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Suffer yet more little children …The first casualties of war are the innocents Below you will find two short meditations about the killing of innocent people, particularly children, just because…
Yesterday’s shooting incident at a Milwaukee hotel in which seven people died has prompted a statement from the National Shooting People Association, staunch advocates of gun ownership. NSPA supremo Charlton…
Toffs and nobs are standing up to fight for the right to massacre small, furry animals. The British government’s attempt to outlaw traditional fox hunting makes a thoroughly embarrassing and…
Interesting tidbit. Front page of the BBC online today (just before US election day) news that the tours of duty of thousands of US soldiers in Iraq are to be…
This morning I had a pair of sick-world revelations. I was reading an online BBC report about how Clinton’s ban on the purchase of assault weapons is about to be…
This article was originally published in The London News Review, and re-published in The Sudan Tribune It’s heart-warming to see the United States taking such an interest in the plight…
Following the murder of yet another hostage in Iraq, Psilocybe P Pook (No Relation) has hit on a wizard wheeze to hasten the end of the US occupation he has…
In case you missed the interim US report into Bush’s bullshit, click here. If I lie to my friends and colleagues, people lose faith in me. When Bush and Blair…
Suffer yet more little children
Suffer yet more little children …The first casualties of war are the innocents Below you will find two short meditations about the killing of innocent people, particularly children, just because…
The gun is innocent
Yesterday’s shooting incident at a Milwaukee hotel in which seven people died has prompted a statement from the National Shooting People Association, staunch advocates of gun ownership. NSPA supremo Charlton…
The revolution starts with a glass of sherry
Toffs and nobs are standing up to fight for the right to massacre small, furry animals. The British government’s attempt to outlaw traditional fox hunting makes a thoroughly embarrassing and…
Encrustation
“It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of what he was never reasoned into.” Jonathon Swift I came across this quote at the head of the Iraqi…
Why the 2004 US election will make no difference
Seeing the punters in the US flock to the polls does not make me think so much of sheep as masses of lemmings. There is an endearing belief that the…
Censorship
Interesting tidbit. Front page of the BBC online today (just before US election day) news that the tours of duty of thousands of US soldiers in Iraq are to be…
Shoot the neighbours
This morning I had a pair of sick-world revelations. I was reading an online BBC report about how Clinton’s ban on the purchase of assault weapons is about to be…
Why does US suddenly care about Sudan?
This article was originally published in The London News Review, and re-published in The Sudan Tribune It’s heart-warming to see the United States taking such an interest in the plight…
Yet another modest proposal
Following the murder of yet another hostage in Iraq, Psilocybe P Pook (No Relation) has hit on a wizard wheeze to hasten the end of the US occupation he has…
No link between Saddam and Al Qaida: gosh!
In case you missed the interim US report into Bush’s bullshit, click here. If I lie to my friends and colleagues, people lose faith in me. When Bush and Blair…