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Ari and Mohammed are now friends

March 7, 2010 – 4:04 am

The Israeli military cancelled a planned raid on a Palestinian village after one of its soldiers posted details of the operation on Facebook.
The unnamed soldier revealed the time and place of the raid and the name of his unit on the social networking site. He said on his status update that his unit planned a [...]

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Jacob’s Ladder

March 5, 2010 – 6:52 am

It was all polite smiles and meticulous protocol as Jacob Zuma met the Queen yesterday afternoon. But just hours before he left for his state visit to Britain, South Africa’s flamboyant President revealed what he really thought of his hosts.
In an astonishing interview given shortly before he boarded his flight to London, Mr Zuma launched [...]

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Rotten Foundation

February 25, 2010 – 4:12 am

An independent inquiry found today that there were “shocking” systematic failures of hospital care in Mid Staffordshire that left patients routinely neglected, humiliated and in pain as the trust focused on cutting costs and hitting government targets.
Today’s report from the inquiry led by Robert Francis QC, which was commissioned by the health secretary, Andy Burnham, [...]

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Sunday Funnie and Open Discussion Thread

February 22, 2010 – 2:30 am

Iran’s supreme leader has denied it is developing nuclear weapons, after a new report from the UN atomic watchdog, the IAEA, sparked an international outcry.
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said any fears were “baseless” as Iranians’ beliefs “bar us from using such weapons”.
The blunt report raised concerns Iran was working on nuclear weapons.
Russia said it was “very [...]

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The Bart Simpson School of International Relations

February 18, 2010 – 2:53 am

Israel’s Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman has said there is no proof the Mossad spy agency carried out the killing of a Hamas commander in Dubai. But he did not fully deny that Israel carried out the killing, citing its “policy of ambiguity” on such matters.
Dubai believes 11 “agents with European passports” killed Mahmoud al-Mabhouh.
Seven foreign-born [...]

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Instrumentum Vocale

February 14, 2010 – 3:14 am

Sir John Houghton, who played a critical role in establishing the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPPC), was roundly condemned after it emerged that he was an apparent advocate of scary propaganda to frighten the public into believing the dangers of global warming.
“Unless we announce disasters, no one will listen,” Sir John was supposed to [...]

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The Pachelbel Canon

February 9, 2010 – 12:08 am

There’s a lot of it, and it’s all the same tune. Pray that nobody owns the copyright or the modern music industry will collapse.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdxkVQy7QLM[/youtube]
Comedian Rob Paravonian does the Pachelbel Rant.
He’s following you too…

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Investment Wankers

February 4, 2010 – 2:18 am

An Australian banker is in hot water after being filmed looking at semi-nude photos of a model while a colleague was doing a television interview nearby.
He could be seen clicking on photos of Miranda Kerr in the background of the Channel 7 interview on Tuesday with an analyst for Macquarie Private Wealth.
The footage soon made [...]

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I broke them, YOU buy them

January 28, 2010 – 10:24 pm

Opposition Leader Tony Abbott is standing by his comments that women should try to remain virgins until they are married.
Mr Abbott agreed that his ”minders” may have been concerned by his public airing of his private views on such topics, but he said today’s politicians “inevitably” had to face more such questions than their counterparts [...]

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Demolition Man

January 17, 2010 – 4:08 am

Royal Bank of Scotland shareholders have criticised the appointment of Sir Fred Goodwin by the architectural firm RMJM in Edinburgh. The consultancy role will be his first job since leaving RBS after the government bailed it out 15 months ago.
Roger Lawson, from the RBS Shareholder Action Group, said it was “ironic” Sir Fred got a [...]

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