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Category Archives: Politics
It’s not a Referendum, it’s a Revolution
“It’s not a Referendum, it’s a Revolution,” says Mark McGowan, the Artist Taxi Driver in one of his incredibly loud and passionate YouTube monologues. And he is completely correct. To think this question of whether Scotland should be independent or not … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Economics, Ethics, Independence, Politics, Poverty, United Kingdom
Tagged Artist Taxi Driver, empire, Environment, equality, freedom, Neoliberal, poverty, Scotland, scottish independence, xenophobia
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Austerity: Keeping Ratings Agencies Happy and Controlling People
Austerity. We heard a lot about that since the Masters of the Universe blew the bloody doors off the world economy in 2008. It’s sold to us minions, us majority of human beings as being the only solution to balancing the … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Politics, Poverty, Project Fear, United Kingdom
Tagged AAA, austerity, Moodys
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Independent Scotland is not about Nationalism
The new poll putting Yes ahead for the first time appears to have awoken many people down south. Maybe some people in the main stream media and elite of society do get it now and this panics them. And some … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Europe, Independence, Politics, United Kingdom
Tagged independence, neocon, Neoconservative, Neoliberal, Scotland, WMD
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Survivorship Bias: The Fantasy of Big Time
The Art of Thinking Clearly is a book by Rolf Dobelli. It claims to be an international bestseller but I’d never seen it along side all the other self-improvement and management guff during my trawls through airport book shops over … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Economics, Politics, Poverty
Tagged Business, economics, Neoliberal, politics, welfare
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The Rise of the Arsehole in Modern Society (Book Review)
Book Review: The Rise of the Arsehole in Modern Society (Scottish Edition) by Daniel Désespéré. Illustrated. 867pp. D. Watkins Press. €39.99 In what many will come to regard as his tour de force, French academic Professor Daniel Désespéré, charts the rise of idiocy … Continue reading
Why can’t you plebs just behave?
Why can’t you plebs just behave? This must surely be the line of thought of the politicians and business leaders throughout the world. If everyone would just quietly toe the line there would be no need for trouble. Why can’t … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Economics, Ethics, Independence, Politics, United Kingdom
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Preserving Ourselves and the Status Quo
Why do otherwise intelligent and decent human beings begin to act in a certain pro-establishment, Neoconservative way that smacks of a new world order and secret Bilderberg group meetings? Are the multitudes of journalists, editors, businessmen, politicians, broadcasters, civil servants … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Ethics, Independence, Politics, United Kingdom
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We’re the Self Preservation Society
The Self Preservation Society was the theme song of the original “Italian Job” film from 1969. It rings truer now than ever before as the world is plunged into a bizarre global fight over every scrap of comfort and wealth that … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Politics, Poverty
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French Economist Proves What Most Know True: Capitalism is a Rigged Game
Despite the rather feeble nit-picking effort of the Financial Times, French economist Thomas Piketty has done some tremendous work in proving what anyone with their eyes open and without hypocrisy or delusion already knows: capitalism in the form societies have … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Economics, Politics, Poverty
Tagged equality, Neoliberal, poverty, scottish independence, welfare, workers rights
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The I Don’t Want High Taxes Idiocy
I’ve heard it far too often, the old, “Yeah Holland and Norway are all very well, but you pay such high taxes and I don’t want that.” This argument is so dumb it hardly is worth countering. But since it’s … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Europe, Politics, United Kingdom
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