Here's the worthy-reading Letter From The Editor for the issue of The New Statesman.

By the way, here's the piece he wrote for the New Statesman:

http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2013/10/russell-brand-on-revolution

Ok. I was totally prepared to roll my eyes at Russell Brand yet again. He plays to the 'too cool for school class clown' too often. But he whipped out some content this time.
Well done!

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Brand wrote a piece about this as well, quite worth reading in my opinion:
http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2013/sep/13/russell-brand-gq-awards-hugo-boss

Did you catch Russell Brand's comment on the Hugo Boss "scandal"?

dr krauss has a good book... which exists and doesnt exist.

also in todays world:

"An outbreak of measles tied to a Texas megachurch where ministers have questioned vaccination has sickened at least 21 people, including a 4-month-old infant — and it's expected to spread further, state and federal health officials said. 'There's likely a lot more susceptible people,' said Dr. Jane Seward, the deputy director for the viral diseases division at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. ... All of the cases are linked to the Eagle Mountain International Church in Newark, Texas, where a visitor who'd traveled to Indonesia became infected with measles – and then returned to the U.S., spreading it to the largely unvaccinated church community, said Russell Jones, the Texas state epidemiologist. ... Terri Pearsons, a senior pastor of Eagle Mountain International said she has had concerns about possible ties between early childhood vaccines and autism. In the wake of the measles outbreak, however, Pearsons has urged followers to get vaccinated and the church has held several vaccination clinics. ... 'In this community, these cases so far are all in people who refused vaccination for themselves and their children,' [Steward] added. The disease that once killed 500 people a year in the U.S. and hospitalized 48,000 had been considered virtually eradicated after a vaccine introduced in 1963. Cases now show up typically when an unvaccinated person contracts the disease abroad and spreads it upon return to the U.S.""

@carnivorous
not trying to butt in on your penis waving contest (ok.yes i am).
but i think what some here are trying to convey to you are your broad generalizations.

i am sure your points do apply to some of the younger generation but in no way represents ALL of them.

i am getting long in the greys and i know MANY of my generation that expend far too much energy on:social networks,candy crush and full out gossip and complaining (good lord do they complain).

i know this is veering off topic,but its a worthy topic.

my boys are in their twenties.they all are hard workers of the manual persuasion but they are all having a hard go.
this happens and the times are not ripe for an easy run.
do you know what bothers me the most about watching my boys struggle?
the fear.
they are afraid,uncertain and unsure.
when i was their age i was fearless.

when i was their age i was working for my friend who was a lighting director for russell simmons.def jam summer fest world tour baby!
traveled all over the country and the carribean,duffle bag in tow.
learned how to coil cable right proper too.

ok.not at first.
totally screwed that up the first night.
so my buddy made me unravel every inch of cable (even the ones done right by him and others) and learned the hard way how to coil cable proper.
you have any idea how MUCH cable is used for lighting?
well neither do i but im gonna go in measurements of miles (or hours of lost sleep,you decide).

i guess my point is (if i even have one):
manual labor has its advantages but so do intellectual pursuits.
they actually compliment each other.

but dont judge this generation too harshly.
they are afraid,
and uncertain.
something we (or at least I) never really had to deal with on that scale.

and so ends my rambling incoherent rant.
think ill go fix that broken screen door i have been putting off for ages.
yall got me in the mood to fix something.

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I had to look up the lyrics because the video's unwatchable...

And found this:

http://amandapalmer.net/blog/20130713/

She writes:

".one day online and the original upload of this video‘s gotten over 234,000 views…and no response from the daily mail. .
but it has been tweeted by imogen heap, caitlin moran, wil wheaton, russell brand, robert llewellyn, and thousands of other awesome people.

are we the media?

it would appear so.

and by request, here are the lyrics. i didn’t have them typed out since i hand-wrote them (and i tossed them into the crowd when i was done)"

followed by lyrics. Enjoy.

Awesome.

Judging from the email adress I assume this dog was trained by Omar von Müller, who also trained the Jack Russel Terrier "Uggie" for the movie The Artist.

Another clip of Jumpy (the dog from this clip) here

More on Omar von Müller here

Edit: here is his YT Channel

Oh and *skillful

Russell deconstructs his appearances on Morning Joe and Question Time:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2013/jun/28/russell-brand-morning-joe-question-time

http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2013/jun/28/russell-brand-morning-joe-question-time

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