10th September 2008
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The Conservapedia “Masterpiece of the week”. Strangely enough, painted by Maximilien Luce, a French painter, that was active with anarchist groups in Paris in the 1890s.
Warning: Old news ahead! You’ve been warned.
I won’t pretend that I know a whole lot about American politics, but what I have learned is that certain right-wing movements seem to [...]
14th April 2008
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Quote from TED newsletter:
Take a look at these films. They are each just one minute long. They feature a choir in one country singing another country’s national anthem: a simple idea that packs surprising emotional power.
France sings for USA
Kenya sings for India
Japan sings for Turkey
My favourite so far: Australia sings for Lebanon
Part of the Pangea [...]
Photo by Chris Patriarca (cc)
Denmark, or rather our capital, has now given name to a most un-flattering definition, called the Copenhagen Syndrome. An article from openDemocracy defines it like this:
They [the Danes] give away one of the largest percentages of their gross national income in foreign aid and their government has the most restrictive immigration [...]
16th April 2007
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BrainCog,
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Photo by Capitu. (cc)
Now why on Earth have I not heard about this before?? Here I am, reading my girlfriend’s Adbusters Magazines, cooking up dumb ideas on how to pay for $1.000.000 worth of street advertising, just to fill it with either empty spaces or ads for a healthier living, then this comes along. And [...]
12th January 2007
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Since Bush now are sending more troops to Iraq, we might as well also celebrate the recent birthday of David Bowie by playing “I’m afraid of Americans”…
America has now killed more Iraqi civilians than Saddam [Via], chasing down a man, the US government themselves put in power, allegedly - apart from the civil slaughter - because of some weapons of mass destruction that did not exist. And the Danish government, which is in on it refuses to take up the discussion [...]
22nd August 2006
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A lot of commercial investments are made in regards to product placement. Miami Vice has no less than 36 placements, Talladega Nights a whopping 89 (according to my count). Now, I realise that it is difficult not to include something if you depict everyday life in a rural setting from the Western world, but there [...]
21st August 2006
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There are now more overweight people across the world than hungry ones…