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Let's tax fat people in Diet JoeUser Forums

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Vampire Killer Waves in Blogging JoeUser Forums

It is 1978. The cargo ship Munchen set sail to cross the Atlantic. Munchen was a state-of-the-art cargo ship. The December storms predicted when she set out to cross the Atlantic did not concern her German crew. The voyage was perfectly routine until at 3am on 12 December she sent out a garbled mayday message from the mid-Atlantic. Rescue attempts bega

Iraq - Why things are getting better in Current Events JoeUser Forums

With news out today that the WMD team in Iraq has been instructed to change its focus on finding WMDs to establishing Saddams intent to produce them, some stories are emerging on the hard streets of occupied Iraq: 'The Bush administration yesterday vowed to stay the course in Iraq despite the attacks in Fallujah that ended with

April Fools Day - The classic stunts in Blogging JoeUser Forums

April fools day used to be known as All Fool's day, but where did it come from and why is it celebrated? There are many theories, the preponderant one claiming that the day

Reply to Libya and it's WMDs - the truth, not the Whitehouse version in International JoeUser Forums

Passerby, While I agree with the sentiment of your argument, if you don't have access to a good press or media, how else can you remain informed about the world? The internet is a marvellous way to find out what is written elsewhere, but remember press restrictions in totalitarian states is a form of suppression, control of the masses. This appears to be happening in the states also. The worst thing of course, is tha

Reply to Libya and it's WMDs - the truth, not the Whitehouse version in International JoeUser Forums

Sherye, A sad casualty of the Iraqi invasion and occupation is that their Media behaved in an appaling manner. Greg Dyke was particulary harsh in his condemnation of the reporting of Iraq issue, before during and after the occupation. I think that out of something like 800 radio stations, only 3 presented a 'no to war' stance. A democracy must needs be served by a free and active press, it is the life blood of democr

Reply to Libya and it's WMDs - the truth, not the Whitehouse version in International JoeUser Forums

Sam, The whole point is that Bush and Co are now trying to lever this undoubted diplomatic success in bringing a potentially dangerous 'rogue' state into the family of cooperating states. By labelling this as a success for a vindication of their actions in Iraq, they are in fact undermining the diplomatic approach which, as you point out, should now be pursued elsewhere. Iran, North Korea and Syria for example. Yet a

Libya and it's WMDs - the truth, not the Whitehouse version in International JoeUser Forums

The latest reason for invading Iraq being pushed by the Whitehouse is that it caused Libya to forsake it's nuclear programme. But did it? The Whitehouse has proven itself time and again to be liars, at the worst interpretation, and incompetent at the kindest of interpretations. So let's look at the facts. Five years ago, Britain resu

Iraq - Are things actually getting better? in International JoeUser Forums

With the protests around the world marking the anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq, Bush is claiming that things are getting better in Iraq. Most people I'm assuming are familiar with th

Reply to Sex and War - a silly thought in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Imajinit, Don't panic! yechydda,

Reply to The Water Wars - The US invades Canada? in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Gemcity, I don't see why people should call you a prophet of doom. The looming water crisis is very real. In 1991, during the first gulf war, there was a serious suggestion that rather than bomb Iraq, simply divert the Tigris and Euphrates, Iraq would collapse in a trice. As global warming continues, the glaciers will continue to retreat and the oceans will rise. There will be even less fresh water available

The Water Wars - The US invades Canada? in Current Events JoeUser Forums

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A Strange Food Festival in New Zealand in Blogging JoeUser Forums

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The Hunt of the San - an update in International JoeUser Forums

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Sex and War - a silly thought in Current Events JoeUser Forums

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The Hunt of the San - People of the Kalahari in International JoeUser Forums

The San people are a direct link to the past for all mankind. They have lived as hunter gatherers in the Kalahari for an estimated 30,000 years. They hunt the eland antelope, a large and dangerous beast. A small group of men, five or so, set out on the hunt. First they scare up a herd of eland, and identify the strongest, fittest male with the largest horns.<

Reply to Womens Breasts - an Affront to Humanity! in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Suspeckted, Yes, nipplegate was hilarious. I was amazed at the outrage, and then people wanting to lower the age limits on the film the Passion so that children could watch pornographic violence, Weird. Women in magazines are air-brushed and waxed so that they resemble a shop window figure than a real woman. What happened to women is now happening to men, all those beefy hunks without a hair and perfect abs and ches

A Message from God - Please pay attention in Religion JoeUser Forums

Dear all, Er, hello there. Arch angel Gabriel here. Now listen up old chaps, I'm afraid that God has a little bad news for all of you that believe in him and that when you die you'll go to heaven. The thing is, you see, well Gods asked me to say he's dead chuffed at you lot having faith in him etcetera, but there's a wee bit of a technical problem with all thi

Womens Breasts - an Affront to Humanity! in Current Events JoeUser Forums

In a recent posting, I commented on the arrest of a woman in Florida for bearing her breasts in public. To me it seemed ridiculous that while men were allowed to wander around with their torso exposed, women however were not. The replies were interesting, one of the most pertinent being, look, if every woman or man had the figures of Hollywood idols, there'd be little objecti

Reply to Terrorism - the steps that need to be taken in International JoeUser Forums

Wakhonta, Perception is everything, sadly. The US has effectively put two fingers up to the rest of the world and has said 'We're doing it our way, like it or not'. This of course now means that everyone from Mugabwi, to Aristide, to Putin to anyone that wants to suppress a minority or invade the sovereign territory of a troublesome neighbour can cite the pre-emptive action of the US as a model. The principle of uni

Reply to Terrorism - the steps that need to be taken in International JoeUser Forums

Bri, I agree with most of what you have written. While Wahhabism has been around for the period you indicate, it has been growing since the 1970s and has now spread to Oman, Kuwait, Indonesia, Afghanistan, Qatar and a number of other places. I am not sure that you can claim it is not growing. With regard to the economic situation, this is the causus belli in a nutshell. People with a future do not blow themselves up and align

Reply to Terrorism - the steps that need to be taken in International JoeUser Forums

Bakerstreet, [quote]Which makes the Liberal European attitude of "We don't agree, let's pull our our troops" all the more petty and counter-productive. We can either continue our effort or leave Iraq in chaos for al Queda and others to convert into another Afghanistan. [/quote] Don't assume that all of Europe has the attitude of pulling out of Iraq. I know of nobody on either side of the house that is advocating this in Brit

Reply to Terrorism - the steps that need to be taken in International JoeUser Forums

Dynosaur, I agree with you except for one thing: you should have put much easier in Size 50 point. Point 1. London is the worlds biggest money laundering centres, it has a clubbable infrastructure where as long as money is being made, nobody is too worried. London is also regarded by most criminals as THE place to do their washing so no-one tries to muscle in, it's a free for all plain and simple. Point 2. A

Terrorism - the steps that need to be taken in International JoeUser Forums

The recent Spanish atrocity had bought home the truth that the war against terrorism is not going well, as some would have us believe. But rather than whine about it, what can be done to avert these attacks? [B]1. Hit them in the pocket.[/B] From the top down, the terrorists can be most effectively combatted by killing their finances. Money laundering is now the worlds third biggest industry, and in that rotten pile are funds that are made

Terrorism - the steps that need to be taken in International JoeUser Forums

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