Logic-Dodging Part 2

I did the first of these logic-dodging photos here, but here is another one. Can anyone work out what has gone wrong?

Mickey Z at Occupy Wall Street

A little interview with writer Mickey Z at the occupy wall street protest that is being so vociferously ignored by the mainstream media…

Britain’s Top Five Dirty Deals

Excellent short from Mark Thomas…

Hoping for a Tommie Smith Moment

When it comes to sport we are all familiar with the concept of the vast majority of Scots not supporting England in major tournaments. Furthermore, we are also familiar with the complaint that when it is a UK team, a Scottish winner is described as “British” and a Scottish loser is described as “Scottish”. But [...]

Out of Self-Interest

Between a quarter and a third of the world’s wildlife has been lost since 1970, according to data compiled by the Zoological Society of London.  – Quote from well-known anarchist group, The Royal Zoological Society Now this is a major major crisis, what is causing all of this? Populations of land-based species fell by 25%, [...]

Orwell Was Wrong (Just Occasionally)

This article also features at Bella Caledonia. —————————————————————————————————————————————— I have been an Orwell obsessive since I was 11 years old when I read Down & Out in Paris & London. I was obviously too young to get all of it but I got a taste for his work early and it has stayed with me [...]

New Video Channel

I have moved the little videos I made over to Vimeo because youtube were being very annoying. The Channel is here. Some of the political things that were on the other channel are already there but there will be more going on it including stupid things that aren’t political.I have put a modest example below [...]

The Shape of Stories

Keeping a literary theme here today and I thought this from Kurt Vonnegut about the shapes of stories was great (cheers to whoever put it on twitter)…

Mark Twain On Travel

Just a quote, but a good one… Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one’s lifetime. Mark Twain

Diamond Planet Finder Is A Star

You probably read recently about the scientists who found a planet  that may or may not be effectively a large diamond. The story got a lot of coverage but one of the scientists involved, Matthew Bailes, has done something rather brave in a recent article and should be applauded for it. He used the opportunity [...]