Am I alone in thinking the anti-Arab/anti-Islam hysteria has gone a little too far in the US when a company selling coffee and doughnuts (donuts) has to pull an advert because it shows an actress wearing a scarf that looks a bit too Arab?
Apparently the Dunkin Donuts ad was pilloried by right wing bloggers for [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Current Affairs'
The United States of Hysterica: Burn your pajamas now!
May 30th, 2008 · No Comments
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Open Letter to Ann Keen, MP
May 25th, 2008 · No Comments
Ms Keen, MP… unless you have paid tax on the expenses you received, you could be guilty of tax evasion.
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UK Ministers’ expenses a disgrace.
May 25th, 2008 · 3 Comments
The Inland Revenue should send a team of inspectors to go through all MP’s expenses and demand back taxes in every instance where the “wholly, necessarily and exclusively” rule cannot be applied…
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Brown needs a reality check…
May 16th, 2008 · 1 Comment
You can almost hear them in number 10, yakking over their champagne cocktails and caviar – “Never mind all that Gordon. Let’s just toss them another trashy reality show. They do love their telly. That’ll win us loads of votes…”
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When is a terrorist a terrorist?
May 11th, 2008 · 5 Comments
‘Why do they hate us?’ …it’s not jealousy or hatred of our ‘way of life’, our wonderful freedoms, our democracy, or even Christianity. It is because of our actions.
Tags: Current Affairs · Leader of The Free World
Torturing Syntax: Spin vs Propaganda
January 28th, 2008 · No Comments
Allowing ourselves to be lulled into a cosy debate about the legitimacy of waterboarding – and then pretend it is anything other than torture – is to defy modern western moral standards.
Tags: Current Affairs · Leader of The Free World
Life, liberty and an SUV: Why we can’t all live like Americans.
December 3rd, 2007 · 1 Comment
Everyone wants to live like an American. From Bangalore to Bangkok the pursuit of materialism through the development of an urban/automotive economy is well underway.
And so, like lemmings, we are heading unwittingly and inexorably towards our own doom.
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What’s wrong with the US healthcare system?
November 25th, 2007 · 3 Comments
“…to so loudly proclaim righteous Christian credentials, yet ration the availability of medical treatment for the least fortunate in society is barbaric and uncharitable.”
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