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EU Referendum (Free subscription) | yesterday
| International
Chancellor Angela Merkel is travelling in South America (and I thought she had given up on her endless flitting round the world and settled down to being the leader of Germany) and in her absence, as the German media wrote indignantly , the Dalai Lama will not be received either by the President or the Foreign Minister, a left-wing Social-Democrat but, I am sure, that is merely a coincidence. More...
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Uncool (Free subscription) | 13/05/2008
| Technology
The Jaded Hippy has done an amazing job ! She's opened with a selection of posts on sex: a variety of posts from tips on how to enjoy sex when you're on your period to sex and identity, and she's included some great posts about sex positivism and sex radicalism as well as giving a shout out to May Masturbation Month! On the 1st May nearly two weeks ago Deborah Jeane Palfrey, "The D.C. Madam" was found...
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Hecklerspray (Free subscription) | yesterday
| Other
Amy Winehouse is like a bad news magnet at the moment - apparently it's a magnet that also seems to repel soap. However, Amy Winehouse has received a rare nugget of good news today - police have confirmed that Amy won't be charged for that video of her apparently smoking crack like it's going out of fashion. What fantastic news! Now that this crack video palaver is out of her hair, all Amy Winehouse...
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Guy Fawkes' blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
| Politics
LabourHome has started doing a tracker poll, if it is good enough for ConservativeHome and PoliticsHome it is good enough for them. Good news and bad news for Gordon, the good news is he is rated higher than his Chancellor. The bad news is he scored the second lowest out of the cabinet... Most Labour activists rate Miliband highest, followed by Alan Johnson. Would Guido be completely crazy to suspect...
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normblog (Free subscription) | yesterday
| Other
Nonsense that is expressed clearly is always preferable to the kind of stuff being highlighted by David Thompson today, but from time to time it's worth being reminded that this exists:The shuffling and unfolding of the information of her body...
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Iain Dale's Diary (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
| Politics
Do listen to THIS clip in which a Radio 5 Live listener ties Jacqui Smith in knots over her use of cannabis.
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Of course, I could be wrong... (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
| UK
Playing a certain type of music can enhance the way wine tastes, research by psychologists suggests. The Heriot Watt University study found people rated the change in taste by up to 60% depending on the melody heard. The researchers said cabernet sauvignon was most affected by "powerful and heavy" music, and chardonnay by "zingy and refreshing" sounds. Professor Adrian North said the study could lead...
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Londonist (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
| Politics
The Gordon Brown statue saga has intrigued psephologists and, er, wax-ologists for months now: would our embattled PM be given his own waxwork at Madame Tussauds , or have the curators bargained that, with the odds of his removal ever-shortening, the task of crafting those craggy features into a lifelike visage isn't worth the effort? As we reported earlier this month , Tussauds turned the decision...
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Anglican Mainstream (Free subscription) | 17 hours ago
| UK
From The Guardian Western governments are spending mind-boggling sums treating HIV-positive patients in the developing world. But would they save more lives by concentrating on prevention? Decca Aitkenhead meets the outspoken expert who says that liberal fears of appearing judgmental are blinding us to the truth about the disease. When Elizabeth Pisani began her career as an [...]
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Liberal Conspiracy (Free subscription) | yesterday
| Politics
On March 19th Nadine Dorries MP published a blog-post titled The Hand of Hope, which featured this image of a small hand apparently coming out of a uterus. Except, it was a hoax and the operating surgeon himself said so. In many ways, this sums up Nadine Dorries MP's current campaign on abortion - the facts are rather very different from the impression she gives.
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Anorak News (Free subscription) | yesterday
| Other
THE BBC makes money from Dr Who. The BBC is paid for by us. So where’s our money? And do we all own Dr Who? A Doctor Who fan is embroiled in a row with the BBC after she published knitting patterns for the sci-fi drama’s monsters on the internet. The patterns of Ood and Adipose were [...]
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Daniel Hannan (Free subscription) | yesterday
| International
I am ashamed to admit that I had never heard of Irena Sendler, whose obituary appeared in this morning’s paper. Hers is an awesomely humbling story, even by the standards of her heroic generation. Irena Sendler was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize A Polish Catholic, she spirited some 2,500 Jewish children out of the Warsaw ghetto, displaying casual and extraordinary courage. She kept a list of...
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Stop the ACLU (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
| UK
Crescent shapes with and without Islamic intent: the Obama logo example The two most widely recognized symbols of Islam are the crescent and the sword. Kind of amusing that Barack Hussein Obama’s campaign logo can be seen to feature both a crescent and a curved Islamic scimitar: The crescent shape in Obama’s logo has the round part [...]
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Tracy and Matt's Blog (Free subscription) | 12/05/2008
| Technology
At the Touch Diamond launch event last week a few HTC employees mentioned that there would be a number of official accessories for the new device. So I managed to track down this photo of the official desktop cradle for the HTC Touch Diamond . HTC Touch Diamond official cradle I must say that this looks super sexy with its glossy black finish. You'll also notice the decent looking set of headphones...
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Arseblog (Free subscription) | 13/05/2008
| Football
So as the players head off for their holidays the speculation will increase about who's staying and who's going and, most of all, who's coming in. There was official confirmation from the club of Wenger's quotes about bringing in people quickly and at a meeting with fan's last night Ken Friar assured them that there was money available and Arsene will be able to roll over his transfer budget, which...
