May 2008
“Rejecting militarism and empire would not be entirely unprecedented for the...”
– The Way to a Just Foreign Policy (via azspot)
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AEA Technology - SourceWatch →
Taxi driver banned from driving... because he... →
It starts with sloppy punctuation and ends in an ambulance. Glad to see Bournemouth is fighting back against the menace on our roads…
Daring Fireball: Spaces in 10.5.3 →
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Ferraro Wants Study on Racism, Sexism in 2008 Race →
The former vice presidential candidate writes that racism and sexism have caused deep wounds among Democrats.
Sorry to come off like a whiny American
butterflyeffect: johnbrissenden: …but I just bought my first £80 ($158) tank of fuel. Eek! Yah wahh? Jesus… what are you driving? A semi-trailer? It still only costs me $35ish to fill up. It’s 4-cylinder, but… wow. Wow. It’s a ‘97 Mercedes E300 wagon (as they say in our benighted colonies), with a 6-cylinder turbodiesel. But then we get free healthcare, so…
Sorry to come off like a whiny American
…but I just bought my first £80 ($158) tank of fuel. Eek!
Amazon.co.uk: Battlestar Galactica and Philosophy... →
thesophie: johnbrissenden: thesophie: Buy this book. Okay? I’ll see your BGP, and I’ll raise you Everything I Know I Learned From TV: Philosophy for the unrepentant couch potato. The book for people who don’t read books? Plus, BGP has a chapter written by a BU lecturer… Then it’s bound to be rubbish.
Amazon.co.uk: Battlestar Galactica and Philosophy... →
thesophie: Buy this book. Okay? I’ll see your BGP, and I’ll raise you Everything I Know I Learned From TV: Philosophy for the unrepentant couch potato.
Tibet →
Nation Tih-Bett Oppressed, occupied Asian nation whose mere existence is evidence of the righteousness of Decency and the spectacular villainy of Anti-Imperialism. Political football repeatedly blasted into an open goal by gaggles of Muscular Liberals stating that no useful idiot has ever, in the history of political discourse, raised any objection to the Chinese repression of the Tibetan people.*...
Five Misunderstood Features in Windows Vista redux →
From: Microsoft Propaganda Honcho To: Microsoft Propaganda Minion Subject: “Five Misunderstood Features in Windows Vista” Propaganda Minion, You remember that a fortnight ago, on my orders, we pulled our propaganda document, “Five Misunderstood Features in Windows Vista”,1 from the internet only hours after tech bloggers around the world had laughed themselves hoarse over it, and I ordered you to...
The Surrender Of MSNBC--AllYourTV.com →
CNN/MSNBC reporter: Corporate executives forced... →
“People like Williams, Gibson and Gregory don’t need to be told to refrain...”
– Glenn Greenwald
Exxon Admits Sceptics “Divert Attention” from... →
I have several packets of arborio rice, but no baked beans to have for lunch with my sausages. I am also the only member of my family, in full-time employment, who does not wear a uniform to work. What would Bourdieu make of it all?
“Exercising the right to work ultimately depends on getting the right balance in...”
– Why is it so easy, so laughably, so trivially easy, to imagine Sir Digby Jones this morning, in post-prandial glow, napkin drapped across his third roast piglet of breakfast, reading this and raising a smile? That John Hutton, a man for whom such utterances as this seem to cause not the slightest...
nostrich: “Britain’s Got Talent”? More like Britain’s full of fame-hungry twats that live in council houses and make me ashamed to be British. Question: why is it acceptable for people to seek fame by blogging about their sex lives, but not by appearing on some lame TV show? Full disclosure: I hate BGT as much as the next person, and people have my unqualified permission to post whatever they...
The keffiyeh claims another victim →
karion: Dunkin Donuts yanks an ad where Rachael Ray is sporting a keffiyeh, insisting no symbolism or endorsement of Palestine was intended by her fashion choice. Because it is sensible to think that the people paying attention to Dunkin Donuts’ advertisements might be offended by their perceived position on Mideast politics and opt for Krispy Kreme in protest. Perhaps I can help. Malkin and...
“We are now in the early stages of a full blown energy crisis that was...”
– The Oil Drum | Why oil costs over $120 per barrel
Why oil costs over $120 per barrel →
With oil reaching $135 / barrel, Oil Drum readership exceeding 30,000 unique visitors per day and many wild stories circulating in the MSM as to why oil prices are so high this post strives to explain why oil prices are rising exponentially.
“That is one of the simplest and most clearly written bits of legislation I’ve...”
– Corrections: In Which the New York Times Perpetuates the Myth It Created — That Bush Won Florida in 2000 (via azspot)
Techdirt: Rolling Stone Recognizes The Future Of... →
Take your dog to lunch: dog-friendly pubs in the... →
The 50 Worst Artists in Music History →
butterflyeffect: misterpeace: Truly a list of crap. Impressive. Time to ‘fess up and admit which one(s) you secretly enjoy. For me: The Doors, Skinny Puppy, Primus. The greatest crime in music (and life) is thinking you’re the best when you’re not. Notice the many, many groups on that list that are guilty of the ultimate sin of not realizing you suck and taking yourself too seriously. ...
A police officer was just being interviewed on the BBC. His name? Det Ch Insp Alfred Hitchcock.
The Disappearing Upper Class →
boutofcontext: Zephyr Teachout’s post for The Nation’s “Passing Through” series, addressing the vagueness of terming people ‘elite’: “Upper class” is vanishing from our language…In America, we don’t have the upper class, apparently. We have, according to many news reports, “elites”…I recoil against the imprecision of the word “elites.” It communicates less than it seems and leaves the meaning...
Could Hillary Clinton Have What It Takes To Defeat... →
From March 2005.