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Iran: A nation of nose jobs, not nuclear war By PETER HITCHENS For years we in the West have been looking for a new Evil Empire to fill the gap left when Russia – a genuine threat – retired fr...

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A senior Sunni politician has condemned a US military project to build a concrete wall around a Sunni enclave in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad. US forces say the wall, which will separate Adhamiya...

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10 random facts about me: 1) When I was a baby, I had skin grafts on my face. 2) I lost my virginity about a week before my 18th birthday. 3) At college I have studied Computing, Access to So...

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As everyone knows, Peter Jackson directed the Lord of the Rings triloigy and made a fantastic job of it. This then lead to fans demanding that he also direct a big screen versoin of The Hobbit....

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…knowledge of the news By Joshua Holland Posted on April 16, 2007, Printed on April 16, 2007 Coverage of the latest Pew poll on Americans’ media consumption and knowledge of current events will...

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Oh, and, yeah. Watch yourself at the Christmas party. Will

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Remember the Oddest Book Title competition I mentioned here? Well, the results are in: Trolley book wins odd title prize A book titled The Stray Shopping Carts of Eastern North America: A Gui...

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Yoinkededededededededededededededededededed from A Rather Silly Mogwi “Bold what you’ve read, add three to the list.” 1. The Lord of the Rings, JRR Tolkien 2. Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen ...

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MICHAEL HOWIE AND KEVIN SCHOFIELD ITS portrayal of the lives of heroin addicts in Scotland’s capital was the unlikely smash that put the country on the movie-making map and brought internationa...

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By Nick Bryant BBC News, Sydney The Australian government has announced plans to outlaw material that advocates terrorism – a move designed to tighten its already strict censorship rules. Book...

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Seriously, when will the weather learn? I’m from Aberdeen, I don’t do heat. It’s bloody ridiculous. I’m sweating like a small nun in a penguin shoot here. Last ever Life on Mars was on Tuesd...

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East Timor’s prime minister has joined calls for a recount of votes from the first presidential election round. Jose Ramos-Horta, a candidate in the election, said he was concerned by allegatio...

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If this had continued much longer, I swear O’Reilly’s head would have exploded: How a bill becomes a law: How democracy really works: And finally, from Bremner, Bird and Fortune, Gordon h...

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Scientists have created a mathematical formula of how to make the perfect bacon butty. Experts at Leeds University discovered the secret to the ideal sandwich lay in how crispy and crunchy rash...

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Voting has taken place in East Timor’s first presidential election since independence from Indonesia in 2002. Many are hoping the vote will help resolve political tensions and instability in t...

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I seem to be collecting those recently. Not really TMI, but those people who are squeamish may want to miss this bit of this entry out. Just scroll down til you see this: ~¬~¬~¬~¬~¬~¬~¬~¬~¬~¬...

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Yeah. Would explain the title but y’all would think I’m mad(der than usual). So, yeah. Not been up to much recently. New Dr Who started on Satuday. Yay! (And how good was Martha? Methinks...

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Kenneth Williams’ Carry On pun “Infamy! Infamy! They’ve all got it in for me!” from Carry on Cleo has been voted the funniest one-liner in film history. A Sky Movies poll of 1,000 UK film fans ...

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AlterNet …if Iraq withdrawal vetoed By Bob Geiger Posted on April 2, 2007, Printed on April 2, 2007 http://www.alternet.org/bloggers/geiger/50044/ The White House and Republican leaders may thi...

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*WARNING* Youtube heavy entry *WARNING* So, after the seriousness of the last entry (and I sincerely want to thank everyone for their amazing notes) it’s time for some fun. Now, after exposing...

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Music giant EMI is taking software locks off its digital music sold via download sites such as iTunes. The “premium” versions of EMI tracks will lack the digital locks common to songs available...

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This weeks theme question is: What is the one thing most people don’t know about you? I could answer this by speaking abiout things that I haven’t spoken about in here before. Things that I h...

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Yesterday it was a friends birthday. The night started in the union where we had fun with the English making fun of us Scots and us responding in kind. Then a heap of us moved through to the c...

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What We Call The News: What We Call the News | Send To Friends | Funny Animations at JibJab And Sad Kermit: Will *EDIT* You Can’t Rap!

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By Melissa McEwan Posted on March 28, 2007, Printed on March 29, 2007 http://www.alternet.org/bloggers/mcewan/49860/ Oh. Mah. Gawd. Twenty-five-years after it failed to be ratified by three-qua...

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