Government and Politics
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The Ten O’Clock News: The Luckiest Nut in the World
I feel like I’m cheating you guys out of some pi-based news chat but my wrist is creaky so here is a video about peanuts and world debt instead: Bear with me. I first saw this video three or four years ago in Geography and didn’t really get it (WTF trade liberalisation you stupid choir).… Continue reading
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The Ten O’Clock News: “and the Oscar goes to… every fuckin’ person who was involved in this goddamn hearbreaking real life fuckin’ example of human evil!”
So I think something like two-thirds of this year’s Oscars nominations are based on true stories – 12 Years a Slave, The Wolf of Wall Street, Dallas Buyers’ Club, etc. (I’m assuming they’re nominated. I’ve seen them in the press, you know?!) On an almost entirely unrelated note, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s latest musical Stephen Ward… Continue reading
DISCUSS., February 2014, Films, Government and Politics, Newspapers, The Ten O’Clock News, THE WORLD *head in hands*’12 Years a Slave’, ‘Dallas Buyers’ Club’, ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’, ‘The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas’, ‘The Wolf of Wall Street’, ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’, dodgy Japanese toilets, Endal the dog, films that should be made, Indifferent Ignorance, musicals, Oscars, Profumo scandal, Stephen Ward, The Ten O’Clock News, Ugandan tabloids -
The Eleven O’Clock News: Mixed Messages
Instead of spending an evening threading a post together I went out for dinner, so I had to spend some time making myself look less like a homeless student and more like someone who can use a menu, then actually spend time in public, so this is a total cop-out. I’m also using an iPad,… Continue reading
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The Ten O’Clock News: a Debate About Scottish Independence
Had a few issues with my laptop earlier so instead of being the link-and-image-filled collage I’d planned, this is going to be a nice discussion post! Tomorrow is Burns Night and since it is potentially the last one with Burns as a Brit, I think we should talk about the referendum. Ask the Important Political… Continue reading
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