Daily Review 12/10/2016

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1. adam 1

   12 October 2016 at 6:11 pm

   Wow, Chris Trotter nailed it over at the daily blog about Hosking.

   http://thedailyblog.co.nz/2016/10/12/idiot-windbag-mike-hosking-on-democracy/

   A classical idiot is Hosking. Can’t say that for all the trolls here, but some of them are…
   • weka 1.1

     12 October 2016 at 6:57 pm

     Good read. Will look up the etymology of idiotes now.
2. Tory 2

   12 October 2016 at 8:21 pm

   As a Kiwi currently living in Europe, Italian Politics are in the headlines, again.
   I am intrigued by the popularist “Five Star Movement” which has gained significant representation and may well be the answer for stability in Italy.

   “The M5S is considered populist,[14][15][16][17] anti-establishment,[14][18][19][20] environmentalist, anti-globalist[21] and Eurosceptic.[22] Grillo himself provocatively once referred to it as “populist”.[23] Its members stress that the M5S is not a party but a “movement” and it may not be included in the traditional left-right paradigm. The “five stars” are a reference to five key issues for the party: public water, sustainable transport, sustainable development, right to Internet access, and environmentalism. The party also advocates E-democracy, direct democracy,[24] the principle of “zero-cost politics”,[25] degrowth,[26] and nonviolence.[27] In foreign policy, the M5S have condemned military interventions of the West in the Greater Middle East (Afghanistan, Iraq,[28] Libya) as well as any notion of American intervention

   https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Star_Movement
3. Tory 3

   12 October 2016 at 8:42 pm

   One for the conspiracy theorists here, from Redit:

   A conspiracy theorist dies and goes to heven.
   When he arrives at the Pearly Gates, God is there to receive him. “Welcome. You are permitted to ask me one question, which I will answer truthfully.”

   Without hesitating, the conspiracy theorist asks, “Did Bush do 9/11?”

   God replies, “Bush did not plan the attacks. 9/11 was perpetrated by Al-Qaeda and orchestrated by Osama Bin Laden. No bombs were planted in the Twin Towers, and no missiles hit the Pentagon. The U.S. government had no foreknowledge of the attacks whatsoever.”

   The conspiracy theorist thinks to himself, this goes even deeper than I thought…
   • Anne 3.1

     12 October 2016 at 9:29 pm

     I like that. Thanks.

     Btw, that applies to con. theorists on both sides of the political equation.
     • adam 3.1.1

       13 October 2016 at 2:03 am

       In other words, Chucky.
4. mauī 4

   12 October 2016 at 8:49 pm

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