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Evidence that too much TV is bad for you

When you get the same message from across the political spectrum, it’s a sign that something real may actually be happening.
Liberal Glenn Greenwald:
It is a cult of contrived masculinity whereby people dress up as male archtypes like cowboys, ranchers, and tough guys even though they are nothing of the kind — or prance around [...]

Ireland too poor to afford Freedom of Expression

First post of 2010 and under the Dermot Ahern blasphemy law. RTE’s PrimeTime had a feature of the law, which is drawing admiring noises from such bastions of individual liberty as Egypt, Iran and Pakistan.
On the panel was Ali Salim from the Irish Council of Imams who wanted to draw the line between “freedom [...]

The modern pyramid of the Capitalist system

Via Constant Siege
Though given some of those people at the bottom own significant chunks of America’s debt, I wouldn’t bet on this scene lasting too long.

Honestly, go fuck yourself, UKIP

UKIP slams ‘corrupt’ Lisbon vote
UK Independence Party leader Nigel Farage, who entered the Irish debate calling for a No vote, compared the Lisbon Treaty referendum with a corrupt election in Zimbabwe or Afghanistan.
The MEP for South East England said there was a “wall of money” for the Yes campaign, and blamed High Court judgments and [...]

No dissonance

The various socialist groups campaigning against Lisbon are saying an EU that races to the bottom is a bad thing.
Does this mean we should harmonise our rock bottom corporate tax rates up to those of our EU partners?
Curious minds want to know.

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