Which scribblers do you enjoy?

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The only kinds of fights worth fighting are those you are going to lose, because somebody has to fight them and lose and lose and lose until someday, somebody who believes as you do wins. In order for somebody to win an important, major fight 100 years hence, a lot of other people have got to be willing - for the sheer fun and joy of it - to go right ahead and fight, knowing you're going to lose. You mustn't feel like a martyr. You've got to enjoy it.

-I.F. Stone

Sat, 2010-08-21 15:58

#6

bagkitty

Northreport, I see your Heather Mallick and raise you one Marina Hyde: First 100 days: David Cameron and Nick Clegg lose buddy movie script -- although her place in my personal pantheon of great scribblers was cemented by We have a drinking problem, and it makes oil seem cheap -- a small sampling:

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"Beyond the flavour considerations," he instructs his late-capitalist disciples, "you should also take intangible considerations like presentation and a water's story into account when choosing your bottled water. I look forward to the time," he continues, "when people can select not only the vodka for their martini, but also the ice."

I look forward to the time when those people are wiped out by a highly targeted plague. Arguably the most loathsome water he plugs is called Bling. I think it is described as a "couture water" - I can't be sure, the book went out of the window at that point - but the bottle is studded with Swarovski crystals and costs £20 for 750ml. Bling is one of those products the mere purchase of which should result in your voting rights being withdrawn in perpetuity. You have just spent £20 on a bottle of water: you no longer have the right to participate in decisions that may affect society's direction.

Sat, 2010-08-21 18:27

#7

milo204

Robert Fisk, Jeremy Scahill from democracy now (along with all the other reporters there), gideon levy from ha'aretz...Znet...

although i think it's important to add in there human rights reports and reports from various activist groups. Like during the earthquake in haiti Partners In Health was a good source of info. Or during/after the G20, i've found more accurate info by listening to the accounts of the people themselves on rabble and elsewhere.

Sat, 2010-08-21 18:35

#8

NorthReport

bagkitty,

Yes, I've read Marina Hyde before - she is an excellent as well.

Thu, 2011-01-20 00:44

#9

NDPP

Seymour Hersh Unleased

http://blog.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2011/01/18/seymour_hersh_unleashed

"Many of them are members of Opus Dei, Hersh continued, 'they do see what they're doing--and this is not an ayptical attitude among some military -- it's a crusade, literally. They see themselves as the protectors of the Christians. They're protecting them from the Muslims [as in] the 13th century. And this is their function.'

'They have little insignias, these coins they pass among each other, which are crusader coins,' he continued. 'They have insignia that reflect the whole notion that this is a culture war...Right now, there's a tremendous, tremendous amount of anti-Muslim feeling in the military community.''

odd stuff even for Hersh