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Was all set to buy...then it says it has to be used by the end of May. Not so sure now. We went up to Slayley to use a groupon voucher last week and it was the last day. Lush course, but the number of 4 balls they'd crammed on was awful. Should really be given a bit longer to spread it out.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 1 Annoyed me that every time things seemed hopeless they just hold hands and teleport to another location......if they can do that why did they run away from the people in the woods and end up captured?....and why didn't they do that at the start rather than going on a chase and killing that bong eyed one? Ignoring that, it was a canny couple of hours. I'm sure it was much better than the alternative - The Bounty Hunter with Jennifer Aniston and Gerard Butler Wor lass was blubbing worse than John Boehner making a speech.

It's mega. A great time-worn story told really well. Just great storytelling (and the fantastic acting doesn't hurt either). Also check out the film the same director just made prior : The Beat My Heart Skipped. A film about masculinity, being tethered to one's roots and family that's similar in theme to Mean Streets (though, not quite as good). The Beat That My Heart Skipped is fantastic as well. I never realised they were both from the same director until I was doing a bit of reading up on A Prophet yesterday. You all seen The Consequences of Love? Mint

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Little photo is the best camera app I've seen so far.

I've not got either yet...but the chaps above seem happy enough.

New Amon Tobin and Battles albums leak within days of each other

Better than this?

You ask for evidence that Congress voted against Obama after 5 months of being in office, so i give it to you. You then argue that he only asked for money (i have given you a copy of his speech where he discusses more than funding) and that he wanted to be defeated. What a load of bollocks. I wasn't saying congress never voted against Obama... "I'm not aware of any announcement made of his intentions other than those I linked to. Be interested to see if there were." There was no announcement of his intentions for that vote to e in opposition to, he just asked for cash...as your link reports. That speech you linked to is the one I linked to first. Where he outlines his thoughts on keeping people detained without charge, which led to Obama being criticised for embracing Bush policies of indefinate detention. His stated position has ALWAYS been what we currently have. He said that the his administration would "exhaust every avenue that we have" to prosecute detainees but there would still be some left "who cannot be prosecuted for past crimes" yet remain a threat "So going forward, my administration will work with Congress to develop an appropriate legal regime" to handle such detainees. In other words, thought Crime will not be tolerated.

its what your paid for isn't it Catmag's one of the kings men?

Those fat black stripes will make Paul Wynn's upper body look IMMENSE!!

He's good at proposals. Like Mike Ashley proposing investment in the first team, selling nobody, challenging Europe and a diet. The tax cuts he extended for the wealthiest a few months back show what his proposals are worth.

I only saw the headline $4 trillion cuts in CTs post in the UK politics thread. The republicans were only looking for £38bn weren't they?

For that moronic statement to tail a pure polemical rant is beyond irony. What does he mean by empirical here, that there are observable examples? Observations of what? His own party voting against him is one empirical observation relevant to this view and neither you nor Greenwald have brought a single one. Those last examples all occur after Congress voted against him 4 months after his inauguration. What the article boils down to is that technically, with a lot of will and a few risk, they could try KSA on US soil. Good reason to vote for the tea party that. What's the reason to vote for Obama? Still never got that link to explain what that vote was that changed Obama from cheerleader for rule of law (everyone gets their day in court), to mimicking Bush exactly to give trials to some, military commissions to others and no oversight whatsoever for many. http://www.taylormarsh.com/2009/05/20/obam...eated-on-gitmo/ http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31428560/ns/po...s-capitol_hill/ http://thecable.foreignpolicy.com/posts/20..._to_close_gitmo http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/911-masterm...ory?id=13291750 http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jan/2...o-congress-veto http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/dec/0...P=ILCNETTXT3487 http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/2009/05/2...sm-may-21-2009/ Not sure if you've posted those links to support my argument or not. http://www.taylormarsh.com/2009/05/20/obam...eated-on-gitmo President Obama made an ask without a plan and ran straight into a Senate wall. why in the name of the incomprehensively stupid wasn’t a plan in place before handing Pres. Obama this resounding defeat on something as important as his pledge to close Gitmo? So he wasn't asking for anything in particular, just some money to do what he wanted. Of course that was going to be defeated. It wasn' even close. 90%+ of the vote or something. No-one believed fo a second it had a chance in hell of going through. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31428560/ns/po...s-capitol_hill/ http://thecable.foreignpolicy.com/posts/20..._to_close_gitmo http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/911-masterm...ory?id=13291750 http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jan/2...o-congress-veto http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/dec/0...P=ILCNETTXT3487 http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/2009/05/2...sm-may-21-2009/ All come after the speech I referenced above where he supports indefinite detention without charge, and none refer to the president pushing for rule of law. Your tea-party reference is a strange one, as your posts give me the impression you believe a president does nothing more than set tone. If he's powerless in the face of senate blocks....then why should we fear the almighty strength of a tea party presidency? That's just the fear factor Obama needs to use to keep disaffected democrats voting for his ineffectual presdecy, and not a very logical one. Glenn Greenwald has another excellent post on why the president DOES have the power to do more, but chooses not to. Why he's not a shitty negotiator, just a political gameplayer. http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_gr...bama/index.html Vote Nader!

Having enjoyed all 3 this weekend I'm clearly as British as Nick Griffin's scary eye.

I think Deadliest Warriors proved it using CGI and that. Science in action.

A census doesn't confer religious status on any movement. It only recognises Jedi as an answer given by a significant percentage.... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jedi_census_p...gland_and_Wales I hate to mention the M word, but it's also quite funny there's only about 4 times as many muslims as there are Jedi's in the country. Puts the scare stories about muslims taking over into context tbh.

A census doesn't confer religious status on any movement. It only recognises Jedi as an answer given by a significant percentage.... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jedi_census_p...gland_and_Wales

But the number claiming job seekers allowance rose. Ergo more people went back to full time education or got too old to be included in the unemployment stats than actually found paying work.

The Other Census

Beethoven - symphony 1 Acquired his whole back catalogue. Canny.

Interesting - I knew Clinton's administration had some "blame" but didn't realise there was an earlier one under Carter. I do know the legislation allowing retail banks to be investment banks in the UK was Thatcher's bag. It's lush how the debate still rages as to who deregulated most to allow it to happen....while there's no pressure whatsoever on the current power holders to re-introduce any regulation that will stop it happening again. The horse bolted 3 years ago and we're taking a mosey on down to the stable to have a look at the manufacturer on the door hinges.

Just read this thread and the Twitter one and stevie is spot on. If you're based in the north east you have to be a dooly or a wum to refer to any other club as united, no matter where you're from originally. Most visitors pick that up in no time at all. Stevie's done Simpson a favour telling him that. If he keeps it up then he's taking the piss.

What a legend.