Archive for the ‘Politics’ Category
Thursday, January 19th, 2012
Adam Curtis on Russia and on Ghostwatch
. The woman who restructured Hamleys', David Graeber, Charlotte Church, iCarly fanfic, people named after petrol, Heathrow travel, a Remarkable Putdown, idiots in supermarkets, and pictures of ducklings.
Posted in BBC, crash of 2009, geekery, mythbusting, Politics, SUP, utter foolishness, Vladimir Poutine | Tags: Adam Curtis, automated checkouts, Charlotte Church, David Graeber, fanfic, Ghostwatch, Hamleys', Heathrow, iCarly, internet culture, London, Russia, Tom Sutcliffe | No Comments »
Wednesday, January 4th, 2012
Posted in BBC, cricket, economics, election, EU, GAA, Green Party, hurling, Ireland, Ken Livingstone, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London Assembly, M. Popup, Mountain-West, Politics, predictions, radio, railways, television, transport, utter foolishness, Vladimir Poutine | Tags: Bashar al-Assad, Boise State, Celebrity Juice, City of London, Cripes Boris Crikey!, Democratic Republic of Congo, European Central Bank, France, HMV, Hunger Games, Iran, Israel, Kilkenney, Occupy LSX, Red 'n' Pink, Russia, Spotify, Syria, The Royals | No Comments »
Thursday, December 29th, 2011
Posted in Barack de Bouwer, Clegg, crash of 2009, Dave the Eager Young Space Cadet, economics, Politics, predictions | Tags: Afghanistan, Egypt, euro, Korea, Red China, Sudan | 4 Comments »
Tuesday, December 20th, 2011
Posted in -isms, Birmingham, economics, geekery, Ireland, language usage, Livejourn'l, mass media, Politics, Vladimir Poutine | Tags: Birmingham University, consumerism, Debi Linton, Donald Trump, dumbing down, Mary Ann Sieghart, Trinity College Dublin | No Comments »
Sunday, December 18th, 2011
Posted in advertisements, Ireland, mass media, Politics, radio, transport | Tags: adblock, Boris Johnson, Brighton, Daily Telegraph, Dublin, Laurie Penny, oldies | No Comments »
Thursday, December 15th, 2011
Posted in Clegg, Conservatives, Dave the Eager Young Space Cadet, Ed Millerband, EU, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Politics, Soup Dragon | Tags: xenophobia | No Comments »
Monday, December 12th, 2011
Posted in EU, language usage, Politics, radio | Tags: Daily Mail, Jon Gaunt, journalism, Talk Radio UK, Talk Sport, Twilight, Virgin 1215 | No Comments »
Sunday, December 11th, 2011
Posted in Facebook, geekery, mass media, Politics, privacy policy, radio | Tags: blatant lies, Kidderminster, occupy, Occupy Wall Street, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, Telford, Telford FM, The Severn, The Wyre | No Comments »
Thursday, December 1st, 2011
Posted in -isms, Conservatives, crash of 2009, election, Green Party, Labour, philosophy, Politics, psephology | Tags: anarchy, bankers, banks, campsite, general assembly, hand signals, Peter Mandelson, process, revolution, social contract, St Paul's | No Comments »
Thursday, November 10th, 2011
Thoughts on the wearing of poppies, on 38 Degrees, and a shocking confession from the Daily Hell. Plus censorship, Jonathan King, skateboards, a legendary crossword compiler, the rugby world cup, The Bash Street Kids, and Australians being stupid.
Posted in Politics, rugby world cup, utter foolishness | Tags: 38 Degrees, Australia, censorship, Daily Hell, Daily Mail, Derek Crozier, FA, FIFA, internet culture, Jonathan King, Leo Baxendale, Minnie the Minx, poppies, Simplex, skateboards, The Bash Street Kids, Woolwich | No Comments »
Tuesday, November 8th, 2011
Posted in advertisements, Alistair Chancellor, Clegg, crash of 2009, Dave the Eager Young Space Cadet, economics, Politics, Vince Cable | Tags: Adam Curtis, Occupy LSX, social justice | No Comments »
Tuesday, October 25th, 2011
Posted in geekery, Ireland, Politics, Voodoo Hussy | Tags: facts, Father Ted, Guns n Roses, London, Michael Gove, occupy, telephones, Use Your Illusion | No Comments »
Tuesday, September 27th, 2011
Not discarding food, sexists at the LSE, the football nomic, Northern Ireland's electoral boundaries, X marks the sex, Southwest Airlines being disgraceful fearmongers. The Daily Mail telling lies, The Ed Miller Band plagarising Enda Kenny, and how they're playing a tune of taxcuts for the upper classes. And whatever happened to Margaret Thatcher?
Posted in -isms, Ed Millerband, football, geekery, Ireland, Politics, psephology | Tags: Australia, blatant lies, Daily Hell, Enda Kenny, freegan, game rules, LSE, Margaret Thatcher, Northern Ireland, queer, Southwest Airlines, student loans | No Comments »
Friday, September 23rd, 2011
Posted in Clegg, Facebook, G****e, geekery, Liberal Democrats, philosophy, Politics | Tags: Conan T. Barbarian, internet theory, Mazzy Star, Polly Toynbee, puzzles, Scala, Tyne & Wear Metro, Will Shortz | 2 Comments »
Monday, September 19th, 2011
Posted in -isms, Birmingham, identity register, Liberal Democrats, Mister Blair, personal, Politics | Tags: data protection, Liberal, power, security, security theatre, West Midlands Police | No Comments »
Monday, September 12th, 2011
Posted in -isms, Arts, Conservatives, Liberal Democrats, Politics, racism | Tags: David Starkey, gay rights, Melanie C, Paris, Tori Amos, trade unions | No Comments »
Tuesday, September 6th, 2011
Posted in Birmingham, Conservatives, Green Party, identity register, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Politics | Tags: Brian Paddick, conferences, Frankley, Gypsies, Jacob Ratzinger, Lembit Opik, London, Longbridge, Pope, Roma, travellers | No Comments »
Tuesday, August 30th, 2011
With nonsense from The Woeful Nadine Dorries, women in comics, and After Elton's ongoing character assassination of Nigel Lythgoe. Plus the return of Love City Groove, QR on the tube, a round of Good Idea Bad Idea, and notes on the viewing of CBBC'sDoctor Who
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Posted in -isms, BBC, Ireland, Liberal Democrats, Politics, pop music, utter foolishness | Tags: abortion, After Elton, comics, Dandy, Doctor Who, Greg Easterbrook, Lady Sovereign, Libya, Love City Groove, Michael O'Leary, Nadine Dorries, Nigel Lythgoe, police, Radio 4, terrorists, trade unions, underground, West Midlands Police | No Comments »
