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60 Macrolog entries tagged with ‘currentaffairs’
Now That Ireland's SOPA is Law, What Next? Thu 01 Mar 2012
So the proposed legislation dubbed ‘Ireland’s SOPA’ has been enacted into law by Statutory Instrument, despite vociferous opposition from that section of the public clued in to such things. And now the junior minister responsible, Seán Sherlock, has launched a...
Going Dark in Support of a Free Internet Thu 19 Jan 2012
Update: The web censorship bills have been shelved for now, but as Marco Ament writes, they will no doubt return in this or some other form — unless there is an aggressive push for campaign finance reform in the US....
Explosions in London Thu 07 Jul 2005 | 3 Comments
Every news channel here is reporting on a series of explosions in central London this morning. There are reports of blasts in a number of stations along the Metropolitan Circle and Piccadilly underground lines, as well as an explosion on...
Cruel... but Usual Tue 01 Mar 2005
Gary Younge’s thoughtful commentary in today’s Guardian takes Britain’s foreign policy to task, comparing the abuses at Camp Breadbasket — Britain’s Abu Ghraib — with the British Empire’s long history of colonial oppression, highlighting the refusal of the establishment to...
Election Response Roundup Thu 11 Nov 2004 | 1 Comments
In an appendix of sorts to last week’s US election rant, here’s a roundup of related commentary that caught my attention (and might otherwise have been lost in the Linklog): Simon Schama: Onward Christian soldiersHistorian Schama sees the US as...
Obligatory Election Response Wed 03 Nov 2004 | 3 Comments
Unless you’ve been living under the proverbial rock till you began reading this sentence, then you’ll know by now that the Republicans have won the US presidential election. I’m disappointed, certainly. But I’m not surprised. Why? Because you have to...
The Voting Conundrum Sat 12 Jun 2004
Yesterday, polling stations across Ireland were opened for a triple-header of local council elections, European Parliament elections, and the citizenship referendum. And for the first time in my enfranchised life, I’m ashamed to admit, until I got my ballot papers...
No, Anti-Zionism is Not Anti-Semitism: Redux Fri 19 Dec 2003
In a further appendix to my recent postings on the anti-Zionism/anti-semitism confusion, here is an opinion piece by Emanuele Ottolenghi which illustrates perfectly the infuriating obstinateness of the right-wing viewpoint on this issue. As a whole, the article is not...
No, Anti-Zionism is Not Anti-Semitism Fri 12 Dec 2003
As an appendix to my two recent postings on the subject (here and here) I have unearthed from my blog-fodder links folder this commentary from December 3rd’s Guardian, presenting a liberal Jewish perspective on the Middle East crises: We should...
A Deadly Poison Thu 27 Nov 2003
As a companion to yesterday's piece, here is an example of the kind of thing that the current Israeli administration (and a sizeable xenophobic tranche of the Israeli population) would like to get away with; the kind of thing that...
On the 'New' Anti-Semitism Wed 26 Nov 2003 | 3 Comments
There's a thought-provoking piece in yesterday's Guardian regarding the 'political correctness' of anti-semitism supposedly spreading throughout Europe. I've read it a couple of times, and I have to say, a lot of the charges I find difficult to accept. Not...
The Antichrist of North Carolina? Thu 14 Aug 2003
She may not be the Antichrist of North Carolina, but there seems little doubt to me that Barbara Ehenreich loves to bait those right-wing Christians (c/o (woolgathering)): I was getting into my new role as North Carolina’s premier amateur philosopher...
Windows, Mirrors and Walls Thu 26 Jun 2003
(An appendix of sorts to On America’s Imperial Delusion) Last night whilst reading Naomi Klein’s collection of articles on the globalisation debate, Fences and Windows, I came across the following paragraph from The Brutal Calculus of Suffering, her speech to...
A Right Royal Shame Mon 23 Jun 2003
So there's been some major controversy surrounding the Royal birthday party that took place over the weekend. And no, I'm not talking about the gatecrasher. I'm talking about the party guests, those posh toffs in all their pseudo-savage, blackfaced glory....
On America's Imperial Delusion Sun 22 Jun 2003 | 3 Comments
In a thought-provoking comment piece from last weekend’s Guardian, Eric Hobsbawm attempts to answer the question surrounding America’s supposed drive for world domination. It seems fair to assert that the United States sees itself politically as the big boss man,...
Natural's Not In It Sat 07 Jun 2003
In a commentary in today's Guardian US law professor Philip Bobbitt -- whilst ultimately defending the American government's politically expedient approach to the defense of human rights -- makes some valid observations about the humanitarian justification for military action, and...
The Morality of Dissent Mon 02 Jun 2003
[Views] that offer an informed critical analysis of the Bush administration’s foreign policy, particularly with regard to the Middle East, are not part of the national conversation in the United States. And until Americans can have that conversation with...
Warning: High Idiot Quotient Sat 10 May 2003
I happened to catch a news report the other day about some idiot who almost killed himself performing the most insane stunt imaginable, all for some stupid Jackass ripoff video he was making with his friends. (Here’s a link to...
Take This Bomb and Shove It Tue 06 May 2003
I _was_ going to go into town after the media screenings (see the previous entry) to run some errands, clear the cobwebs from being stuck in a darkened movie theatre for four hours. It's a good thing I didn't, though,...
What Will Happen Now? Fri 18 Apr 2003
I haven't been eminently vociferous with regard to the situation in Iraq as of late. My comments might even seem conspicuous by their absense, considering my previous writings on the matter. I could lie, use the old chestnut that anything...
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