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By Thinking Out Aloud on Mar 11, 2014 in: economics, history, philosophy
Much of the appeal of Marxism is that it allows one to sneer at entire categories of people--petty bourgeois, lumpenproletariat, bourgeoisie, etc. In particular, by defining capital as the product and operation of exploitation, business folk are both...
By Thinking Out Aloud on Mar 10, 2014 in: economics, history, law, property, religion, sexuality
Reading about inadvertent patterns created by Islam brings to mind how adaptability is an advantage in a civilisation. While it is true that religious belief can be something of a moveable feast, it is nevertheless true that religious...
By Daily Salty on Mar 10, 2014 in: History
Kids Here's a short history of Singapore. I will be going there again this year and may well have you join me when I'm there. It's a lovely place. Bit humid and far too planned but nice place. Very good food. Very good indeed. Lovely place to...
By Piquant Photos on Mar 10, 2014 in: Books, History, United Kingdom
So it was a lovely crisp Feb morning when I went to see the Mughal Exhibition at the British Library. Here’s me on the bus as the poxy tube wasnt running Eh? why refuse store? Junior Sherlock Holmes? now that’s what...
At the end of 1985, there were a whopping total of six domain names registered in the world. That number has expanded to 265 million names registered globally, according to Verisign's Q3 industry brief. As the world celebrates the web's 25th annivers...
By Piquant Photos on Mar 10, 2014 in: Books, History, New York
Finally I reached the Library. Its a beautiful building, classical in nature, with loads of Corinthian Columns and noble statuary. I always smile when I see this. Its like the pipe came up, and then saw the world and decided, this is not for me so...
By Erkan's Field Diary on Mar 7, 2014 in: canada, facebook, History, youtube
Facebook and YouTube face ban in Turkey if Erdoğan wins March elections Prime minister blames political enemies for abusing social network sites with stream of fabricated internet postingsThe Turkish prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, said Faceb...