Looking at my friends list, an ironic term where the Christianity community is concerned, because I only keep it there to see whether the few remaining Christians in it get driven out or drive out the bigots, I saw this:

How great is tomorrow gonna be?"Tomorrow?" I thought, "What's happening tomorrow?" Pastorlenny's tomorrow is, of course, my ( Read more... )

I'm not afraid, and right now, that seems to put me in the minority. My job is no more certain than anyone else's, indeed, it seems likely to end fairly soon. I have no vast wealth to fall back on and no certainty of future employment. Yet the credit crunch, recession, coming depression and loss of all certainties doesn't trouble me. ( Read more... )

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Some time ago, a writer (whose work I have not read, so cannot discuss) wrote an article about writing characters of other races, pointing out the need to be sensitive. It seemed a harmless enough article, although, as I pointed out to her, I write people as individuals, not as representatives of a race, so for me, it's not a matter that arises. ( Read more... )

Nice to see Mrs Clinton installed as Secretary of State. I'm still no great fan of hers, but it means she will almost certainly get to meet Gordon Brown, who is desperately afraid of women and responds by patronising them. Mrs Clinton is not a woman who tolerates being patronised ( Read more... )

I never thought I'd be glad that Hamas are still active, but now I am. No-one in the world moved to help the people of Gaza. It's as if laws do not apply to Israel. The only way Gaza can survive is if they defend themselves and Hamas seem to be their only hope ( Read more... )

Two soldiers (only two, so far, thank goodness!) have whined to the BBC about Taliban prisoners being treated on the same wards as our lot. Leaving aside the fact that our lot shouldn't be shooting at their lot in the first place and that they have no right to be in the country at all, they are going against a tradition for which our forces are ( Read more... )

1,284 Palestinians were killed in Gaza and 4,336 wounded. During the conflict, 13 Israelis were killed, three of them civilians. Depleted uranium and white phosphorus were both used by Israel against a civilian population ( Read more... )

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This gentleman is in Oxford. He's an expert on the problems in the Middle East.

Any anti-semite wanting to use the atrocities in Gaza should face the fact, Jews all over the world are condemning the actions of the Israeli forces.

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