Witterings from within

Organon: To all those men who don't think the rape jokes are a problem:

Fri, 18 May 2012 11:42:16 +0100

Organon: To all those men who don't think the rape jokes are a problem::

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This post in particular is addressed to men, not because women don’t rape and women don’t make/laugh at rape jokes and not because men can’t be raped, but because, by nature of the existing gender disparity, men are in a unique position to be taken seriously when they raise objections to…

What if realists were in charge of U.S. foreign policy? | Stephen M. Walt

Wed, 02 May 2012 08:39:32 +0100

What if realists were in charge of U.S. foreign policy? | Stephen M. Walt:

An interesting alternative view…

Tom Morris: Trawling the archives with the ghost of dial-up past

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 08:13:36 +0100

Tom Morris: Trawling the archives with the ghost of dial-up past:

tommorrisdotorg:

I’ve just been chatting to someone about the sad departing of Ceefax and Teletext, and the various memories we have of these centralized, TV-based Internet forerunners. I had a look at the Wikipedia article on Ceefax, and it’s got sourcing problems. Having recently been given access to …

I think I used to live there, too…

"I wonder how many would continue to worship at the shrine of Ayn Rand if they knew that towards the..."

Tue, 06 Mar 2012 11:30:18 +0000

“I wonder how many would continue to worship at the shrine of Ayn Rand if they knew that towards the end of her life she signed on for both Medicare and social security. She had railed furiously against both programmes, as they represented everything she despised about the intrusive state. Her belief system was no match for the realities of age and ill health.”

- How Ayn Rand became the new right’s version of Marx | George Monbiot | Comment is free | The Guardian

Heresy Corner: Cardinal Sins against Logic

Mon, 05 Mar 2012 23:04:14 +0000

Heresy Corner: Cardinal Sins against Logic:

Thanks to @marwoodchap for this…

Minimal Mac: TV Is Broken

Sat, 03 Mar 2012 12:42:13 +0000

Minimal Mac: TV Is Broken:

minimalmac:

When we want to watch things like movies and shows, we do so using streaming services on a three generation old iMac 20 inch that resides in our library/den. This means mostly Netflix unless available for streaming otherwise (Hulu, Amazon, iTunes, direct from the show’s website, etc.). One can safely assume that if it is not available via online streaming then we likely have not watched it.

Having read this, I think if I was a mainstream TV exec, I’d be worried. Very worried.

Morality & persecution - an excellent post!

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:32:14 +0000

My own system of morality, however, regards the following as immoral acts: Perpetuating institutionalised discrimination.
Indulging in the sophistry of equating morality with sexuality.
Perpetuating the deeply unhealthy doctrine of priestly celibacy, thus creating highly damaged, disturbed and repressed human beings.
Perpetuating sexist and homophobic attitudes under the guise of fabricated divine will.
Perpetuating the monstrous and intellectually criminal assertion that morality is conferred by faith, and absent without it.
Aiming the slander of ‘immorality’ against a harmless and normal state of being.

"the White House said any proposed legislation “must not tamper with the technical architecture of..."

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 11:39:51 +0000

“

the White House said any proposed legislation “must not tamper with the technical architecture of the Internet.”

… and isn’t that good news!

”

- Obama Opposes Parts of 2 Antipiracy Bills - NYTimes.com

Income Inequality. You really want to sort it out?

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 22:58:54 +0000

Income Inequality. You *really* want to sort it out?

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-12-25)

Mon, 26 Dec 2011 23:40:46 +0000

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-12-25):

"It’s very seldom I get excited by what our prime minister has to say and this is one of those..."

Sat, 17 Dec 2011 18:01:00 +0000

““It’s very seldom I get excited by what our prime minister has to say and this is one of those times. As Muslims we also believe in the Bible. We believe in the teachings of Jesus. Not only that, but in the teachings of all the biblical prophets, including Moses in the Torah. So this is something that we feel is absolutely in tune with the Muslim thinking. We have to base our behaviour according to scripture, God’s revealed message. “For a long time Muslims have been trying to express this idea, that for us as Muslims Islam is not just a religion but a way of life. To divorce politics from religion is not something we are able to do, we cannot leave our religion at home or in the mosques, it comes with us wherever we go. So it’s refreshing to hear the prime minister say Christians should do the same. I agree Britain is the best country for Muslims to live in, at least in Europe.””

- Muslim Council of Britain member and imam from Leicester, Sheikh Ibrahim Mogra

BBC News - David Cameron on Christianity - views

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-12-4)

Tue, 06 Dec 2011 17:51:34 +0000

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-12-4):

Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz

BBC News - Labour conference: Andrew Neil investigates Ed Balls' claims

Tue, 27 Sep 2011 10:39:18 +0100

BBC News - Labour conference: Andrew Neil investigates Ed Balls' claims:

… and surprise, surprise, they are mostly bollocks.

Make no mistake, Israel's existence is under threat - The Drum (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Sat, 24 Sep 2011 11:33:05 +0100

Make no mistake, Israel's existence is under threat - The Drum (Australian Broadcasting Corporation):

Very interesting take on internal divisions.

The Press Association: Miliband party 'not fit to govern'

Sat, 24 Sep 2011 10:54:18 +0100

The Press Association: Miliband party 'not fit to govern':

- not too much of a surprise there. I liked

The statistics revealed that only 12% believe Mr Miliband has improved Labour, down from 36% last year, while six out of 10 said they thought political party has still not “faced up to the damage they did to the British economy”.

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-9-18)

Wed, 21 Sep 2011 03:07:27 +0100

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-9-18):

Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz

"And even high-minded newspapers such as the Guardian decided more than two decades ago to fill their..."

Fri, 19 Aug 2011 10:29:37 +0100

“And even high-minded newspapers such as the Guardian decided more than two decades ago to fill their pages with trivia because they judged that the general public was becoming dumber and shallower.”

- Melanie Phillips, columnist for the Daily Mail. I don’t link to the Daily Mail on principle.

Let’s look at the statistics.

Number of celebrity-related stories on the front page of the Daily Mail website today: 77.

Number of celebrity-related stories on the front page of the Guardian website today: 0.

Number of Melanie Phillips columns in the Daily Mail today: 1.

Number of Melanie Phillips columns in the Guardian today: 0.

(via tommorrisdotorg)

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-8-14)

Mon, 15 Aug 2011 23:19:56 +0100

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-8-14):

Imported from Last.fm…

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-8-7)

Sat, 13 Aug 2011 13:12:06 +0100

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-8-7):

Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-7-24)

Thu, 28 Jul 2011 12:55:40 +0100

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-7-24):

Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz

Witterings from within

Organon: To all those men who don't think the rape jokes are a problem:

What if realists were in charge of U.S. foreign policy? | Stephen M. Walt

Tom Morris: Trawling the archives with the ghost of dial-up past

"I wonder how many would continue to worship at the shrine of Ayn Rand if they knew that towards the..."

Heresy Corner: Cardinal Sins against Logic

Minimal Mac: TV Is Broken

Morality & persecution - an excellent post!

"the White House said any proposed legislation “must not tamper with the technical architecture of..."

Income Inequality. You *really* want to sort it out?

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-12-25)

"It’s very seldom I get excited by what our prime minister has to say and this is one of those..."

Muslim Council of Britain member and imam from Leicester, Sheikh Ibrahim Mogra

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-12-4)

BBC News - Labour conference: Andrew Neil investigates Ed Balls' claims

Make no mistake, Israel's existence is under threat - The Drum (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

The Press Association: Miliband party 'not fit to govern'

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-9-18)

"And even high-minded newspapers such as the Guardian decided more than two decades ago to fill their..."

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-8-14)

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-8-7)

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-7-24)

Income Inequality. You really want to sort it out?