tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post5810605983074019697..comments2024-03-14T13:06:38.883+00:00Comments on cultural snow: Triumph of the Will (Self)Tim Fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14681067872556519250noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-246950255518200402012-02-24T03:54:34.536+00:002012-02-24T03:54:34.536+00:00Reliable whistleblowers on the Project Camelot For...Reliable whistleblowers on the Project Camelot Forum (George Green specifically) before it went south informed us the term Sheeple originated from the intelligence services when discussing that huge demographic chunk that believes what the corporate media tell them.<br /><br />Sheeple shearer is my job title.Charles Edward Frithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09231685619963486690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-78612422642187916922012-02-24T02:46:04.798+00:002012-02-24T02:46:04.798+00:00CF: Maybe he’ll do a course entirely on foil hats ...CF: Maybe he’ll do a course entirely on foil hats and the etymology of the word "sheeple".<br /><br />Thank you, Vicus. It is tempting isn't it? I wonder if he'll wear a gown.<br /><br />Yes, it does sound a bit jammy, doesn't it, Annie? Maybe I could persuade Brunel to pay me to sit around in my pyjamas drinking brandy and watching Boardwalk Empire.<br /><br />That does sound great, Martin. I certainly prefer his psychogeographical stuff to his fiction, which never quite works for me, except maybe for Dorian. His food writing's pretty good as well.Tim Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14681067872556519250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-52402959080980640562012-02-23T17:11:31.065+00:002012-02-23T17:11:31.065+00:00I missed the Parkes Lecture he gave at University ...I missed the <a href="http://www.soton.ac.uk/mediacentre/news/2008/oct/08_176.shtml" rel="nofollow">Parkes Lecture</a> he gave at University of Southampton, unfortunately. Friends who attended, claimed it to have been an extraordinary event.Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13494219959077922220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-78729468862949510212012-02-23T12:57:47.683+00:002012-02-23T12:57:47.683+00:00I love him. He seems like such a nice man. But als...I love him. He seems like such a nice man. But also jealous. It sounds like one of those jobs where you get to write your own job description.Anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15941917503687179585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-29690818937772828372012-02-23T11:57:36.225+00:002012-02-23T11:57:36.225+00:00I am almost tempted to apply to be one of his stud...I am almost tempted to apply to be one of his students.<br />And very nicely written Tim.Vicus Scurrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13731007799031343701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-6428986959915326442012-02-23T11:29:47.119+00:002012-02-23T11:29:47.119+00:00Will Self is still breastfeeding on the 9/11 commi...Will Self is still breastfeeding on the 9/11 commission report. He's part of the old guard and will be washed away when events prove him to be naive and so embedded in the establishment he's unable to sit down and process the data. <br /><br />Had it. Lost it.Charles Edward Frithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09231685619963486690noreply@blogger.com