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A Song Of Ice And Fire: Why I Both Like And Deride It
Spoilers I’ve been planning on writing a retrospective on A Song of Ice and Fire once I finished all the published books, which I finally did last week. I previously did a quick review last year, but I’m hoping to … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Fiction, Reviews
Tagged a song of ice and fire, books, criticism, fiction, game of thrones, george r. r. martin, reviews
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The Simpsons And Criticism
There were three episodes of The Simpsons that made me stop watching. I had been drifting in and out of the seasons from around the time that Ricky Gervais wrote a much publicised episode, “Homer Simpson, This Is Your Wife”, … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews, TV/Movies
Tagged criticism, reviews, ricky gervais, the simpsons, tv, you suck
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The Negatives Of 1916
It seems impossible to escape from the Easter Rising and the wide swath of interpretations on it. All Irish history since it happens seems to come back to it. People use the very name as some sort of political weapon, … Continue reading
Tarok Kalache, COIN And Attitude
Tarok Kalache is a small Afghan village. Last October, it was flattened by United States military forces who believed it to be a “Taliban tactical base”. Since then, the Unites States has spent its time in the area rebuilding the village. That’s … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, Counter Insurgency (COIN), Middle East, War
Tagged Afghanistan, attitude, banality of evil, coin, criticism, david flynn, destroyed, exum, foust, middle east, mud huts, on violence, paula broadwell, Tarok kalache, tom ricks, us, villagers, war, wongs over iraq
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Referees and Football: A Reality Check
The whole situation in Scotland, where referees went on strike to protest the increasing amount of criticism they were receiving strikes me as some what of a watershed moment. We’re hearing a lot about integrity. About the fundamentals about the game, about … Continue reading
Posted in Football 10/11, Sport
Tagged criticism, fairness, football, goal line technology, referees, scotland, sport, strike, video reviews
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Sportsball: In Defence Of The 3rd Place Play-Off
The 3rd Place Play-Off gets a lot of criticism. People say its pointless. Neither nation is really playing for anything. Both are inevitably deflated following their semi-final defeats. It’s hard to fill the stadium. It’s just an extra game to … Continue reading
Posted in Sport, Sportsball (World Cup 2010)
Tagged 3rd place play off, criticism, defence, football, forlan, germany, khan, klose, muller, sportsball, third place play off, uruguay, world cup
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