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Category Archives: iniquity
Osama bin Killed
No tears to shed over the death of Osama Bin Laden, but what happened in Abbottabad was an act of extra-judicial execution. Now, I thought that in the ‘war’ against Al Qaida the west was supposed to be the good … Continue reading
iCrap: News Corp’s digital newspaper
News today that Rupert Murdoch and Steve Jobs are putting out a newspaper designed specially for iPad and tablet devices. Digital magazines and newspapers are on their way and I for one welcome them. I, like many others, am prepared … Continue reading
Posted in consumer victimhood, iniquity, whatever
Tagged Apple, digital publishing, News Corp, Rupert Murdoch, Steve Jobs
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Fuck the Pope
Fuck the Pope: that’s the message that journalist Hunter S Thompson and artist Ralph Steadman attempted to paint on the side of the Italian entry for the Americas Cup in Rhode Island many years ago. Of course, I would never … Continue reading
Dolphin saga, part 27 — in which our intrepid hack’s trusty HB is put to no use at all
It is not often in Kansai that we get real events that writerly persons can get their literary teeth into, so it was with some real enthusiasm and thrill that I determined to cover the protests against the dolphin killing … Continue reading
Cove-ing into view
Yesterday I saw the film The Cove on the first day of its Japan release. Good attendance at the cinema, a small police presence, no nationalist protesters that I could see and lots of TV and print journalists cadging reactions … Continue reading
WikiLeaks attacked
The CIA, murder, physical violence, intimidation, hacking — security agencies and unknown persons are trying to close down WikiLeaks. Read about it here. Meanwhile, WikiLeaks has raised just $360,000 of the $600,000 they need to fund themselves this year but … Continue reading
More leaking
Despite the huge publicity generated by this site for their money raising campaign, WikiLeaks has not yet resumed normal service. However, they are still accepting leaks and they are regularly posting on Twitter (follow them here). Being an assiduous reader … Continue reading
Horrid world
News stories illustrating the imbecility and unfairness of humanity are so commonplace as to be almost banal yet on a regular basis you come across stories that make you go ‘Bah! Horrid world! I want to get off this planet.’ … Continue reading
