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    colbert roasts bush - required viewing

    Interesting Funny? Kinda. Useful. I don't think so. It's a really good way to disarm people, making them laugh, but really it's no laughing matter. And he didn't say much about Depleted Uranium and it's current usage, the effects of which are unspeakable, which is undoubtedly the BIGGEST...
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    The Lovers Thread

    there's more I too like scratchy noisey techno, and other assorted noisiness and neglected to include it in my list. As for shrivel heartedness, worry not for your honesty belies such a claim. I would reserve that sorbriquet for the Blairs, Hewitts, Camerons, Roves, Rumdfelds, Wahhabi's and...
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    The Lovers Thread

    what I love oxygen, weather, sunlight, moonlight, fingers, toes, ears, eyes, legs, arms, spiders, snakes, elephants, zebras, wildebeeste's, foxes, iguanas, lizards, fish, whales, marsupials, bob marley, fela kuti, ani di franco, cold beer, jack daniels, weed, lsd, mushrooms, mdma, nexo sound...
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    The Euston Manifesto, or how the left learned to stop worrying...

    World Body Politic. The people power of the UN, like democracy in the US or the UK and elsewhere exists to the extent that people at community level, worldwide, are prepared to demand a meaningful involvement (which is more than the process of voting) or not. These two ideals, Democracy and...
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    Labour party comedy spoof, surely?

    Impromptu dancefloor? What I want to know is about this "impromptu dancefloor". I have never heard of such a thing! It is a secret weapon? Do the government dance? To whose tune? I think we should be told!
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    3000 Protest against Condi in Athens

    people but this? Condi is a stand-up projectionist. She projects onto others the things her government is doing, whilst pretending to support democracy and peace. SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Thursday "Blah Blah Blah the credibility of the U.N. Security...
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    How to restore democracy?

    Posibilities I think there's probably lots of possibilities, and the best way to find them is to facillitate people getting together at a community level, to share concerns, to share info and to make stronger connections between people, especially in cities. The answers we need are not just the...
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    How to restore democracy?

    we are the ones The only way these kinds of policies will be implemeted, if ever, will be when we as people recognise that we are the power, the power to discuss, to meet and to listen, to share info, to then make decisions supported by the innate wisdom within our communities, a wisdom...
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    The Hater's Thread

    hate or love????? People who play house in bongo clubs!
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    IRAQ: Musicians become targets in rising atmosphere of intolerance

    Rambling - I am moved, and saddened .. I think thats extraordianary bravery! To continue the creative work that got two of their friends and colleagues murdered. Work whose sole cause is the children, their happiness, wellbeing and healing. Children who have, all of them, suffered terribly at...
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    Sane Britain Disappears

    hen wants it all right! Latest Blair comments on Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill: http://observer.guardian.co.uk/focus/story/0,,1759344,00.html He wants it all right!
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    Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill

    He won't back down, ..... yet! Tony Blair, in an exchange of emails between himself and writer Henry Porter, refutes all criticism of the bill, "Frankly it’s difficult to know where to start, given the mishmash of misunderstanding, gross exaggeration and things that are just plain wrong. A few...
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    Sane Britain Disappears

    American Bases in Iraq It's like an insane job creation scheme, you know, like work for the boys, yeah! go there and knock 'em down, build 'em up, knock 'em down again, build 'em up again, and all the while someone is making a profit!? And children suffer.
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    How to restore democracy?

    Pr The report tackles this point, and suggestsfor example that - based on evidence submitted to the Inquiry - PR voting if accompanied by a reform of constituency borders, an equitable reformed system for standing as an electoral candidate, based on signatures collected and a smaller fee...
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    Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill

    Tony Blairs response to criticsm and analysis of the Legislative and Reform Bill (LARF) in the recent Observer piece shows that whatever amendments are made, that the ability of a government minister to repeal, refom or amend a law with out paraliamentary scrutiny and debate remains central to...
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    Sane Britain Disappears

    Sane britian in your heart If there is a sane Britain, it is in YOUR hearts. Bring it out, let it be a light for your friends, neighbours and all whom you meet. Sure, there's no guarantee that our heart'felt sanity will prevail, yet if we do not act, the insanity will surely prevail, and we...
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    Ali G Interviews Chomsky

    Chomksy's the maaaaaaan! You are projecting your own stiffness. Chomsky shows clearly how his logic works here, and yet you cannot see it! Ali G rocks. Chomsky rocks. Both have a great sense of humour, and a greater sense of humane-ness, which our self styled 'leaders' lack......
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    Iran Hasn't Gone Away You Know

    padraig rocks. Thnak you Padraig, you ARE so cool! And for those that don't 'have the time', think on this. Your taxes are being used to create nuclear armageddon, and nobody will be left untouched by it if it continues. It is therefore incumbent on us ALL to stop it. Whatever it takes.
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    Ali G Interviews Chomsky

    Chomsky and ALi G! Fantastic. Video of the year! like, rapping out tha' beats to powah, yo Chomps, he's the maaan! Big Ali G.
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    How to restore democracy?

    I think they say in the report that this is a starting point, and that given their experience over the 18 months, with consultations, meetings, conferences, projects and various exercises, they feel that the detailed answers would be worked out by discussion at local community level, where the...
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