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Ronny skal kjøpe TV (eller i realiteten er vel det han egentlig trenger en monitor). Han vil ha en stor, men billig en. Man trenger ikke 2100x1840 (eller hva det nå er) for å se xvid på 5 meters avstand. Ronny ser en 42-tommer til 6000 spenn i avisa, og drar ned til butikken, forberedt på den vanlige kampen man må føre mot betjeningen når man skal kjøpe lokketilbudet, og ikke den TVen som er dobbelt så dyr (men en million gang bedre, og som man bare MÅÅ ha (men som de merkelig nok IKKE reklamerer for i avisen)).

Betjeningen: Hva kan jeg hjelpe deg med?

GODE KÆMMISER: George Walker Bush og Michail Saakasjvili (til høyre). Michael Shermer var ikke til stede da bildet ble tatt.

Here comes the written transcript of the lecture I gave about the Trondheim Model at the ESU in Saarbrücken in the Forum “Which economic concept gives power to the people?” 08-03-08. (It may vary slightly from the verbal talk) You can download an mp3-file of the entire Forum here:
http://www.european-summer-university.eu/media/documentation/sonntag/dem...

It has been quiet on venstresida.net for the last couple of weeks. One important reason for this is that I have been away on Attacs first European Summer University together with 7-800 Attacies from all over Europe (and a few from other countries as well).
http://www.european-summer-university.eu

In the coming time I will therefore be recapitulating a few of my experiences there. Hopefully also in the audiovisual form, as I have quite a bit of video which needs editing and publishing.

By Jack London and Arthur George

In Jack London's era of the early growth of the socialist movement, the English language also came under scrutiny. The lack of any standardized spelling was seen as irrational and old-fashioned. (And, i suppose, could also be seen as an unnecessary social barrier making the leap not only to literacy, but to mastering written English in a way that may earn respect, very difficult for many from the working classes with less time and resources to be spent on such activities). London and fellow socialist Arthur George, took a slightly different and humorous approach to the debate, and issued the following directive in march 1907.

From Appeal to Reason, 30 March 1907:

By Jack London

It is quite fair to say that I became a Socialist in a fashion somewhat similar to the way in which the Teutonic pagans became Christians -- it was hammered into me. Not only was I not looking for Socialism at the time of my conversion, but I was fighting it. I was very young and callow, did not know much of anything, and though I had never even heard of a school called "Individualism," I sang the paean of the strong with all my heart.

Norge har fått en egen statsråd for forskning og høyere utdanning. Stjernø-utvalget har skapt debatt. Regjeringa utsatte nettopp en ny melding om rekruttering til sektoren på ubestemt tid. Vil regjeringa ta tak i de viktige prinsipielle spørsmålene omkring rekruttering til akademia?

Arbeidsmarkedet

Unge Høyre har nettopp gått ut med et forslag om å innføre skolepenger, og tidligere utdanningsminister fra Høyre, nåværende Civita-leder, Kristin Clemet støtter forslaget.

We will continue giving our readers some political and cultural reading during the summer by publishing a few classic texts by Jack London. As you know (or maby not) all Londons texts are in the public domain and can be reprinted by anyone free of charge. For collections of Londons works, check out http://www.jacklondons.net http://london.sonoma.edu/ and http://www.gutenberg.org/browse/authors/l#a120. This time we bring an exerpt from the novel "The Iron Heel" where the hero gives a lecture in marxist economics to a group from the upper class. Enjoy.

By Jack London (1905)

I was born in the working-class. Early I discovered enthusiasm, ambition, and ideals; and to satisfy these became the problem of my child-life. My environment was crude and rough and raw. I had no outlook, but an uplook rather. My place in society was at the bottom. Here life offered nothing but sordidness and wretchedness, both of the flesh and the spirit; for here flesh and spirit were alike starved and tormented.