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THE ASSANGE CASE. CIA INTERFERED WITH SWEDISH LEGAL PROCESSES
Information has come to light as to the CIA (Central Intelligence Agency) attempting to interfere with Swedish legal processes in relation to the Julian Assange case and there are now also questions as to communications between US Government officials and Swedish Government Ministers in relation to Mr Assange’s case and his involvement with Wikileaks.
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EXTREME RIGHT POLITICS A DANGER TO EUROPEAN UNITY
It can easily be said that Europe, as a continent, has learnt very little from the events of two world wars, the Kosovo crisis, Bosnia Northern Ireland and a number of other such events that took the lives of millions of Europeans and in the end really achieved nothing apart from causing a lot of pain and suffering in a number of countries as well as countries having to rebuild whole towns and cities as well as their communities. |
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The Great Secret and Reason for the JFK Assassination
The great question is why the great secret? On June 4 1963, President Kennedy signed into law, Executive Order 11110. Executive Order 11110 returned to the government of the United States the specific right for the Treasury Department to create and issue currency by issuing silver certificates against silver bullion. Two dollar and $5 bills were circulated but $10 and $20 bills were never circulated as they were still being printed at the time that Kennedy’s was assassinated. |
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Don't Do it! The 3 Worst Times to Get Tattoos
As a general rule, tattoos gotten after 2 am are a bad idea. But in a bigger picture sense there are a few other times in life when perhaps it’s not in your best interest to get that body art you’ve always wanted. There are plenty of great reasons to get ink done and plenty of opportunities to have it done in a way that is healthy physically and emotionally. But there a few times when, dude, it’s just not. If you find yourself in one of these stages of life and inside a tattoo parlor…run. |
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BAINIMARAMA WANTS TO BE QUEEN
There are very few things that I dislike more than coup-leaders, coup-plotters and grubby little dictators. They all have something in common. They are all people who have achieved nothing in life and perhaps never will, all have an inferiority complex and all have a nasty dose of their illusion of self-importance. |
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PEDOPHILE CATHOLIC BISHOP NOW A CARDINAL
During the process of ‘exhuming’ various hidden Vatican files that relate to the various yet to be revealed sex offenders within the Catholic Church, members of the International Law Compliance Forum (ILCF) have stumbled across some rather interesting and indeed disturbing instances of the Vatican, and the now Pope Cardinal Ratzinger in particular, hiding information about cases of sex abuse and pedophilia within the Catholic Church. |
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VATICAN HIDING THOUSANDS OF ABUSE FILES
It has been revealed that the Vatican is currently hiding thousands of case files in relation to sex abuse cases, pedophilia and physical abuse cases implicating hundreds of priests and other church officials working within the Catholic Church. |
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AUSTRALIAN COUP-PLOTTER JUST WANTS TO BE LOVED
How sad is the situation is when one of the main Australian coup-plotters, Senator Mark Arbib, is now trying to justify his position this in relation to the coup he mounted against then Prime Minister Kevin Rudd together with coup-leader Julia Gillard and fellow coup-plotter Bill Shorten plus others.
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AUSTRALIAN HIGH SPEED RAIL A VIABLE OPTION
While there currently is a lot of talk in Australia and even more waffle from the Australian Greens Party, proposals to construct a high-speed rail system between Melbourne-Sydney-Brisbane are not new. They are in fact about thirty years old and they certainly did not come from the Australian environmental lobby or the Greens. The drivers of HST in Australia and the associated research were in fact the then Australian Transport Study Group (ATSG), a group of transport researchers, planners and other interested and forward-thinking people. |
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Christianity vs. Islam Controversy Brewing in Texas
There is another Christianity vs. Islam controversy brewing: this time the location is Texas. In Austin the Texas Board of Education (TEA) will be putting forth a resolution that condemns a positive bias toward Islam, and a negative bias toward Christianity. |
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INDEPENDENTS WIN AUSTRALIAN ELECTIONS
After a couple of weeks of intense negotiations between four elected independents and both the Labor Party as well as the Liberal/National coalition parties, three out of four have decided to give Labor, led by coup-leader Julia Gillard, a chance to govern by guaranteeing not to support certain no-confidence motions and by agreeing to guarantee the passing of supply legislation. |
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The Tony Blair Book Farce
BLAIR DETAILS AS TO HOW TO START AN ILLEGAL WAR WITHOUT JUSTIFICATION. In his book,Tony Blair is trying to justify going to war against Iraq forgetting to tell his readers the true facts those facts being that Blair, together with George Bush and Australia’s John Howard, knew that there was no evidence supporting the notion that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction and that the sole reason for conducting this war was to get rid of Saddam Hussein. |
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TIME FOR LABOR AND THE AUSTRALIAN ELECTORATE TO PART COMPANY
The results of the Australian elections, just held, have highlighted a number of things that, if not addressed, will spell the end of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) in terms of the party being able to retain any future support of the Australian electorate. |
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Top 9 Weirdest Natural Disasters
It seems people just do not understand climate change. Some have no respect whatsoever for nature, others are so narrow minded they believe that the powers of nature are a hoax to promote green policies. In dedication to them here are the top 9 most weird natural disasters. |
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WILL THE REAL AUSTRALIAN PRIME MINISTER PLEASE STAND UP?
Australian has lots of former Prime Ministers, wannabe Prime Ministers, could-have-been Prime Ministers and indeed should-have-been-Prime Minister but there is only one Australian who says she is the Prime Minister but who is really nothing more than an example of being just another a coup-leader. Coup-leader Julia Gillard is currently promoting the virtues of a Gillard Government when in reality there is no and never was a Gillard Government in the first place.
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COUP LEADER JULIA GILLARD MOVING FORWARD IN CIRCLES
After two weeks of electioneering, there are signs of desperation within the Australian Labor Party after the Australian public appears to begin to see through the ALP’s cheap and nasty tactics which began by the various factions within the party, and coup leader Gillard in particular, deposing Kevin Rudd as Prime Minister and by doing so in a particularly nasty fashion, so raising serious voter doubts and indeed more than a few ‘second thoughts’ about electing Gillard and her co-coup plotters as Australia’s Government on 21 August. |
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13 Weird Ad Campaigns
Ads campaigns are everywhere. An ordinary person is exposed to billions of ads in their life time. There is no knowing how this can influence the human psychology. In a fierce world where advertisers compete for the consumers attention, weird campaigns are those that are outside the ordinary system. |
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Top 10 World's Weirdest Toilets
Toilets are everywhere. But why is that most toilets look the same? It seems originality regarding toilet design is a taboo. Toilets on which we sit on every day, have a history. Who made what? Who made you? Or who made the bathroom? In this article, all of this is irrelevant. Here are the weirdest looking toilets. Why? Just because we like flushing them out! |
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TRAVELWISE TRAVEL ADVISORY 5th June 2010. DO NOT TRAVEL TO ISRAEL.
Given the recent incident whereby the Israeli intelligence agency, Mossad, used copied and thus falsified real passports belonging to foreign nationals for the purposes of assassinating a Hamas official in Dubai, Travelwise advises foreign nationals not to travel to Israel for both leisure or business purposes. |
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THE US GOVERNMENT CLEANING ISRAEL’S DIRTY LAUNDRY
It is fascinating to watch how some governments surround themselves in a veil of secrecy, hypocrisy and double standards and, sadly, the US Government appears to be a master of all of those when it comes to matters related to Israel. One can almost be excused for thinking that Israel’s Prime Minster, Benjamin Netanyahu, travels to Washington on a regular basis just to tell President Obama how he should conduct himself. One only has to look at Israel’s latest adventures, and there are many of those, in order to come to conclusion that Prime Minister Netanyaho has the US in his pocket and that all he has to do is to provide Obama with his instructions. |
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NUCLEAR-ARMED ISRAEL CONFIRMED AS BEING A ROGUE STATE
Once again, Israel has shown that the country has little or no regard for international law, human rights laws and definitions and the nuclear-armed country can now, beyond reasonable doubt, be regarded as a rogue state |
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Shocking new developments from BP: Whale Blow-up on the way
According to our anonymous sources, BPs next attempt to stop the flow of oil is called Whale Blow-Up. What is in the name? British Petroleum has contacted a majority of fisherman to catch them whales. The operation will be worked on in two different phases. |
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Homelessness in the Cities: Economic Crisis Aftermatch
According to UN estimates, more than 100 million people are homeless. Dr. Wally N'Dow, Secretary General of Habitat II said that the majority of Homeless are woman and dependent children. However, in Buenos Aires, the Interparroquial mutual aid service, states, that the new homeless profile has changed since the 1990s. They say that today 80 percent of the homeless are men, and only 20% are women. |
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Making a half empty glass, half full
A lack of confidence can breed a vicious cycle. The more you ruminate over the topic, the more depressed and often insecure you can become about it. |
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Big Tobacco claims there's no smoke in their cigarettes
Washington, May 12th 2010. Research conducted by independent research facility in Switzerland reveals that there's no smoke in their cigarettes and they have started law suits against everyone who have ever sued them and gotten money due to the verdicts. The research also clearly showed that there's no tobacco in tobacco products. |
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Reality TV stars to be declared national heroes
Over the entire past decade the social group that has kept the viewers in front of their TV screens, are the participants of reality tv and the creators of the shows. In order to honour the only one group that has been able to bring in money to the country, United States decided to give them all medals and declare them national Heroes. |
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Telstra Bigpond - What an Experience!
Have you ever tried to get your internet connected amidst incompetence and inefficiency? If not, then try Telstra Bigpond. You will have the experience of your life. The charade started a week ago when we moved and contacted Telstra to have the telephone and internet connected. |
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Sex workers forced to save the world from financial crises
Prostitution isn't the world's oldest profession without a reason. Yesterday NATO announced that continuing financial crises could cause unrest around the world and there's nothing much even this big and powerful organization can do about it, unless...we force the representatives on the world's oldest profession to help us. |
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Unexplained science: Chocolate cures, kills and annoys
A recent research in Archives of Internal Medicine reveals that chocolate, if eaten regularly, can can cause depression. Previously chocolate has been related to lifting mood, but according to the study, the effects are quite the opposite. |
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TRAVELWISE. 16 APRIL 2010. EUROPEAN TRAVEL ALTERNATIVES
Travelwise issues the following advice in relation to cancelled flights to, from and between European destinations.
The diversions, cancellations and delays are due to the volcano under the Eyjafjallajokull glacier in Iceland erupting.
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Israel and Palestine: The World compelled to Listen
As the Israeli–Palestinian conflict has become more and more difficult to report it has reshaped itself into an international enigma. The World is compelled to listen and compelled to unravel its mystery. In recent weeks the Arizona Daily Wildcat, exposed the business relationship between companies Motorola, Caterpillar and the University of Arizona. |
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TRAVELWISE 6 APRIL 2010. AUSTRALIAN AIR TRAVEL. THE BEST WAYS TO TRAVEL BY AIR IN AUSTRALIA.
Regular readers might have seen and read the various advisory and no-fly notices in relation to the various airlines in Australia.
The latest episodes with Australia's national airline Qantas highlights the fact that, now more than ever, air travellers within Australia and the immediate region should apply caution as to which airlines they use in terms of getting around the place. |
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TRAVELWISE 2 APRIL 2010. QANTAS.
Some concerns have been raised in relation to some of the maintenance practices of Australia's national airline Qantas and the Australia authorities have put the airline on a 'watch' list.
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THE POPE. HE SHOULD GO AND GO NOW.
Ah yes, another week of religious upheavals within the catholic religion and how wonderful it is to see what can only be described as an unaccountable, greedy lot of pedophiles and their protectors go down in a screaming heap having to defend the indefensible and not making a very good job of it.
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TOYOTA - LEMONS MOVING FORWARD
As the court cases mount and the damages bills are likely to venture into the billions, Toyota must getting a bit worried about the overall effect on its long-term prospects worldwide.
I am going to add a bit to those worries with the call that all sales of Toyota product be suspended until such time the company can prove that its products are safe to use which, at this point in time, Toyota cannot.
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ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER RELIGIOUS SCANDAL FOR THE VATICAN
These people within the Vatican walls must think it's Christmas or something and they must certainly be counting their blessings due to the fact that they seem to have gotten away with more revelations of child-abuse and other crimes without having to lift a finger. Bloody disgusting it is. |
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MOSSAD CONFIRMS ISRAELI ROGUE STATE STATUS
Mossad, Israel's secret service organisation, by its most recent actions, has confirmed Israel's status as a rogue state.
The organisation, and thus Israel, have been accused by Dubai authorities of killing Hamas operative Mahmoud Al-Mabhoud in a luxury hotel in Dubai, sending a number of Israeli agents travelling on false passports. |
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Lessons in Economy: My Debt is Bigger than Yours
Is it just me or have we really become a society where we don't have anything to brag about anymore, discussing our debts in the bar with our friends, the one with with bigger debt always wins the argument. It seems as if the only thing in this world left is money and for some reason, it's not ours, but the banks, the big screwed up financial institutions own it. |
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WAR CRIMES SUSPECT TONY BLAIR. ARREST HIM, CHARGE HIM, CONVICT HIM, JAIL HIM
The evidence provided by former British Prime Minister Tony Blair to a UK inquiry may have taken him six hours to provide but it will take him the rest of his miserable life to live down the consequences of his actions - actions that, to me, are much less admirable than what the British public would have and should have expected from a British Prime Minister. |
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GUANTANAMO DETAINEES FARCE
As was expected, it only took the Obama administration to back-track on its commitment to legalise past illegal US processes that were taking place at the Guantanamo Bay concentration camp during the Bush era.
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The Second Battlefield - Israel’s fight in the media
The shul president walks into the Rabbi’s office and horrified, sees that the Rabbi is watching Al Jazeera TV. “Rabbi”, he exclaims, “how could you. Are you becoming, G-d forbid a self-loathing Jew? The Rabbi replies, “On the contrary, when I read the newspapers like the New York Times I see that Jews are victims of anti-Semitism, others call for our destruction and we are at a perpetual state of war in our homeland. But when I watch Al Jazeera I hear that we are running the world, controlling world economies and the media. I feel so much better.” |
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$16.50 will Get Anyone in the Hall Mr McGwire
We all knew it. Mark McGwire didn’t want to talk about the past. He said so himself. However, for the last 20 or so hours, that’s all he wanted to talk about. We’re the bored priest on the other side of the screen while Big Mac confesses his sins to us. Do we tell him to say 20 hail Marys, sleep on a bed of thorns, and go on with his life? Or does he get held accountable for his actions? |
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Stupid Athlete Tricks
In the wake of the Gilbert Arenas gun incident, it has come to my attention that athletes do really stupid things. Why would anyone bring guns into a locker room for a basketball game? |
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IRISH BLASPHEMY LAWS A RELIGIOUS NONSENSE
Ah yes, trust the Irish Government to put both left feet into an issue where sound and competent Governments would and should never venture unless such Governments have a desire to look like complete fools as well as idiots, the conclusion being that the Irish Government is certainly able to classed as incompetent and well as a little 'strange'. |
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Top Moments of The Year in Sports
5 POINTS, 10 REBOUNDS, 2009 COMMITTED TECHNICAL AND GONE. So I wanted to share with you my top 5 moments of the year in sports. Afterwards we will do the top 10 in the decade. So that’s 15 points!!!! Score!!!!! |
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THE YEAR 2010. MAKE A DIFFERENCE THIS YEAR. DEMAND STRONGER ACCOUNTABILITY AND DEFEND YOUR RIGHTS
While the year 2009 might well have been a bit of an eye-opener for some people, in overall terms, apart from some major disasters, year 2009 was a rather forgettable one for more people.
With any luck, however, year 2010 might well be a somewhat different in numerous different ways.
On the international scene, Iraq and Afghanistan are still major trouble spots at this point in time, while 2010 will see Yemen will be one country to watch in terms of Al-Qaeda and related insurgency. |
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This week's 7 Top Stories in Sports
1-In a press conference this past weekend, Bears General Manager Jerry Angelo when asked about Lovie Smith’s chances of staying as the head coach, really didn’t say he would or wouldn’t. He just answered that they would have to revaluate it. Lovie’s reaction: |
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DRASTIC ACTION NEEDED TO SAVE ISLAND STATES - TUVALU AND KIRIBATI NOW IN SERIOUS TROUBLE
It was rather interesting to see the conclusions that were reached, or the lack thereof, at the UN Copenhagen Climate Change Conference. There appeared to be plenty of waffle but very little action. The final communique, which states that the world will aim for a 'not above 2c' rise in temperatures might well setting off alarm bells in small, low-altitude island nations in the Pacific as well as the Caribbean. |
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Santa Missing in Eurotunnel
Well might you say. "Poor old Santa". Here is the poor old pensioner trying to save some time by travelling via the Eurotunnel and he gets stuck on a train half-way through the tunnel, prompting a search party for him. |
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CLOSE DOWN THE IRISH CATHOLIC CHURCH AND START AFRESH UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT
For those people of the catholic faith, and especially for catholics in Ireland, the recently released 700-page Murphy Report into child sex abuse and rape must have been made their blood boil.
The report contains 700 pages of details about a systemic regime of blatant and disgusting child abuse and attempts by the Irish catholic hierarchy to hide some most serious criminal offences by a little help of a number of senior Irish police officers.
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HIGHWAY ROBBERY. AUTHORS AND WRITERS RIPPED-OFF
It is so sad to see people with obvious talents being ripped-off by crooks, charlatans, dodgy individuals and companies and other forms of low-life who prey on individual lack of legal knowledge and weaknesses in terms of contracts and so-called marketing practices that often amount to nothing more than theft and, in the more extreme cases, fraud.
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ISRAEL AND IRAN - THE STAND-OFF CONTINUES
One of the Middle-East flash-point situations, this being the stand-off between Iran and Israel, is starting to look more serious as days, weeks and months pass by but at least, at this point in time, the two countries are only exchanging insults rather than military hardware. |
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THE MIRACLE OF ISRAEL'S ECONOMIC DISINTEGRATION
In the past three days, I was fortunate enough to get the inside economic dope on Israel from two close women friends, Ada, who just returned from a trip there and Gemma, my long-time friend who visited me from Israel. What was uncanny is that both women told about the same stories. |
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Sarah Palin - the chick I used to date
Sarah Palin. She looks like a chick I dated in college who might have been on an equal personality level: they both were/are good looking, vain and transparent: with or without make-up. |
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GOD IS DEAD. HE IS NO MORE. HE IS KAPUT.
There is no such thing as church law, sharia law or any other religious law. The law of the land, Government law, or International law applies. Religious entities simply do not have the legal power or authority to create or apply laws.
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Palestinian education - an investment in the future or child abuse?
Education is a basic human right that is often taken for granted in the western world. The South African Constitution which is arguably one of the most democratic in the world, states that every child is entitled to receive an education. Educating our children is an investment in our future. How do we build a strong and sustainable country without proper education? |
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UK GOVERNMENT SUPPORTS WAR CRIMES ACCUSED FOR EU PRESIDENT
It has been revealed that the Gordon Brown Government is endorsing former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair to become EU President.
In a move that will be fiercely opposed in Europe, current UK Government ministers are lobbying behind the scenes on Blair's behalf.
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Schteve McLaren and The Dutch Football Revolution
Have a look at the Eredivisie Table. It’s now late October and yet there sits atop that league a team still unbeaten. In fact, there are only 2 teams in the Dutch Eredivisie who are still unbeaten. One of them is the mighty PSV Eindhoven, former European champions and considered, along with Ajax of Amsterdam, one of the powerhouses of Dutch Football. |
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The Myth of Apartheid Israel- political sex appeal?
When it comes to selling a product, most marketers and advertisers will tell you that it is all about how you package, position and sell it. Slick branding or packaging and a sexy catchphrase help the greater public buy yours over your competitors. |
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What does an atheist do once he has lost faith in himself?
Even though I could be considered an atheist or agnostic, every once in a while talking about religion like it was some sort of a mental illness, I do believe faith is important in our lives, independent of whether you believe in god or anyone else. Simply the blind faith that causes wars, intolerance, the faith that says you are right and I am not, the faith that makes some people morons, that's the faith I do not get. |
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WAR CRIMES CHARGES AGAINST ISRAEL AND HAMAS MUST PROCEED
The findings of a UN investigation team in relation war crimes committed by both Israel as well as Hamas make interesting reading in terms of what may result if the International Criminal Court ever gets to proceed with laying charges against individuals. |
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The Indian Pacific - An Australian Journey from East to West
The Indian-Pacific is an interesting train in that it runs from Sydney, on Australia's east coast to Perth on Australia's west coast via Central NSW, South Australia and a substantial slice of Western Australia. It has been running since the 1970's and despite having been renovated a number of times, it is starting to show its age a bit but it is still one of the world's more interesting railway trips. |
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TIGER AIRWAYS 10-10-09. CAUTION ADVISORY
Tiger Airways is one of the more recent entrants into the Australian domestic airlines market. It is an 'el-cheapo' budget carrier flying Airbus A320s to and from Australia's major capital cities.
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Media persons in Assam: Living on the edge
It is widely discussed and accepted that the media persons in Assam (of Northeast India) have to perform their deities under tremendous work load but with low return in terms of salary and other legitimate facilities. |
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If I am a Zionist, does that mean I am anti-Palestinian?
Zionist. Just the very mention of the "Z" word is enough to drive someone's blood pressure into the stratosphere. So emotive is this topic that one can be certain that discussion and debate around it can result in a a mini stroke! |
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LONDON TO PARIS IN JUST OVER TWO HOURS. 2nd October 2009
Yes, for those of you wish to have a real train experience, I think a trip on Eurostar from London to Paris or from London to Brussels might be one that would put a whole new light on one's opinion of what train travel should be like instead of what it is today in some countries. |
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Russia facing civil war?
The situation in Russia might be going in a bloody direction in the near future. As the time to the next presidential elections comes closer and closer, the strife between the two masterminds of Russia might rise dangerously high. |
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Celebrity deaths - aren't they pretty?
The tasteless MJ Jokes started the very day after he died. "The autopsy determined the cause of Michael Jackson's death - he died from food poisoning. He ate some 12 year old nuts." |
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SYDNEY. The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. 25 September 2009
Sydney has been one of Australia's main international destinations for visitors from other countries and while other Australian cities are now beginning to make an impact, Sydney is likely to remain Australia's main gateway for some years to come. |
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Who needs healthcare in a Christian nation?
Who needs healthcare in a "Christian nation"? This is a "Christian nation" -- so they say. This saviour Jesus Christ has the power to heal. Not only that, he has the power to grant immortality. That's their hook, that's their sales pitch. John 3:16, and all that! |
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ONE AYATOLLAH - A TRUCK-LOAD OF LIES
Well might Iran's Ayatollah All Khamenei, a man who should stick with his religious books instead of dabbling in politics, say that Iran has no intention to develop nuclear weapons.
The statements by this man being the case, one can only conclude that this particular individual is a liar. |
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AFGHANISTAN. RADICAL SOLUTIONS FOR A RADICAL WAR
Some time ago I mentioned that the war in Afghanistan, as it was then as well as the way it was then conducted, was basically unwinnable.
I have not changed my view and these days there are some added dimensions that will have to be taken into account when we start looking for solutions and exit strategies. |
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FINDING OSAMA BIN LADEN
They seek him here, they seek him there, they seek him everywhere but finding Osama Bin Laden seems to be proving to be more difficult than first thought. Not that the difficulties with finding him are an indication as to how good he and other Al Qaeda main decision-makers and operatives might appear to have been in terms of hiding their ever-changing locations, but more as to highlight the incompetence of the various intelligence services. |
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JOHN HOWARD. THE GRUB FROM DOWN-UNDER
Ah yes, my Australian friends certainly won't like me for this little contribution but then, that's life.
First of all we must ask the question as to how on earth John Howard ever managed to stay in power as Prime Minister for 11 long years. Were Australians asleep at the wheel or did they just care more about cricket rather than a fair and just Government?
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10 Indisputable Facts God Exists
The world as we know it is coming to an end in 2012 and people, our people are still divided by a fine line. One side believes in the existence of the higher power while the other still likes the sperm in the exploding tube theory which resulted in dinosaurs, monkeys, billions of years old earth. Today I would like to share 10 indisputable facts with you, facts that will once and for all, prove that there is a god! |
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GIVE US THE USS LIBERTY
The issue of the Liberty has deeply poisoned the American relationship with Israel. It is a far greater thorn than Israelis understand because, in fact, Israel did try to kill every sailor on board The Liberty. If I needed persuasion of that, I got it with the correspondence I began with two officers of the Liberty, as well as my personal meetings with British documentary maker, Peter Hounam, who made a highly damning of Israel film of the incident, shown on the BBC. |
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SINGAPORE 8 September 2009
Singapore is one of those places that most people in transit to other destinations in Europe would have visited at one time or another. I am of the view though that Singapore represents much more than just the transit lounge at Chang Airport and that this small country is well worth a visit. |
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HOW TO CATCH A SPY
Have you ever wondered as to how you can distinguish between a real spy and a fake?
I am going to tell you how to do this in fine detail, well, almost fine detail, well, slightly fine detail. Ah well, some detail will be sufficient.
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I’m STILL Standing! (Standup comedy is a harsh mistress)
When last I left my intrepid readers, I was holding a handful of miracles. In the ensuing week, I realized it just couldn’t last. I was right. To quickly review, here are some of the crazy miracles to give you some perspective: |
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AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT FULLY AWARE OF CIA TORTURE OF DAVID HICKS AND MAMDOUH HABIB
While the former Australian Liberal Government has always claimed that it knew nothing of allegations of the torture of Australians David Hicks and Mamdouh Habib at Guantanamo Bay, it now turns out that both the then Attorney General, Philip Ruddock as well as then Prime Minister, John Howard, were fully briefed as to the methods of interrogation of both men by CIA operatives.
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TONY BLAIR FOR EU PRESIDENT? THE THOUGHT OF IT ALONE WOULD MAKE ME WANT TO THROW UP
Remember a man named Tony Blair? Yep, that's him.
He was the one who ventured into an illegal war in Iraq together with his other two grubby little mates George W Bush and Johnny Howard. And then, after his resignation as British PM, he became a Middle East 'peace representative' on behalf of the United Nations, achieving absolutely nothing in the process. |
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SEARCHING FOR SOME LAUGHS!
In 1979, a handful of L.A. standup comics, who I still refer to as the Fabulous Fourteen, tried to blackmail a comedy club owner into paying cash for their services. It was a quasi labor dispute argued by huge egos on both sides. “I’m Dying up Here!” is a story about comics’ dreams realized, and some of those more firmly clutched dreams, frustrated. |
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LEARNING ECONOMICS THE ROCKSTAR WAY
Economics is like black magic for some of us, and financial analysts seem to speak in foreign languages, but a rock star is putting light where dark gurus cast spells that blind the average small investor. |
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GOD, RELIGION AND FRAUD - IT ALL LOOKS THE SAME TO ME
While I would be the first person to defend anyone's right to practice their chosen religion unhindered and where and when they please, and while I also acknowledge that some people with a religious background have and still are doing good deeds on behalf of their communities, I reserve my right to highlight and point out to the general community that in all cases religions are based on half-truths, fiction and indeed fraudulent conduct. |
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IRAN - STUFFED BY RELIGIOUS FANATICISM
What is it with so-called religious leaders that even entices them into running countries and stuffing them in the process? Their motivation has certainly has nothing to do with religion but rather more to do with their hunger for power, in my view. |
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Afghanistan - Where Men Rule and Women are 'Legally' Raped
With the latest advent of the law advocating ’legal’ rape against married women, is there such a thing as democracy and women’s rights in Afghanistan. Apparently not, judging by the law that was passed on 27 July 2009 giving men ‘legal’ right to refuse maintenance to their wives if they refuse to be raped. This law is a further demoralisation for women in Afghan society. |
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Chinese Justice - A Bit Like Chinese Shirts - Cheap and Nasty
Try this one for stupidity.
Chinese Government owned company, Chinalco, tries to buy into Anglo-Australian iron ore miner, Rio Tinto, and fails in its bid because Rio had other ideas in terms of who controlled the company as well as the fact that the Australian Government and the general population did not like the deal either. |
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Top Ten Companies You Should Avoid Due to Commercial Insanity
Advertising has always gotten me more worked up then it should. Something about the nerve they have presenting a product to you in a MOST disturbing manner and expecting you to buy it anyway. Here is a list of companies that makes me raise an eyebrow if not all out boycott their products. |
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FIJI - A Whole Country Stuffed By One Grubby Little Man Frank Bainimarama
One would have though that after two successive coups and one attempted one, the nation of Fiji would have had enough of trumped-up little military dictators but sadly, any notion of a free, democratic Fiji went out of the window when the current incumbent of the title Fiji's dictator came on the scene. |
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CHINA - Two Faces, One Postage Stamp
China is country of contradictions.
On one hand there is the China with a growing economy, increasing consumer consumption and better living standards for some of its population while on the other hand there is the Chinese Government, ambitious, oppressive, corrupt and generally afraid of and for its own existence.
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The Myths of A Suicide Bomber
The menace of suicide bombers walking into hotels and other places where people congregate has become so widespread that one must be wondering as to why people are stupid enough to even contemplating participating in such activities. |
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Well May We Say “God Save The Queen” Because Nothing Will Save Tony Blair
Remember the war in Iraq, one of the two? Take your pick.
One was because Saddam invaded Kuwait, a country that was growing oil and not oranges while the other was because Saddam was said to have weapons of mass destruction, weapons that never were and for which former US President George W is still looking, together with his brains. In his dreams that is.
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Why Bother Working For The Mafia...
There Is More To Be Made Robbing People Working For A Bank.
Ah yes indeed. What is the difference between a gangster and a banker? None really, they both rob people blind while living off the taxpayer. Hence from hereon in a banker may well be known as a bankster. |
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Doomed To Search For Replacements!!!
Has everything in your life that you have come to depend on recently become extinct? Announcing today, the discontinuation of everything that you like. To like something today is to instantly doom it to oblivion. I guess I am just lucky that I have a low self esteem. |
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The Second Battle
The Battle of El Alamein was one of the great battles of World War 2.
For about fifteen terrible minutes the weapons thundered. Then suddenly, far to the east, two searchlights flashed into the sky like a celestial sign and remained stationary. |
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Land of the Lost
Beyonce, Paris and Nicole,
on a routine exhibition,
wore the largest sunglasses ever known.
High and vapid, It struck their brain daft (insert screams here),
and plunged them down to make them look real slow.
To the Land of the Lost.
To the Land of the Lost.
To the Land of the Lost.
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I Smell a War, and the Scent of the Battlefield Never Smelled Better
We are all told to make lemonade when life hands us lemons but what if you just wanted some damn water? I didn't ask to be part of this stinking war and yet I keep finding myself an unwilling participant in an epic olfactory struggle. Lemon scented or pine scented? I don�t need my floors to smell like either because they didn�t have an odor before I even started to clean them. We all have to stop this assault on our senses because frankly the conflict is beginning to reek. |
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NATO LEADER THE HIGHLIGHT OF DUTCH HYPOCRISY
When Nato Secretary-General, Jaap De Hoop Scheffer recently made some rather hopelesly inadequate comments about new marriage laws in Afghanistan, laws that are at best dubious in both Islamic law as well as International law, he must have forgotten about some of his own rather dubious practices that he had presided over as Nato Secretary-General or had knowledge of as a member of a Dutch Government that in, human rights terms, smells of abuses and inadequacies. |
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DUTCH GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS IN EU ELECTION FARCE
The shining light of European democracy, fairness, and human rights justice, The Netherlands, is turning out not so democratic, fair and just after all, this following an investigation into some rather dubious practices by Dutch officials in relation to the soon to be held EU elections.
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Do I Smell Something Creative?
Creativity and advertising go together like Sarin gas and subways- a noxious ride along the underbelly of capitalist society. |
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Creativity Requires Discipline
The first experience of sex with another person often does not go as well as fantasy may predict. However, with a little love, some self-discipline, and a lot of creative practice, sex can become a fantastic part of life. |
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The "Coffee Lid Sip Hole Plug Stopper Starbucks Lid" or (C.L.S.H.P.S.S.L. for short)
In this high paced society it is nice to see that consumers aren't the only ones who are so wired that they can't even stop to think. Some of the most successful businesses are so fast passed with their product development that they forget to stop and actually ask if a product is necessary to develop. Starbucks has perhaps been partaking a little too much of their own product to slow down and realize that this little seemingly ingenious invention is nothing short of ridiculous. |
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Gum, Apparently I’m Chewing It Wrong.
As a consumer these days I am rarely satisfied with the level of performance of a product as compared to its claims in the advertising campaign. Advertisers have stopped even trying to accurately represent their product and instead have decided to use their commercials as subtle resumes to break into the science fiction movie genre. As an open minded consumer I would love to journey to outer space, but then sometimes I just want a piece of gum. |
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Selling Your Soul
I ran my first business when I was 8 years old, selling lemonade on the side of the road to thirsty suburban passer-bys. |
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Creationists Celebrate as The Lord God Privatises Education
Should the state take responsibility for the education of its youth? Should children be taught a broad, well-rounded curriculum? Should children be educated on all areas of both fact and faith, rather than any form of religious bias? Should children be counted as individuals rather than statistics? |
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I'm At MY Service!!!
Today businesses have implemented creative technology that actually makes you an employee minus all the benefits such as being paid or participating in the health plan. Furthermore, they have cleverly tricked you into thinking this is what you want by providing you with sub-par service for years. People are singing the praises of Self-Checkout technology and the words go something like, "CHA CHING!!! CHA CHING!!!" However, the grocery store wrote the lyrics. |
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Is There Truth in Advertising or Does Their Advertising Never Ring True?
When a company tries and sells you their product, wouldn't it make sense to first demonstrate that they live on the same planet as the rest of us? Prove to me you are human first, then try and sell me relief for my pain. If you actually reside in the twilight zone then go and peddle your crap there instead. |
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In the Event of a Zombie Attack, Avoid All Home Depots
In today's age of business it is clear that the education and general intelligence level of employees are at the very bottom of ANY business's list of priorities. Today businesses are employing mindless Zombies and other horrors to clearly side step the fact that they might have to pay an educated human being. If we are all going to survive this Apocalyptic hostile take over we might need to fire some torches and grab our pitchforks because clearly reason and logic are no longer viable weapons. |
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