What Are You Doing Right Now? (266 Viewers)

[Ford Prefect]

it's strange how the republicans pulled out of a signed pact saying both defense and health care should be cut.

The research im doing today about how the media handles military spending and it is just ludicrious what goes on. The US spend 660 billion a year on their military and the only cuts are about reducing the rate of growth, not reducing growth. In the uk we are spending 95 billion a year (we were second, maybe third now) and the anual growth its 2% above inflation - but all that gets reported on is military cuts...Its mad, fucking military industrial complex.

 

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[Nzoric]

holy shit. your choice of studies sounds really exciting, i might do that when i finish my ma in history.

 

[Ford Prefect]

holy shit. your choice of studies sounds really exciting, i might do that when i finish my ma in history.

I get that a lot - Political Communications FTW!!!!! Cardiff has the leading teaching and research in media and journalism in the UK and one of the top in Europe - some people are snobs about the fact its a media dept, but the research they do here and the study we do is on really interesting and complex stuff.

ie. looking at how media institutions are used as conduits for government/military bullshit (alla manufacturing consent - Chomsky)

 

[Nzoric]

I get that a lot - Political Communications FTW!!!!! Cardiff has the leading teaching and research in media and journalism in the UK and one of the top in Europe - some people are snobs about the fact its a media dept, but the research they do here and the study we do is on really interesting and complex stuff.

ie. looking at how media institutions are used as conduits for government/military bullshit (alla manufacturing consent - Chomsky)

cool. a bit of a random question, could i do political communications MA in cardiff with a bachelor in humanistics? you probably don't know the answer to that, but the things you're posting here and what i've read on the webs it sounds like an awesome MA to do.

 

[Ford Prefect]

cool. a bit of a random question, could i do political communications MA in cardiff with a bachelor in humanistics? you probably don't know the answer to that, but the things you're posting here and what i've read on the webs it sounds like an awesome MA to do.

I have a BA Joint Honours in International Politics & Film studies and they accepted me. People on my course have come from loads of backgrounds, six/seven of them have studied history. Just so you know, tuition fee's for EU students is about £10 000 from next year.

 

[Nzoric]

I have a BA Joint Honours in International Politics & Film studies and they accepted me. People on my course have come from loads of backgrounds, six/seven of them have studied history. Just so you know, tuition fee's for EU students is about £10 000 from next year.

not if i get my faculty to sponsor me, but thanks for trying to kick me outta the city before i entered

can i have a link to your website?

 

[Ford Prefect]

not if i get my faculty to sponsor me, but thanks for trying to kick me outta the city before i entered

can i have a link to your website?

Just a heads up

This is the prospectus page

http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/jomec/degreeprogrammes/pgmasters/mapoliticalcommuncations/index.html

This is the faculty

http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/jomec/

Cardiff is a really cool city and the dept is great, a lot better than my undergrad depts.

 

[Nzoric]

i'll check it out, thanks man

 

[Ford Prefect]

i'll check it out, thanks man

If you want, I would be happy to send you some of the research i've done here so you can see the kind of topics available to us. Don't judge me too much

 

[Nzoric]

If you want, I would be happy to send you some of the research i've done here so you can see the kind of topics available to us. Don't judge me too much

please do! i probably won't get a chance to read it before the 7th of june. gotta turn in some papers.

 

[Ford Prefect]

please do! i probably won't get a chance to read it before the 7th of june. gotta turn in some papers.

i've done research on -

Libya & Iran against foreign intervention, Military spending, Representations of protests - Occupy & Occupy vs. student demonstrations. We also did a pilot research project into gaming habits amongst students.

 

[Nzoric]

i've done research on -

Libya & Iran against foreign intervention, Military spending, Representations of protests - Occupy & Occupy vs. student demonstrations. We also did a pilot research project into gaming habits amongst students.

where to send it is @ reps , thanks !

 

[ZoSo]

So last night I dreamt that I met Lisandro Lopez (random) and I was talking to him while floating in the sky(even weirder). we were talking about football and stuff when all of a sudden he lost his ability to float and started falling, hitting the buildings below and bouncing 'till he got to the floor and died.

Then I was telling everyone that he was dead lol.

 

[Quetzalcoatl]

Fuck, almost forgot tomorrow is Mother's Day!

Guys, tomorrow is Mother's Day.

 

[Ford Prefect]

Fuck, almost forgot tomorrow is Mother's Day!

Guys, tomorrow is Mother's Day.

Mothers day was two months ago , don't fuck with my head with your international bastardizations of comercial holidays!!!!!

 

[Quetzalcoatl]

Burr?

 

[Ford Prefect]

Burr?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother's_Day

Changes country to country and you confused me.

Religious offence -

Spoiler

Apparently panama celebrates it as god fucking mary rather than mothers day

 

[sallyinzaghi]

I just made banana pancakes from scratch with scrambled eggs and toast with tea and fresh orange juice for my mumma It all looked like shit but she finished it like a good woman !

Happy mother's day. Very grateful mine's still alive and healthy.

 

[Quetzalcoatl]

Happy Mother's Day to you too.

 

[swag]

Zambrotta used to be one of my faves at Juve.

Mine too. Before calciopoli, he was perhaps the player I respected most outside of Del Piero.

One of his great qualities was his utility: wingback, winger, left, right -- he always filled gaps where the team was sucking wind.

Mitt Romney wants dead americans and dead foreigners

http://videocafe.crooksandliars.com/david/romney-cut-health-care-poor-not-defense-spen

I know all the lip service about the military-industrial complex. But I just don't get the defense spending love in light of the cost, the limited budget, and the lack of real need. You'd think we were stockpiling against invasion from Mars.