Archive for November, 2005
Sunday, November 13th, 2005
thats it. ive said it. loud and clear. did you hear that you lot? every group out there has been violent and been on the receiving end of violence - i don't see why some of these funny indian hindu fundamentalists think they should send links to 'violence' against Hindus ...
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Thursday, November 10th, 2005
people are such a bunch of scaredy cats sometimes. i swear there are so many wusses around who masquerade as 'big strong men' it makes me laugh. what our friend indian capitalist says: ( from one of the 'debates' on the guardian newsblog - poor state of affairs -
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Posted in News & info, Newspapers and Magazines | 9 Comments »
Tuesday, November 8th, 2005
prej·u·dice :
noun.
1.
a. An adverse judgment or opinion formed beforehand or without knowledge or examination of the facts.
b. A preconceived preference or idea.
2. The act or ...
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Monday, November 7th, 2005
things are so crap now i dont really see how its going to get better. really people are their own worst enemies. granted you live in an environment which is racist and quite statist in general, you don't want to keep quiet, but when part of the problem is that ...
Posted in News & info, paris riots | 42 Comments »
Sunday, November 6th, 2005
the Summit of the Americas is being celebrated:
molotov cocktail: an incendiary bomb made from a breakable container, such as a bottle, filled with flammable liquid and provided with a rag wick. Used by the Soviets against the invading German armies in World War II, these bombs were nicknamed after V. ...
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Sunday, November 6th, 2005
well alright. the violence seems to be resurging and so its back to the forefront of the news stories. The Observer is leading with "France was reeling from a 10th night of violence yesterday as rioting swept from the suburbs of Paris to become a nationwide crisis.."
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Sunday, November 6th, 2005
Beautiful and haunting; full of pathos.
bonjour tristesse by françoise sagan: written over the summer of 1953.
autobiography: "Avec mon meilluer souvenir" published 1984
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Sunday, November 6th, 2005
the paris riots dont seem to have generated that much interest - judging from the column inches..
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reading the reaction in mediasphere, things are quite worrying. references to 'jihad' are starting to abound.
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Sunday, November 6th, 2005
re: the quite amusing exchange on this blog - in the comments on the "Stella" post : i wanted to say a couple of things. actually quite a lot of things. im sure there will be quite a few posts on this theme which is another one of my ...
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Friday, November 4th, 2005
goodness the paris riots have been carrying on for the last week, more violence is erupting, and now apparently there have been riots across the country. oh dear. such places highlighted in news reports include Dijon, Rouen, and around Marseille.
the bbc news articles indicate that the unrest was ...
Posted in News & info, Paris, World Affairs: politics and news, stupidity and violence | 11 Comments »