August 2011
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“Terrorism is the war of the poor, and war is the terrorism of the rich.”
– Sir Peter Ustinov (via once-over)
July 2011
1 post
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No, you don't have the right to attack a burglar!
(The justice secretary, Ken Clarke. Photograph: Ho/Reuters, from the guardian)
I would like to state my complete lack of confidence in Ken Clarke and the British public right now.
Ken Clarke has said recently that he intends to push through reforms that will allow home owners to defend themselves against burglars by any means necessary, and supported this by saying that he thinks that an...
June 2011
20 posts
“Religion is based, I think, primarily and mainly upon fear. It is partly the...”
– Bertrand Russell, Why I am Not a Christian (1927)
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Afghanistan.
So why did we invade Afghanistan?
Because of 9/11?
To remove the Taliban?
Regime change?
Dismantle Al-Qaeda?
Human rights?
Women’s rights?
To educate the people?
Democracy?
Too often we let our emotions get the best of us. We see an apparent act of aggression as justification to charge head long into conflict without regard to consequence.
We should not justify any more...
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amorist-deactivated20110827 asked: I'd like to thank you for your 9/11 series, it's been fantastic!
Now I'd like to ask a question (and for the record it is not indicative of my stance on this issue):
If this was pre planned, if the american administration was behind this-- why did they leave so many loopholes for us to find? Why would do something as stupid as leave behind such clues for us to find?
Now I'd like to ask a question (and for the record it is not indicative of my stance on this issue):
If this was pre planned, if the american administration was behind this-- why did they leave so many loopholes for us to find? Why would do something as stupid as leave behind such clues for us to find?
Just a massive thank you to everyone who made my...
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9/11 - Does it make sense to you? Part five...
Well here we go, I hope you’re as excited as I am, because today I conclude the 9/11 articles with part five.
The thing that I find most intriguing about 9/11, is that the people who pointed the fingers of blame in the American administration were actually the people who stood to gain the most from what followed after 9/11, and those who were blamed generally met pretty sticky ends.
Firstly,...
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9/11 - Does it make sense to you? Part four.
Ok you know the deal by now, today is part four, the penultimate article of the 9/11 series. Whilst I’m highly excited about tomorrow’s conclusion, I do need to bring your attention to a few more issues which I think point to a different conclusion form that of the official government story. So here we go…
Pre Planned 9/11 - NORAD and PNAC.
So what evidence is there that 9/11 was pre...
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9/11 - Does it make sense to you? Part three.
Welcome to part three of my 9/11 articles. The culmination of many years of watching documentaries, reading books and internet researching 9/11.
Today 9/11 anomalies, which I will present in bullet point form, because it’s the easiest way for this section…
9/11 Anomalies.
Unexplained explosions. Despite the fact that one plane hit each tower on 9/11, there were many more than two...
Conservatives are not necessarily stupid people...
jackcoffin:
-John Stuart Mil
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9/11 - Does it make sense to you? Part two.
Today I give you part two of my 9/11 articles.
And again, my aim is merely to perhaps make you think twice about what you think you know. Or perhaps just to add weight to suspicions you already have.
It’s not a concrete theory, merely a series of evidence and anomalies.
The Pentagon Attack. In Plane Sight.
On 9/11 it was not just the twin towers that were hit with aircraft, the Pentagon, the US...
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9/11 - Does it make sense to you? Part one.
Today I intend to publish the first of 5 articles. My aim is merely to make you think twice about what you think you know about 9/11. Many of you will disagree. Some of you may be outraged. But all I ask is that you consider the arguments for at least a moment, and read all 5 articles through the week.
Also, I do not claim to have a concrete theory. To do so would be arrogance. I will merely...
THE ENCLAVE: Why the EU is essential for the UK. →
21stcenturysocialism:
I was dismayed to see on here earlier, an article, one of many, on why the UK should leave the EU. It lead with the usual sensational argument which centred around how much EU membership costs us and how unhelpful all the bureaucracy can be…blah blah blah, etc etc.
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It seems some people, well one person in particular, have completely misread what I have written in my...
the-golden-fly asked: Supposing that the Bin Laden death isn't all a conspiracy and he actually was killed in his compound as Obama announced; do you think it was right that he was shot outright as an act of war or do you think that he should have been brough to trial like an other human being, however complicated?
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Why the EU is essential for the UK.
I was dismayed to see on here earlier, an article, one of many, on why the UK should leave the EU. It lead with the usual sensational argument which centred around how much EU membership costs us and how unhelpful all the bureaucracy can be…blah blah blah, etc etc.
But to lead with this argument is to behave as irresponsibly as our right wing red tops, and focus on the least important aspect...
May 2011
26 posts
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The Perverted Special Relationship.
I’ve just had a strange epiphany. My local radio station was playing ‘with or without you’ by U2, and I suddenly thought. That’s kind of like the US, UK special relationship. Yes ok perhaps I have a few screws loose, but hear me out.
Through the storm we reach the shore – (World War Two?) You give it all but I want more – (US loans to re-build the UK?) And I’m...
“Every reasonable human being should be a moderate Socialist.”
– Thomas Mann
Stand by for the 'Why Ed Miliband needs to go back...
“Democracy is the road to socialism.”
– Karl Marx
“Capital is reckless of the health or length of life of the laborer, unless under...”
– Karl Marx
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“The trouble with the world is that the stupid are so confident while the...”
– Bertrand Russell (via philosophisdom)
Big Society Bollocks.
It never ceases to amaze me how brazenly see-through Conservative policies can be. I was honestly hoping David Cameron would drop his big society idea, in realisation that its transparency is clear to us all, but yesterday he tried to re-launch the doomed policy … again. And it’s not that I don’t agree with his sentiment. I rather like the notion of a more cohesive society where charities...
“Patriotism assumes that our globe is divided into little spots, each one...”
– (via stoneflowersloft)
Total lack of interest in the news = 10 Reasons to...
Ten Reasons To Hate The Tory Bastards.
1. Hypocrisy. During the current economic downturn when they’re telling you to tighten your belt and go without, they never had it so good. 18 out of the 23 cabinet ministers are millionaires with vast fortunes. How exactly are they supposed to understand how their decisions affect regular people when any impact on their finances is non existent?
2. They’re...
It's sad that the only issue I've felt strongly...
“It is impossible for capitalism to survive, primarily because the system of...”
– Malcolm X.
(via paxamericana, socialismartnature, & theprisoner)
(via colinbrineman)
The thing with stores, and capitalism in general,...
Bin Laden. A dangerous lie.
Not to jump on the conspiracy bandwagon but I have to agree with many of the alternate views of this Bin Laden nonsense. Can anyone else foresee a different narrative here? Something along the lines of …
Osama Bin Laden, who was for many years a CIA asset, funded and trained by the USA, who has acted as a figure head, a poster boy if you will for international atrocities in recent years,...
“The past three years have been a disaster for most Western economies. The United...”
– Paul Krugman’s recent (Faulknerianly titled) article, “The Unwisdom of Elites.” (Via the Washington editor of The Nation, Chris L. Hayes.)
Fiona McLaren: Super-injunctions and why we're... →
fionamclaren:
I am no legal expert, and the seemingly shady, smoke and mirrors world, of super-injunctions is frankly baffling to a casual onlooker. That we don’t know how many there are, or who has taken one out, or what they’re protecting, can be alarming to those of us who believe strongly in the freedom…
AV – Why the UK has cut off it's nose to spite...
So the UK has said no to AV. Although with a vote of 67% against change it was not so much a no, but more of a resounding F*** off to the alternative vote system. So now that the right wing press can get back to its usual diet of racism, intolerance and telling you what else gives you cancer, and the Conservatives can sleep safely in their beds while the rest of us can’t sleep for worry of what...
