Category Archives: politics
Almanac of Precariomancy
XX The Delegate The Delegate is the one who talks without ever saying anything, the one who reaps without having sown. The Delegate stands for the party asking for your vote without making your life any bettter, for the union … more…
links for 2008-02-17: Spot the Nazi, 1941
“Who goes Nazi?” by Dorothy Thompson (Harper’s Magazine) A sociological investigation from August, 1941 (via Heraclitean Fire) (tags: nazis social_studies heraclitean_fire harpers)
links for 2007-12-19: Lib Dems enlist Brian Eno
Clegg hires Brian Eno as youth adviser Lib Dems enlist Brian Eno. “I think they are the real opposition. I think they are the only opposition we have.” (tags: politics Brian-Eno Lib-Dem)
links for 2007-12-06: Mysterious maps, Morrissey
Map that named America is a puzzle for researchers | Reuters Why did the mapmaker name the territory America and then change his mind later? How was he able to draw South America so accurately? Why did he put a … more…
links for 2007-12-04: Burial, electoral fraudsters
Burial interview by Emmy Hennings at Cyclic Defrost Magazine. (I know I was rather lukewarm about the first album, but the new one really is excellent) (tags: music dubstep Burial) Bush tells Putin of poll concern Pot, kettle, black. (tags: … more…
links for 2007-11-23: Kissinger, Arthur
LRB ยท Greg Grandin: Sucking up to P A brief history of Henry Kissinger (tags: Kissinger US-foreign-policy politics globospheric) Arthur No. 27 contains an interview with Sun City Girls’ Sir Richard Bishop, written by Erik Davis and illustrated by John … more…
links for 2007-11-21: is there a word
Guardian Unlimited | Comment is free | A bitch for president Grauniad ponders the B word aVernon asks: Is there a word for a woman who supports a war in Iraq, supports civil war in Palestine…Lebanon…Afghanistan…Pakistan and mulls over starting … more…
links for 2007-11-14: laws of power
The 48 Laws of Power How to be a complete bastard. Or, how to spot a complete bastard, if and when it isn’t totally bleeding obvious (via LinkMachineGo) (tags: politics philosophy strategy)
links for 2007-11-01: censored news, digitization
Project Censored 25 most under-reported news stories of 2007 It’s that time of year again, already. Overview: USA striding purposefully towards fascism at home, plunder and piracy abroad… (tags: censorship media politics war) Future Reading: Digitization and its discontents Anthony … more…
links for 2007-10-16: Storm worm, floating Utopias
Gathering ‘Storm’ Superworm Poses Grave Threat to PC Nets Bruce Schneier is worried about the Storm worm, which is thought to have infected between one and fifty million PCs at this point, and it’s just sitting there, waiting. No-one has … more…