Last Straw http://last-straw.net The weblog of Christiaan Briggs Sun, 12 Oct 2008 21:12:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The shooting of Thomas Hurndall http://last-straw.net/2008/10/the-shooting-of-thomas-hurndall/ How the free flow of capital subverts democracy http://last-straw.net/2008/10/how-the-free-flow-of-capital-subverts-democracy/ Voting has consequences http://last-straw.net/2008/10/voting-has-consequences/ Global capitalism: a wonderful thing for the rich and inept http://last-straw.net/2008/10/global-capitalism-a-wonderful-thing-for-the-rich-and-inept/ The difficulty stealing U.S. election this time http://last-straw.net/2008/10/the-difficulty-stealing-us-election-this-time/ Something very wrong with Microsoft’s propaganda unit http://last-straw.net/2008/10/something-very-wrong-with-microsofts-propaganda-unit/ NZ election now about trust http://last-straw.net/2008/10/nz-election-now-about-trust/ Chomsky on Latin America and the Carribean http://last-straw.net/2008/10/chomsky-on-latin-america-and-the-carribean/ I have a theory about climate change deniers http://last-straw.net/2008/10/i-have-a-theory-about-climate-change-deniers/ U.S. spending $100 million a year on propaganda in Iraq http://last-straw.net/2008/10/us-spending-100-million-a-year-on-propaganda-in-iraq/ How the U.S. presidential debates are controlled http://last-straw.net/2008/10/how-the-us-presidential-debates-are-controlled/ The media and the market economy http://last-straw.net/2008/10/the-media-and-the-market-economy/ The Fear and the closed internet http://last-straw.net/2008/10/the-fear-and-the-closed-internet/ NZ National’s plans to gut the Resource Management Act http://last-straw.net/2008/10/nz-nationals-plans-to-gut-the-resource-management-act/ Jamie Oliver’s Ministry of Food http://last-straw.net/2008/10/jamie-olivers-ministry-of-food/ More on the heist of the century http://last-straw.net/2008/10/more-on-the-heist-of-the-century/ Israel/Palestine: The future is one nation http://last-straw.net/2008/09/israelpalestine-the-future-is-one-nation/ Once in a century rip-off http://last-straw.net/2008/09/once-in-a-century-rip-off/ Not so much maverick as bullshitter http://last-straw.net/2008/09/not-so-much-maverick-as-bullshitter/ We’re all fucked… http://last-straw.net/2008/09/were-all-fucked/ Your Urgent Help Needed http://last-straw.net/2008/09/your-urgent-help-needed/ Bush invokes UN Charter http://last-straw.net/2008/09/bush-invokes-un-charter/ The methane tipping point? http://last-straw.net/2008/09/the-methane-tipping-point/ Capitalism’s true colours http://last-straw.net/2008/09/capitalisms-true-colours/ Inside the vaccine-and-autism scare http://last-straw.net/2008/09/inside-the-vaccine-and-autism-scare/ God’s chosen people… http://last-straw.net/2008/09/gods-chosen-people/ Aliens coming to town, 14 October http://last-straw.net/2008/09/aliens-coming-to-town-14-october/ The mechanisms of propaganda in a “free press” http://last-straw.net/2008/09/the-mechanisms-of-propaganda-in-a-free-press/ America’s Police State coming along just nicely http://last-straw.net/2008/09/americas-police-state-coming-along-just-nicely/ NZ Government arbitrarily ends Treaty claims http://last-straw.net/2008/09/nz-government-arbitrarily-ends-treaty-claims/