Tag: Terrorism
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Fat White Family Go Disco?
Not entirely, but not far off – new single from FWF ‘Whitest Boy On The Beach’ is a psych dance affair, sounds like the new album will be more of an electronic Kosmiche freaky groove-off than the first. Also the Throbbing Gristle quoting cover is amazing. And interestingly they were playing La Cigale in Paris…
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jour pluvieux mix
Sometimes I escape into music when things get bad and words don’t seem to be doing any justice. As was the case with the first rainy day mix years ago…and my podcast when I was doing that. Difference is it’s called ‘jour pluvieux’. I’ll admit my French is terrible, but if Google and other sites…
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Jonathan Pie: State of the news
Many a truth spoken in jest ‘off camera’ about Jeremy Corbyn. It is crazy that during #piggate and all the stuff and nonsense about an atheist republican not singing ‘God Save The Queen’, there’s been tax cuts for the poorest, trying to scrap free school meals, the refugee crisis, an estimated 50,000+ people died of…
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Jeremy Corbyn
I’ve heard a lot of crap about Jeremy Corbyn recently…he’s got an uphill struggle against the Murdoch press machine, as well as the spiteful Blairites who bailed on him (I have one phrase: ‘Bye Felicia!’ for Chuka U-Turn Umunna and Jamie ‘Who?’ Reid) and the mostly ambivalent Guardian (who interestingly is benefitting from gentrification as…
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The Long Peace?
Interesting video/infographic detailing how many people died in World War 2 – very important to revisit this from time to time, lest we forget. I think people feel scared of ISIS, Iraq, Afghanistan, etc – but it is comforting to think these are tiny battles compared to what has gone before. I don’t think we…
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On terrorism
There have been some frankly awful analyses of the attacks in Paris a week ago, and the fallout from them. Either from surprisingly from my side, the left and anarchists seemingly serving our masters by wanting to take freedom of speech away like desperate young Tankies also doing a very good impression of hand-wringing liberals,…