December 21, 2012

December 21, 2012 by yorksranter 0 comments

the problem isn’t that immigrants can’t read English, it’s the national press…

In which the otherwise estimable Danny Dorling makes the mistake of arguing with someone on the basis of Nicholas Watt’s reporting of their words! The real segregation that Labour failed to tackle was economic. Rich people in rich parts of the country became richer. Poorer parts and poorer people saw far slower improvements in their…

December 21, 2012 by yorksranter 3 comments

Guided?

Here’s something interesting. Andrew Krepinevich is quoted by the AOL News (!) blog criticising various aspects of US strategy, which is what he does. But this quote popped out of the background for me: “The American military is losing some critical sources of advantage that it’s enjoyed over the last twenty years. One is the…

December 21, 2012 by yorksranter 2 comments

The dumb money on tour: Cairo edition

After the great success of his campaign against Obama RT @SultanAlQassemi Al Jazeera – Sheldon Adelson plans media campaign against Morsy — Tom Gara (@tomgara) December 21, 2012 At times like this it’s practically incumbent to set up as a political consultant/digital agency/constructor-class for wanktanks and take his money. We could hire James Delingpole as…

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We’re supposed to ‘put politics aside’ to celebrate Kemi Badenoch – but how can we? | Nesrine Malik | The Guardian
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Kathryn Kelly - Wikipedia
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Jonathan Haidt Started a Social-Media War. Did He Win?
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Hundreds of Babies Harmed by Homeopathic Remedies, Families Say | Scientific American
but surely the homeopathy didn't actually have anything in it? YOU WOULD THINK. You would think.
Impact_on_households.pdf
got to say I like Figure 1.A. Labour af. Osborne curve, he dead.