Linkdump 14-08-2012

• Not just shit but dangerous « Chris T-T
  

  "Even the shittest amateur wedding DJ wouldn’t pull that stunt. So cheapskate, one almost expected the Spotify adverts to interrupt halfway through".

  I saw five minutes of it---had to cash up the bar, where the TV is, just as the Spice Girls came out---and thought it was lacklustre but okay if you like that sort of thing. Was pleased to see Eric Idle. Was less pleased when they didn't use him properly, but then that's been the case with the Pythons for the last forty years. This article displays that someone's put a lot more thought into the closing ceremony's insidiousness than I have, and I can't fault him for that.

  
  (tags: society london_olympics London 2012 )
• London 2012: we've glimpsed another kind of Britain, so let's fight for it | Jonathan Freedland | Comment is free | The Guardian
  Surprised by how thought-provoking Danny Boyle's opening ceremony has proved to be. Surprised by how much the Olympics have affected me as an unwilling inhabitant of an arbitrary socio-geopolitical construct. Surprised by how appropriate "bonkers but brilliant" feels as a self-stereotype, especially if you combine it with "ambitious but rubbish".
  (tags: london_olympics London 2012 society )
• Cameron ally says all benefits for OAPs should be axed
  Aaaand now back to business. This man is a cunt.
  (tags: bloodytories cuts austerity welfare politics )
• Glasgow's Commonwealth games: Zil lanes on the M8 and soldiers at the gate
  Aaaaand back again.
  (tags: news Glasgow 2014 )
• Work Capability Assessment – Year 3 call for evidence
  If you've experienced WCA, you should do this.
  (tags: politics disability hardesthit welfare )