Category: Sanctimoan
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Thought Vomit #31: ft. Churnalism
There’s an inherent flaw in my resolution to wretch up a daily Thought Vomit; that being the need to have a daily thought worth bothering with. Today, I don’t think my brain has been very forthcoming. So, faced with the prospect of having to force something out, I find myself in a position that many…
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Thought Vomit #25: ft. Unemployment Numbers
A quarter of a million people have lost their job since Christmas. This was being hailed as fairly good news, because it’s less than expected, even though it’s the biggest rise in unemployment over 3 months since 1981. The double-speak was confounded with talk of other promising signs of a slow down in the recession.…
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Thought Vomit #23: ft. So Judgemental
How often are you accused of being judgemental? I hear it quite often, so perhaps that says more about me than anything else. That said, I’ll happily admit that I’m a judgemental person, and I’ve never understood why the word has come to be a pejorative one. To be judgemental is to use your judgement.…
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Thought Vomit #22: ft. Mind Changing
You’re allowed to change your mind. Equally, changing your mind doesn’t make you a hypocrite. I’m a big fan of The Daily Show, but they use a technique that is disingenuous at best, and unjust at worst. It makes for good telly, but when a Senator says something one week, is it really fair to…
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Thought Vomit #20: ft. Old Smiler
There was an idiot in the audience of Question Time last night. That’s no great sticks of course, idiots are all pervasive in Question Time audiences, as is their wont. But this particular idiot made me think. It’s often the way, idiots do tend to stimulate your brain, rather counter-intuitively. Anyway, she said that Gordon…
