Submitted by Neil G on Fri, 29/04/2011 - 09:38
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 only actively focus on one event at a time, switching our attention to monitor the progress of other concomitant events. Some of us can switch between events better than others, but then some key tasks require much more intense concentration.
Submitted by Neil G on Sat, 11/12/2010 - 06:27
How will future generations view early 21st century Britain? An age of enlightenment that allowed more women than ever to work, redefined loud arguments as domestic violence, exposed childhood sexual abuse and extended the benefits of prosperity to more people than ever. This is the spin of the neo-liberal media, i.e. you've never had it so good or experienced such a wonderfully fair and harmonious society.
Submitted by Neil G on Sun, 16/09/2007 - 11:32
"I am saddened that it is politically inconvenient to acknowledge what everyone knows: the Iraq war is largely about oil." Alan Greenspan in his memoirs. ...
Why did the US and UK invade Iraq? Theories abound, but here are the top four: ...
To get rid of weapons of mass destruction. ...
To overthrow an evil dictator and extend democracy to the Iraqi people. ...
To aid Israel in its quest for global domination. ...
To secure control of strategic oil reserves. ...
If you've read...
Submitted by Neil G on Mon, 27/08/2007 - 14:34
Years of conditioning have led us to believe our benevolent leaders and entrepreneurs want to protect us from all sorts of political extremists, commonly defined on the outmoded left-right spectrum or in terms of religious fundamentalism. That our leaders themselves may be extremists seldom dawns on the collective imagination of media pundits. Could we not describe our government’s commitment to ever greater surveillance as extremist, given that the UK has Europe’s highest density of CCTV cameras and...
Submitted by Neil G on Mon, 07/05/2007 - 15:34
Open letter to George Monbiot ...
I just read your recent piece (3 May 2007) on Alexander Cockburn's anthropogenic climate change scepticism and his reliance on one scientist. Let me first state that broadly speaking I'm with you on this one. Irrespective of our exact scientific interpretation, it seems obvious that the exponential rise in humanity's overall impact on our planet's delicate environment (consumption and population) has had some effect whose full impact only future generations will...
Submitted by Neil G on Fri, 20/10/2006 - 06:49
act of working in secret to obtain some goal, usually understood with negative connotations. ...
Conspiracy (crime) and conspiracy (civil), an agreement between two or more persons to break the law at some time in the future ...
Conspiracy (political), a plot to overthrow a government or other powers ...
Conspiracy theory, attempts to explain the cause of an event as a secret, and often deceptive, plot by a covert alliance ...
Many defenders of orthodoxy can simply shrug off all challenges ...
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