20-Jul-11 News -- Rupert Murdoch hearings-generational split

[John]

20-Jul-11 News -- Rupert Murdoch hearings show generational split

The media industry is not much different from the banking industry

** 20-Jul-11 News -- Rupert Murdoch hearings show generational split
** http://www.generationaldynamics.com/cgi ... b#e110720b


** 20-Jul-11 World View -- Crucial Brussels meeting on Greece approaches
** http://www.generationaldynamics.com/cgi ... 20#e110720



China's aggressive naval buildup threatens conflict


Contents:
"Rupert Murdoch hearings show generational split"


### - World View - Crucial Brussels meeting on Greece approaches
"Germany continues to insist that Greece be allowed to default"
"Merkel and Sarkozy to meet on Wednesday in Berlin"
"Israel intercepts the final 'Freedom Flotilla II' boat"
"China's aggressive naval buildup threatens conflict"
"Philippine politicians to visit disputed Spratly islands"
"House bill would cut aid to Palestinians, Lebanon"

Keys:
Generational Dynamics, Rupert Murdoch, James Murdoch, Wendi Deng,
Yves Smith, Naked Capitalism, Milly Dowler, Rebekah Brooks

Keys:
Generational Dynamics, Angela Merkel, Germany, France, Greece,
Nicolas Sarkozy, Jean-Claude Trichet, Freedom Flotilla II,
Dignite-Al Karame, China, string of pearls, Philippines,
Spratly islands, House Foreign Affairs Committee,
Palestinian Authority

[OLD1953]

Does the US recognize the Vatican City as an explicitly Catholic state? Just curious, and I don't know the answer. I really can't see what difference it makes to the US if we said Israel is a Jewish state or not, or if Palestine said Israel is a Jewish state or not, it is what it is, and that's entirely an internal affair. It all seems to me like they are putting symbols ahead of reality in order of importance.

As a disclaimer, I think every single group involved in the Israel/Palestine mess has behaved atrociously, and I take no sides with any of them. Every human should be able to live their lives in relative peace, and nobody in that region can do so, on any side.

Another marker for generational change is the evolution of pornography in the US. We started in the very beginning of the Boomer era, with very vanilla images from Playboy and Esquire. This evolved into the spread of x-rated movie theaters, and then to the direct dispensing of porn via the internet. With each step, it got further from reality, and moved from arty poses to some nihilistic stuff that's pretty degrading to everyone as we moved into Gen X. Now we see resistance to this from the new generation. I'd expect a severe cut back on this wide open sort of pornography over the next decade or so, and then again the fight against the rules, etc.

[Guest]

One thing that John left out in this debacle was the police payoff http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/20 ... revealing/