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I’d vote for this guy. #bulworth, much?
So, lots of posts brewing, on the nature of hierarchy, bureaucracy etc etc. In the meantime, via Jon Harris (who will always have a place in my heart for describing U2′s “Vertigo” as ‘pompous rock esperanto’), I came to Velvet … Continue reading
Posted in a little self-knowledge, activism, politics
Tagged Jon Harris, Velvet Coalmine
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Pentagon censoring Hollywood – Lassie in the dog house…
From here. “In the 1961 Lassie episode “Timmy and the Martians,” Lassie howls to alert Timmy of a plane crash. In the original episode, once the military has re-assembled the plane they discover that a faulty wing had caused a … Continue reading
Posted in film review, framing, media, politics
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Foresight, multiple intelligences and generally being #doomed #monitorydemocracy
More from the ever-cheerful Ehrlichs – Can a collapse of global civilisation be avoided? (Proceedings of the Royal Society B 2013, 280 Besides focusing their research on ways to avoid collapse, there is a need for natural scientists to collaborate … Continue reading
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Tagged Monitory Democracy
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Why does treason never prosper? Because if it does…
none dare call it treason. This is a very very good piece of journalism. My first identifiable television memory is the tank crashing through the gates of the US embassy in Saigon. I remember the Desert One newsflash. I remember … Continue reading
Cameron trying to look tough #speakingtruthtopower #Viz
Goodness, aren’t we misunderstanding the Tories? This idea that Ian Duncan Smith would change his tune if forced to live on £53 a week. It’s a variation on speaking-truth-to-power, isn’t it? He already knows very very well that he is … Continue reading
Right said Said – (on the habits of mind of the intellectual)
From Chris Hedges, who is a dude (and an Arabic-speaking one at that) “Nothing in my view is more reprehensible than those habits of mind in the intellectual that induce avoidance, that characteristic turning away from a difficult and principled … Continue reading
Posted in a little self-knowledge, activism, fear, politics
Tagged Chris Hedges, Edward Said
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Juking the Stats: #TheWire for real, yo?
NYPD on Trial: Police Say They Are Forced to Harass Kids in Order to Meet Quotas NYPD whistleblowers say quotas are forcing them to make bogus, racist stops, summonses and arrests. March 27, 2013 | Last week, NYPD whistleblowers Adhyl … Continue reading
Posted in activism, bureaucracy, competence, politics
Tagged juking the stats, NYPD, The Wire
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China crisis – 38% reduction in food production at 2C temp rise #climate #china #food #doomed
Hat-tip to Sam. Emphasis added.
Anthropologist: “Empire tells great stories” Awesome article! #Eritrea #Academia #Ritual
You can’t do excerpts on something this good. You have to just put in a hyperlink and leave the click decision to your reader(s). http://thedisorderofthings.com/2013/03/18/in-praise-of-question-marks-reflections-on-critical-methodologies-narrative-voice-and-the-writing-of-the-political-the-limits-of-language/ Hat-tip to Mrs Towers.
Posted in a little self-knowledge, activism, bureaucracy, death, politics
Tagged academics, Eritrea
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