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Reading: The 100 Top Punk Songs of All Time, Curated in 1981 | Open Culture
Signs and Signals of 2018 from 1969
With a chaotic 2018 final, you look back to 1968-9 for warning signs, to wit: God, what a world it is! Strung up for saying a word out of turn! Slain for a sigh! Go on, attack anything you want! A bus, a train, a taxi-cab, a postal van, a victoria! A baby in a… Continue reading Signs and Signals of 2018 from 1969
What I’m reading 15 Aug 2018
I read six sycophantic pro-Trump books — and then I read Omarosa – Humph > None of these books is especially memorable or useful on its own. As a genre, however, and a reflection of their subject, they are instructive. These books scarcely attempt to persuade; like Trump, they focus on the already converted. Pirro… Continue reading What I’m reading 15 Aug 2018
What I’m reading 8 Aug 2018
Top Euro court: No, you can’t steal images from other websites (too bad a school had to be sued to confirm this little fact) – Fair use by education is being reconsidered in the EU. This also means that CC needs to make inroads. > It will also mean that every website – even school… Continue reading What I’m reading 8 Aug 2018
What I’m reading 29 Jul 2018
Koch Network Pushes Back on Trump’s Washington | Time – Read the disclosure first, then the apologia for Koch and co. > Disclosure: Time Inc., TIME’s parent company, was acquired by Meredith Corp. in a deal partially financed by Koch Equity Development, a subsidiary of Koch Industries Inc. – (rhetoric apologia politics )
What I’m reading 23 Jul 2018
Donald Trump is taking US down the path to tyranny (opinion) – CNN – Closer and closer. > The Nazi henchman Hermann Göring explained in Nuremberg prison how easy it is to mobilize the public to war: "Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is… Continue reading What I’m reading 23 Jul 2018
What I’m reading 18 Jul 2018
Clarification by misnegation – I wouldn’t want to not overlook this. – (negation trump politics linguistics rhetoric )
What I’m reading 18 Jul 2018
America must deal with Donald Trump, the first rogue president | Simon Tisdall | Opinion | The Guardian – The view from outside is clearer. > The real Trump problem is not transatlantic. It is America’s to deal with. By now, Europeans have mostly rumbled him. But far too many Americans still don’t get it.… Continue reading What I’m reading 18 Jul 2018
What I’m reading 17 Jul 2018
Trump outdoes Orwell in role as Moscow’s Agent Orange | Richard Wolffe | Opinion | The Guardian – – (trump )