January 13, 2005
by Nosemonkey
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Toby at Straight Banana has yet another good post on the pros and cons of the EU, which promises to be the first in a series and kick off a few more of those lovely arguments the bloggosphere so excels … Continue reading
January 13, 2005
by Nosemonkey
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By the by, Europhobia seems to have put up as Best New Blog in The 3rd Annual Koufax Awards, which are apparently “intended to honor the best of the left of blogtopia”. Everyone seems to think I’m a lefty these … Continue reading
January 13, 2005
by Nosemonkey
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Today The Sun‘s front page carries a snapshot of Prince Harry, third in line to the throne, dressed up as a Nazi at a fancy dress party. Yep, he’s a silly bastard – especially considering his great uncle King Edward … Continue reading
January 12, 2005
by Nosemonkey
Comments Off on Mark Thatcher Pleads Guilty
Sir Mark Thatcher, scion of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and former British Prime Minister’s husband Sir Denis Thatcher, is expected to appear in court in South Africa tomorrow “amid reports of a plea bargain deal” in connection with … Continue reading
January 12, 2005
by Nosemonkey
Comments Off on Fun with the BNP
Sorry for the lack of substantive updates today, people, I’ve been getting “entertained” by a lovely BNP-supporter in an earlier comments section. I feel I should probably make clear at this point that I will stick by my principles and … Continue reading
January 11, 2005
by Nosemonkey
Comments Off on More on ill-judged attempts to ban idiocy
Non Tibi Spiro has an interesting piece on Belgian attempts to curb freedom of speech, following the forced dissollution of the Flemish nationalist party Vlaams Blok back in November. In Belgium, soon “denial of genocide or of crimes against humanity … Continue reading
January 11, 2005
by Nosemonkey
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Good God. Kilroy had a sizable profile in the New York Times Saturday magazine. Maybe we can get him to piss off to the States and leave us all alone? Senator Kilroy-Silk has a certain ring, don’t you think? Maybe … Continue reading
January 10, 2005
by Nosemonkey
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Nick Griffin is a cunt and his British National Party is both fascist and racist – please, please, if you live in the Keighley constituency, do not vote for him or them. If you like, support sitting Labour MP Ann … Continue reading
January 10, 2005
by Nosemonkey
Comments Off on Yet more ulterior motives and hypocricy with tsunami aid
Am I being too cynical to think that Germany’s overwhelming generosity to the tsunami-hit nations might be due to a desire to find an excuse for continuing to flaunt EU budget regulations? And why has the EU chosen now of … Continue reading
January 7, 2005
by Nosemonkey
Comments Off on Merry Sodding Orthodox Christmas
And to celebrate, why not check out a rather good round-up of how Vladimir Putin seems to be following in the fine tradition of psychotic Russian despots? Then why not follow up with a bit more on Andrei Illarionov, the … Continue reading
January 6, 2005
by Nosemonkey
Comments Off on Ukrainian crisis – the aftermath
Discoshaman provides a roundup of recent developments, including the news that “Yanukovych has brought a fifth complaint to the Supreme Court, hoping to overturn the elections. Even his own spokesman doesn’t sound hopeful. The Court will consider his complaint tomorrow. … Continue reading
January 5, 2005
by Nosemonkey
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Don’t get me wrong, I think it’s great that people are donating in their droves – and that various countries are continuing to up their pledges as a result. It looks like since Colin Powell’s visit (it’ll be a real … Continue reading
January 5, 2005
by Nosemonkey
Comments Off on M�decins sans fronti�res halts fundraising
Le Monde reports that major charity/aid agency MSF has decided to stop raising funds for tsunami victims, largely thanks to the overwhelming response. They have currently received over 41 million euros and, if they carry on fundraising, they’ll apparently end … Continue reading
January 4, 2005
by Nosemonkey
Comments Off on Boost my ego
Go on, you know you want to…