Happy Face

...then Dancing Choose. Class.

TV On The Radio - Crying

Watched the show like. Canny. http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00fk...oors_Episode_1/

Wonder if Big Willy is as nails as Min-sik Choi and will eat a live octopus.

Extreme - Star

allegedly like

Grounds for Ritchie to apply for full care right there. Mentalist.

Israel/Palestine India/Pakistan Yugoslavia Sri Lanka NI All could be described as ethnic/nationalist as well but elements of religion poison and underpin them. They're about land or self-governance aren't they? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_war "Many wars that are not religious wars often still include elements of religion, such as priests blessing battleships. Differences in religion can further inflame a war being fought for other reasons. Historically, temples have been destroyed to weaken the morale of the opponent, even when the war itself is not being waged over religious ideals. In modern times religious designations are sometimes used as shorthand for cultural and historical differences between combatants, giving the impression that the conflict is primarily about religious differences. For example, The Troubles in Northern Ireland are frequently seen as a conflict between Catholic and Protestant. However, the more fundamental cause is the attachment of Northern Ireland to either the Republic of Ireland or the United Kingdom. As the native Irish were mostly Catholic, and the later English-sponsored immigrants mainly Protestant, the terms become shorthand for the two cultures. It cannot be denied that religion does play a part in the conflict, since churches are used as organizing points for demonstrations, and Protestants are far more likely to oppose union with the Catholic-dominated Republic. "

To be fair to the students you can get hold of the communist manifesto for 99p wheras the Capitalist Manifesto is over £25.

I watched Thirteen Days again last week by the way. Absolute class. There's a canny little feature on the DVD about the background to the Cuban Missile Crisis and the all the anti communist hysteria in the US.

Yup, that is the point. Hardly a revelation then is it? "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" is as old as time. Except he wasn't your friend (and wasn't even the enemy of my enemy post-WW2), and was really rather a bit of bounder and a cad, but "gets away with it" which again is the point. That's the point of the quote you doofus, he's not our friend, but as the enemy of our primary enemy, he was. The Chinese say "It is good to strike the serpent's head with your enemy's hand." which makes it a bit clearer for you. I'd suggest no such thing. But it's no revelation that British history looks more kindly upon him given that he's never been an as immediate a threat to us.

Yup, that is the point. Hardly a revelation then is it? "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" is as old as time.

Political correctness gone mad. Next thing you know Jonathan King will have his latest single banned from the curriculum.

I know religion gets a bad rap when it comes to the causes of war, but has religion (or lack of) really had much to do with any war in the past century?

I'll admit I prefer Stalin. Hitler bombed England. Stalin helped beat him, despite the atrocities, he's done something for us. I think it's the same as that Gary Glitter's boots joke being more acceptable than a Jamie Bulger one, because Bulger's killers never wrote a number one hit.

Maybe, but either way it's true that Hitler would never be used like that (or at least there'd be an unholy -storm of biblical proportions if he was). My mum's got this in the downstairs lav... http://www.allposters.com/-sp/German-Leade...s_i3783532_.htm

Hmmm, I'm not sure Brand is a big Stalin fan so much as he placed the picture purposely in his vid to pointedly wag a finger at the Beeb and the press about the Stalinesque response to him and Ross.

World of Goo

This mentality needs to be adopted to be honest. He's gone and he's not coming back. I just want a decent manager and some stability now. No guarantee of that with Shearer. No guarantee of that with anyone tbh... Except Ramos. Proven European pedigree.

To paraphrase John Lennon. Give Kinnear a chance.

I remember trying as hard as I could to like subbuteo, because everyone else did, but finding myself unable to get past the nagging doubt at the back of my mind that it was dull as fuck. My mother would be seething to hear this after the money she spent on extras like faux perimiter fencing and fifties style cameramen.

Last of the Mohicans - A very poorly put together film. Some quality pumping music and action, but not up to much otherwise...like most of Michael Mann's output. A Mighty Heart - The story of journalist Daniel Pearl's kidnapping and eventual beheading, actually, more about his wife Marianne's experiences during that time. I cried like a bitch.

How do you know you're calling the right moves if they aren't made?

Unlucky lads. We'll hammer Wigan. Kinnear's record is still better than Keegan in his recent tenure.