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A Cloud In Trousers: May 2011
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A Cloud In Trousers. A bad argument in support of a good cause is still a bad argument. Sunday, May 29, 2011. I have a confession to make: I don't watch much football. But last night I watched Barcelona outplay Manchester United. Barcelona were superb with their control, possession and all round footballing play. See this image taken by Tom Jenkins for the Observer. The arm patch of the geometric ball on a red band evokes a nazi arm band. Tuesday, May 17, 2011. Some Musings on Universities. The Universit...
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A Cloud In Trousers: Involuntary Witness
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A Cloud In Trousers. A bad argument in support of a good cause is still a bad argument. Thursday, March 08, 2012. I have just finished reading Gianrico Carofiglio's thoughtful first novel Involuntary Witness, translated from the Italian by Patrick Creagh. He also uses a quote from Dostoevsky's Notes from the Underground, that discusses what it means to be human. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Jazz on BBC R3. Medium is the Massage. Black Country Bloke at Large. The Corridor of Uncertainty.
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A Cloud In Trousers: September 2011
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A Cloud In Trousers. A bad argument in support of a good cause is still a bad argument. Thursday, September 15, 2011. Kant, Capitalism, Immorality and Petitio Principii. Critical thinking and philosophy in schools in schools is an idea whose time is now. That's the gist of a letter in today's Guardian. I believe that capitalism is immoral but providing a watertight argument why it is is harder than it seems. Brecher rightly approves Kant's Categorical Imperative,. Kant's principle seems undeniable (try i...
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A Cloud In Trousers: Pyongyang and Cuba
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A Cloud In Trousers. A bad argument in support of a good cause is still a bad argument. Wednesday, January 18, 2012. In the current LRB Tariq Ali writes of his first visit, in 1973 to Pynongyang in the Democratic People's Republic of North Korea. Which as a phrase is a bit like the Holy Roman Empire, or even the Socialist Workers Party, in that very few of the terms apply to the organisation). Ali meets some Cuban students who take him to meet the Cuban ambassador:. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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A Cloud In Trousers: Medium is the Massage
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A Cloud In Trousers. A bad argument in support of a good cause is still a bad argument. Thursday, March 08, 2012. Medium is the Massage. Marshall McLuhan and Quentin Fiore put together a wonderful illustrated little book called The Medium is the Massage. Punning on McLuhan's famous sound bite "the medium is the message". Anyway, as Rullsenberg points out he BBC have been showing a wonderful three part documentary on the Tube. Now why haven't the RMT. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Jazz on BBC R3.
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A Cloud In Trousers: March 2012
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A Cloud In Trousers. A bad argument in support of a good cause is still a bad argument. Thursday, March 08, 2012. I have just finished reading Gianrico Carofiglio's thoughtful first novel Involuntary Witness, translated from the Italian by Patrick Creagh. He also uses a quote from Dostoevsky's Notes from the Underground, that discusses what it means to be human. Medium is the Massage. Marshall McLuhan and Quentin Fiore put together a wonderful illustrated little book called The Medium is the Massage.
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A Cloud In Trousers: Joe, I'm Only Dancing
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A Cloud In Trousers. A bad argument in support of a good cause is still a bad argument. Monday, January 09, 2012. Joe, I'm Only Dancing. Here's a party: (from an Interview between Teresa Toranska and Jakub Berman. Granta 17, (Autumn 1985), pp 47-65, p48). Berman: 'Once, I think it was in 1948, I danced with Molotov? Interviewer: 'You mean with Mrs Molotov? I: 'As the woman? I: 'What about Stalin, whom did he dance with? I: 'He watched you? B: 'He watched us dance.'. I: 'So you had a good time? Never Trus...
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A Cloud In Trousers: April 2012
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A Cloud In Trousers. A bad argument in support of a good cause is still a bad argument. Saturday, April 14, 2012. I'm sitting down surrounded by books. Some books I have to reshelve. Some books have to go to my Oxfam book shop to stop me drowning in a sea of books. Here's a photostream of pictures of books. Look and dream. Tuesday, April 03, 2012. A Spy in the House of War. From an interview in the Guardian with Nathaniel Borenstein. I found this amusing essay on consulting for NATO in the late 1980s.
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A Cloud In Trousers: August 2011
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A Cloud In Trousers. A bad argument in support of a good cause is still a bad argument. Friday, August 05, 2011. Here's the Sachal Orchestra with Take Five. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Jazz on BBC R3. Black Country Bloke at Large. The Corridor of Uncertainty. Never Trust A Hippy. Simple template. Template images by luoman.
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A Cloud In Trousers: July 2011
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A Cloud In Trousers. A bad argument in support of a good cause is still a bad argument. Wednesday, July 20, 2011. Who wants to go about in dirty clothes? That's why I have signed up to the Clean Clothes Campaign. There's a song by the. Folk singer Chris Wood. Oyster Band that talks about the saddest thing is workers in developing countries putting holes in jeans. But some companies still sandblast jeans in a process that kills the workers. Thanks to Nick for the correction ]. Sunday, July 17, 2011.