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  1. vimothy

    the return of the real

    the 2008 crisis represented a problem which originated in the financial sector which impacted the real economy (credit contraction leading to a disappearance of demand). the crisis today represents a situation in which problems in the real economy might impact the financial sector (energy price...
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    Oliver Craner

    Where is he? What is he up to? Rolling thread for Craner-related news, sightings, new writing, etc.
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    the alt-right luka

    https://twitter.com/Logo_Daedalus
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    josef k

    live on justin murphy's podcast with nina power:
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    The Last Psychiatrist

    Anyone else been reading this? http://thelastpsychiatrist.com/2012/08/paul_ryan_vs_rage_against_the.html http://thelastpsychiatrist.com/2012/09/fox_friends_punked_by_obama_su.html http://partialobjects.com/2012/10/who-are-the-bad-guys-in-homeland/...
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    Budget 2010

    Budget day! Will the UK get downgraded? Will markets collapse? Does any of this even matter anyway?
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    Philosophy

    Been reading and enjoying philosophy again. In particular, the following: Graham Harman Manuel DeLanda Delueze & Guattari Brian Massumi Bruno Latour Pierre Bourdieu Okay, the last two are questionable, but Graham Harman thinks that Latour is a philosopher, so by reflection/inversion Bourdieu...
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    On War

    Two somewhat disparate links, which I thought might provoke some reflection on war and warfare: Christopher Bassford demolishes the egregious misreading of Clausewitz promulgated by John Keegan in his book A History of Warfare. Skynet is coming: Peter Bergen and Katherine Tiedemann in TNR on...
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    Rolling Torture Thread

    Senate Judiciary Hearing on Torture -- up on C-SPAN right now. Some excellent testimony.
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    Secularisation through Religion?

    A final paradox is that the reformation of Islam as a mere religion is carried out not only by believers who want to secularise their religion (that is, moderate Muslims), but also by the very ones who deny any delinking of religion, state and society. To be provocative, I would say that the...
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    Mexico

    What the fuck is going on in Mexico?
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    News and the New Media -- Questionnaire

    I've made a questionnaire for a class that I'm taking in research methods. I'm trying to garner as many responses as possible, so thought I'd post it here to see if anyone fancies filling it in. The questionnaire is on digital vs mass media news preferences. I have to hand in on Monday, so...
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    No Future for the GOP?

    Matt Yglesias has an interesting post on one problem facing it now faces: putting together a winning coalition in the face of the growth of inequality since Reagan: The Right’s Inequality Challenge. Responses here and here. On the other hand, Will the economic contraction reduce the Dem vote...
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    Old School Skate vids

    Where can I find old school skate vids for download on the net? I'm talking about Powell Peralta, SMA, Plan B, Alva, H Street, all that kind of shit. There must be some kind of blog scene that caters, right? Point me at it...
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    Cyclonopedia

    Hyperstition the Movie! I mean book! Cyclonopedia: Complicity with Anonymous Materials -- Reza Negarestani Cyclonopedia is theoretical-fiction novel by Iranian philosopher and writer Reza Negarestani. Hailed by novelists, philosophers and cinematographers, Negarestani’s work is the first...
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    Hizballah invades Lebanon

    Why is no one talking about this? It seems the "resistance" have become the occupiers... * Analysis: Abu Muqawama The Daily Star The Guardian Angry Arab Now Lebanon *(Poster of a certain special someone, left in the ruins of Future TV's offices)
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    Grow Your Own

    The man who grew a finger: "I put my finger in," Mr Spievak says, pointing towards the propeller of a model airplane, "and that's when I sliced my finger off." It took the end right off, down to the bone, about half an inch. "We don't know where the piece went." The photos of his severed...
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    Imad Mughniyah is dead

    This was a major event in one of the most secure regions of one of the most secure countries in the Middle East. An ill wind blows for Lebanon. Imad Mughniyah is dead, killed in Damascus by a car bomb at the age of 45. Mughniyah was believed to have been Hezbollah’s chief of military...
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    Ashura in Iraq

    "For us ruling and power, for you self-flagellation," Sunni-Iraqi saying
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    The Future of Labour

    dominic's great posts (and Gavin's criticism of my response) in the A Few Things... thread got me thinking about labour markets and their movements under the conditions of globalisation. The real issue (for developed economies) is at least as much one of jobs lost to technology as globally...
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