Stoneist, but not marxist?

Oliver Stone and the politics of film-making | Film | The Observer: "What would your father have made of the Wall Street of the last few years? I ask. 'Look, he was pissed off when we left the gold standard in '73, although'73 is actually very interesting. It's a really crucial year, because the income of the average working man flattened out in '73 and never went up in spending ability. But meanwhile the productivity of America went up like this. Where did that money go? It went to CEOs and stock holders. It went to the banks.'"

De-composer

David Cope: 'You pushed the button and out came hundreds and thousands of sonatas' | Technology | The Observer: "He realised that what made a composer properly understandable, properly 'affecting', was in part the fact of mortality. Composers had to die, and the ending made sense of what had gone before. With this in mind, Cope unplugged Emmy six years ago; her work – which he limited to 11,000 chosen pieces, was done. Emmy – housed on an ancient Power Mac 7500 (discontinued in 1996) now sits idle in the corner of his office. Cope has subsequently been at work, nurturing Emmy's 'daughter', Emily Howell, (the first name from her mother, the second from the Christian name of Cope's own father) with whom he has a far more 'equal' relationship."

Further and faster than Blair

NHS plan puts government on collision course with unions and doctors | Society | The Guardian: "Professor Chris Ham, chief executive of health thinktank the King's Fund, said it was still an open question whether Lansley's plan to force change on the NHS and the unions when there is no new money would work. 'I think it will be an incredibly hard sell to ask the unions and staff to give up pay and conditions with nothing in return. We are moving away from a traditional NHS approach to one of choice, competition and diversity of suppliers. Andrew Lansley is taking Tony Blair's approach further and faster than anyone suspected.'"

But hopefully not, at least, in Scotland... ??? Yet?