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Read 'boomerang' by michael lewis, interesting stuff: not just about ireland but greece, germany, iceland and a california town. Thanks for the recommendation - got a copy yesterday and about 3/4 way through. I like his style and found myself chuckling at his wry comments. There are more detailed b...

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I see from the news that Brievik thought that he'd only have a 5% survival chance and started planning a suicide mission in 2006!!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17766404

So, he expected to be a far right, Islamphobic sucide terrorist.

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Shafique

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From mad cows, to now a sad farmer's wife and a Pakistani doctor!!

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Nice.

Looking forward to Prometheus now.. may even watch it at the cinema in 3D!

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Shafique

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A follow up to the story from last year when the US asked politely for Iran to return a drone they captured (and initially the US said had crashed), and Iran said 'no thank you'. A small PR victory in the scheme of things.. but interesting never-the-less. http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/572820...

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^Not much they can do... it's the classic, universal rule of 'finders keepers', after all.

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Shafique

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^ BM baiting alert!

DDS - you're on.. if I'm in Dubai, I'll treat you! You buy the pop corn though.

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Shafique

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^ Live long and prosper!

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Shafique

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Interesting to see a senior Israeli Army chief come out with a line that goes against the rhetoric coming from the right-wing politicians in Israel. If this is what is being said in public (this is in a long interview with Haaretz), one wonders what discussions are going on in private. I suspect tha...

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we've met some people who love swimming in the same backwater of the internet. Creepy! Indeed. They were indeed a sad lot. I can imagine them (and others who sympathise with Brievik's views) seething at the Norwegians' reaction - to reject the hatred of the bigots like Brievik. Cheers, Shafique

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At least the news is coming out before Israel does anything silly, like attacking Iran. This time it is the former head of the the Israeli domestic intelligence agency who is adding his voice to the chorus of other experts within Israel who are highlighting Bibi's economy with the truth when it come...

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I have to say, this news of a law abolishing stoning as a punishment in Iran was news to me until I read this piece that was posted on Loonwatch. The case of Ashtiani, the lady whose husband was murdered and who was sentenced to death by stoning, was well highlighted in the past and discussed in the...

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Quite a significant victory for those campaigning peacefully for the end of the Israeli Military Occupation and illegal colonies on occupied land (aka 'settlements'): Major British supermarket chain announces boycott of produce made in West Bank settlements Co-op, fifth biggest supermarket chain in ...

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I'm with Nucleus on this - quality over quantity. I personally don't miss the types of threads and posts that got the sad gang all banned. I am finding the not-so-subtle attempts to wind people up under new accounts to be quite funny and sad. The fact that these threads and posts are being largely i...

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^the point is that when the stoning sentence was being discussed, then Iran +was+ being taken as the epitome of Islamic jurisprudence. DDS, you and I haven't changed our stance on the matter (that they aren't representative) - so this article isn't to persuade us of the truth we knew all along. Chee...

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Thanks- v funny. Hadn't seen it before - I'll be humming it all day now!

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Shafique

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A step in the right direction for sure. Now cue the anti semite lable spining from the Israeli propaganda machine. Agreed. What is great is that the recent purging of the trolls has meant that we are NOT subject to the usual 'whataboutery' posts and anti-semitic smokescreens. Unfortunately we still...

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Interesting exchange of views above! My study of history and current day politics leads me to conclude that Berrin has a very good point about how the strong European nations have been complicity in the problems he's highlighting. The effects are not just in the Middle East, but in Asia, Africa and ...

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http://global.fncstatic.com/static/managed/img/fn2/video/anr_bombplot_050112.jpg These guys weren't swimming in the deep end of the gene pool, were they? ;) "The safety of the citizens of the Northern District of Ohio is and continues to be our primary focus," Stephen D. Anthony, Special ...

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You can smell the desperation.

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Shafique

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A main point of the article is to explain that there is no one unique set of Shariah laws - there are some fundamental principles and laws, but the legal system of an Islamic state is like the legal system of any other state - there is a need and room for judicial interpretation and review The room...

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^Are you saying you think the numpties above are 'failed martyrs'?? :? As for people who think terrorists are martyrs - I find them distasteful indeed: http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3857671,00.html And as we've seen in official surveys - certain groups are more likely to justify the kill...

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The part where you said:

Ambassador wrote:And there I thought terrorists were called martyrs...

The numpties above are terrorists - hence my question to you.

Thanks for answering "No". Are they just failed terrorists then?

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Shafique

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I do.

They are terrorists. They failed in their terrorist attack on the bridge.

Ergo, failed terrorists.

What are they to you, if they aren't failed terrorists?

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Shafique

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indeed.

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Too rigid a set of laws leaves the law too much in the hands of politicians IMO .. and I'd like to think judges are better placed than politicians to pass sentences. Just my view.

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Shafique

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Firstly, thanks for the clean up Andy - much appeciated. There are still aliases which will be used, and hopefully they'll behave for longer this time round. Your suggestion for the 50 posts is good, and should stop the casual trolls. For the more determined trolls, I think the current system where ...

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Whilst the above poster has been banned and has been a notorious troller, I thought I'd look into the accusation. Unsurprisingly, yet again we find that an unreferenced accusation when investigated reveals more hype than substance. However, in this case the hype traces back to an opinion by David Ha...

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Nina Conti - one of the funniest I've seen. Enjoy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4BB1TZcO_o

She has a few more performances on youtube and also an interesting and moving documentary 'Her Master's Voice' out there.. but I first found out about her from the above performance.

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Shafique

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