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Mag releases controversial Eminem clips
They used to like him.
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Jackson Backers Plan Arraignment Rally
Jackson Backers Plan Arraignment Rally
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Listener, expand your sense of humor!
In “Bitch Please II,” Eminem claims that “somewhere deep down, theres a decent human being in me. It just cant be found.” This statement is total sarcasm. Seriously, how could somebody take him at his word ? No, Eminem is not the worst man on earth, he just enjoys pissing you off, like he states…
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What price a life?
The mother of Tom Hurndall, Jocelyn, argues in the Observer today. The documentary about his killing last year had a serious effect on me. She is an eloquent writer. In the pensive hours of the night, I am struck by the varying values that mankind chooses to allot to life – as was my son…
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Comment is free – but how free?
The Guardian responds to bad press surrounding their decision to publish a transript of Osama bin Laden’s latest tape on the comment pages. There was, however, a vigorous discussion inside the paper, at the editor’s morning conference on the day of publication, with several people speaking strongly against the decision to carry the extract on…
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Bullets (New Benzino diss, by me)
Bullets
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The banning of the Eminem dolls
A series of three Eminem dolls ( Marshall Mathers- Eminem- Slim Shady) hit the stores in July 2001. The three dolls exactly look like Eminem. The New York based company, « Art Asylum » has created the dolls.
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Bush to Announce New Missions to Moon, Mars
I’ve been waiting a few months for this announcement, since it was first reported in the Guardian in the middle of last year. George Bush is expected to announce a major reinvigoration of NASA, with planned manned missions to Mars and the Moon. His father made similar speeches, so is it true ambition or election…
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ES&S: Another e-Voting company in trouble
More on the e-voting scandals spreadin the US. It appears that 134 voters went into vote at the machines, but failed to vote. ”It’s incomprehensible that 134 people went to the polls and didn’t cast votes,” said Lieberman, who served on the canvassing board that oversaw Tuesday night’s count. “We need to find an answer…
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More on Tom Watson versus Richard Dawkins
A comment left on my entry concerning Tom Watson has sparked my interest: Says Jerry: I said that if the extract from Tom Waston’s website is supposed to be ‘sarcastic or ironic’ (and that’s not at all apparent from just reading it)who, exactly, is he satirising or being ironic about? People who actually use this…
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