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There was a time when George Bush, in his inefably cutsey way affectionately referred to his new pal in the Kremlin as “Pootie Poot”. Seems those days are gone. In the face of evidence that the Kremlin is increasingly exerting “authoritarian” control over many aspects of Russian life, the US is now keen to ensure…
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Damn! Today I read that I am not as unique as I perhaps thought I was. Here was I thinking that my increasingly sombre mood and neurotic preoccupation with work, life and the meaning of it all, was my burden to bear and mine alone. Turns out that such a conceit is nothing more than…
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Now there is no way that I am ever going to do justice to last night’s concert with mere words. No, The Dresden Dolls are most definitely something to be experienced first hand. It is a genuine pleasure to stand in an intimate smoke filled hall and watch musicians perform. In an era when bland,…
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I am new to the blogosphere, just a few weeks old in fact, and I’d been wondering, even before I posted my first entry, why it was I was doing this. Who would want to read my thoughts and musings? Who was I to assume that I had a right to send my grumblings and…
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The world is becoming an increasingly dangerous place. Or is that how I am supposed to react to every news report from the Middle East and other nefarious hot beds of terror dotted around the world? Are such reports and incidents designed to provoke a sense of unease and fear within me, that will ensure…