Phil Erskine

@phil_erskine

Ni Dieu Ni Maître. Politics, Economics, History, Languages, Cricket, I.T, Film Noir. Not a Cog in a Faceless Machine

Joined December 2010
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    7 hours ago

    Make sure to block, mute or unfollow everyone who pops into your time line with political views, perspectives and analysis that diverges from your own. It's important to design an intellectual world that vindicates and affirms, but never challenges, your own beliefs.

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    Mar 16

    LMFAO!!!!! 😂😂😂😂😂

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  3. Feb 21

    A Leader

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    In the last few days The Sun, The Mail, The Telegraph and The Express have gone a little bit James Bond. We've got news for the billionaire, tax exile press barons: Change is coming.
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    Feb 8

    Coca-Cola & Nestlé are in process of privatizing the largest reserve of water in South America, the Guarani Aquifer. Beneath Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay & Uruguay it is the 2nd largest aquifer in the world. This sort of global resource hoarding should not sit well with anyone.

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    Feb 3

    when 4 million dead Asians isn’t enough

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    Jan 1

    Israeli judge asked the Palestinian girl Ahd al-Tamimi: "How did you slap our soldier?" She answered : "Remove the handcuffs so I can show you how."

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    21 Nov 2017

    leftists & liberals shld ask themselves: which is more of a threat to the left: (1) state-run TV channel whose avg program is watched by less than 30K ppl/day (2) the world's second-largest corporation making ad hoc calls about what is & isn't "propaganda" and "misinformation"

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    21 Nov 2017

    When it comes to views about Western civilisation there are two groups of people: 1) those who celebrate it by ignoring its nefarious impacts around the world, thus redefining it; and 2) those who have some historical knowledge of the last four centuries outside the Western world

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    13 Nov 2017

    A great man has passed. Ed Herman was an outstanding intellectual, a passionate and committed fighter for truth and justice. To those who were fortunate to know him, he was a kind and great friend. RIP.

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    6 Nov 2017

    Do not talk to me about gun violence unless you also oppose U.S. arms industry and U.S. militarism & war. End arms trade, defund war.

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    26 Oct 2017

    So irrational, cowardly & arbitrary. Are you keeping the millions in ads from the Saudi Government and other pro-US despots?

    Off-boarding advertising from all accounts owned by Russia Today (RT) and Sputnik. We’re donating all projected earnings ($1.9mm) to support external research into the use of Twitter in elections, including use of malicious automation and misinformation.
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    18 Oct 2017

    This is the prestigious entity that withdrew its fellowship offer to Chelsea Manning lest she besmirch its impeccable pedigree of integrity:

    Visiting Fellow talks to students over breakfast about the state of politics in America.
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    11 Oct 2017

    "Under the cloak of 'counter-terrorism', security agencies have been given greatly expanded powers."

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    9 Oct 2017

    I know Donald Trump has lowered the bar for idiocy but.....

    Tony Abbott says climate change is 'probably doing good'
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    7 Oct 2017

    Wow. Just wow. Small minded & joined to Trump at the hip.

    FYI, the Australian prime minister has declined to congratulate us on our Nobel Peace Prize.
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    5 Oct 2017

    Hate groups *celebrate when their free speech/assembly rights are curbed because it lets them claim victim/martyr status & strengthens them.

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    5 Oct 2017

    A viral liberal tweet based on an apparently noble principle: subjects of investigations, accused of wrongdoing, shouldn't be heard from

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    3 Oct 2017

    The U.S. voted against a U.N. resolution condemning the death penalty for LGBTQ people by

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    4 Oct 2017

    Blimey! 'ABC axes Lateline as part of current affairs journalism overhaul' The Guardian

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