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UK Counter-Terrorism Bill

April 2nd, 2008 · No Comments

Excerpt from the House of Commons debate:
“In recent times, a lot of attention has been paid to what it means to be British. Well, one thing it means is that we British do not allow the police or politicians to lock people up for a long time without charge. That is not some trendy, fashionable […]

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High Flight, by John Magee, Jr.

February 27th, 2008 · No Comments

Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
Sunward I’ve climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth
of sun-split clouds, — and done a hundred things
You have not dreamed of—wheeled and soared and swung
High in the sunlit silence. Hov’ring there,
I’ve chased the shouting wind along, and flung
My eager craft through footless […]

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Sweeney Todd: the Demon Barber of Fleet Street - 5*!

February 1st, 2008 · No Comments

A dark musical with occasional comic elements to keep the mood from sinking too far, this gloomy story describes the revenge of Sweeney Todd the barber, a blood soaked tale of anguish, rage and damnation. Starring Johnny Depp as Sweeney and Helena Bonham Carter as Mrs. Lovett, his tragic partner in crime, this film is […]

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Web 2.0 vs Mainstream: Culture’s True Custodian?

January 29th, 2008 · No Comments

An article on the BBC, Searching for the truth online, features statements by the self-proclaimed “antichrist of Silicon Valley” Andrew Keen, author of “The Cult of the Amateur: How Today’s Internet is Killing Our Culture and Assaulting Our Economy”. The main focus of the BBC article is on how user generated web content is often […]

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The collapse of morality and the rise of fascism in the United States

January 25th, 2008 · No Comments

Gang-Rape Cover-Up by U.S., Halliburton/KBR
“A Houston, Texas woman says she was gang-raped by Halliburton/KBR coworkers in Baghdad, and the company and the U.S. government are covering up the incident.
Jamie Leigh Jones, now 22, says that after she was raped by multiple men at a KBR camp in the Green Zone, the company put her under […]

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I Am Legend: Crap

January 1st, 2008 · 4 Comments

Will Smith is great at playing Will Smith, just as Tom Cruise is great at playing Tom Cruise. The Fresh Prince stars in this broadly advertised New Year’s blockbuster, a vampire movie that isn’t really a vampire movie. As far as survival horror goes, 30 Days Of Night was much better. In fact, most survival […]

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Gat Decor - Passion - old school house

December 7th, 2007 · No Comments

This brings back memories… tracks like this were what got me into house music and the club scene.

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The Destruction of Sennacherib

December 6th, 2007 · No Comments

by Lord Byron
The Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold,
And his cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold;
And the sheen of their spears was like stars on the sea,
When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee.
Like the leaves of the forest when Summer is green,
That host with their banners at sunset were […]

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