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Monthly Archives: May 2010

Austerity is just another word

Monday, May 31, 2010

Yes, for nothing left to lose. Funny how things work in pairs. Hollywood likes a pairing. Think of Mission To Mars and Red Planet; Leviathan and The Abyss; Armageddon and Deep Impact; Democrat and Republican… On that note, the best political movie I can think of at the moment is The Candidate. “Best” being superlatively [...]

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Ah, so it was for that reason

Thursday, May 27, 2010

Bless the intertubes. I hope to write a longer post on similar themes this weekend, in memory of memory.

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Neo-Feudalistic, Gulag Casino Economy

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Not my phrase, but it made me chuckle, cynic that I am. Some might say in point of fact that it’s no hyperbole at all. I don’t know enough about the economic and political arenas discussed to say yea or nay, but here’s an interview with the author, Mike Krieger (timestamp 13m16s):

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