltwoche, a weekly newspaper, to have embezzled an heritage of CHF 250’000. He claims an error happened but everything has been settled with no dammage to any party involved. … Continue reading →

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Helmut Schmidt on Europe’s Future

Posted on 7 December 2011 by dselz

Helmut Schmidt’s speech on Europe is both crisp and concise. It is the speech on the future of Europe that quite a many active European politician should have held long ago.

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Three suggestions for Europe

Posted on 6 December 2011 by dselz

It’s been heralded as Europe’s week of decision. Here some ramblings of mine and three suggestions (in German).

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Guttenberg: unfit to govern

Posted on 29 November 2011 by dselz

Guttenberg, a forced to retire ex-German defence minister seeks his rehabilitation and just blows it again. Claiming innocence he says’s the fault was his habit to write his dissertation across four computers and at least 80 different storage media. His problem … Continue reading →

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