tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89128432009-02-21T02:56:46.476ZEvil liberal morons who hate freedom and godapehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00876229021564536121noreply@blogger.comBlogger145125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8912843.post-75311928333653766152007-02-16T11:54:00.000Z2007-02-16T12:19:39.206Z

Republicans Reach Across The Lines For FrankenWell done to Minnesota Republicans! Their 'research briefing' on Al Franken is an exceptional tribute to the man's passion, insight and wit. Just a few examples:Franken Hates Rush LimbaughQ: “Do you really hate Limbaugh or is he just an easy target?”A:“Both.”(Jennifer Senior, “Al Franken, Democrats' Favorite Comic Is Politically Incorrect,” The Hill,

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A letter to the National Secular Society's 'Newsline':Dear Newsline -You mentioned in the last issue that the Tukala 'demonisation' ('kindoki') case was again reported by Newsnight on 25 January.This particular preacher, Tukala, has been mentioned in the press in connection with various allegations before (do a google search!). The case follows a number of such incidents and reports, the most

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Mark Goldstraw has just been sentenced to a minimum of 35 years. He killed his ex-girlfriend and three other people because he was angry at her. Previously, he killed another ex-girlfriend by hitting her with a hammer. For this he was sentenced to "seven years" and served about three.This blog has dealt with the question of the 'manslaughter' of women before. There have been some shocking

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The JR fanclub note finally landed on my doormat:Oct 9 Reyjavik ICELAND Idno Theatre (monday)Oct 12 Glasgow SCOTLAND Oran Mor (thurs)Oct 13 Newcastle ENGLAND Church Hall (fri)Oct 15 Cambridge ENGLAND Cambridge Junction (sun)Oct 16 London ENGLAND Union Chapel (mon)Oct 17 Paris FRANCE Trebendo (tues)Oct 20 Rome Italy Big Mama (fri)Oct 26 Leon ITALY University (thurs)Oct 27 Madrid SPAIN Circulo

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Two Phones are not Better Than OneYou'll have seen many discussions of why the BNP are 'on the rise'. A common explanation is that Labour no longer represent the working class. (So says Labour MPs Frank Field, and Margaret Hodge, for example.)In general, the matter is supposed to be the result of some failure somewhere. Hodge is concerned that the people feel unloved:"The Labour Party hasn't

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Is, for the first time, launched!I, theragingfool@blogplace.com, being herein the undersigned, declareth that, having hitherto been underrepresented in the corridors of power, in the first place, agree that good things are mostly beneficial and less things not.And that these noble sentiments are valid in all times and places. Not like what this bloke said that used to hand out Living Marxism

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(Letter sent, with accompanying evidence, to the Charity Commission March 2006, see end of post for its response. Related documents to follow).PART ONE1) Introduction and Definitions: Campaigning and Political Activities by Charitiesa) This is a complaint against the charitable status of The Christian Institute (CI) (Registered Charity No. 1004774) on the grounds that it is a political

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No, this is not hard-hitting investigative journalism. Check out the post on Rachel Corrie yesterday, entitled "We Got Mail".It's just astounding. These people have no shame. But we know this. There is some slight relevance in reminding ourselves because LGF themselves still bleat that such criticisms are "smears", as reported on LGF Watch. So here's the process:1) They pick an email from some

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Internal Strife in the Holy See? Erm, no.Newsnight's reporting of Blair's 'God' comments was extraordinary: clear bias. Here is my complaint to the Governors:"This is a complaint to the BBC Governors about the way Blair's statements about (a) 'god' and the Iraq war was reported on Newsnight 3 March 2006."By way of introduction, the BBC as a whole is grossly and persistently biased in favour of '

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Ayaan Hirsi Ali has been talking plain sense on the cartoon nonsense. The matter is fairly simple: It is not illegal to publish offensive cartoons. Nor should it be. However, in this and related matters, there has been a de facto blasphemy law imposed by gangsters through intimidation.To reveal this fact was the purpose of the cartoons.What would you do if you could invent your own laws? Perhaps

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Can some good come from this cartoon violence?Letter to my local Tory MP:It is pleasing to see the Conservatives responding robustly to the fascist elements who have been attempting to impose their private "blasphemy" laws through the threat of gangster violence.Dominic Grieve said "It's a clear breach of the criminal law - the existing criminal law, not new laws about incitement."The legal basis

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Nice friends, chaps..It emerges that the BNP have been campaigning alongside the Christian Institute and Christian Voice in their nasty attempt to prevent the performance or distribution of 'Jerry Springer - The Opera'. (IE, the lawful activities of theatrical workers trying to make a living).Note One: This campaign is NOT trying to argue against people going to see the show or buying the DVD.

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The endless stream of Quasi-victims continues..(Apologies that links are missing in this post.. all stories are easy to find, many in my archive).As Englishman's Castle notes, the two career criminals who ran down a farmer whilst he tried to stop them stealing his car were convicted of manslaughter.Outrage has generally focussed on the fact that they'd done this kind of thing before and been

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Creationists may face perjury chargesvia John ColeWhat fun. A pity, that, at the end of the day, they're only lying for profit, like any other scumbags.

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"Very often those who raise uncomfortable truths are denounced." - Ken Livingstone on Dr Yusuf al-Qaradawi.As a reminder, here's a photo of Ken embracing the Good Doctor, who recommends the torture of children by FGM*; that gay people should be murdered by the state; and that women who are raped should be punished. (Tragically, these principles are not news to gay men and female victims of

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What a phrase!What an amazing summary of the attitude of the Christian right to sex education. The phrase is well known, although new to me. It was coined by Katha Pollitt, writing in the Nation.Essential reading. Here's some quotes:" "Giving the HPV vaccine to young women could be potentially harmful," Bridget Maher of the Family Research Council told the British magazine New Scientist, "because

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Defending the indefensibleEducation Minister Ruth Kelly has been desperately defending the new proposals for sectarian schools, published in the schools white paper. The Paper is fairly clear:"We need a diversity of school providers and this in turn requires us to harness all the energy and talent that can benefit our school system, bringing in educational charities, faith groups, parents and

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Silly I know. But here you go:Lord AdonisSchools Minister (Unelected)Dept for Education & SkillsDear Lord Adonis, Schools Minister,You have talked much since your appointment about ‘pupils of faith’. For example, on 25 October in the House of Lords, you said:“However, it is permissible—as the noble Lord knows—for faith schools to give preference to pupils of one faith. That is the basis on which

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The Government Loses Again.The Government has clearly lost all the arguments over their inane religious hatred Bill. In the Lords, unlike the Commons, this results in them also losing the vote. Yesterday, they lost very heavily, 260 to 111.The venality and stupidity of the Bill is surely unique. It is deliberately vague, so that the public would not know if they are committing a crime. To

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Is it just me?Is it just me, or is David Davis capable of conveying meaningful public policy ideas in compound sentences that he delivers off the cuff? This facility has always been important to my judgements. (George 'brilliant' (see third cartoon) Bush can't deliver extemporaneous compound sentences of any kind.)I listened to DD on Radio 4 this morning. OK, perhaps I was still sleepy. But that

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"Liam Fox 42."If Fox can get more votes than Ken Clarke (38), the Tories are serious only about marginalising themselves, not about regaining power. They just don't get it: all around the country, people are saying 'Liam who?'. 'Cameron? Pardon?'.Not that I like Ken Cancer, of course. The BMJ editorial also has an account of his career, the details of which deserve consideration.

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A little under a year ago we at oneampfuse pointed out that the then Iraqi President's strong opposition to the long-anticipated assault on Fallujah was not being widely reported. We are now proud to bring you the news that Iraq's Prime Minister, Ibrahim Jaafari, has denied British accusations against Iran. Perhaps he's lying--after all, he did say it on Iranian TV. In any case, to the best of

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Obviously.From law.com,"Friedrich's boss, White House Counsel Harriet Miers, will be a key advisor to the president as he decides who to put forward as a replacement for O'Connor. And much of the information Miers will rely on will have been compiled by Friedrich, who coordinates the office's work on judicial selections."Poor George Bush. He doesn't know very much. So he just days what he sees: "

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"..whoa, gee, what in the world got in -- what's he saying here? What in the world? Doesn't he know that this is gonna -- doesn't he know people aren't gonna -- doesn't he know that he's setting himself up here? Listen to what he said next. That was not reported.."Media Matters for America have Limbaugh on toast, as he trys to go on the attack to defend Bill Bennett for his comments on abortion (

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Think 'Brown' and guess..Cronies, cronies, cronies: for every chicken house a fox.Isthatlegal?'s Eric Muller agrees, with four repetitions. And I think he knows something about it.Crony crony crony crony crony. There. That's five.(via John Cole, another disapproving conservative.)UPDATE: As Muller says, 'the base is not happy'. In fact, they're hoppin' mad. Follow his link to 'confirmthem.com'

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