Daily Archives: Sun Dec 3 2006

blood and money

John Pilger describes how the distintegration of real and mythical democracy in the United States influences British politics under Tony Blair, such as the reduction of Parliament to a ‘craven talking shop’ and the promotion of war and ‘thoughtcrimes’. The … Continue reading

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The exhaustion epidemic | Woman | The Observer

The exhaustion epidemic | Woman | The Observer We’ll work at home but we’ll do so until 1.30am. We can leave the office at 7pm on a Friday – although we’re too tired for a movie – but it means … Continue reading

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the eighth result

Now, how long is it going to be before I join the select crew of Wizard Whimstaff results in google? Tim took Big out today, and they went to wilkos and bought Wizard Whimstaff’s Hilarious Handwriting (aka Basic Skills: Handwriting: … Continue reading

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Has anyone read

this? Silent Spring (Penguin Modern Classics) I was glancing through the bbc news website, as I do on a fairly regular basis. I came across this article about Rachel Carson, which sounded interesting. I’d never heard of her before, so … Continue reading

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Rubbish Christmas Presents Volume 10

Think we’re up to no 10, not sure. Anyway, looking for something toylike for Big. I’ve got her something to wear (or at least, I will have when I make it!) and something to watch. But I wanted to get … Continue reading

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