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WHAT DO YOU CALL GORDON BRAUN AT THE BOTTOM OF THE OCEAN? A START 2008-08-10 07:09:00 When Peter Bolton of the National Association of Estate Agents develops a moral conscience and describes your actions as, “very, very dangerous” you know the end is in sight, or most people would. The only quote missing from the week news was one from the International Bar Association asking for an across the board rate-cut for all its members. To manage in a short space of time to make yourse
EUROPE AND SOUTH OSSETIA 2008-08-10 05:20:00 Only 75’000 people live in South Ossetia. Nevertheless it might very well become one of the most controversial hot spots of this decade.How should Europe react to the problem? Mainly, Europe will need to start speaking with one voice. At the moment we see Britain, France and Germany saying nothing actually helpful. Chancellor Merkel’s spokesman demanded "an immediate stop to any use of force
It’s official: Thatcher’s off her head 2008-08-25 08:04:00 It is shocking for all Daily Mail readers. God is about to die. Yeah, a few weeks after it was decided that Mrs T will get a state funeral, her daughter, Carol Thatcher
, writes her memoirs and reassures us that mum will be gone soon. This is sad. I will not make a joke about the mental illness of the former Prime Minister, who (and even I as a liberal admit that) did (a few) great things for Bri
Dance, beloved populace! 2008-08-22 05:20:00 G2 excelled itself last week, showing it is Britain where T2 is clearly Australia in medals table terms. Charlie Brooker’s column showed clarity and humour beyond the reaches even of these humble bloggers, well Schreiber at least!Writing on the subject of the Olympic opening ceremony……Perhaps Mr Brooker read previous innit24 posts, urging people not to forget China’s many and deep faults. Read more:Dance
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IS PUTIN THE NEW JFK? 2008-08-18 10:37:00 Comparisons are fun. Everyone loves them. David Cameron, for example, compared himself (yesterday) to Margaret Thatcher and Benjamin Disraeli. John Prescott compared Gordon Brown to Al Gore, the other week. This summer has often been compared to shit, as has the European Union (for no real reason!). But there is another comparison, I would like to write about. Carl Bildt, Swedens foreign secreta
Second Amendment Madness 2008-08-16 07:26:00 “This is a friendly warning, next time I’m going to bust a cap in your ass.”If only the right to bear arms meant you were able to wear short sleeve shirts, the most dangerous outcome would be being mistaken for an angry trade unionist.A most forward thinking school district, in where else but deepest whitest Texas has decided to let teachers carry concealed weapons, well guns anyway. Conceal Read more:Second
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ROBOTS WITH BRAINS... 2008-08-14 08:45:00 The world's first Frankenstein-like creature has finally been created. This week's New Scientist (out today) reports that scientists at the University of Reading have created a so called "animat", a robot with the actual brains of rats. Before I explain how it works, I would like to refer to the actually article, as this will prevent me from making mistakes. The story is great though. What the s
WHY WAS THERE NO JOINT STATEMENT? 2008-08-13 15:27:00 A very important statements came from America today: Peaches Geldorf married her boyfriend, Max Drummy. And, let’s be honest, it was about time for them to get married - they have known each other already for nearly four weeks! Okay, that was not quite the statement I was actually thinking of. Instead, I was thinking of statements made by US President George W Bush and his Secretary of State, C
WHAT WE LEARNED FROM THE WAR 2008-08-12 17:41:00 The war is over for now. This is great news for everyone. Firstly, it is great news for the people of the Caucasus (obviously!), but then, it is also good news for us people in “the west”, as the oil market will stabilise again, after going berserk in the past few days. Russia called a halt to military actions this afternoon, however, making clear that it would re-intervene, as soon as it is j
Georgia v Russia on the beaches.... 2008-08-12 11:59:00 The fighting between Russia
and Georgia
is ceding as I write; tomorrow it is due to move from the familiar territory of Georgian blocks of flats to the less familiar territory of the beaches. Not in true D-Day style but on the manufactured pitches of the volleyball arena in Beijing. In scenes reminiscent of the 1956 Melbourne games when Russia invaded Hungary hours before their water-polo match, t
Spooks:Code 9 BBC Drama or Vanguard for Police State Britain 2008-08-11 18:26:00 Anyone tuning in to watch the new series of Spooks by the BBC was in for a shock, gone are the slick characters, racy tensions and faintly believable plots. In their place are a bunch of squabbling children, justifying an almost complete breakdown of civil liberties in a post(terrorist)-apocalyptic Britain
.To denigrate the BBC series Spooks with this bastard offspring is sheer sacrilege and an ins Read more:Vanguard
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A TIN OF HAM FOR LONDON 2008-08-11 13:14:00 Architecture gives cities souls. Or at least a reason to be remembered by the visitors. Now London might get a new and truly impressive building - the so-called “Can of Ham”, as it has been dubbed because of its shape.Today's Evening Standard reports that the 90m tower might be built next to the Gherkin and Tower 42. (The plans still need to be confirmed by the City f London...)Do we need a
The Chinese Communist Party isn't that bad..... 2008-08-10 19:37:00 Stepping off the plane onto pristine tarmac and choking smog it must be easy to miss the signs of a country locked in a bitter fight with its ruling party. In this developing nation surrounded by the latest cellphones and consumer culture, you can see why people may ease their views of the CCP. And yes, China is still developing according to Pascal Lamy the EU Trade Commissioner. It is true that Read more:Chinese
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IS SOCIAL DEMOCRACY DEAD? 2008-08-10 13:55:00 I think its fair to say that, from a political point of view, Gordon Brown is as dead as disco. His political insignificance is increasing from day to day, and the chances of him ever winning an election are as slim as Nicky Hilton.But lets have a look at other countries: How do Labour or social democratic parties do on the European continent?Many social democratic leaders seem to face (or have fa
Britain needs to join Euroland! 2008-09-15 17:03:00 “The tragedy for Britain
has been that politicians of both parties have consistently failed to appreciate the emerging reality of European integration,” Tony Blair said some time long ago. And he was right. However, I do not want to write about European integration in general, but about the Euro, the currency that unites our Union.Let us firstly ask ourselves: Why do we need the Pound Sterlin
The biggest scientific deception since global warming…. 2008-09-13 08:34:00 The scaremongering continues even on the sober pages on innit24The world’s largest particle accelerator (LHC) is going to destroy us all, it’s a fact. Well, at least this is the only logical conclusion we can draw from the scientific community’s deception of the media and public at large. If it wasn’t true, why would they lie to us? Anyone reading the papers on the morning of September 10t
Is it Cameron's time? 2008-09-13 07:51:00 “Clever, articulate, well educated, socially adept, politically astute, photogenic, charming, charismatic.” This is how this week’s Time magazine Europe describes David Cameron
in its cover story.The great-great-great-great-great-greatson (that is six times great) of King William IV, will enjoy reading this story, as Time magazine seems to like him a bit too much. The entire story in this so
Fear and black holes 2008-09-12 13:32:00 Everyone is scared. All the time. We wake up and ask us: ‘Will there be water left at the end of today?’, ‘Will terrorists bomb my tube later?’, ‘Will China and Russia attack as this evening?’, ‘Could Amy Winehouse make my kids start being addicted to drugs?’, ‘Does Gordon Brown try to put the bird flu virus in our tap water?’, ‘Will Sarah Palin really become vice president?
The dictator's Freud 2008-09-01 11:10:00 Dictators are interesting. They are fascinating. Now imagine, it is your job to psychologically analyse them. You would have a lot to tell, no doubt. And indeed, this job exists.Psychiatrist Jerrold M. Post analysed dictators for many years for the CIA and still does so, as an external advisor for the US administration. Luckily for us, Mr Post broke his silence and spoke to one of Switzerland’s Read more:Freud
Is the Far-Right due another [sic] millenarian rebirth? 2008-09-30 16:18:00 The steady rise in fascist attacks will make us face up to our past, present and future.The election of two far-right parties in Austria should have been a wake-up call to us all, but it's only on the pages of innit24 that it seems to be getting the coverage it deserves. It can be said that every country gets the Government it deserves, we have to hope this is far from the truth. There have been Read more:Right
No-one saw the hole issue.... 2008-09-30 12:14:00 Despite some valiant attempts no-one including those in the 'mainstream' media saw the link between Senator and President-in-waiting Obama and Mr Stevenson.The simple link, that both have been shown with holes in their shoes! Due to the many hours spent pounding the beat in Congress and on the Campaign trail; Obama has been photographed (possibly off-guard) and Adlai Stevenson's statue in Chicago Read more:issue
Old News; Quote of the Week 2008-09-29 22:37:00 Proof that politicians are the greatest recyclers of all. Nothing new's been said since Plato."I have been thinking that I would make a proposition to my Republican friends... that if they will stop telling lies about the Democrats, we will stop telling the truth about them." Adlai E Stevenson (20th Cenury Democratic Presidential candidate.) 10 points for the first person who emails the innit24 n Read more:Quote
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Geography 101 2008-09-29 12:34:00 Where is Moldova? And where is the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia?I like to think of myself as someone who knows European geography quite well. Fortunately I found this fun quiz on the interweb, where you can check you knowledge of our neighboring countries. Check it out here! It's truly entertaining.Schreiber Read more:Geography
Good night, Austria! 2008-09-29 09:00:00 A cri du cœur went through Europe: 30% for the far right! The devastating, shocking and truly disgusting result of the Austria
n general election astonished Europe, once again. Here the result of the election in detail:This means that, in order to prevent one of the far right parties (BZÖ and FPÖ) to be part of a coalition government, the unloved and unsuccessful “grand coalition” (not reall
Conservative Party Conference; Precursor 2008-09-27 14:55:00 Shadow home secretary Dominic Grieve has warned British multiculturalism has left a "terrible" legacy which has allowed extremists to flourish. Just what does he mean?Are the Conservatives racing to the right as Comrade Brown is huffing and puffing to the left? Franklin Read more:Party
The debate 2008-09-27 11:13:00 The media says it was a draw. But was it? The widely anticipated US presidential debate was, and to some extend that surprised me, rather interesting. Still, I’m not too sure whether or not it was a draw between Mr McCain and Mr Obama. From an American point of view, I suppose I could understand why one would say it was a draw. Both seemed to bring their point across quite well, Obama seemed mo
America's Most Hated 2008-09-27 10:29:00 1. Bankers2. Osama bin Laden3. LawyersThe change from bowler hatted city gentlemen to ill-educated ruthless swine is finally complete. What financial scandals as large as Credit Suisse First Boston and the Citigroup/ Salomon couldn't achieve, it took the relatively unknown world of derivatives trading just a matter of months.Derivatives are the financial instruments made when simple company issues Read more:America
Campus Europa 2008-09-25 11:53:00 Italians live at home and Portuguese are super-multilingual. One of the most interesting international studies ever, reveals how life is like on CampusEuropa
. Eurostudent, as the study is called, analysed several different aspects of studying in Europe. The study shows, for example, that it is much easier for students with a non-academic background to get into university in the Netherlands, where
Comrade Brown: Onward! 2008-09-22 11:54:00 The near schizophrenic ramblings of a certain free 'urban national newspaper' today actually showed our esteemed Dear Leader in a rather favourable light, follow the running score to see how they did it!The front cover (well, front behind a desperate BA, "Honestly we're not completely useless" ad) had a large, almost flattering portrait backed by a rather un-ambiguous red background. The article f Read more:Brown
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