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Headlines & Anniversaries...Some
Headlines & Anniversaries...
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75th Anniversary of Elvis Presley's birth. The so-called 'King of Rock & Roll' was born 8th January 1935.
Pelvis (the day he gyrated his hips) |
NEW WIND FARMS PLANNED "Successful bids for nine new offshore wind farm zone licences within UK waters have been announced….Turbines in the nine zones could generate up to 32 gigawatts of power, a quarter of the UK's electricity needs…It will create one of the biggest infrastructure projects for wind energy in the world, with construction beginning in 2014 at the earliest." (Source: BBC, 8th Jan 2010) |
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 "When icicles hang by the wall & Dick the shepherd blows his nail..." (Shakespeare)
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EXAMS IN THE SNOW "Hundreds of schools are to re-open after last week's heavy snow as pupils sit GCSE, AS and A-level exams. The exams will be taken in Wales, England, and Northern Ireland from Monday....Ofqual, the exam regulator for England, has faced criticism from some teachers, pupils and parents for refusing to postpone the tests." (Source: BBC , 11th Jan 2010) The country is covered in snow & ice but EXAMS must go on! Or must they? Isn't it time we questioned the examination system? |
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illegal
' Police powers to use terror laws to stop and search people without grounds for suspicion are illegal, the European Court of Human Rights has ruled. The Strasbourg court has been hearing a case involving two people stopped near an arms fair in London in 2003.….The court said the stop and search powers were "not sufficiently circumscribed" and there were not "adequate legal safeguards against abuse".' (Source: BBC, 12th January 2010) |
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GOD DIES IN HAITI EARTHQUAKE
On 12th January 2010, a devastating earthquake hit Haiti. Among its many unfortunate victims was the erstwhile Deity (aka God, the Creator, the Almighty etc).... (cont.)
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HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR of the METAL TIGER 14th February 2010 |
OIL THIEVES!
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| DOG AWARDED MEDAL FOR BRAVERY
"A black Labrador which sniffed out bombs in southern Afghanistan has been awarded the animal equivalent of the Victoria Cross - called the Dickin medal. The eight-year-old 'Treo' twice found hidden bombs while on tour in Afghanistan with the 104 Military Working Dog Support Unit. He is now retired and living with his handler..." (Source BBC, 25th February) Feel-good propaganda for a public saddened by the sight of union-jack-draped coffins coming home. We can comfort ourselves with the idea of a cuddly canine hero. Don't even think of questioning the morality of sending innocent animals to serve in war zones….
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Treo, hero? Lapping it up... |
50th Anniversary of Sharpeville Massacre On 21st March 1960, at the township of Sharpeville in South Africa, a crowd of about 5000 unarmed people were protesting against apartheid laws when police opened fire on them, killing 69 & injuring 180. Another atrocity brought to you by an over-mighty fascist State! |
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Happy Anniversary: Three Mile Island Partial core meltdown at American pressurised water reactor (28th March 1979). |
Israeli warplanes bomb Gaza againAmerican-made F16 fighters fire American-made missiles destroying a dairy factory & injuring children. Good Friday (sic), 2nd April 2010
Boycott Israeli &
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AMERICA & RUSSIA IN NUCLEAR DEAL (BIG DEAL) The two countries agree to reduce their respective stockpiles of mutually assured destruction to 'only' 1,550 warheads each. This is much more cost effective as there are still more than enough to wipe everyone out. You know this makes sense. (8th April 2010) |
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Oil spill hits coast of USA Yet another environmental disaster looms as a leaking offshore oil well contaminates the Gulf of Mexico, potentially damaging fisheries & coastline habitats….(30th April 2010) |
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UN International Day for Biological Diversity (22nd May 2010) "We need a sea-change in human thinking and attitudes towards nature: not as something to be vanquished, conquered, but rather something to be cherished and lived within," Pavan Sukhdev (Economist & author of UN Biodiversity report) CAPITALISM & OVERPOPULATION IS DESTROYING HABITATS FOR OTHER SPECIES…. |
| ISRAELIS SLAUGHTER THE INNOCENT AGAIN
"More than 10
people have been killed after Israeli commandos stormed a convoy of ships carrying aid to
the Gaza….
It happened about 40 miles (64 km) out to sea, in international waters." (Source: BBC, 31st May 2010) When will these murderers be brought to international justice? |
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600, 000 public sector jobs to go "Some 600,000 jobs are expected to be lost in the public sector over the next five years, the Office for Budget Responsibility has said. Leaked Treasury documents had suggested last week's Budget could increase unemployment by up to 1.3 million."  (Source: BBC, 30th June 2010)
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TOUR DE FRANCE 2010 3rd July - 25th July
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| Mars site may hold
'buried life'
"Researchers have identified rocks that
they say could contain the fossilised remains of life on early Mars.
The team made their discovery in the ancient rocks of Nili Fossae. Their work has revealed that this trench on Mars is a "dead ringer" for a region in Australia where some of the earliest evidence of life on Earth has been buried and preserved in mineral form. They report the findings in the journal Earth and Planetary Science Letters. "(Source: BBC, 30th July 2010) |
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davyking.com |
Unofficially, who cares? And what place does such
an anachronistic institution as monarchy have in a so-called democracy? Mainstream media,
in a conspiracy of silence, supporting the elitist status quo, don't address these
questions....