Drsolly wrote: > Look at "The thick of it". Watched it. Haven't managed to connect with it or understand why it is brilliant.
> > On Thu, 3 Dec 2009, Martin Tomasek wrote: > >> Gadi Evron wrote: >>> What is your favorite reference on the subject? Or a situation you >>> encountered which you found fascinating? >>> >>> Resources: >>> >>> 1. Yes Minister / Yes Prime Minister >>> >> The best. >> >>> 7. George Orwell >>> >>> George Orwell's political satire is not about big brother, that is just >>> a theme in his wonderful book 1984, which isn't about big brother, either. >>> >> Another interesting author is James Burnham, >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Burnham. He was hated and plagiarized >> by Orwell. >> >>> 10. Fun to watch: >>> >> Satirical series from creators of southpark: >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/That's_My_Bush! >> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/That%27s_My_Bush%21> >> >>> 11. Edward L. Bernays on propaganda and public relations >>> >>> Propaganda >>> http://www.archive.org/details/Propaganda_600 >>> >> Very good book from the father of PR. I would recommend it too. >> >> I'm reading autobiography of Hjalmar Horace Greeley Schacht, Confessions >> of the Old Wizard. So far so good. He was one of important politicians >> of Weimar republic and then of Hitler's Germany. He was put into >> concentration camp in (AFAIK) 1944, then in 1945 he went before Nurnberg >> tribunal, allies confiscated his property etc.. >> >> There was also interesting figure of German SDP on the very beginning of >> 20th century: Alexander Izrael (Parvus) Helphand. The man who talked >> German government into providing finance for Lenin and his revolution. >> He was completely lost in history, until 1990s. >> >> > -- Gadi Evron, [email protected]. Blog: http://gevron.livejournal.com/ _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
