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  • Democracy and robbery : Naomi Klein

    Naomi Klein with an interesting story on the company awarded the contract to restore local councils in Iraq, the Research Triangle Institute. Seems like they are making some big mistakes. Hm.

  • Microsoft admits 'critical' flaw

    Time to update Windows XP again! Sounds like this is a particularly serious one.

  • Iranian passenger plane crashes in Emirates

    Sad news about the crash near Dubai, I have visted there on a number of occassions.

  • Japan faces tough choices over U.S. alliance: Robyn Lim

    Robyn Lim, a professor of international relations at Nanzan University, Nagoya, and author of “The Geopolitics of East Asia” writes in today’s IHT. Japan and nuclear defence is the subject of the article. I believe Japan’s decision to deploy missile defence in 2007, which they hope to be independent of US missile defence, to be…

  • Slim Shady

    “Ha ha Guess there’s a Slim Shady in all of us…” Eminem guessed it right : there’s a Slim Shady in all of us. Slim Shady brought Eminem the key to success and this is how he came up with the concept of his evil alter ego :

  • Kim Mathers: Jailed after violating probation.

    Officials confirmed that Mathers, the ex-wife of rap superstar Eminem, was arrested and arraigned Friday for violating probation after her very first periodic drug test under her court sentence tested positive for cocaine. One week. http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=10933579&BRD=988&PAG=461&dept_id=141265&rfi=6

  • My Name Is

    « My Name Is » from Eminem’s debut album scored a massive success in 1999. The beats are catchy and the video is funny. When I first discovered the video of the song, I couldn’t stop laughing from the beginning to the end. Eminem intelligently manages to mix up so many different elements that would…

  • Revenue not taxing itself over prosecutions: Colm Keena

    This article in the Irish Times (subscription only) is reflecting the fact that Irish authorities are not serious about dealing with white collar crime. In effect, it again confirms that corruption is endemic in Ireland. Over recent years Revenue have been given many extra powers to deal with tax cheats but have failed to use…

  • Bush pleads Iraq case on TV

    Bush has done an interview with NBC in America – the BBC has the story.

  • E-voting still worries skeptics

    The Denver Post covers the same issues that are making headlines here in Ireland. Fred Brown on the rollback of e-voting in the US.

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