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December 7th, 2009
03:27 pm

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Manufacturing Consent
This exposé on the internationally approved elections in Honduras, seen by many within the country as a referendum on the recent military coup links in with some thoughts I've had over the past few years with regards to:
  • The democratic double standard in the western media and institutions (See Noam Chomsky's Manufacturing Consent)

  • Elections where a choice of parties/candidates representing the same forces leaves the voter with no choice at all

  • The ease with which elections can be rigged using electronic voting systems

Honduran election exposed

Sort of undermines the 'bringing democracy' excuse for going to war our governments are always using when 'the international community' doesn't bother to even monitor the elections before declaring them valid and peaceful.

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October 24th, 2009
04:49 pm

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Torture in Uzbekistan

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September 3rd, 2009
06:34 pm

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x paosted
I am going to be in Edinburgh from Friday evening for those that don't know. Chances are high that I will be going to Kate's birthday at rev that evening =)

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August 10th, 2009
08:48 pm

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OMG h4x ftw!
Insert these two sentences at the end of your mails and gmail removes the ads for the recipient.

I enjoy the massacre of ads. This sentence will slaughter ads without a messy bloodbath.

Works for me anyway =)

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August 7th, 2009
11:37 pm

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Police Agent Provocateurs
In case someone didn't hear about these:

Guardian story about journalists witnessing a police agent provocateur at the London G20 protest

Canadian news story about a group of police agent provocateurs at a Security and Prosperity Partnership protest (video)

High res image (look at boot soles)

George Galloway talking about a journalist's account of an agent provocateur (couldn't find the article itself)

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July 21st, 2009
03:46 pm

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Caption?
Read more... )

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July 13th, 2009
03:05 pm

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What the hell is this stuff btw? )

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July 5th, 2009
09:54 pm

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The Power of Nightmares
Has anyone else seen this BBC documentary series about Al Qaida and the Neoconservatives?

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2798679275960015727
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4602171665328041876
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2081592330319789254

Might be worth looking at if all you can think of watching is Family Guy episodes or porn with a cool soundtrack....

*cough* Aythan *cough*

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July 2nd, 2009
09:11 pm

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2 months left
I somehow managed to get a cold in this ridiculously hot summer we are having (not helped by the fact that sunlight lasts for more than 18 hours here)

However: I am coming back to live in Edinburgh in 2 months! (so I will thankfully be avoiding the coming days with 6 hours of sun this time)

Out of interest: does anyone else follow Jim Rogers, Peter Schiff or Max Keiser?

Stuff that they say about economics and investing seems to be fairly common sense and rest on things which are fundamental anyway (although I tend to take Mr Keiser's emotive rantings with a pinch of salt)

I've also recently read a book called 'The Grand Chessboard' written by Zbigniew Brzezinski (former US National Security Advisor) in 1997, where he talks about the need for the US to gain influence in all the 'stan' countries in Central Asia, like Afghanistan, but especially the newly independent ones like Uzbekistan. I think I still need to digest that a bit though.

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June 8th, 2009
11:46 pm

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Uncharacteristically uncontroversial
Reductio ad absurdum one of my favourite forms of argument.

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