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🙂 newyorker: Cartoon of the day. For more from this week’s issue: http://nyr.kr/OBmCNI
Actually, I had two other questions submitted that were better than this one. 🙂 Nevertheless, it was nice of him doing this whole Q&A thing. Unfortunately I missed the one with Aaron Sorkin a few weeks ago, and didn’t submit any questions for John Gallagher Jr either, so I was happy to be able to participate in this one. Also, imo the last ep of The Newsroom was the best so far! 🙂
IllyĂ©s Gyula: Puszták nĂ©pe “Nagyapa annyira református volt, ami arrafelĂ© a templombĂşvĂł katolikusokkal szemben elsĹ‘sorban a felvilágosodás, a szabad szellem hitĂ©t jelentette, hogy templomba se járt. Lelkivilága csodálatoskĂ©ppen olyan rendben volt, hogy isten vagy a halál fogalma egyszerűen nem is foglalkoztatta. Olvasott. Szelleme, amely valĂłjában csak ekkor bontakozhatott ki, megdöbbentĹ‘ fĂĽggetlensĂ©grĹ‘l tett tanĂşságot. Most visszaemlĂ©kezve ámulok el rajta igazán. Csak egy jelenetet, közbevetĹ‘en. Egyetlen ĂĽnnepet tartott, a kálvinisták nagy ĂĽnnepĂ©t, nagypĂ©nteket. Ezt is hagyománybĂłl persze. Nagyapa hetven Ă©ven át minden nagypĂ©nteken böjtölt, az Ĺ‘sök iránti tiszteletbĹ‘l. EgĂ©sz addig, mĂg egy nagypĂ©nteken, amelyet vĂ©letlenĂĽl náluk töltöttem, nem figyelmeztettem a következetlensĂ©gre. "Ha…
On International Day, UN honours Nelson Mandela’s work for peace, justice, equality Happy Birthday, Nelson Mandela!
Speaking of justice, today is International Criminal Justice Day! International Criminal Justice Day was adopted on 1 June 2010 by the States Parties to the International Criminal Court at the Review Conference to the Rome Statute. International Criminal Justice Day is a day of celebration, reflection and action. CELEBRATE the achievements in the field of international criminal justice.REFLECT on the plight of the countless innocent civilians, millions of children, women and men who still continue to be the victims of unimaginable atrocities in different parts of the world.ACT! Declare your support for the international criminal justice system. Tell your friends…
‘Number one most wanted’ Nazi-war criminal accused of complicity in 15,700 deaths tracked down in Budapest I’ve been meaning to post about this ever since I saw how long Laszlo Csatary was trending on Twitter yesterday morning. Obviously, many people around the world have their opinions whether justice still needs to be done or not. Yes, the man is 97 years old. There are those who think that an old man in his age should be left alone, but my personal opinion is that the acts he allegedly commited were serious enough to call for justice even that many years…
un-library: The Security Council will meet this morning, 12 July, to discuss the Peacebuilding Commission’s report on its 5th Session (S/2012/70). UN Resources Reports of the Peacebuilding Commission Security Council meeting records Security Council resolutions Security Council Presidential Statements United Nations Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) Non-UN Resources What’s in Blue? Insights: Peacebuilding Update Report on Peacebuilding Commission (July 2012) by the Security Council Report
Interesting piece on Hungarian politics. A native Hungarian speaker proofreader wouldn’t have hurt, but other than a few mistakes, almost fully agreed. foreignaffairsmagazine: Wrong Way Down the Danube: How Hungary’s Democratic Backsliding Threatens Europe Greece’s economic peril has raised fears about the end of the eurozone. But Hungary’s autocratic turn under Prime Minister Viktor Orban presents a more fundamental challenge to the European project.
