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The current rise of populism challenges the way we think about people’s relationship to the economy.We seem to be entering an era of populism, in which leadership in a democracy is based on preferences of the population which do not seem entirely rational nor serving their longer interests. ...
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Spending the weekend hoping Aussie music legend Molly Meldrum makes it. Ok, he’s sometimes a bit of a plonker, but its hard to dislike a bloke who loves both AFL club St Kilda and was also a founder member of rugby league’s Melbourne Storm. Molly is also proudly gay and has done a hell of a lot over many years to oppose bigotry against that community, particularly in sports.
Seismic impact of Last weekend’s Foo concert measured by GeoNet :
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/12/15/dave_grohl_makes_earth_move/
http://geonet-shakennotstirred.blogspot.com/2011/12/rock-n-roll.html
My band is playing The Lido Cafe (Cnr Victoria & Wakefield) in Wellington on Saturday night from 8.30-10.30pm. Free but I AM considering a ‘user pays’ charge for Tories. Whoops, is that political? 😉
[lprent: advertising? Free? I’ll let it past. ]
Bazar – moved your comment to Open mike – this post is for non political chat.
Have a grand weekend all – I’m going to be doing a massive house / garage clear out. Oh Joy.
I thought I’d post this.
Not political in any way. A simple proposition for a nature documentary called “March of the Mallards”
or alternatively an absolutely geniusly complicated intricate and convoluted piece of nasty politics from the penguin
hmm actually do not listen to! or watch! abort abort….DPF has done a documentary about Morgan Freeman
Rain rain rain, dirty rivers, no fishin, bugger. To wet to garden, good for the spuds though. Old friend in town, yippee!!!!!!!!
Keith Medley and his 27 string guitar: “Ancestors”.
Wife cooking .One of our sons has three bloody big boys that he has bought up.,on his own plus a full time dairy farm job.So she cooks them so good stuff.So I will hang around dribbling and listening to the Sunday opera . who know what tit -bit I will get if Im a good boy.
The Hundertwasser Museum in Vienna was well worth a visit. His connection with New Zealand makes it a Kiwi ‘must see’ while here.
Girlfriend is being particularly nice to me to convince me to go to her family Christmas today. I’ll see how long I can stretch this goodwill out and then probably go back to bed.