Category: Culture

Politics of distraction

Jesus:  please fix Texas because Governor Perry can’t By Susan Brooks Thislethwaite, Jul 13, 2011 10:34 AM … Texas Governor, and possible GOP presidential candidate, Rick Perry has endorsed ‘The Response’ a prayer event scheduled for August 6 in Texas. “As a nation, we must come together and call upon Jesus to guide us through …

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Once upon a time

Yes, I’ll dare call it treason By Cliff Schecter, 13 Jul 2011 05:32 … Once upon a time, in a land that now seems to have been populated by tooth fairies and unicorns, there was a political party that had a set of core beliefs to which they actually adhered. Among them was that actually balancing …

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Bastille Day!

Le 28 Juillet : La Liberté guidant le peuple (1830), Eugène Delacroix. Tableau commémorant les Trois Glorieuses et symbole de la France, de la démocratie  et de la République (analyse de l’œuvre sur le site du Louvre).

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I determine who is a Jew

Interview with Dr. Hajo Meyer [tube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGa4heNE-SA[/tube] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGa4heNE-SA Dr. Hajo Meyer is a Holocaust survivor and anti-Zionist activist. He has been conducting a speaking tour titled “Never Again For Anyone,” sharing his experiences of surviving Auschwitz and his perceptions of Zionism and the Israeli occupation of Palestinian land. This video is a selection of clips from …

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Nothing ventured, nothing gained

While this cautionary tale of power and corruption is specifically about the caliphate of Rupert Murdoch, it reveals much about how powerful men like former Vice President Cheney were able to coerce the CIA and others to spoon-feed and self-redact and “sex up” the intelligence needed to justify criminal wars.  With, of course, the willing cooperation of the …

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Funkelele

[tube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfK-UzQ48JE[/tube] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfK-UzQ48JE Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain’s rendition of that classic Isaac Hayes movie theme from ‘Shaft’ played live at Cambridge Folk Festival. One more… [tube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33n4OYii14o[/tube] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33n4OYii14o

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Fair and balanced

How I was fitted up by the News of the World By Eric Allison, Sunday 10 July 2011 18.30 BST … I have personal experience of the News of the World’s blatant disregard for the truth in the pursuit of a good headline. That experience pales into insignificance when put next to the trauma endured …

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