random stuff

[Salsaboy]

*clears custard pie from eyes and smashes flimsy chair over the head of Loz*

[El Pibe]

*how random, I'm in the quiet room, finds donkey porn*

[Salsaboy]

*thinks, 'I wondered where I'd left that'*

[El Pibe]

Fantastic article on historical revisionism in China.

http://www.thechinastory.org/2014/10/the-mass-line-on-a-massive-famine/

What's really interesting is that it's not some Minsitry of Truth rewriting of history but the creation of vaguely plausible doubts through offering alternative narratives and attempting to give them equal weighting.

A tactic beloved of cliamte change/holocaust deniers, conspiracy theorists and creationists, but also something we've seen very effectively used by the Kremlin's information warriors, sowing the internet with dozens of alternative narratives about anything they're vaguely criticised about in the hope, not that anything sticks but that the very concept of truth or reality is killed by it.

An excellent article at the atlantic here: http://m.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2014/09/russia-putin-revolutionizing-information-warfare/379880/

And I'm inclined to agree with quids that 'it's about the internet stupid'

or perhaps more accurately 'stupid is about the internet'

[nashoi]

Article on drones and the impact they're starting to have in both military and civilian lives.

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2014/10/drones-the-next-smartphone.html

Worth reading just to find the wedding video.

Whilst you'll probably burn in hell for laughing at someone's choice of wedding video, each to their own and all that, I'm sure God won't mind you laughing at their first take.

[Robert Poste's Child]

You're a better person than I am. The final version of that wedding video gave me such a sicky feeling I couldn't finish it.

[Salsaboy]

What a pair of munters.

[El Pibe]

really interesting article on drones there nashoi.

[Jeremy]

So how long has Bob Mould been presenting the weather for? Took me by surprise.

 

[El Pibe]

I can't stop staring at this lead performance. It's weirdly brilliant in a sort of hi-speed car crash fashion.

He channels a bit of everything from Jim Kerr via David Brent via Napoleon Dynamite, to Cookia Monster via Paul Shane (via Vic Reeves).

And those sliiightly mistimed punches, sick genius!!

 

[red devil]

Cookieeeeeeeesssss!!!!!...

[El Pibe]

Billie Holliday's best work? God Bless the Child, Lover Man, Press Gang, The Rachel Papers, Band of Brothers?

Bugsy Malone surely!!

 

[david_carnell]

A fascinating and frightening take down of Putin's economic strategy as well as the geo-politics of oil.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/ambroseevans_pritchard/11181297/Oil-slump-leaves-Russia-even-weaker-than-decaying-Soviet-Union.html

[El Pibe]

our world meets start wars, couldn't fb this as the cover photo is almost pervy ;)

http://www.lostateminor.com/2014/10/24/star-wars-part-everyday-life/

[StraferJack]

re: future islands

I've been hypnotised for a couple of weeks now. It's quite quite something isn't it? On balance I love it for NOT being another dullard in front of a mic but I'm also slightly appalled

[StraferJack]

I'm also seeing Morrisey in there

[maxxi]

Looks like an On-The-Waterfront Brando crossed with BurtReynolds and John Belushi attempting an early Neil Diamond impression whilst touching-cloth.

[Dopamine1979]

El Pibe Wrote:

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> Billie Holliday's best work? God Bless the Child,

> Lover Man, Press Gang, The Rachel Papers, Band of

> Brothers?

>

> Bugsy Malone surely!!

>

>

This reminds me of my fresher year at uni.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgHOGqmRVR8

[El Pibe]

Breaking Bad(en baden)

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/hitler-was-a-regular-user-of-crystal-meth-american-military-intelligence-dossier-reveals-9789711.html

[david_carnell]

Concerned about approaching armageddon?

Have a spare ?1million lying around?

Then you need.....http://www.survivalcondo.com/

[ruffers]

El Pibe Wrote:

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> I can't stop staring at this lead performance.

> It's weirdly brilliant in a sort of hi-speed car

> crash fashion.

>

> He channels a bit of everything from Jim Kerr via

> David Brent via Napoleon Dynamite, to Cookia

> Monster via Paul Shane (via Vic Reeves).

>

> And those sliiightly mistimed punches, sick

> genius!!

>

This is blocked at work, but I'm guessing Future Islands?

[El Pibe]

spot on!

[El Pibe]

quite like this idea, finding random poetry in your bookshelf

http://stancarey.wordpress.com/2014/11/07/book-spine-poem-unlocking-the-language/

may have to wander up to the library...

[????]

This is good

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-29915801

[niall]

Some of these are quite good.

And one has an obscure small reference to ED.