Archive for 'Bloggocks'
The Power of Twitter
A few hours ago I posed a simple question on Twitter:
Who originally coined the phrase, “Beer and sandwiches at number 10″?
I added that “I would appreciate a reliable source reference.”
This was picked up by @citizen_sane and @JohnRentoul. The latter found researching the question interesting and proceeded to write a blog post on the subject. It [...]
Posted: January 26th, 2012 under Bloggocks.
Bloggocks
An observation on another thread that the comments on Harry’s Place seemed more ‘personal’ than those on Liberal Conspiracy has prompted me to think about the effects that the blogging – and particularly the commenting – physical interface can have on the tone of the discussions.
The front page of Lib Con is quite busy – [...]
Posted: December 31st, 2011 under Bloggocks.
Tom MacMaster and the Two-Faced Bloggers
by Joseph W
The Tom MacMaster debacle has sparked a debate about online identity, which the BBC has picked up on. It has been revealed this week, that not only Tom MacMaster was faking a blog identity as the pretend-lesbian “Amina Arraf”, but also that “Paula Brooks” was actually Bill Graber – another straight American white man.
In this post [...]
Posted: June 14th, 2011 under Bloggocks, Strange World, Syria.
Mr White and Mr Hundal
Ben White famously “understands” why some people are antisemitic.
This is fortuitous for a man who spreads hatred of Israel with the likes of Azzam Tamimi.
Palestinian academic Azzam Tamimi, who has advocated suicide bombing, has told students he “longs to be a martyr” and that Israel “must come to an end”.
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At SOAS, he praised Hamas [...]
Posted: April 6th, 2011 under Bloggocks.
The Coolest Picture On The Internet?
Some time back, if you typed “The Coolest Picture On The Internet” into Google, it would give you this picture. Which was undoubtedly cool.
Today, Politics Home shares with us a similar twinning.
Not quite as cool.
Posted: February 8th, 2011 under Bloggocks.
It’s Cartoon Time
The cartoon by @BECKintl that David Schneider declared sums up his life:
Hat Tip
A Retweet by John Rentoul.
Posted: February 3rd, 2011 under Bloggocks.
Solidarity with Socialist Unity
This weekend, the News of the World’s political editor, Euan McColm, called for Socialist Unity to be closed down by the police:
Andy Newman, boss of Ultra-left website Socialist Unity has been doing his best to stir up hatred against those who gave evidence against Sheridan. He’s publishing veiled threats against them on his site, cops should [...]
Posted: January 4th, 2011 under Bloggocks, The Left.
Police and Popstars
Readers of Harry’s Place will be familiar with the work of Lowkey: an Anglo-Iraqi rapper who spreads racist and troofer conspiracy theories. Here is one of his pieces:
One day I was running from the truth,
To speed me up they gave me these shoes,
So tie my feet with Nike’s,
Tell me lies about the 11th of September
By “lies” [...]
Posted: December 13th, 2010 under Bloggocks.
Fair is Fair
In a post on the hosting of racists and extremists at OpenDemocracy, I wondered if Tom Griffin, associated with the now defunct NeoConEurope project, had been the man who posted racist material on that website. I said:
Who was the Kevin MacDonald fan at the University of Strathclyde? I think it may well be Tom Griffin. [...]
Posted: December 12th, 2010 under Bloggocks.
Tom Harris MP Gives Up Blogging
Sad news, from an entertaining voice on the blogosphere:
I love blogging becasue I love writing. I love politics, I love the Labour Party, I love writing abut Labour Party politics.
But the blog has become a burden. It’s taking up too much time (though not as much as some might think – I am a very [...]
Posted: November 17th, 2010 under Bloggocks, Labour Party.
