Category: Politics
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The Absurdity of Neo-Con Fundamentalism: Only Osama Can Protect the US
Really, this video is quite amazing. A Fox News discussion, in which the interviewee claims that: “The only chance we have as a country right now is for Osama Bin Laden to detonate a major weapon in the United States.“ and that, “Only Osama can execute an attack which will force Americans to demand that…
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Let’s Talk About the Weather… | ‘Metereoethics’
In the conversation menu for The School of Life dinner I attended earlier in the week there were a number of aphorisms and quotations to get people thinking, and a few rules too. One rule was based on Oscar Wilde’s famous quote: Conversation about the weather is the last refuge of the unimaginative. I actually…
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“Pitting the Power of Culture Against the Culture of Power” | Israel Shuts Down Palestinian Literary Festival
Sad news. Petty abuse of power. Surely this is the sort of thing that Israel ought to be celebrating: a peaceful literary event, supported by UNESCO. Instead, they send in a squad of 12 armed police, while their politicians ignore international law and even pressure from to US, and announce they’ll keep expanding settlements. I…
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The Speaker is Ousted | The Criminals Sack the Police
Extraordinary few days in the UK parliament, culminating with the resignation of the Speaker this afternoon. Seems to me that, while the Speaker must accept responsibility for failing to act in the right way once the expenses scandal came to light, the action of MPs ousting him is rather like criminals sacking the police for…
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MP’s Expenses | Living ‘1,000,000% by the Rules’
From BBC News: Justice minister Shahid Malik has gone on the offensive after becoming the latest MP to be singled out by The Daily Telegraph over expenses claims. Mr Malik insists he stuck “a million per cent by the rules“ Perhaps it is not surprising these idiots have been caught fiddling the books and inflating…