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one would almost think it's of the genus canis lupis it's so big

If you're interested in what's likely to happen in Syria, this interview with Patrick Cockburn is illuminating (there's about 10 mins on Greece but you can skip it).

http://www.radio4all.net/files/jblankfort@earthlink.net/1752-1-totw022212cockburnpinterview.mp3

Synopsis:

good chance that Syria will end up like Lebanon 76 - 92, and Iraq 2003 - present, ie bitter inter-ethnic conflict.

Apologies to anyone that is bored of the continuing Middle East conflicts.

The video released on channel4 of the fighting was horrific.

Syria: the horror of Homs, a city at war - YouTube

Fark!!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-17259087

it's just a small bloke...

When did JD move to Scotland?

This amused me.

12 лет Путина за 2 минуты | 12 Years of Putin in 2 Minutes - YouTube

So much detail in it, you need to go through frame by frame to figure it all out.

Netanyahu uses the Holocaust to spur America into war with Iran.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/mar/06/netanyahu-iran-nuclear-weapons-israel?newsfeed=true

You've posted something from the Daily Fail. I now know your type.

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Pfft, Tories/MPs don't give a fuck about their families. Take Louise Mensch. Constituency in Corby, office in London, husband in New York, kids in between.

What, they drowned them in the Atlantic?

This is dumb, even if it's true, it just sounds stupid.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/17268553

Radiohead at the O2 Oct 8/9 tickets on sale 9th of march

http://www.wharf.co.uk/2012/03/radiohead-announce-uk-tour-dat.html

right lady gaga ?

is there something i have missed ? is she the finest philosopher since nitzche
is her intelligence far in excess of both stephen hawkin and stephen fry combined
does she have insight that no once else on planet earth has got
has she made some ground breaking scientific break through ?

or is she just a pop singer who wears silly clothes ?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/music-news/9125284/Lady-Gaga-breaks-Twitter-record.html

i just don't get it ?

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1.2ems relative to what size?

Radiohead at the O2 Oct 8/9 tickets on sale 9th of march

http://www.wharf.co.uk/2012/03/radiohead-announce-uk-tour-dat.html

WAC fucking hate the 02

right lady gaga ?

is there something i have missed ? is she the finest philosopher since nitzche
is her intelligence far in excess of both stephen hawkin and stephen fry combined
does she have insight that no once else on planet earth has got
has she made some ground breaking scientific break through ?

or is she just a pop singer who wears silly clothes ?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/music-news/9125284/Lady-Gaga-breaks-Twitter-record.html

i just don't get it ?

Don't know her music and am not on twitter, but she's anti-hate and that's cool with me.

That is essentially a page filler/non story. I don't have a problem with tabloids covering that type of menial crap but I'd expect more from a decent paper like that. As with the BBC.

Cher Lloyd is also anti-hate. What's so special about being "anti-hate"?

i know it's a page filler but there are 20mn people who are hanging on her every word ?
i have visited twitter once

i have no comprehension of the wit / charm / intelligence of her posts

can someone paste some of her not to be missed 150 character bits of incredibleness just so i can gauge what i am missing

but I'd expect more from a decent paper like that.
Oh my sides...

right lady gaga ?
is she the finest philosopher since nitzche
is her intelligence far in excess of both stephen hawkin and stephen fry combined

Well if you base your assessment on the number of twitter followers someone has, she's about 11% finer than Justin Bieber.

more intelligent and a deeper thinker than bieber ... blasphemy

you take that back NOW

she's anti-hate and that's cool with me.

I hear the anti hate dollar is a big dollar these days

1.2ems relative to what size?

62.5% rule on the body.

You made look at the fail again.

That's still a relative amount. Are you assuming the browser's base size is 12pt?

I hear the anti hate dollar is a big dollar these days

that's a big market...she's really clever.....that's a shrewd move.....

right lady gaga ?

is there something i have missed ? is she the finest philosopher since nitzche
is her intelligence far in excess of both stephen hawkin and stephen fry combined
does she have insight that no once else on planet earth has got
has she made some ground breaking scientific break through ?

or is she just a pop singer who wears silly clothes ?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/music-news/9125284/Lady-Gaga-breaks-Twitter-record.html

i just don't get it ?

Stephen Fry notwithstanding, Twitter is not the way intelligent people follow other intelligent people, so much as It is the way angsty, empty-headed teenage fans follow their idols.

So she doesn't need to say anything astounding. She just has to say something slightly more interesting than the colour of her socks to keep followers returning to hear more, and she needs to have a lot of followers to say it to.

Lady Gaga has a lot of these teenage fans not only because regardless of whether it is to yours or my taste, she is that rarity, a genuinely very talented singer, songwriter and musician. And despite all the costumes and showmanship I think there is a large streak of authenticity in what she creates, which appeals to a lot of people. She also seems to have a consistent message about working hard to follow your dreams and not letting detractors and doubters get in your way, which greatly appeals to those American teenagers who aren't the pretty and successful cheerleaders (i.e. most of them), but nevertheless have to succeed in a shallow society that values physical beauty above all else.

tl;dr: she's not got anything astounding to say (though it must be interesting enough to her fans), but she's more than a pop singer in silly clothes.

That's still a relative amount. Are you assuming the browser's base size is 12pt?

html rule is 100%
which is 100% of whatever you have set your browser to be.
I think we're missing the point (size).