All over the First World, the cracks in capitalism and the 'austerity' of the right wing ruling class are coming to a head.  This top-down, authoritarian dictatorship mentality is crumbling society all over the place.

The Brits don't want to hear it.  Connect these dots, shall we?

Parliament will return to duty on Thursday, as the political fallout ( Read more... )

The head of the Church of England is saying that the government is doing too much benefit cutting and poor-screwing.  From an American perspective, it is refreshing to see a religious figure actually follow the tenets of his religion.  Christ was a radical.  Christianity is not conservative.  Being selfless is not a conservative act.  And caring ( Read more... )

Apparently I have a fever.  It is not jungle fever, but a European fever.  It may be a short-term fever, I'm not sure.  But I'm a bit smitten.  I'm interested in almost everything that is different-but-sort-of-works.  And that's my read on Europe.

M sent me a couple of articles today.  I will share.

First off, food safety.  Tell me what makes the ( Read more... )

Wow, Ireland.  You done fucked up good.

But I have to say, this bailout sickness is starting to wear on me. It isn't because of the bailouts, per se, but it is who is funding them and where the money is going.  In short, the working class is funding the banking class with their blood, sweat, tears, pension funds, retirement accounts, houses, and ( Read more... )

My friend (who I will be visiting in about a month) posted this amazing article a couple of days ago.

( Read it for yourself... )

Data and religion?  Oh yes, I've found socio-economic correlations with religious fervour and income disparity: all in one spot.  I'd say NSFW, but it is totally SFW.  In fact, for many, it is work.  Hooray!

( Oh, you want the redux? )

Whenever I've travelled, I've noticed that solely in America the people are generally huge when taken as a large sample.  But it isn't like people elsewhere I've been eat less, walk more, drive less, etc. etc.  To that effect, I've always said there has to be something in the food.

There is evidence here that there is indeed something in the food ( Read more... )

This morning, I was listening to last.fm, and Ministry's Effigy came on.  So, I looked up the meaning of the word for the context that they were using it, because I always thought that an effigy was burned ( Read more... )

My ex-step father believes that life originated from aliens.

He may be right.

The implications of this would be devastating to fundamentalists everywhere.

RED ALERT! RED ALERT! EVERYONE RUN AND HIDE IN FEAR! The Indians! English! Southerners! Japanese! Germans! communists!, er, terrorists are coming!

EDIT: click here for imagery!OK, I obviously have an issue with the fear tactics. It makes me think: "OK, what next? What are they going to hide from us next ( Read more... )