Tag: Al Qaeda
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Conscientious Objectors: Hitch and Rushdie discuss religion and censorship
A timely and prophetic discussion from 5 years ago between Christopher Hitchens and Salman Rushdie. Again as now it was just before the UK election, discussions about cartoons in newspapers – then Jyllands Posten, now Charlie Hebdo, the whole #NotAllMuslims No True Scotsman fallacy, rise of China, Hitch predicts the mess in an Orthodox-powered Russia,…
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Welcome to Digital Britain, a drowned economic kitten
Great anti-Mandy and anti-paranoia song ‘Only Idiots Assume’ by Broken Dongles who are Liam Mullone and “Blue Remembered” Hils Barker. Love the kitten line, the BBC Micro comparison and ‘your dad’s got a beard! I bet he’s in Al Qaeda!’ 😀 Maybe their followup should be a cover/version of EMI about the blight that is…
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Radio Clash 85: Coming Out A Storm inc Brighton Pride report
Scott interviewing Paul and Andrew at Brighton Pride Whipping up a storm at Brighton Pride (it was good weather actually, a metaphorical storm) with reports and random stranger interviews with Scott from the Night Nurse Show, religion, meeting Eric Kleptone, all night raves, light-sabre tent beacons and fish n’ chip drag queens…and lying naked on…
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Politics of Fear
I wrote this over at Bicyclemark‘s blog in response to his great and thoughtful 50th show – I noticed no-one responding was actually on the spot where it happened, so I wanted to reinforce my view from the ‘front line’. I support the comments from bicyclemark, George Galloway and Ken Livingstone (although people have pointed…
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Bombs in London
I’m OK, although I shouldn’t be. I’m working at Edgware Road at the moment; I overslept but usually I’d get there at 9:30…the time the bomb or whatever it was went off. The people in the building I’m working in felt the blast, and it’s about 5 minutes from the station. The area in front…