Urban v's the Commentariat

[el-ahrairah]

if only she was going to Boston, Lincs for a few years. That would give her a real education.

 

[Idris2002]

She's going to be the smartest girl at the smartest university, isn't she?

I wonder how she's funding it - I read a book about someone who did an expose on the Harvard MBA system and he reckoned with fees and living expenses it was $250k over two years to do it. They were churning out 900 students a year with that qualification a few years ago, might even be more now.

If you're the smartest person in the room, I'm told, that means you're in the wrong room.

 

[treelover]

If he is promoting it with his number of followers on twitter, etc its unlikely to be a flop

 

[rekil]

if only she was going to Boston, Lincs for a few years. That would give her a real education.

Going up and down the country for a couple of years, like Owen Jones but for real, could've been an interesting and useful bit of social history; examining effects of policies and inequities and letting people speak. The only potential snag would've been that she's not interested in people, hates 'em, especially them stupid fat fuck americans apart from the famous ones and those that can be used to advance her career.

Americans are very strange. They can and do hyperventilate about the most everyday happenings as if they are the most important thing in the world, and then they act completely normal when public conversations are had about war on Iran and war on women's bodies and when Rick Santorum is considered a serious presidential candidate. The real heroes I've met in America are risking everything to make sure that the United States doesn't slide further into bigotry, inequality and violence whilst everyone is distracted by the everyday doings of celebrities.

 

[treelover]

We've got to talk about Kansas..

 

[ViolentPanda]

i don't, they'll be cut from the same cloth.

If only Walter Bishop were still teaching at Harvard....

 

[rekil]

"77th Nieman gang" is a baader meinhof allusion isn't it.

 

[Idris2002]

We've got to talk about Kansas..

 

[benedict]

i don't, they'll be cut from the same cloth.

Not true. They may have a similar class background on average. But Laurie is an extreme outlier in terms of her annoyingness.

 

[trabuquera]

Maybe she'll turn Christian fundie, Republican (Tea Party faction) or "surrendered wife" to a banker.

 

[killer b]

Maybe she'll turn Christian fundie, Republican (Tea Party faction) or "surrendered wife" to a banker.

why do we have to make up stuff? bit weird isn't it? especially that last one. urgh.

 

[phildwyer]

especially that last one. urgh.

I don't even know what it means.

 

[rekil]

Bragg is showing no sign of mellowing. “The fights that I’m picking aren’t getting any easier,” he smiles. “As I get older I see myself more and more as Henry Fonda in 12 Angry Men. The one that says, okay, but what’s really happening here, let’s look a bit deeper.”

.

 

[Balbi]

Yeah, but Henry Fonda's dead

 

[rekil]

12 Angry Braggs

 

[phildwyer]

"surrendered wife"

What does this mean please?

 

[Idris2002]

What does this mean please?

There was some idiot yank woman a few years back who published a book called 'the surrendered wife' which argued that the feminine ideal is to be a sort of inflatable doll who can cook. Part of the chronic backlash against those who criticise The Patriarchy.

In fairness to Laurie of House Penny, she's not daft enough to fall for that one.

 

[phildwyer]

There was some idiot yank woman a few years back who published a book called 'the surrendered wife' which argued that the feminine ideal is to be a sort of inflatable doll who can cook. Part of the chronic backlash against those who criticise The Patriarchy..

Oh right. Like The Rules and that. Definitely not LP's scene, have some respect for Christ's sake.

 

[killer b]

it's fairly dodgy ground to be attacking a feminist on too (specially as it's totally made up). I reckon trabuqera needs to check his privilege.

 

[smokedout]

“The fights that I’m picking aren’t getting any easier,”

fearlessly taking on real power wherever it lies, like the kids who skateboard on the Southbank undercroft

 

[seventh bullet]

it's fairly dodgy ground to be attacking a feminist on too (specially as it's totally made up). I reckon trabuqera needs to check his privilege.

Isn't trabuqera a woman?

 

[Theisticle]

Billy Brag is still a cunt: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/billy-bragg-ukip-bnp-scottish-3483239#.U2KCixjAqN8.twitter

 

[butchersapron]

Opening para of that piece contains undisguised HnH propaganda - the sage was built with lottery money, the eu paid a tiny amount of the overall bill for other stuff ITA. Unsurprising given Ros Wynne-Jones role with them i suppose.

 

[killer b]

Isn't trabuqera a woman?

the wheel of oppression turns.

 

[rekil]

Someone needs to be a better ally.

That always makes me think of Ally's Tartan Army by Andy Cameron, which in turn makes me think of the b-side

 

[Theisticle]

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http://www.theguardian.com/guardian-masterclasses/social-media-for-journalists-shiv-malik-course

Price: £229 (includes VAT, booking fee, lunch and refreshments)

 

[DaveCinzano]

"Social media for journalists with Shiv Malik"

1. Broadcast a twitter appeal for information about big event
   
2. Hassle anybody who responds with endless emails begging for sensitive information
3. Ignore any helpful suggestions and leads, and just make stuff up on the fly

That will be £114.50 please, Shiv

“It's all about hating on Tesco”

 

[rekil]

James also claims that Stalin killed more than Hitler therefore he's worse (but that doesn't mean James would've been objectively pro-nazi, or does it?)

 

[redsquirrel]

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Standing up to protect an innocent man vs trying to get a skatepark closed down - the similarities and uncanny.

 

[J Ed]

James also claims that Stalin killed more than Hitler therefore he's worse (but that doesn't mean James would've been objectively pro-nazi, or does it?)

James Bloodworth is one of those socialists whose socialism only seems to extend to declaring themselves socialists in order to attack socialists.