Tweets of Epic Asshole-itude 3

The Triumphant Comeback edition.

I will refrain from any sort of repeated commentary on Richard Murphy, partially because a) Tim Worstall has that pretty much covered and b) I’d rather not turn into Tim Worstall. This one, however, is of particular interest to me… The reason it interests me is that Dickie is taking what [...]

This is primarily a “sorry for not posting more” post. Normally, I wouldn’t bother making one.

But I thought I’d give a status update, since there’s a decent possibility I will return to blogging now I am becoming increasingly more focused.

For those that haven’t heard, I recently started a Master’s Degree in International Human [...]

A thousand words on State Capitalism

The old adage about a picture saying a thousand words has once again been proven true, with this billboard which perfectly demonstrates the nature of State Capitalism as it exists today. I present it without further comment.

“Conflationism” still haunts both left and right.

And yet, both remain utterly wrong. At least, the mainstream versions of both left and right- who, with their close proximity to power, have a vested interest in circumventing as much as possible the obviously truths that are coming to light from more honest sectors of both sides. What I mean is, most recently, Julian [...]

The left and the corporate State

Briefly stated.

The left- and here I use the term to mean the mainstream left, for instance the Labour party, other Fabians, including some of the “harder left” varieties, arguably up to the Leninists, rather than any wider definition of the term- have long attempted to establish themselves as opponents of the corporate capitalist economy, [...]

FAO: Met police

Hi.

 

Winehouse, death jokes, etc.

So, I’ve seen both people making jokes about Winehouse and people complaining about how distasteful making such jokes are. As someone who takes Winehouse’s death and lifestyle up to it quite seriously (Addiction ain’t a game, and ain’t a choice, kids) I’m actually more inclined to side with the former than the latter. Fact of [...]

Victory!

The News of the World is gone! Down with Murdocracy! Up the proletariat! One nil for internet campaigning! Except:

-Murdoch still controls a vast media empire

-the BSkyB deal will now almost certainly go ahead, making it bigger.

-There are a lot of unemployed journalist who are but innocent bystanders in this

-The unemployed don’t [...]


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