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Apologies
Have take a tactical leave of absence from the world of burnt offerings, to return some point in the near future, either in this incarnation or another. Stay posted.
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Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell
This just appeared in my inbox –
Petraeus: Time has come to rethink gay policy
The Associated Press Tuesday, March 16, 2010; 10:56 AM
WASHINGTON — The four-star Army general who is managing the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan says "the time has come" for the military to rethink its policy toward gays.Gen. David Petraeus peh-TRAY-us stopped [...]
Sierra Leone and its diamonds: Digging in the dumps | The Economist
From: Sierra Leone and its diamonds: Digging in the dumps | The Economist.
The joys of globalisation meant that when the leaders of the Western nations crashed our economy into a wall, the rest of the world is in the nasty pile up that follows…
Over the past few months De Beers, until recently the world’s biggest [...]
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Study break
For a nice change, the essay deadline is for handing marked essays back, rather than handing one in. Still. Deadline. Essay. Need to not be posting stories. Expect more and expect it more regularly after this. (Employment permitting, mashallah!)
In the meantime, this week’s Have I Got News For You was amazing. Bob Crow decided to… [...]
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BBC News – Rape complaint woman reaches settlement with police
BBC News – Rape complaint woman reaches settlement with police.
A manic depressive with bi-polar is raped during a psychotic episode. She’s then sectioned under the Mental Health Act. Two months later she reports the rape to the police… who do nothing. Literally, nothing.
Her rapist took her to a cash point and made her withdraw £200, [...]
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Top 20 Unfortunate Lessons Girls Learn From Twilight | Underwire | Wired.com
Top 20 Unfortunate Lessons Girls Learn From Twilight | Underwire | Wired.com.
Ha ha ha. Love Wire, dislike vampires.
And so, with an insincere “love is forever,” we begin.
If a boy is aloof, stand-offish, ignores you or is just plain rude, it is because he is secretly in love with you — and you are [...]
Gay Rights: How a California Judge Is Challenging Obama – TIME
Hurrah, hurrah! Lady marries lady, and then lady tries to put wife on insurance, they say ‘hmmmm’ and the judge says ‘do it’. They do it, then the Executive Branch goes ‘wait a minute… don’t do that’ and then the judge says ‘DO IT.’ Now waiting on the next move from the Exec… that’s you, [...]
Cheney 2012…. please, no….
Why Dick Cheney Should Run in 2012 | Newsweek Newsweek – Top of the Week by Jon Meacham | Newsweek.com.
The above is an interesting article that suggests Cheney on a ticket for 2012 would give America the chance to debate serious issues and make up its collective mind. Unsold and cowering. The man…. leaves me [...]
Kate Moss: ‘Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels’ – Telegraph
Kate Moss: ‘Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels’ – Telegraph.
From the Telegraph:
The 35-year-old shocked campaigners fighting to abolish the cult of stick-thin models with the disclosure to the fashion news website WWD.
When asked in an interview if she had any mottos, she replied: “There are loads of mottos. There’s ‘Nothing tastes as good as [...]
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Election 2010: What the Conservatives really think of wives | Sally Bercow | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk