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Hoxton in 1755, pre-haircut-wankers. (Be warned, it’s a huge image). From Old London maps.

“What a fucked up supermarket–they serve frozen tard.”

Are the Libs running scared?
“It was the ultimate accolade, really. The instant Parliament sat yesterday the Howard Government got stuck into the new bloke. Simon Crean was Opposition leader for two years and the Government hardly ever said boo to or about him. The ineffectual Crean was John Howard’s security blanket.”
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“from the moment the Speaker opened proceedings, some of the Government’s most senior ministers, with John Howard leading, were railing away at Latham as if the devil himself had suddenly appeared in their midst. And, of course, for them he had.” (SMH)

Incredible. [American] Child punished for talking of lesbian mother
“A seven-year-old boy was scolded and forced to write “I will never use the word ‘gay’ in school again” after he told a classmate about his lesbian mother, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) alleged today.”
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“A teacher who heard the remark scolded Marcus, telling him “gay” was a “bad word” and sending him to the principal’s office.” (Age)

Try the BBC’s punctuation quiz.

“Bush’s terrorism justification not only deals in deliberate confusion, it also misrepresents the facts.”
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“According to Bush, the U.S. military is defeat terrorists in Iraq, “so that we don’t have to face to face them in our own country.” In the next breath, he said that they were, “defeating Saddam’s henchmen.” Conflating the al Qaeda terrorists responsible for the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon with the supporters of Saddam Hussein appears an all too obvious effort to exploit the American public’s weak grasp of international affairs. Baathist Iraq was not home to al Qaeda terrorists. If al Qaeda is now operating in Iraq, it is because a chaotic U.S. occupation made the country a suitable environment.”
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“Reluctance to promise a democratic government is hardly surprising. The administration bungled the occupation of Iraq so badly that it effectively aborted any realistic hope of establishing democracy. Any Iraqi government installed by the U.S. is likely too illegitimate to survive as anything other than a police state. Rather than establishing a democracy, the administration is likely to be content with an authoritarian regime capable of maintaining itself in power, protecting new U.S. economic interests in Iraq, and making sure that Iraqi crude flows without interruption.” (Pravda)