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Comment on Tanya Gold, the new Charlie Brooker by Pix

Pix — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 14:55:11 +0000

How does Snoopy versus the Red Baron count as Hitler porn?

Comment on A Coroner’s Court by Nice to St Pancras International

Nice to St Pancras International — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 22:41:40 +0000

New highspeed trains station, St Pancras in London is really cooooool! We visited it on a trip to London and took so many photos. We wanted to get the train to France but did not have time. Cannot wait to return to visit the UK again.

Sammy x

Comment on Climate change: Come back and tell me when you’re sure? by Karl

Karl — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 07:47:40 +0000

Unfortunately, this is just a sign of the global plutocracy we now live in. I’d bet on some levels this is viewed just as a cull of the world’s poor, and we won’t see any sustained action until [insert influential world leader]’s beach house is actually underwater. Even then, someone with enough power to actually do anything will have enough wealth to just buy another beach house, further inland. And so it goes on.

Obviously the answer lies within democracy, which lies with the attitude of the people. I think that as a species we need to regain some essence of collectivist thinking, and scale back this capitalistic “rugged individualist” philosophy that has got us to where we are now. In the short term, looking at my ballot paper, the options are fairly limited, unfortunately.

Anyway, I’ll get back to my work, marketing stuff that nobody needs to buy. ;)

Comment on Climate change: Come back and tell me when you’re sure? by Laurence

Laurence — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 23:07:46 +0000

Wow. Marvelous post. Terrifying stuff, filtnib.

Comment on Climate change: apocalypse now? by Climate change: Come back and tell me when you’re sure? « The Filtnib’s Progress

Wed, 03 Jun 2009 20:39:48 +0000

[...] But then again, that’s what the Stern Review was meant to do in 2006. Unfortunately, precious little has been achieved in the intervening three years, despite the added impetus of the four IPCC reports in 2007. Which [...]

Comment on Rodrigo Rosenberg: If you are watching this message, it’s because I was murdered by Corona Agreda

Corona Agreda — Sun, 17 May 2009 19:27:33 +0000

CHRONICLE OF A DEATH FORETOLD
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……Gabriel García Márquez wrote ‘Chronicle of a Death Foretold’ which is an analysis of passion within the Latin American culture. With fantasy, the novel portrays our intimate reality, and one is reminded that, “If the past is forgotten, the future will not be remembered.”
……When a Latin Americans assumes a presidency of a country, he seems to feel the greased finger of god, and he, also, begins to feel as a loved personal friend with divine rights. Watching Mr. Colom before the cameras, gesturing nervously and backed by his phalange of sweaty rumpled henchmen, the only thing missing were the tattoos and the hand signs; but it’s all the same thing, these folks are simple cholos in neck ties. With the voice cracking under his peculiar speech impediment, he portrayed a frighten mechanical Pinocchio. One can only wonder about his estate of mind, does he think he can make up the truth as he goes along by divine presidential right, or is he truly confused in the belief that at least the very ignorant and the stupid should believe in him?
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……The reality is that violence and political assassinations are natural death causes, however, for religious and philosophical conditions the public does not wish to accept it. That is not to say that it should not be avoided. But generally the weaker the government the more they make use of the technique; but, for Latin America, historically the practice became the norm with the Holly Inquisition and it stands, still without qualms. In this remarkable case, Mr. Rosenberg has played a masterful move check mating President Pinocchio and his government by anticipating the eminent end accurately, and by planting the unprecedented political time bomb of all time.
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……Mr. Rosenberg has left the world the ‘Rosenberg Maneuver’ that will be seen employed for evermore. – Corona Ágreda

Comment on Crazed folk pop hits Eurovision by Gorro

Gorro — Sat, 16 May 2009 22:40:22 +0000

Well done Esther,

Your Eurovision prediction skills show themselves to be beyond compare once again. I remember your prediction of a Lordi victory in 2006. Perhaps you should become a professional -Esoteric Esther Soothsayer of the Eurovision.

Comment on Crazed folk pop hits Eurovision by Paul H

Paul H — Sat, 16 May 2009 17:20:59 +0000

And people are pissed over here because a beauty contestant gave her true opinion (ever so delicately) about gay marriage in America.
We are still a nation of laws, freedom of speech, and expression, and a whole slew of things I don’t have time to mention.
At least we don’t arrest people like this!
Although I think there are many that want to arrest Miss California for her freedom of opinion.
Sound’s kind of backwards doesn’t it?

Comment on Tanya Gold, the new Charlie Brooker by rockitboy

rockitboy — Fri, 15 May 2009 23:11:59 +0000

Sorry, most confessional journalism makes me want to barf, pointless, narcissistic and time-wasting. But then so are…I was going to say the readership, then I realised that the descriptors apply more meaningfully to her employers.

Comment on Tanya Gold, the new Charlie Brooker by Jasmine

Jasmine — Fri, 15 May 2009 10:34:06 +0000

She writes for us (Standard), too. She has always been the lucky sort who gets to embarrass herself for the sake of a feature. Which now seems to be what I do.