Tag: government
member name: Ian Thorpe
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August 13, 2008 03:10 PM EDT --
So that cute little Chinese girl who sang the solo at the Olympic opening ceremony and "won the hearts of the world," to quote one tabloid headline, was not all she seemed to be . . . .
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January 02, 2008 01:03 PM EST --
Don't we love all the predictions that are trotted out at this time of year and all those talking heads who queue up to tell us what will happen in the coming months. They are never right of course, . . .
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April 08, 2008 02:34 PM EDT --
Who do we think is to blame for the financial crisis. The trade in financial derivities was crazy but was it the fault of governments because they failed to regulate, believing the promises of the . . .
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March 15, 2008 12:25 PM EDT --
TOP COMEDY news of the week. The downfall of New York politician Eliot Spritzer this week reminds us how a name can affect a persons behaviour, what path they choose in life and ultmiately their fate. . . .
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April 07, 2008 01:24 PM EDT --
As the topic of education (or lack of it) seems to come up ever more frequently in my comment threads and we seem to be losing sight of the fact that one of the great socially improving reforms of . . .
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May 22, 2008 01:00 PM EDT --
It is simply unfair to ask politicians to debate a bill titled The human Fertility and embryo bill publicly, under the gaze of merciless comedy bloggers like myself, especially when that bill contains . . .
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March 08, 2007 01:14 PM EST --
This is a story from the British courts, it should concern us all however. It is not particularly about the rights and wrongs of cannabis, it is about the exculsion of compassion and common sense from . . .
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August 22, 2008 12:18 PM EDT --
For many years the Australians have given the impression that a great sporting rivalry exists between Australia and Britain. We British, like and indulgent Big Brother whose irritating younger sibling . . .
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March 20, 2008 12:56 PM EDT --
The Republican nominee, Senator John McCain was in London today, meeting people he may have to work with in a few months, his visit featured prominently in lunchtime news bulletins. This gave me my first . . .
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February 17, 2008 10:50 AM EST --
So the boy-candidate Barak Obama has chosen the phrase "Yes We Can," as his campaign slogan. Its a common enough phrase, uttered millions of times each day around the English speaking world . . .
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December 08, 2007 12:30 PM EST --
More and more often we hear the phrase "the wisdom of crowds" being used to explain the stupidity of the Internet and those who profit from it. It is a stupid line in many ways, not least because . . .
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April 22, 2008 11:38 AM EDT --
Cloned beef is on the way, it is safe to eat but is it necessary?
The first beef from cattle that have been cloned rather than bred conventionally will be hitting supermarket shelves in the U.S.A within . . .
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May 10, 2008 12:45 PM EDT --
While looking at Crooks and Liars yesterday reading comments on one of the articles which had suggested John McCain's belligerent stance on Iraq and commitment to "staying in" indefinitely . . .
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October 24, 2008 10:49 AM EDT --
A few of you have very kindly mailed to say you miss my whacky humour. OK, it's only a few but I know the rest of you are just too shy and retiring to mention it.
In the past couple of months I . . .
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November 29, 2007 01:25 PM EST --
OK, I know. That title is just calculated to a certain type of person. But truly the dead can speak to us from the past of things in the present, as I will now prove.
Alakazoo Alakazam! . . .
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February 01, 2008 11:32 AM EST --
I have not brougt any verse to Gather for a while, no reason except I lost interest in the site. Anyway, I decided its time to up my visibility so here we go...
Whenever our leaders make a . . .
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January 10, 2008 12:34 PM EST --
We should all be thankful Hillary Clinton's victory in the latest Democratic primary puts he back in the race to be the party's candidate in the U.S. Presidential election. I am no fan of Hillary, . . .
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March 02, 2008 12:44 PM EST --
An idea that is not dangerous is not worthy of being called an idea at all: - Oscar Wilde.
This is not a book review as such, after recently posting a review of a book titled How To Talk About . . .
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April 02, 2008 11:38 AM EDT --
Part 4 and conclusion of the Series A Short History of Abortion and Contraception.
Read earlier parts first: Part 1 Cavewomen and Contraception Part 2 Bronze Age Birth Control Part 3 . . .
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January 28, 2008 01:09 PM EST --
Today it became public knowledge that MacDonald's have become an official education service provider recognised by the UK government and as such, qualifications awarded in their training schools . . .
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