Saturday, January 28, 2006

Noam Chomsky Podcast from Dublin, Ireland

Greetings all, I came across a
  • Chomsky Podcast
  • while searching for podcasts on the apple store website. Chomsky gave the Amnesty International 2006 public lecture in Dublin last week and this is a fantastic chance to listen to the great man speak. I urge everyone who reads this to have a listen and be amazed at what he can tell you about the biggest state-sponsored terrorist group in the world...The United States Government. I missed my train stop this morning because I was engrossed in what he was saying. It is interesting to know that the first and second poorest nations in South America are Haiti and Nicaragua, respectively. Both countires heavily influenced and governed by the USA. Also included in the podcast are many interesting facts about the Iraq war and the military occupation of Palestine by Israel. I urge you to listen to the man. He's 78 now, which I didn't know and is still active in his post in MIT, Boston. Quite a remarkable man and the greatest intellectual of the 20th Century, and now, for the moment, the begining of the 21st.

    On a different note, the week just gone was uneventful. Working hard to clear my docket before heading off to Hokkaido on Thursday. I had the pleasure of listening to Steve O'Connor on Lifefm in London on Thursday night, he's back on air at 2pm GMT which means I can tune in at 11pm here!! Great to hear a familiar voice and cool to get a request played also...cool or wha'!!?? Check out the station and Steve's show at
  • Lifefm, London
  • Nice wan Stevo. A born natural, the Irish national radio stations missing out on the young talent again. From reading the Phoenix Christmas annual over the last month, it appears that that is exactly what the airwaves need back home. They finally realized that Ryan Turbidy is a twat...they took their time. Father Ted and Scrap Saturday another perfect example of the blindness of the stations.

    Today I had a wee rest and woke at 9am to the sound of a jackhammer and god knows what else outside the apartment. Double glazing and insulation are not one of the apartments strong points :) So, what else to do but go to the gym and take a wander around Umeda for a tall soy latte in that fine establishment, Starbucks...although I hate these franchise's, they are amazing magnets for the ex-pat's of this world working in a foreign country. Crazy...

    Anyway, sin e for now, just wanted to put a brief entry as apparently I rant a lot...Hi Gabby!!! HHHmmmmmm, kettle pot black comes to mind but I haven't heard from her in ages so it was good to hear from her :)

    Carmo's diet: gone to pot (I wish, hahahahaaa)...This week, I've mostly been eating Japanese sticky short grain rice with fish eggs. The editors at Men's Health Mag would cringe if they read this.

    Carmo's Birds for Byrdy: Palm

    5 Comments:

    Blogger swan_pr said...

    Manufacturing consent was an imposed reading in my communications class at the university. before that I had never even questioned what I read in the news and what I was being fed through mass media. Unfortunately, this is not front page material, never gets the exposure.

    I don't think you rant too much (eh... takes one to know one...)

    I hope you have a safe and eventful trip, take your mind off the every day shit and the dark thoughts of the night. come and say goodbye if you like :)

    January 29, 2006 12:56 PM  
    Anonymous Anonymous said...

    hey fella

    claire and her dad (and sure, de wean was there too i spose!) were at de noam chomsky amnesty talk up in dublin - she said he was very inspiring and well worth going up for. You can also hear it or download de speech on pdf on the Amnesty Website - www.amnesty.ie

    so there you go, biy!

    January 30, 2006 2:53 AM  
    Anonymous Anonymous said...

    Well anti-american politics are particularly in vogue at the moment.
    And statistics can be used to prove something thats even remotely true!...17% of all people know that!
    ;)
    If you really want a life altering experience try and get to a lecture of Dr. Carl Djerassi.Now there is a true genius and renaissance man.
    Listening to him will give you entirely new insight into the human condition and our social structure and social mindset.
    I was at a 3hour lecture of his some months ago and i swear to god we all just wanted him to keep on talking.

    Pariah

    February 02, 2006 11:55 PM  
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