Archive for November, 2005
Monday, November 21st, 2005
the second phase of the UN World Summit on Information Society convened by the International Telecommunications Union - has just concluded last weekend - in Tunisia. the ITU is a UN agency, and the first phase of the WSIS was held ages ago ( alright in 2003) in ...
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Monday, November 21st, 2005
ever fallen in love with someone you shouldn't 've?
Out today..featuring a re-recorded version of the old punk classic including performances from David Gilmour, Robert Plant, Rog er Daltrey, Elton John and more... plus the original Buzzcocks Version!
All the proceeds will be donated to Amnesty International ( which was john ...
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Monday, November 21st, 2005
i have just figured something out: the other day i had about a million comments from a bunch of bots - the usual penis enlargement pills crew ( yes they seem to think i really need this service) - and so i thought i'd fiddle around to see if i ...
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Friday, November 18th, 2005
Presidents behaving like ostriches? Or not? So who was a man of action then? Did he really sit in a school with a silly look on his face?
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Friday, November 18th, 2005
(filched from furry folks..)
so what's in a word?
7 definitions for liberal:
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Liberal \Lib"er*al\ (l[i^]b"[~e]r*al), a. [F. lib['e]ral, L.
liberalis, from liber free; perh. akin to libet, lubet, it
pleases, E. lief. Cf. Deliver.]
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Friday, November 18th, 2005
A good xmas present? Meet the Fuckers Apron..$17.99
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Thursday, November 17th, 2005
"A new wave of political bloggers is challenging Britain's old media pundits. But who are they, and which ones matter? Oliver Burkeman reports..."
i suppose it would be useful to know what Mr. Burkeman is basing his analysis of 'who matters!' on - is he just going by blog stats ...
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Wednesday, November 16th, 2005
so did the US troops in Iraq use chemical weapons or not? a lot of fuss has been erupting - ever since this Italian documentary came out and accused the US military of using white phosphorus bombs against civilians in Falluja..
The claims were initially dismissed of course with references ...
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Monday, November 14th, 2005
state of emergency for three months!
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Monday, November 14th, 2005
conspiracy theories: what fun. ( i fancied a breath of fresh air after this bout of attempted sectarian stirring-up) Secret societies, the Illuminati, the Freemasons, kabbalah, yum yum.
of course, Umberto Eco: Foucault's Pendulum is a must on any conspiracy theory fan's reading list.
the quest for secret knowledge ...
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