Monthly Archives: August 2006
Bury this: the news you may have missed
Iraq: Gulf News – 35 killed by suicide bomber outside Shiite shrine: A suicide bomber detonated a belt of explosives on his body near a highly revered Shiite shrine in southern Iraq on Thursday, killing at least 35 people and … Continue reading
A threat so profound that it transcends politics
AFP – Bush seeks political gains from foiled plot: Weighed down by the unpopular war in Iraq, Bush and his aides have tried to shift the national political debate from that conflict to the broader and more popular global war … Continue reading
Heathrow: mock-up, set-up, or cock-up?
Please excuse the following question… that’s just me thinking that something doesn’t quite add up. Please excuse the delay…. that’s just me waiting for the crowds to abate. (cough) If there’s a real risk that multiple terrorists are carrying disguised … Continue reading
A golf-clap for Martin Whelton
Congratulations to Labour Councillor Martin Whelton, who has copied and pasted written a passage that’s so concise, carefully-focused and on-message that it stands a very good chance of being tomorrow’s Page 3 editorial… Blogging4Merton – Airport security alerts: The Government … Continue reading
Stephen “Chicken Shit” Green
Pandora (10 Aug): A rather unholy row at the Edinburgh Fringe: the Australian comic Jim Jeffries has been dropped from debating in the BBC1 religious affairs show Heaven and Earth this Sunday, following a run-in with the evangelical activists Christian … Continue reading
They’ll never take our freedaaaarrrgh!
Well, how about that, then? Less than a week after the launch of the fear-o-meter and it’s already being put to good use. As of today, we have graduated from ‘severe’ to ‘scared shitless’ ‘critical’ (i.e. “an attack is expected … Continue reading
Your chance to blog for Israel
The Times – Israel backed by army of cyber-soldiers: Israel’s Government has thrown its weight behind efforts by supporters to counter what it believes to be negative bias and a tide of pro-Arab propaganda. The Foreign Ministry has ordered trainee … Continue reading
Your chance to blog for Labour
Ick! Ick! Ick-ick-ick-ick-ick! (Eurgh. I feel all dirty now.)
Smoke and mirrors
The wingnuts are furiously circle-jerking their way around a second lap of Reuters, having revealed that not one, but two photographs by Beirut-based freelance photographer Adnan Hajj had been altered. The picture that kicked this off is a staggering show … Continue reading
Take me to our leader
Mail on Sunday – Straw sacked after ‘US expressed concern over Muslim sympathies’: George Bush put pressure on Tony Blair to sack Jack Straw as Foreign Secretary, it was claimed last night. Washington insiders said the Prime Minister was urged … Continue reading
