Category Archives: This is important

This is what MTV used to be like…..

Posted on 8 April, 2013 by jb

Put your head in your hands and weep….

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The Leveson Report

Posted on 29 November, 2012 by jb

Excerpt from his televised summary: “There are truly countless examples of great journalism, great investigations and great campaigns. Not that it is necessary for the press to be pursuing serious stories for it to be acting in the public interest. … Continue reading →

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The Limping Middle Class

Posted on 6 September, 2011 by jb

Excellent New York Times article by Robert B. Reich. Premise: 37% of all consumer spending is by the wealthiest 5% of Americans, this caused by an increasing wage inequality since 1980. Unless this inequality is reversed (as it was between … Continue reading →

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>…and consequently this country is at war with Germany"

Posted on 3 September, 2009 by jb

> Proclamation of war 11:15 BST 3 September 1939

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>Patient capital, markets that work and ending the endless emergency of poverty – Seth Godin

Posted on 21 August, 2009 by jb

> Anything Seth Godin writes is worth reading. This is ESSENTIAL reading Excerpt: Multiply the population of the US by three. That’s how many people around the world live on about a dollar a day. Do it again and now … Continue reading →

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Shave for a cure

Posted on 12 April, 2008 by jb

A year or so back, I got involved in Bloggers For A Cure, raising money for cystic fibrosis research. Jeff Giles over at Popdose kicked it off to support Scott Malchus, a fellow blogger whose son Jacob is living with … Continue reading →

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>This is important

Posted on 26 February, 2008 by jb

>I don’t take hallucinogenic drugs and I don’t suppose you do either. So can you explain how it is that agriculture is now facing an historically unprecedented combination of major challenges and crises and yet most people – even in … Continue reading →

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