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Anti-war protesters to test UK law

Peaceful protest is fine, as long as it's somewhere else? What's the point of having a democracy if free speech is forbidden?Tony Benn, the veteran Labour MP who announced his desire last week to...

All rubbish

Racism is being sustained because of parental and schooling education. Most white people, although it is changing, fear the thought of being relate to coloured people in what ever way...

The British anomaly: The attempt to abolish England

Ever heard of the West Lothian Question? West Lothian is the Scottish region immediately to the west of Edinburgh. The question is so called because it was first posed by Tam Dalyell, a Labor member...

Slow Cooked Peppered Pork Chops

It's Tara's birthday. Well, actually her birthday is later on in the month, on a day when I'll be out of the state. So I wanted to make her a decent birthday dinner, based off of her standby favorite...

Remix Sunday 79

By Kenny KomerMark your calenders for Monday, October 1st. Palms Out extravaganza @ Knitting Factory as part of their Bloggers Delight NYC series. $FREE.The whole Trouble & Bass crew will be...

Will This Muslim Save Europe?

A quote from the BBC’s Mark Mardell at his blog, 3 September 2007 Denmark's conservative leader, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, has promised Angela Merkel that he will do his very best to avoid a referendum...

Remix Sunday 77

By Raymond CurranIt's wonderful what we can do if we're always doing.- George WashingtonOl' Dirty Bastard - "Shimmy Shimmy Ya" (M. Vogel Diskotech Remix)Kid Sister - "Damn Girl" (Royal Rumble Hall of...

Gordon Brown, the new U.K. lapdog?

As Chris in Paris wrote in his earlier post about Tony Blair's successor Gordon Brown's then-upcoming meeting with Bush, he noted that Brown should keep in mind that most Americans and Brits want...

What Is “Their Share?”

The Toledo Blade reports on racial contract awards as though they are, well, normal and raise no legal or even controversial issues. The lede: Calvin Brown promised yesterday that as head of...

UK Iraq war commission to Brown: pull out now

And stand up to Bush while you are at it."Our withdrawal rate should be determined not by the security situation - which allows the militias, the insurgents, to determine our withdrawal - but by the...