A Broken Moment

"There's just a lot of very frustrated, very fed up, young guys around," reflected Logan Wilmont, an advertising director from Belfast, which has certainly seen its own fair share of unrest. "They're living at a time where they can't have anything. We're living in a broken moment."

-- Portia Walker for Foreign Policy

This is in reference to what I've been calling the London riots, though they have spread beyond and are often called the UK riots. And, frankly, I am more inclined to think we are living in a broken world, and what's going on in Britain is just one of the more stark manifestations of a breakdown in our Western democracies in general, as interests and aspirations run smack against a wall of new economic limitations, not to mention the more callous greed of our wealthy owners.

I also want to get a part of another conservative diatribe against the poor and the London riots, though only because of the Amy Wiinehouse reference.

While I am at it, I will also include an excerpt from a CNN report that gives a surprising account of the background of some of the looters, that this is not just a case of poor minority youths.

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A Broken Moment

"There's just a lot of very frustrated, very fed up, young guys around," reflected Logan Wilmont, an advertising director from Belfast, which has certainly seen its own fair share of unrest. "They're living at a time where they can't have anything. We're living in a broken moment."

-- Portia Walker for Foreign Policy

This is in reference to what I've been calling the London riots, though they have spread beyond and are often called the UK riots. And, frankly, I am more inclined to think we are living in a broken world, and what's going on in Britain is just one of the more stark manifestations of a breakdown in our Western democracies in general, as interests and aspirations run smack against a wall of new economic limitations, not to mention the more callous greed of our wealthy owners.

I also want to get a part of another conservative diatribe against the poor and the London riots, though only because of the Amy Wiinehouse reference.

While I am at it, I will also include an excerpt from a CNN report that gives a surprising account of the background of some of the looters, that this is not just a case of poor minority youths.

( Column excerpt )

Socialism and America

“Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires”

- John Steinbeck

But I wonder if this is changing...

Socialism and America

“Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires”

- John Steinbeck

But I wonder if this is changing...

1941 Churchill and the Bear

Before the rise of the Nazis and World War Two, although Churchill was wary of German militarism, he still looked favorably upon a strong Germany, even after World War One, as a bulwark against Soviet communism. As he told his friend Violet Asquith, “Kill the Bolshie. Kiss the Hun.” Naturally, that attitude changed, or at least it became more complex when the second world war broke out and bit off a piece of England’s ass.

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After the Soviets joined Great Britain against Hitler in 1941, as Churchill himself said, the Prime Minister “wooed Joe Stalin as a man might woo a maid.” By radio, he assured the British people that “the cause of any Russian fighting for his hearth and home is the cause of free men and free people in every quarter of the globe.” But among intimates, he worried about a post-war Europe dominated by Stalin: “I do not want to be left alone in Europe with the bear.”

-- “The Conquerors” by Michael Beschloss

1941 Churchill and the Bear

Before the rise of the Nazis and World War Two, although Churchill was wary of German militarism, he still looked favorably upon a strong Germany, even after World War One, as a bulwark against Soviet communism. As he told his friend Violet Asquith, “Kill the Bolshie. Kiss the Hun.” Naturally, that attitude changed, or at least it became more complex when the second world war broke out and bit off a piece of England’s ass.

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After the Soviets joined Great Britain against Hitler in 1941, as Churchill himself said, the Prime Minister “wooed Joe Stalin as a man might woo a maid.” By radio, he assured the British people that “the cause of any Russian fighting for his hearth and home is the cause of free men and free people in every quarter of the globe.” But among intimates, he worried about a post-war Europe dominated by Stalin: “I do not want to be left alone in Europe with the bear.”

-- “The Conquerors” by Michael Beschloss

Miley Drives

Miley Cyrus performs an illegal U-turn over a double yellow line in West Hollywood on August 9, 2011 whilst NOT wearing her seatbelt. The singer and actress had just left Marc Jacobs store on Melrose Ave.

-- ONTD



She apparently enjoys driving. If I had her cash, I think I'd have someone driving me about, while I take care of some of my e-stuff in the back, if not entertaining a nubile fan or two.

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Miley Drives

Miley Cyrus performs an illegal U-turn over a double yellow line in West Hollywood on August 9, 2011 whilst NOT wearing her seatbelt. The singer and actress had just left Marc Jacobs store on Melrose Ave.

-- ONTD



She apparently enjoys driving. If I had her cash, I think I'd have someone driving me about, while I take care of some of my e-stuff in the back, if not entertaining a nubile fan or two.

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