My Delicious cross-posting isn’t working reliably, so I’m on the lookout for alternatives which will aggregate links and post them here on a daily basis. What should have appeared last night:
YouTube – Australian broadcaster Belinda Heggen Mocks TV Co-Host
"Belinda, I just can’t understand how something so small can be so impressive.” “Well, Mark, *you* would know about that."
Analyzing The Beach Boys’s lyrical content
Classification of young American females according to Brian Wilson. (The Beach Boy, not the North Down politician.)
Libya’s regime at 40: a state of kleptocracy | openDemocracy
Analysis of Libya from September 2009 by the late great Fred Halliday.
Why are Middle East dictators so bad at media? | Daniel W. Drezner
YouTube – The Eleventh Hour Nineteenth Minute: The Irish Political Party
"You want a better Ireland. Of course you do. We don’t. We want one that we can be in charge of." Also, wigs.
R.I.P. Nicholas Courtney, Doctor Who’s Trustiest Companion
Nicholas Courtney obituary, with videos.
YouTube – Doctor Who Brigadier Skit "The Unsung Hero" – Gallifrey One Masquerade 2010
Tribute to the Brigadier
Very interesting. Perhaps we can expect to see Donald Trump marching on Washington to demand a Democratic majority in the House?