Monthly Archives: December 2009

The BBC and killed

A Briton facing execution in China does not yet know he is to be killed later this week and will only find out 24 hours in advance, it has emerged. BBC I do not recall the BBC ever reporting an execution in the USA and using the word ‘killed’ for the person about to die. [...]
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Religion. still crap.

BBC Former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Carey has branded a priest who advised needy people to shoplift from large retailers as “misguided and foolish”. … Writing in the News of the World, Lord Carey said: “Of all people, priests ought to know right from wrong.” So what if they do know right from wrong? Priests [...]
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Polite ignoring

One thing I hated about Facebook was that sort of obligation to add people who wanted to add you. There was nothing to say you had to but there felt like there was an expectation, that you would offend if you did not. This was partly why I deleted my account there then later re-added [...]
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Bash the bishop? Push the pope.

The Pope has celebrated the traditional Christmas Mass, despite being knocked down by a woman at the start of the service in St Peter’s Basilica. The woman – who is said to be mentally unstable – jumped the security barriers as Benedict XVI entered the basilica, causing the pontiff to fall. BBC Bit early to [...]
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Find the presents

In years past to stop the girls arguing over who had the biggest pile of presents before the actual day we would put raffle tickets on them as we wrapped them and put them under the tree. It also meant we didn’t have to hide them because they could see and not know what was [...]
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Rowan Williams is an extremist

BBC The Archbishop of Canterbury has accused the government of treating religious faith as an “eccentricity” practised by “oddities”. But it is. How can anyone who is capable of independent thought believe in any sort of God? He said it would not do “any harm” for political leaders to be more open about their religious [...]
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Floating lights

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Google

I used this as a header a couple of years ago and despite what Google now say I still believe it to be true. If you aren’t sure, email their Support and ask…
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Sir Terry Leahy

Last year Tesco – lead by Sir Terry Leahy – made over £3,000,000,000 profit. 3 billion quid. They have a store at Beaumont Leys in Leicester. If you go upstairs in that store and you are in a wheelchair you cannot browse the DVD section. Building supports and their deliberate placement of the aisles mean [...]
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