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Why It’s Hard To Believe Anything You Read

Oh, how I pine for the refreshingly concrete tone of Pravda.

Peak Oil: Why So Sad?

Amidst growing tabloid indignation about public sector pension strikes, Athenian riots, Eurozone jitters, and probably something terribly important regarding X-Factor auditions, it is quite understandable that IYTT’s ever-burgeoning ranks of followers (4 the last time I checked) may have overlooked the recent revelations surrounding the previous Labour government’s offhanded dismissal of reports which suggested that [...]

The wise will start planning for a post-oil future now

…or at the very least a future where high prices place the crucial resource/products created  using oil out of reach of many ordinary consumers. Putting to one side for a moment of the contributions of oil to climate change, ‘Peak Oil’ offers a clue as to why we all need to be concerned about reliance [...]

The Truth About The Economy

Robert Reich connects the dots on the economy, in less than 2 minutes and 15 seconds. Who knew he could draw!?!

It’s Back to the Future, Stupid!

Certain triggers – be they sounds, smells, tastes, or tactile feelings – can create within a person an overwhelming urge to be somewhere, or some-when else. This morning, for instance, as I upended my jeans in search of some spare change, gravity sent a slow trickle of sand bouncing onto my bedroom floor. At that [...]

Is the EU Reaching the Limits of Enlargement?

It is arguable that the dynamism with which the states of the EU have proceeded with enlargement and integration, has been unparalleled in the history of International Relations. Since its inception in 1951 the EU, which originally entailed a modest agreement on coal and steel production, has evolved into a supranational politico-economic union with its [...]

A Few Reasons Why You Should Be Angry

LMAO to the bank Acronyms are quite the obscurifying construct. They transform long, complicated, and often confusing concepts, into a streamlined, simple, and friendly set of letters. Want to detoxify an odorous brand? Get that tip-ex out. Worried that a scheme to lay off thousands of workers will be viewed as just that? Ellipses will [...]

Bernie Sanders vs Alan Greenspan (2003)

Senator Bernie Sanders, everybody’s favourite Vermont socialist, takes on the then Chairman of the Federal Reserve Alan Greenspan – the fallen angel of Ayn Rand’s ironically named ‘collective’. Five years before Greenspan’s credibility was smashed forever, Bernie allowed him a glimpse into the future.

Ralph Nader on Corporate Socialism

An interesting interview conducted by Russia Today with US consumer-advocate and 3rd party presidential candidate Ralph Nader. Includes a discussion on the ‘unwarranted influence, sought or unsought, of the military industrial complex‘, the rise of the Tea Party, ‘Corporate Socialism‘ and the ‘democratic dictatorship’ of the two-party system. Nader’s seemingly non-sequitur prologue, which communicates the [...]