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Amateur Night in the Big Top is a 2003 album by Shaun Ryder of Happy Mondays fame. In my mind it is brilliant. Varied, complex music with a variety of styles including jazz, dance and eastern; cross references, reprises and Ryder … Continue reading
What is this deficit we hear about continuously? Why are we driving the weakest people in our society to suicide in order to reduce this deficit? When was the last time someone explained to you exactly what this word and … Continue reading
After the initial massive disappointment last September I began to think a little more about what was actually achieved by the Scottish independence movement. Recently I’ve begun connecting with people on Twitter again and discussing the General Election in May. … Continue reading
During economic recession should a country increase spending or impose austerity? So who is right in all this? Economists have been fighting over this for centuries and still we have no answer. Surely it must be simple? Do we get … Continue reading
Is society increasingly dominated by people who are for all intents and purposes junkies? Look at the evidence. How do our business leaders and our politicians behave? From a review of the 1992 book When Society Becomes an Addict by Anne Wilson Schaef: Many politicians behave … Continue reading
As a modern society we decide that there is a minimum standard of living and facilities that we are prepared to tolerate. If we had not desired this then we’d all still be living in caves and chasing our food … Continue reading
There was a feature length documentary a couple of years back that provided me with one of those paradigm shift things that self-improvement gurus are apt to talk about. The film was called “Surviving Progress“. The premise was that there … Continue reading