williamthebloody (He/Him) ⋅ 48 ⋅
Going grey Scot living in England. Music fan. More than likely wittering on about stuff you don't care about
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GATS what’s it all about in OD
Although it doesn’t really make the press, the biggest issue facing the education sector and indeed all public service sectors at the moment is the World Trade Organisations’ GATS (General Agree...
GATS what it’s all about 2 in OD
“However, since his report in 1997, we have seen the steady rise of the for-profit university sector, particularly in the United States. This sector has a clear purpose: to make money by selling...
And I thought last week was mad. in OD
Sunday night. I’m going into the Union at about 9 for the quiz. I bump into Kay, the Union President (lovely person). She asked if I got the message. What message? Someone had pulled out of...
Conference (continued) in OD
Wednesday. Went to conference. Was asked by a friend to sit in a count for him as he was going for a NEC position. My God that was mind-numbingly boring. More boring that a Titney interview....
This was written on Sunday. in OD
For more about why it was not posted then, see my next few entries. Cheers. How are you? I’m fine. Just finished the most bizarre week. Took my place as part-time exec. I have an office. ...
A take on religion in OD
This is taken from The West Wing. I could not put it better myself. Josiah Bartlet: I like how you call homosexuality an abombination. Jenna Jacobs: I don’t say homosexuality is an abominatio...
The ground war in Afghanistan in OD
The ground war in Afghanistan heated up yesterday when the Allies revealed plans to airdrop a platoon of crack French existentialist philosophers into the country to destroy the morale of Taliba...
Does Globalisation help the poor? pt2 in OD
Most poor countries, however, have not enjoyed much benefit from globalization. Even among the so-called “poster children” of free trade, the “Asian Tigers” like Taiwan, South Korea, Singapore a...
Does Globalization Help the Poor? in OD
Jerry Mander, Debi Barker, David Korten, January 15, 2002 As Buenos Aires burns, three leading experts on the effects of globalization ask the basic question: Are the interests of global corp...
My first name in OD
This is something I’ve had for a while. I re-read it last night. It tells me what my first name says about me. Tell me if you think it is accurate. WILLIAM, BILL From the old high German me...
Noties as quoties. in OD
I’m supposed to be writing an essay. Hence, this. Wow… I get the feeling I was drunk when I wrote that note. [Rodge] Don’t be fooled, Norah wants to have sex with all of us. She’s gonna thro...
Quoties as noties in OD
Ah, Buffy. *happy sigh* Scottish accent, loves Buffy, likes Nick Cave… I think I’ve said all this before, but SHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAG. [Karma Girl] The problem is so big, but if we each make...
Noties as quoties as noties in OD
OH! You drive a hard bargain – BUT! My music teacher had singing classes with the one and only Annie Lennox. tsss – touche! ha ha or…I pissed off Scot Booth – he came to our restaurant and some ...
Film comp – film 1 in OD
Right you lot. This is inspired by Polter-Cows note in this entry (cheers mate). What I am going to do is give you the basic idea for a film. This may be inspired from real life or it may com...
Right. Now I’m scared. in OD
“Far be it for the president of America to decide who should lead another country.”Take three fucking guesses whom. Yup. It’s my best mate Dumbya. I watched an interview with him on TV last n...
Nicked from Man in the Rain. Cheers. What is your diary and author name?Bungo Loamsdown, Shpedoinkle What do they mean?Author name is my Hobbit name. Shpedoinkle I heard while watching Buffy...
Bush and Blair in OD
How dare George Bush preach peace to Israel when he’s meeting Blair to plan war on Iraq .. and the deaths of thousands more innocent people? : John Pilger :05 Apr 2002 PRESIDENT George W Bush ...
Bush and Blair 2 in OD
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 in OD
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 OD
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 in OD
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. in OD
“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 in OD
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...
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 in OD
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...
