Photo of the Year
This is Blank Mag’s favourite photo of 2011. Taken by Vancouver-based photographer Richard Lam, it shows a couple passionately kissing during the chaos of the post-Stanley Cup riots. Tweet This Post
Is this the best action move scene ever?
Check out this scene from the ridiculously insane Indian robot action movie ‘Endhiran’. Bollywood kicks serious ass! Tweet This Post
Scientists using “magic mushrooms” to treat depression
Scientists are again turning to hallucinogenic drugs as a cure for depression. Drugs such as LSD and psilocybin, the psychoactive ingredient found in “magic mushrooms”, were seen as an important therapeutic tool back in the early 60s. But after enthusiasts like Timothy Leary promoted them with the slogan “Turn [...]
What the f–k is going on? The Euro Crisis Explained
If you’re like us, it’s sometimes hard to fathom out just what the hell is going on the world, with all the current debt worries. Want to know exactly what’s going on, in more simplistic terms? Read on. Quite what is actually happening over the Eurozone I can’t actually tell you: it’s not that things [...]
Imagine the economic crisis is a pub
Mary is the proprietor of a bar in Dublin. She realises that virtually all of her customers are unemployed alcoholics and, as such, can no longer afford to patronise her bar. To solve this problem, she comes up with new marketing plan that allows her customers to drink now, but pay later. She keeps track [...]
St Pauls Occupation – Thank God Ethics is a Messy Business
On Monday night, the banner had gone. There was still the banner saying “This is what democracy looks like”, and the one saying “Corporate greed is a health & safety issue”, and the one saying “Capitalism: it’s crucifying the public purse”. But the banner I’d seen the day before, the one at the foot of [...]
The Rise of Burlesque
Burlesque has never been so popular. It has been celebrated in a Hollywood movie, burlesque clubs can be found in most large cities across Europe and America, and thousands of otherwise ordinary, middle-class women are putting on feather boas, flame-red lipstick and high heels to shimmy, bump and grind their afternoons away at burlesque classes. It [...]
The 147 corporations that really do run the world
As protests against financial power sweep the world this week, science may have confirmed the protesters’ worst fears. An analysis of the relationships between 43,000 transnational corporations has identified a relatively small group of companies, mainly banks, with disproportionate power over the global economy according to the latest edition of New Scientist. The study’s assumptions have attracted some criticism, but [...]
Welfare Britain
Most Britons support the welfare state but more and more are becoming enraged by the wantonly idle. John Humphreys seeks a solution to Britain’s dependency culture. The writing is spidery, the occasional ink blob suggesting an old steel nib that had seen better days and the grey [...]
