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Star Trek, Boldly Doing Nothing (Original Posting 4th May 2007)
What has happened with Star Trek? When I heard the 11th movie was on the way I was excited, but now I am already announcing that I am to boycott the next movie completely. It is due for release at Christmas 2008. The story is to focus on Kirk & Spock while they are still…
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Politics, UK (Original Posting 3rd May 2007)
So it has begun… The coffee is brewing in the background and I am stocking up supplies of food around me, NO not the nuclear winter…the results of the local elections are being released across the UK. So by 6am all the results should be in and I will fall into bed. Until then it…
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Motorcycles, The Long Way…Down!? (Original Posting 3rd May 2007)
So it is official, Ewan McGregor and Charlie Boorman will be leaving the most northerly point of Scotland aroound the 10th-12th May and traveling south to Cape Town, South Africa. The trip will take several months and again they will be promoting their favourite charity UNICEF. They will be on “BMW R 1200 GS Adventure”…
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The UK & Trident, An Explosive Relationship (Original Posting 26th March 2007)
I just want to put forward a few thoughts with regards to trident and the intention to renew it. I can not say with complete conviction that taking the UK’s nuclear deterrent off the table is the best thing for the UK! Though there is some room for movement. I would put forward a different…
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When Is a Civil War a Civil War? (Original Posting 26th March 2007)
Here are some things to consider. There is no clear threshold to distinguish terrorism or low-level political strife from civil war. Yet, Political Scientists use the figure of 1,000 deaths to distinguish one from the other. Though some amend this to at least 1,000 deaths a year. Now considering these figures, since World War 2…
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UK / Iran Stand-Off (Original Posting 26th March 2007)
Iran seems to be marking it’s territory and acting like the big fish. Shame no one has pointed out to them that it is easy to be the big fish when you are in such a small pond! I can see this dragging out and the RN personnel being safely returned, it simply would not…
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Stargate (Original Posting 26th March 2007)
Well the “Save Carson” groups seem to be making allot of noise! I agree with them completely, killing off Dr. Beckett was a stupid move on the part of the writing staff. Without a doubt he is a favourite of most of us. For a show that insists it’s main appeal to fans is to…
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