Monthly Archives: February 2014

Utterly brilliant two minutes on sports, homophobia, hypocrisy, small government etc

Posted on February 13, 2014 by dwighttowers

Really nicely done. If you ever need to see how to skewer hypocrites, this. http://www.demonews.org/watch-texas-sportscaster-gives-best-response-to-michael-sams-coming-out-ever/

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From taunting the heart-attack gods to dissecting bosses

Posted on February 9, 2014 by dwighttowers

Not literally, in either case, and that’s probably a Good Thing. Went running Saturday morning, for the first time in forever. Am overweight, so knees and ankles probably won’t love me for it, even though I was running on soft … Continue reading →

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New York Times editor; “journalists are tools of rich men…”

Posted on February 5, 2014 by dwighttowers

Gosh, so much has changed since the 19th century! “There is no such a thing in America as an independent press, unless it is out in country towns. You are all slaves. You know it, and I know it. There … Continue reading →

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Abnormal versus pathological

Posted on February 3, 2014 by dwighttowers

Abnormal doesn’t mean bad, it just means unusual and, of course [Nazi analogy guy] can mean good. And in our society, pathological (as in, definitely bad for you, me, everybody) are sadly any thing but abnormal. Infinite growth on a … Continue reading →

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Parties and movements (well, spasms) and Labour politicians gathering the fruits…

Posted on February 2, 2014 by dwighttowers

“Long-term developments – the attrition of members’ power, the conquest of the party by a professional care chained to the logic of ‘presentation’ – have left it incapable of imagining or articulating an alternative. Similar developments have been seen across … Continue reading →

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Trophic cascades and all that

Posted on February 1, 2014 by dwighttowers

“By altering the food web, overfishing can trigger what ecologists call a trophic cascade, where the removal of one consumer has knock-on effects across the entire reef. Corals rely on herbivores, such as fish and sea urchins, to prevent them … Continue reading →

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