Category: geopolitics

The Best Thing About Capitalism Mar 2008

I’ve been reading a lot about Socialism and Communism lately but that doesn’t mean I don’t appreciate the best things about Capitalism. This story I read this morning…

We have reviewed your requirement and our confident of executing your work. Mar 2008

The title of this post is from a proposal I received for one of my outsourcing projects at the moment. I’m using elance.com to get a few things…

There are no sides. Mar 2008

I watched an average 2007 film SHOOTER tonight on DVD. Marky Mark’s always pretty good, playing that tough guy with a heart of gold character. Some interesting stuff…

Media Bias Against Cuba Mar 2008

Marcelo pointed me to this excellent article by Toni Solo, based in Central America, which highlights the bias in the reporting about Cuba in the UK and US…

Fidel bias in the media – Example 1 Feb 2008

The Herald Sun. Hardly the bastion of journalism, I know. And this editorial I link to below is a classic example of trashy media. Just to correct some…

The Fidel Debate Continues Feb 2008

A negatively-biased article about Castro in The New Statesman by Isabel Hilton has some interesting reader comments including this one below. It’s fascinating to watch the way the…

The War On Democracy Feb 2008

http://seesmic.com/Standalone.swf?video=5TvZKvFuQf Watch “The War On Democracy” on Google Video.

US “Defence” Budget to exceed $1 TRILLION in 08 Feb 2008

The world’s largest arms dealer, the USA, which is also the country with the world’s largest arsenal of nuclear weapons (it maintains a current arsenal of around 9,960…

Twittories – Day Three Dec 2007

So I launched the idea of Twittories late last week while suffering from a creative outburst fuelled by rage and caffeine. We actually started the first story, “The…

Free Will debate in Second Life Dec 2007

We had a massive debate at TPN HQ last night (until my internet access dropped out at midnight and didn’t return) about the subject of free will which…