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April 05, 2002

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 ...


April 05, 2002

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...


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...


April 02, 2002

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...


March 30, 2002

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...


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...


March 22, 2002

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...


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...


March 18, 2002

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 ...


March 18, 2002

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...


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 ...


March 18, 2002

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


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...


March 16, 2002

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...


March 15, 2002

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...


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 ...


Four Sports Science Students from Loughborough have caused a sensation in the sporting world by entering an untried novice hurdler in Wednesday‘s Cheltenham Gold Cup. The National Hunt’s blue ...


March 14, 2002

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...


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...


March 12, 2002

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...


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...


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...


March 08, 2002

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...


March 08, 2002

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 ...


March 08, 2002

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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