Sociology BloggersA feed of sociology bloggers in ScotlandWho is on the Side of the Angels- August 26, 2008 Andy Rowell, 26 August 2008Ever since Georgia invaded its break-away province of South Ossetia earlier this month, there...http://www.spinwatch.org/content/view/5153/8/ Televised lobby briefings would bring discipline and accountability- August 20, 2008 Nicholas Jones, 20 August, 2008 In evidence to a House of Lords’ inquiry into the government’s spin machine, Nicholas Jones...http://www.spinwatch.org/content/view/5146/29/ Hiatus- August 14, 2008 Over the past few months I have been trying to juggle the responsibilities of maintaining a current affairs blog and of writing a book length doctoral thesis. As a result I have not done justice to either (I haven&8217;t even managed to cover the developments in Kashmir, for example). I persisted out of a sense ...http://fanonite.org/2008/08/14/hiatus-2/ Georgia War a Neocon Election Ploy- August 13, 2008 October comes early Sen. John McCain and Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili. Let me also point out that this fellow Michael Klare is a third rate hack who has been peddling the oleaginous counterpart to the millenium bug for some years. It is contra-analytical, factually challenged, monocausal analysis like this that has reduced the left to its ...http://fanonite.org/2008/08/13/georgia-war-a-neocon-election-ploy/ Pro-Palestinian George Advises Obama- August 12, 2008 Don&8217;t write off Hollywood just yet. &8216;How Clooney offers good friend Obama advice on issues from body language to Iraq,&8217; report Caroline Graham and Sharon Churcher. George Clooney once famously declared he could never run for public office because hed slept with too many women, done too many drugs and been to too many parties. But now ...http://fanonite.org/2008/08/12/pro-palestinian-george-advises-obama/ Americas Israeli-Occupied Media- August 12, 2008 Former CIA officer Philip Giraldi on US media&8217;s platform for Israeli warmongering. There should be little doubt that the Israeli government is making every effort to jump-start a war against Iran sooner rather than later. Many Israelis not surprisingly believe it is in their interest to convince ...http://fanonite.org/2008/08/12/americas-israeli-occupied-media/ |