October 2011
10 posts
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September 2011
10 posts
The Guardian: Gilad Atzmon, Antisemitism and the... →
The cause of the Palestinians is hindered, not helped, by association with antisemitism. It is incumbent upon the left and the Palestinian solidarity movement to both be aware of the conscious effort of far-right antisemites to infiltrate the movement, and to vigorously oppose and exclude antisemites. We would not hesitate to condemn racists, homophobes or sexists, and must be equally robust in...
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unrg:
“Upper-middle-class liberals, with their inability to grasp the importance of class differences in shaping attitudes toward life, fail to reckon with the class dimension of their obsession with health. — Christopher Latsch, ‘The Revolt of the Elites.’
They find it hard to understand why their hygienic conception of life fails to command universal enthusiasm. They have mounted...
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Luke Darcy: Value of loyalty →
unrg:
With Greater Western Sydney ready to pounce, loyalty should have greater currency than money.
This is such baloney. Next to Dustin Martin, Tom Scully is the most talented three-seasons-or-less player in the league at the moment. If he plays a full career he’ll have another 12-14 years of earning potential, but that can be a big “if.” He’s already been out for half this season with...
August 2011
12 posts
Melbourne world's best city, says Economist... →
indefensible:
Eat a dick, rest of the world.
Wait, why am I somewhere else?
You know something’s up when Adelaide cracks the top ten.
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Just had too much cup-a-soup and now I have indigestion. From soup.
Living life on the edge since 1993.
July 2011
11 posts
A teacher died at school today. He had a heart attack and they couldn’t revive him. I can’t put a word down to describe the feeling. It’s like someone stamping mortality in block letters across your forehead. In english, when we knew something had happened but we didn’t know what, there was an eerie silence for a moment or two. Hollow, almost. Afterwards I told my mum on...
idontdrive:
The title of my first novel will be ” My cats are the boss of me” or “I’m my cats bitch”
June 2011
35 posts
