2014

All years and months

Yoga for the 0.1% (and neocons)

The post mocks the American Enterprise Institute’s conversation with Sri Sri Ravi Shankar on human flourishing as a bid to soften the neocon image after Iraq, while allowing that calm…

Brown Pundits Archive27 June 20140 comments
#nipster

An extended excerpt on German ‘Nazi hipsters’, neo-Nazis adopting vegan cooking shows, hipster style and Che Guevara imagery, framed by the poster as proof that even Nazis can be hipsters…

Brown Pundits Archive27 June 20140 comments
Why It May Be Different This Time

The author argues ISIS is more dangerous than past jihadist groups because their urge to violence alienates populations, an ‘ebola strategy’ that limits them, and the threat becomes existential only…

Brown Pundits Archive27 June 20140 comments
Best (non-evil) company for working fathers

Reacting to a report on the best company for working fathers, the post predicts the working father may become endangered as women’s liberation also frees men from providing, and says…

Brown Pundits Archive25 June 20140 comments
Glorious victory!!!

Celebrating Sri Lanka’s last-ball-but-one Test win over England as a fitting farewell to Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara, with praise for Moeen Ali’s maiden century and a joke about James…

Brown Pundits Archive24 June 20140 comments
The (political) planes of Pakistan

A report listing Pakistani political figures stopped or diverted at airports, from Nawaz Sharif’s 2007 deportation to Tahirul Qadri’s diverted flight, prompting the quip that in Pakistan the political action…

Brown Pundits Archive24 June 20140 comments
Jail time for captain cool?

On an arrest warrant against MS Dhoni over a magazine cover showing him as Vishnu, the post says the imagery looks blasphemous, yet argues a strong state should protect expression…

Brown Pundits Archive24 June 20140 comments
They killed the judge (who nixed Saddam)

A report that the Kurdish judge who presided at Saddam Hussein’s trial was kidnapped and executed, with the poster reflecting that minority ghettos protect culture but carry stigma where an…

Brown Pundits Archive24 June 20140 comments
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On two US lawmakers asking Speaker John Boehner to invite Narendra Modi to address Congress, the post sees a stunning turnaround from his years as an outcast, calls it a…

Brown Pundits Archive23 June 20140 comments
Madam President (2B) speaks her mind

Hillary Clinton’s remark about keeping poisonous snakes in the backyard prompts a sample of Pakistani online reactions, from defensive to pragmatic, and the poster’s view that she is a liberal…

Brown Pundits Archive23 June 20140 comments