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It suddenly occurs to me that you could run a bloody brilliant porn series based on the premise of doctor who.

Feeling nostalgic? To use the vernacular: at least we have f***ing hands.

I was talking to a friend about this , and he made some interesting points which I can respect, if not agree with. My friend's points were: 1) Silverman wasn't in uniform, he was bound by a civilian contract. This is very different from Manning's direct betrayal. 2) Silverman appears to have been selective about what he took. Unlike Manning. 3) Silverman went to a respected set of journalists. They arguably acted as a check on the responsible nature of the release, analogous to a Parliamentary or other process. Unlike Manning. I wondered what you chaps thought.

Up betimes, and DEAR GOD MY HEAD HURTS. Found a bar which actually does a good old fashioned.

Putin is one shiny-headed mother****er. I don't really see him as an octopus.

There are many distinguishing features which separate a braai from a (British) barbecue. For starters the food is actually cooked. Secondly the men know how to make the fire properly. Thirdly, grilled or not, the food is home cooked and delicious.

Thanks for the updates. If you have time it would be interesting to get your perspective on what the key features of the successful ones are.

I guess we could use a spider. The Russian Platypus would also amuse me.

Been doing meditation today. I haven't done this in at least a decade. It's freaking awesome. Just solved three big problems. Bit scared I might generate solutions to all my problems, because then _who the hell am I_? This is also why I don't do drugs.

See, when this happens to me I just end up being very very polite for about 4 hours and going home more or less sober, but untarnished. Ros will probably end up being flung around in some kind of tripartite feminine salad spinner. Like a sexy lettuce.

Well, ultimately I don't hold out much hope for Africa. In a global economy - and that's a product of technology not a conspiracy - you have the harshest meritocracy balanced only slightly by rules on capital transfer, and security issues. If you are dirt poor and have sod all education then you get boned. Thinking about it now, the only way that can alter is if there's some way to protect and grow/interlink very very small enterprises. The kind you can make work with two chairs and a sharp pair of scissors and a bicycle. Anyway, my point is that I don't see what on Earth nations like Brazil are supposed to do about a poor underclass. Venezuela went all lefty and all that has happened is they made a load of promises which have gone unfulfilled. And that's with huge fossil fuel reserves to foot the bill.

I think it's fascinating how such huge public order issues can be triggered by such seemingly random things. - Turkey - a public park - Brazil - bus tickets - American War of Independence - a tiny tax on a luxury drink It occurs to me that it must be like brush fires. The trigger is tiny. But the store of fuel (i.e. resentment and mistrust) must be large. But I'm not sure you should assume it means Brazil isn't improving. The UK went through an incredibly fierce set of revolts and riots as it industrialised. Peterloo massacre, anyone?

1. Debates online are not time controlled. Therefore you get people wandering in half way through 2. Debates online are never summarised for people joining late, or anyone losing track of the thread 3. Debates online do not typically control membership by credibility 4. WHY AM I NOT IN THE PUB?

You are a very sick genius.

I hear you, that's probably what happened. I am hoping Steam support will just update my German version with an English one. I am not sure of the logistics but I can't imagine its that hard to do? Hopefully not. I have had abysmal service on a bugged version of Fallout 3 recently. BUt that's partly because it's pretty likely it's Windows Live borking it.

I'm pretty strict on not pirating. BUt I don't consider cracking my own ****ing games to be piracy. I can't do it, but that's because I'm a cyberyokel. Not because I think it's wrong.

Ewoks vs., Ghurkas.

If you will concede that some journalists *coughcoughRobertFiskcough* need to be beaten within an inch of their lives.

Let us know if you have to take any hot celebrities or porn stars around. We want details Calax, details Taxi confessions with Calax! Someone call HBO! Do you remember the first one of those? What was the title? I've been trying to find it ever since. Had some great stories.

That's true. They were somehow scarier than the war itself. An administration which thought those shelters were adequate...

I've always been of the position that hating survival is something one can only do if one survives. As is learning to like it.

If I buy you a massive false nose do you think you could lend me your support?

Could we option his recent life story as a movie? Or maybe a game?

Up betimes, and nursing a hangover. sweet nutmeg pancake with natural orange syrup and fried smoky bacon. Black coffee. Went to the National Oceanographic Centre yesterday. Really really cool. I always assumed it was a bit theodolite-y. Actually it's some proper James Cameron deep sea freaking robots on the march ****. And they have the best fish tank I've ever seen.

Logically, it cannot be. You, or any individual voter, have effectively no responsibility because you have effectively no influence. 1 vote in 60 million for you, 1 in 300 million for an american, 1 in 4 million for me. But people buy into the notion that they have influence over elections because collectively we do and politicians play to that, people like to feel important and involved, and for the health of the system itself it is important for people to feel engaged rather than apathetic. It's human nature again, really. You've a Westminster avatar, Zor. So I'm assuming you know a bit about Parliament. You recall that in the UK we vote for specific members of Parliament? Over here, what matters is the swing in a particular seat. That swing is rarely more than a few thousand. Sometimes its only treble figures. The small scale and directness of our system is what I love about it most, even if it does enable Galloways to arse about.