I”d like to draw attention to the uniteddiversity site - which is currently boasting a new look and being jazzed up. it”s funky, it”s hip, and it”s worth your-surfing-the-net time..
Even you bots ought to take a look ( you know i wonder how many humans ever read this blog - by any chance if you”re passing through and you”re not a bot - i”d appreciate a shout.) i sometimes wonder why more people don”t comment? is it because they”re worried they haven”t got something “pertinent” or interesting to say.. well don”t let that worry you people - i”m interested in anything you have to say. why i”ve even allowed some of these bots who slip through my spam filter (and that seems to number in the hundreds these days!!) a pat on the back for saying amusing things. still most of them nowadays appear to restrict themselves to something like “hi jane i like your site” - couldn”t they even get my name right!
June is Torture Awareness Month
I will be covering this topic in-depth this month - i’ve quite a few things saved up from the last issue of the Amnesty International magazine - and also this Bloggers Against Torture initiative has spurred me on some more. If you are a blogger, please join - you can make a difference!
Torture Awareness Month is an effort to respond to the growing evidence that the United States government is engaging systematically in the use of torture and inhuman treatment as part of the Global War on Terror.
the Downing Street website aka tony”s portal will be broadcasting an “exclusive interview” with the Prime Minister tomorrow - and stop press! you will be able to ask him questions.
“The new forum is open to anyone and is an opportunity for the public to challenge the PM on any subject they wish, just as MPs do every Wednesday at Prime Minister”s Questions Time.”
Apparently the interviewers choose the questions ( not his team) : Sarah Sands of the Daily Mail and Michael White of The Guardian.
You can email your questions to questions@pmo.gov.uk
Apparently the broadcast will start at 5 pm tomorrow, and you”ve got till 12 noon to email them the questions. I remember the last time they had such a webcast, tony was late!
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