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The United States of Hysterica: Burn your pajamas now!

May 30th, 2008 · No Comments

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 [...]

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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.

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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.

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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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