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Month: July 2009

  • big question mumbles

Kick it over. It just needs a push.

  • Posted on July 27, 2009
  • by Anton Angelo

Every fire needs a spark.  The images of change starting by small actions, small vigorous actions, are legions.  The latest adbusters.com campaign, kick it over is exactly one of these.…

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  • music mumbles

Corporate Moronic – Graeme Downes channels Kurt Weil.

  • Posted on July 20, 2009
  • by Anton Angelo

I’m working through a second listening of the Verlaine’s new album Corporate Moronic.  I’m expecting, as I always do with this bunch, that the less accessible songs will grow on…

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  • moral mumbles

Phil Goff, Werewolf, Next NZ Prime Minister?

  • Posted on July 8, 2009
  • by Anton Angelo

Werewolf.co.nz is a spin off from the excellent, if hard to navigate, scoop.co.nz.  It’s really based around one of NZ’s finest reporters, Gordon Campbell – someone I’ve held in respect…

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  • academic mumbles

Eugenics – a new wave

  • Posted on July 7, 2009
  • by Anton Angelo

I’m writing a book review as an assignment for clas on Nikola Rose’s “The Politics of Life Itself”. It talks about the politics and ethics of new biomedical technology, and…

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  • big question mumbles

On The Media: Transcript of “Debunk This!” (July 3, 2009)

  • Posted on July 5, 2009
  • by Anton Angelo

20% of Americans think Obama is a Muslim, or are not sure about his religion.  the wonderful On The Media look at the persistence of mis-information – and the effect…

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  • random mumbles

Nutters, busses and tickets

  • Posted on July 4, 2009
  • by Anton Angelo

I just saw the following story on the b3ta.com website, and found it just too delicious not to steal. TICKETS – “Shouting from the front of the bus, disturbs my…

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  • random mumbles

Michael Jackson phone home

  • Posted on July 4, 2009
  • by Anton Angelo

I’ve always been a bit negative about Jackson, but the following article really made me feel quite compassionate towards him: an overbearing set of brothers, minders who accepted eccentricities and…

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  • fencing mumbles

Presiding

  • Posted on July 4, 2009
  • by Anton Angelo

When I was ws a young ‘un, fencing referees were called presidents.  Now they are called referees.  It seems like a lot of fencing stuff has just changed names.  I’m…

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  • random mumbles

Old Jews Telling Jokes

  • Posted on July 2, 2009
  • by Anton Angelo

Since the intertubes got going, especially email, the art of telling jokes has died off.  I used to stand round at parties with a half dozen people, and we would…

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  • tech mumbles

Photo and original diagram of the world’s first ethernet cable | Boing Boing Gadgets

  • Posted on July 1, 2009
  • by Anton Angelo

This may look nerdy, and I suppose it is, but this encaspulates one person’s idea that has radically changed _everything_ about how we communicate.  I mean, this isn’t like inventing…

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