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Saturday, 26 January 2013

"Now we are Masters of Our Fate": The Last Romantic Sir Winston Churchill

Posted on 03:23 by Unknown
I feel greatly honoured that you should have invited me to enter the United States Senate Chamber and address the representatives of both branches of Congress. The fact that my American forebears have for so many generations played their part in the life of the United States, and that here I am, an Englishman, welcomed in your midst, makes this experience one of the most moving and thrilling in my life, which is already long and has not been entirely...
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Friday, 25 January 2013

Capitalism Without Laubor: Myths about Politics, The Global Economy and The Future of Democracy by Ulrich Beck Beck

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[Marge, Bart, and Lisa go to their local "Bookaccino" superbookstore.]LISA: I'm going up to the fourth floor, where the books are!BART: I'm going to taunt the Ph.Ds![Bart approaches the three workers at the espresso bar, all of whom wear glasses and bored expressions.]BART: Hey guys! I heard a new assistant professorship just opened up![Ph.D'd baristas gasp and lean forward eagerly.]BART: Yes, that's right. At the University of ... PSYCH!Diatribe...
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