Category Archives: Politics
There’s No Place Like Home
The world’s slowest immigration queues… Puddles of piss in front of every urinal, presumably due to a fear of contracting something nasty from the porcelain… Unintelligible airport staff… Ants in the house… That’s right… we’re back.
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No Smoke Without Fire
A family member sent me this article, which once again raises the spectre of conscription in the US. The American government once again claims that no such move is being considered and that this simply constitutes a routine recruitment drive … Continue reading
The Call-Up Is Coming
Geoff alerted me to [this story](http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1228331,00.html ) in The Guardian. According to the story, the US is preparing to reinstate conscription, more commonly known as the draft in the local lingo. I didn’t need yet another reason to be enthusiastic … Continue reading
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But is it art?
In case you didn’t know, free speech and the freedom of expression are alive and well in the good old US of A. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.
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Conspiracy theory
This is old news now, but since no mainstream news sources have picked up on the story, I thought it was worth mentioning here. Basically, there is evidence to suggest that Nick Berg was, in fact, beheaded in the Abu … Continue reading
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