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Modelling lame duck prime ministers — Crooked Timber
http://crookedtimber.org/2006/04/07/modelling-lame-duck-prime-ministers
Modelling lame duck prime ministers. April 7, 2006. David Clark in the Guardian. We start by assuming that there is a single “representative” MP, that all he wants is a “prize” (say a ministerial job or some other sort of preferment) and the only way he can get a prize is by grovelling. He has to decide whether to grovel to Tony or to Gordon. We model this thing starting from day 1 of the current Parliament. 6When Gordon gets in, the shit-list is only relevant to people who got prizes under Tony. Peo...
ukpollingreport.co.uk
UK Polling Report
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Stumbling & Mumbling. Contact UK Polling Report. About UK Polling Report. Subscribe in a reader. Voting Intention since 2010. How would you vote if there were a General Election held tomorrow? Would you vote… Conservative, Labour, Liberal Democrat [rotate order] or for some other party. If there were to be a general election tomorrow which party do you think you would vote for? If there were a general election tomorrow, which party would you vote for? ComRes/Independent on Sunday (O). ComRes/Independent ...
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Stealing your best lines — Crooked Timber
http://crookedtimber.org/2006/01/23/stealing-your-best-lines
Stealing your best lines. January 23, 2006. A long excerpt from Osama bin Ladin’s complete letter to America. UPDATE: Please note, as per comments, that this is a letter from 2002.) Between the call to Islam, the condemnation of homosexuality, gambling, financial interest, alcohol, the separation of church and state, and the liberation of women, does anyone else feel like they’ve heard this before? It’s practically Howard Dean’s stump speech, isn’t it? Um, yeah. He really, really is. A) We call you to be...
neurophilosophy.wordpress.com
Brainwashed by a parasite | Mo Costandi
https://neurophilosophy.wordpress.com/2006/11/20/brainwashed-by-a-parasite
25th Anniversary of the Science Photo Library. George Bush cursed by an Indonesian witch doctor →. Brainwashed by a parasite. Monday, November 20, 2006. The ants in these photographs have fallen victim to parasitic fungi which manipulate the behaviour of their host in order to increase their own chances of reproducing. Infected with a parasitic. Fungus. Gilbert Lab. University of Texas, Austin. The carpenter ant in the photograph on the right has been infected by. Which is but one of thousands of species...
gondwanaman.wordpress.com
2007 November « Gondwana Man
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A New Zealander’s journey to a sustainable future. The Oil Drum – Australia/New Zealand. NZ House of Representatives (debates). Archive for November, 2007. Smart Idea, Dumb Idea. Posted by gondwanaman on November 24, 2007. Here’s a smart energy idea. 8211; build wind turbines at or close to the point of demand for electricity (‘distributed generation’), utilizing brownfield sites:. Here’s a dumb energy idea. 8211; fight climate change by chopping down forests to grow biofuel crops:. Giving us practical a...
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Some Practical Motoring Advice « Gondwana Man
https://gondwanaman.wordpress.com/2007/11/22/some-useful-motoring-advice
A New Zealander’s journey to a sustainable future. The Oil Drum – Australia/New Zealand. NZ House of Representatives (debates). Laquo; Forewarned is Forearmed. The Oil Drum Goes Down Under. Some Practical Motoring Advice. Posted by gondwanaman on November 22, 2007. Thank goodness we’ve got the NZ Automobile Association (AA). Giving us practical advice on dealing with the end of the era of cheap oil. In this. Am I missing something here? 8220;Extremely Lame”. Feed You can leave a response. You are comment...
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UK Polling Report
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Stumbling & Mumbling. Contact UK Polling Report. About UK Polling Report. Subscribe in a reader.
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Extremely Lame « Gondwana Man
https://gondwanaman.wordpress.com/2007/11/21/extremely-lame
A New Zealander’s journey to a sustainable future. The Oil Drum – Australia/New Zealand. NZ House of Representatives (debates). Laquo; Hydrogen car hits the streets. Posted by gondwanaman on November 21, 2007. Petrol is now NZ 173.9c a litre, diesel 127.9c a litre. As world oil prices close in on US $100 a barrel, and the price of petrol and diesel climbs in New Zealand. The Automobile Association (AA). Is it realistic of me to think that the AA ostrich might pull its head out of the sand? You are commen...
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Scott Morrison Treats Asylum Seekers Worse Than Cattle | Under The Milky Way
https://indifferencegivesyouafright.wordpress.com/2014/07/16/scott-morrison-treats-asylum-seekers-worse-than-cattle
Under The Milky Way. 8220;Why does anyone hide anything except to have it found” – Gwendolyn MacEwen, “Open Secrets’. FAQ: Lord Of The TURDUCKEN. Scott Morrison Treats Asylum Seekers Worse Than Cattle. July 16, 2014 – 1:54 pm. Posted in Oz Politics. Minister for Immigration, Scott Morrison, treats asylum-seekers worse than cattle. The asylum-seeker Reza Barati was recently murdered in Manus Island. As Bob Ellis puts it. One might wonder how much effort Morrison would put into an investigation in which an...
existingactually.blogspot.com
Actually Existing: The cold in our eyes
http://existingactually.blogspot.com/2006/08/cold-in-our-eyes.html
This blog is now closed. It isn't really anywhere - it's somewhere else. Friday, August 04, 2006. The cold in our eyes. Is it anti-semitic to criticise Israel? Is it anti-semitic to criticise Zionism? Is it anti-semitic, even, to oppose. Zionism - to believe that the state of Israel (as established in 1948) was a thoroughly bad idea which should be replaced by something better? Sir Oswald, would you care to comment? Had developed a similar argument). Since Fascists are primarily concerned with buildi...
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