Archive for August, 2008
Russia-Georgia fallout continues
Despite agreeing to a ceasefire, both Russian and Georgian leaders are continuing their war of words. To make the situation worse, United States President Bush has poked his nose in where the sun doesn’t shine, by offering military and food aid to the Georgians. Also, to Russia’s anger, the US have recently signed a deal [...]
The football season proper gets underway on Saturday
Roll up, roll up, roll up for the start of yet another boring season in the English Premiership. We tend to think that the Premiership is the best league in the world, but if you want to watch real football, it isn’t. I reckon the best top leagues in the world (not necessarily in any [...]
Stuff the "Fake Olympics", let the REAL games begin!
From Sp!ked: “Don’t you just love the Olympics? The glory, the tears, the choking, the cheating: all essential Olympian ingredients. But the first week of the Games always seems rather odd. It’s a kind of Phoney Olympics: a week-long series of warm-up exercises before the real war begins with the track-and-field events.” The track-and-field events [...]
Soul icon Isaac Hayes dies at 65
I’m shocked at the news. Very sad indeed. We’ll miss you, brother.
The conflict is spreading….
The five-day old conflict between Georgia and Russia over the breakaway regions South Ossetia and Abkhazia looks set to widen, despite frantic and hopeless efforts by foreign envoys to call a ceasefire. Anybody who knows Georgia’s political and military affairs have said for a long time that relations between the host country and the Russian-dominated [...]
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