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If you want to get away from the adverse effects of mass consumerism, extreme concentration of wealth, social unease and poverty, Cuba is an intriguing destination. Like in many countries...
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Here are just a few strategies you can adopt when confronted with troublesome individuals who insist on expressing politically incorrect opinions that cannot be refuted by facts alone.Suggest...
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What a coincidence! Just days after the US administration agreed to raise their country's debt ceiling and let the global consumption party go on for a few more months or maybe years, In...
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While some of us may seem very self-absorbed thanks to generations of social atomisation and disconnection from our palaeolithic roots, most of us are wired to adore new life. All but the...
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Every day we experience hundreds of near misses, accidents waiting to happen unless we take the right precautions and pay constant attention to all potential dangers. Yet the human brain can...
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Has anyone actually read Tony Blair's much publicised memoirs. Well within 3 months of the book's release and despite all the media, half-price copies were on display on Waterstones. Don't...
Recent Disqus Posts
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"Depression Alliance" is a lobby group funded by big pharma hence their emphasis on treating depression as disease rather than a symptom, insisting "depression" just happens (usually defined...
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Just ban IVF, full stop. Ample evidence shows it leads to preventible multiple births and preventible birth defects (even in singel births). More important, it reduces fertility to a mere...
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I agree with much of what you say. But why are you still a member of the New(Corporate)Lobby Party? Prescriptions of psychoactive drugs and psychiatric diagnoses skyrocketed under NewLabour...
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Democratic governments always follow bankers' orders, while UNdemocratic regimes have a nasty habit of appealing to popular demand. The Italians wanted decent public services, low taxes,...
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The cuts are a joke because most public sector workers are just pen-pushers or rather mouse-clickers. Only a small minority are employed in frontline support. We need to cut consumption,...
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Interestingly many newcomers are very keen consumers. Moving people from a relatively low consumption region to a junk addict nation like the UK is bad news for humanity's future on this...