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Bush and Blair 2
Lie Number One is the justification for an attack on Iraq – the threat of its “weapons of mass destruction.” Few countries have had 93 per cent of their major weapons capability destroyed. This ...
Bush and Blair 3
I showed a list of barred drugs given to me by Iraqi doctors to Professor Karol Sikora, who as chief of the cancer programme of the World Health Organisation, wrote in the British Medical Journa...
Prison fury: the betrayal pt 2
In spite of a public relations drive to prove that the American-installed regime in Kabul is radically different from that of the Taliban, the main changes are a return to a bloody civil war and...
Prison fury: the betrayal
by John Pilger The Mirror (UK) 1 March 2002 Our politicians have run a concentration camp where emaciated men are held and interrogated in breach of international law. Their actions are, in e...
A week without the folks.
“The president is not an “elected king,” no matter how many bombs he can drop.”Joe Pesci, With Honors. I watched that film this week and love that quote. Anyway, I had the house to myself (not...
Self defence? I don’t think so./satire
Taken from the Daily Record (25/3/2002): “Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon yesterday warned that Britain and the US could attack Iraq without UN backing. He insisted the allies could launch strike...
My week
Sorry I’m not leaving notes. I can’t stay on-line for long. I just wanted to tell you about my week. Sunday: watched Wrestlemania. Monday: tried to recover from watching Wrestlemania. Tues...
US says Iraq linked to al-Qaeda
Iraq has had contact with al-Qaeda and may be working with the group, the head of the CIA has told the US Senate. “Baghdad has a long history of supporting terrorism,” said George Tenet, direc...
Dumb business mistakes 1
Taken from Dumbest business moments There’s actually 101, but I don’t have room for them all. Enjoy. 2. A dozen Burger King marketing execs suffer first- and second-degree burns while walking ...
Dumb business mistakes 2
45. Major League Baseball commissioner Bud Selig announces the planned elimination of two teams by the start of the 2002 season. The downsizing triggers public outrage, a union grievance, a muni...
White House whitewashers 2
But on Tuesday, CBS News reported that the story was inaccurate, the result of a “misunderstanding” by staffers. The Associated Press reported that “administration officials said they now doubt ...
Films
I just made my first film. You can see it here. OK, so it’s not actually that good. I think it’s damned funny (but then I would). Tell me what you think. Will
White House whitewashers 1
Bush staffers chastise NBC for a Clinton interview, Fleischer whacks Maher and the Bush-was-in-danger story falls apart. Tension mounts between the White House and the media. By Jake Tapper S...
Getting Down (Under)
In the United States, the standard procedure for a politician accused of being involved in a sex scandal is to vehemently deny it: “I did not have sexual relations with that woman.” After months...
Stuff
“The hardest thing in this world… is to live in it”Buffy Anne SummersThe Gift. How good is that episode of Buffy? I knew that the 100th episode would be spectacular but I had no idea exactly h...
What if we really helped the poor?
By PAUL KNOXThe Globe and Mail Friday, March 15, 2002 Print Edition, Page A13 Eighteen months ago, the United Nations General Assembly set three simple but ambitious targets for helping the ...
Students enter horse in Gold Cup Fiasco
Four Sports Science Students from Loughborough have caused a sensation in the sporting world by entering an untried novice hurdler in Wednesdays Cheltenham Gold Cup. The National Hunts blue ...
The other axis of evil
by IGNACIO RAMONET We need to be aware that neo-liberal globalisation is attacking the social order on three fronts. The economic front is the most important since it affects all humanity. It i...
Truth is cool but unobtainable
I have a NEW film diary (as the old one was deleted). Click here to read it. Most of the reviews are reviews I put into my DM diary but I lost most of them. But hopefully I’ll build it back u...
Survey time again
Pinched from Corbeau, who got it elsewhere. What is your favorite made up word: Weeble What is your favourite mode of transport: Heart of Gold/Impulse Improbability drive What is your favorit...
The Creation According to the Trade Unions
IN THE BEGIINNING GOD CREATED THE HEAVEN AND THE EARTH. 2. And darkness was upon the face of the deep; this was due to a malfunction at Lots Road Power Station. 3. And God said, Let their be...
Bush unvails new “War Logo”
In a press conference today, George W Bush unvailed a new logo for the ongoing war against terrorism. This logo shows a boot on a human face. When animated, the boot repetedly stamps on the fac...
Blame Norah for this 3
Does Australia count as Britain? Oh, come on. [Karma Girl] I feel sorry for that presenter dude who is now stacking supermarket shelves and driving minicabs. ( I suppose he made a few bob off...
Blame Norah for this 4
od staff cannot be trusted [I Am The Eraser] I agree completely with everything you have said. It’s a good thing I came back when I did otherwise I might have lost everything! I sincerly hope ...
Blame Norah for this 6
Ohhh, my little brother has one of those, it lasted 2 days then they all got messed up. [Rodge] huh? i am confused now [purple_mage] ryn’s: yeah true you do ramble a lot, lol and, if you don...
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