VINO VINO ROSSO

I just don’t know. I hate UB40. So, when you hear this version of this song, which is absolutely marvellous… have they completely ruined it for you or can you salvage the good song for your own playlist? I know that neil diamond of all fucking people actually wrote it but nevertheless I am going [...]

CAN YOU HAVE ONE STIGMATA?

Is one stigmata a stigmatum? Today I am actually quite pleased. It is the first time I have had stitches that can’t be attributed to my own clumsiness. Do you see the ugly looking point on the right side of that lock? That just went through my hand. In a complete accident during a game, [...]

DAVE ZIRIN ON THE OLYMPICS

I think he has called this just about right. I mentioned a few of these things in previous posts but he has put it together well here… DAVE ZIRIN – THE 2008 OLYMPICS: SUBTERRANEAN ROT Not since Marco Polo has anyone traveled so far up China’s Silk Road with such amoral élan. But there was [...]

NAOMI KLEIN ON BARACK OBAMA

From the real news…

ABSURDNESS FOR SATURDAY

Rage against the machine went on stage at the Reading music festival dressed like this. The BBC report about the gig said this… Rage Against The Machine have returned to the Reading Festival with a passionate headline performance on the main stage. They made a political statement from the start, coming on stage dressed in [...]

LITTLE STORIES AND WASP SNUFF FILMS

There are always little dramas going on around you, and I have decided to declare this cryptic wednesday. Today I happened to be walking past an outdoor swimming pool and something caught my eye, so I filmed it. It was these two videos [they are 20 seconds each]… Seeing this put me in a strange [...]

BLOWN AWAY

I thought this was incredibly powerful…

ON THE STREETS OF GLASGOW

I just walked past these guys on Argyll Street in Glasgow and decided to film and stick it on here. There name is ‘Clanadonia’ and their website is www.clanadonia.co.uk

MORE OLYMPIC STRANGENESS

I haven’t been watching much of the olympics but I turned the TV on the other day and they were talking about the history of table tennis in China. They mentioned that during the cultural revolution sport was frowned upon and things like that. Then they started talking about Deng Xiaoping who may have been [...]

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A superb speech from John Pilger. I have started on the 2nd part on the youtube link because the first is just introduction. The following parts are on the continuation page… JOHN PILGER – FREEDOM NEXT TIME