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raisin' junior .....
from the New York Times ….. For Queen and First Lady, Bush Will Try White Tie By Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Jim Rutenberg Published: May 5, 2007
playing chicken .....
the lemming syndrome .....
from the BBC ….. Climate change 'can be tackled'
right royal moments .....
While the Queen waited 15 minutes for her red carpet to be unrolled …. While the New York Times is not mentioning her visit to the US state of Virginia ….
Brompton Files II: Robert Gerard Moves OutI wrote this piece a year ago. Gerard's land-clearing made the papers yesterday.. Sometimes clearing local land dwellers out for business purposes is quite successful. The British managed to evict many Highland Scots from potential sheep pastures by religious trickery. The children of some of those evicted ended up poisoning the flour in Aboriginal workers' rations to clear Australian land for similar purposes. I've got a strong feeling that something similar almost happened to my family.
from oil to gas .....pentagon told it must give up oil ….. May 2, 2007
barracking .....‘Canadian-owned Barrick Gold, the world's largest gold producer, is exploring, building and operating huge, open-pit gold mines on nearly every continent on the planet.
one potato, two potato .....‘President George W. Bush vetoed legislation on Tuesday that would have required him to begin withdrawing U.S. combat troops from Iraq this year, setting up a new showdown with Democratic leaders over funding the war, the White House said.
Big Brother BoringThe long phase of the game seems to have started already. Yabber, yabber, yabber and a load of debate scoring bullsh*t. Christ I am so over it.. watching stuff just keep on rolling out and all sides just point-scoring without giving a tinkers's toss about the ethics of a situation. The trouble is that if I'm "into" politics and I'm feeling like this, how does the generally apolitical bloke or blokette feel?
septic sceptics .....
from the ABC’s Lateline …..
death stars .....
from the New York Times ….. By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG Published: April 30, 2007 Quiet Bush Aide Seeks Iraq Czar, Creating a Stir
bush world .....‘Whether we leave or stay, the fighting will go on until one faction or another attains dominance. That means there will be no democracy in Iraq. And President Bush is wrong when he claims that all people desire freedom. They first desire survival and security.
the throne of blood .....
trapped by spin .....‘Four years ago on May 1, President Bush landed on the aircraft carrier USS Lincoln wearing a flight suit and delivered a speech in front of a giant "Mission Accomplished" banner.
Trust Lynched
The wrongness of the WMD story was shrugged off by blaming faulty intelligence. The deceptive nature of the story of Private Lynch has no such scapegoat to hide behind. It emanated directly from the US Military, a portrayal of bravery under fire, and to say that the story was slightly colourised would be being diplomatic.
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