Banned Aid – a healthy response to Band Aid 20

Banned Aid (moderately NSFW) should bring a little joy to your heart.

I chipped in mainly because I thought “credibility-obsessed Sun journalist Dominic Mohan” should make an appearance.








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Shameless plug for Paul

Own It – free intellectual property advice for London’s creative people.








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ID cards: Don’t worry, I’m sure it will all turn out fine

All we have to do is sit back and let our elected representatives do the right thing. Right…?

Europhobia – More on ID: Following yesterday’s post, there have been a few more responses to the government’s attempts to peer into every aspect of our lives. This will, after all, be dragging on for ages…








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Eclectic link dump #1

Santa! I want!

Santa? (gulp)

Here’s a top-notch Matrix animation, a lovely message from Dave, a page by someone who’s Proud to be an American, some classic tobacco ads and a bunch of cool portraits (click on any location to hit the mother lode).

All done? Good. Then let’s go outside and write our names in the snow.








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News Corp declares War on Christmas

Mr Pot? There’s a call for you on Line 2 from a Mr Kettle…

Bloody great isn’t it? Murdoch’s outlets undertake a global attack on the left, who they charge with taking the Christ out of Christmas, but the cards coming out of Wapping say Seasons Greetings instead of Merry Christmas and – instead of having a Christmas Party – News Corp holds a Caribbean Holiday Celebration.








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Behzti

Ben comments on the play at a Birmingham theatre had to be cancelled following violent protests from Sikhs. This will lead you to this excellent post at Harry’s Place and news that the play’s writer has gone into hiding following death threats.








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Budd Inquiry: No favours, just lacking a conclusion

BBC – Calls for fresh Blunkett inquiry: The Tories and the Lib Dems are calling for a second inquiry into the fast-tracking of a visa application for David Blunkett’s ex-lover’s nanny. Sir Alan Budd found a “chain of events” linked Mr Blunkett to Leoncia Casalme’s indefinite leave to remain application, but he could not say exactly how. Tory leader Michael Howard said “many questions” were left unanswered.

Mixed interpretations of Budd inquiry

Guardian – Worm in the Budd: The Home Office is either a poorly run department or else a department run by people with poor memories. These seem the only conclusions to be drawn from Sir Alan Budd’s primly titled “inquiry into an application for indefinite leave to remain” – aka the David Blunkett affair – which was published yesterday.








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50 squid White Stuff vouchers up for grabs

One day left. Get to it.








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Attack on Mosul

Blair in Iraq
Please excuse me for restricting my comments to a single picture. I may add more links as the day goes on.

Bush insists: ‘Life in Iraq is better than under Saddam’
Blair pays surprise Baghdad visit
Reporter’s log: Blair in the Middle East
Rocket attack on U.S. base kills more than 20
Hell in the North
Military was building bunker to replace tent hit in deadly rocket attack
Mosul death toll rises to 26
56 Percent in Survey Say Iraq War Was a Mistake
Bush sees hope in Iraqi election
Bush vows to pursue Iraq mission

Ten more years?: And, against a backdrop of continuing carnage, The Independent has learned a cross-party group of MPs has returned from Iraq convinced British troops may have to be deployed there for at least another 10 years.

And so the fight of Good vs. Evil goes on…

Pentagon Interrogators ‘Impersonated’ FBI- E-Mails: Defense Department interrogators impersonated FBI agents at the Guantanamo Bay prison to avoid being held accountable when they used “torture techniques” on a prisoner held there in the U.S. war on terrorism, according to FBI e-mails made public on Monday. Another FBI e-mail made available in the same package said that President Bush had issued an executive order authorizing a series of harsh methods for interrogations. The White House said no such directive existed and Justice Department and FBI officials echoed the denial. The documents were made public by the American Civil Liberties Union which obtained them under the Freedom of Information Act.

FBI E-Mail Refers to Presidential Order Authorizing Inhumane Interrogation Techniques

FBI Agents Allege Abuse of Detainees at Guantanamo Bay

Washington Monthly comments here.

UPDATE – Oh, go on, then. One more picture for lunch.

UPDATE 2 – Back to Iraq 3.0 – Suicide bombing?!: I’m just stunned that insurgents were able to get inside and do this. This also makes the debate over whether the still-under-construction concrete dining facility was behind schedule moot. A concrete roof wouldn’t have made a whit of difference. This was an attack from inside. How was this allowed to happen?

ADDED BONUS – A picture of Donald Rumsfeld actually signing his name and a Christmas message from the White House (nsfw).








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BoyOBoy – Give Me A Weapon Of Mass Affection

Bwhahahahahahahahaha! This is pure genius. (Link goes to official site. 12.7 Mb Quicktime video opens in pop-up window.)

UPDATE – Also worth seeing; the Charlie and the Chocolate Factory trailer.








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