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Following an interview about "eco towns" cut short with Caroline Flint, Channel 4 lunchtime news say they may or may not be coming back after the break. According to Krishnan Gurumurthy (news reader) they have been told to evacuate the building, a first in his career.
And no, they have not returned. Instead they're showing a programme on ancient Rome (good!)
14:27 OK it was only a fire alarm. "It's certainly one way to bring a dull interview with a Government minister to a close. But when Channel 4 news presenter Krichnan Guru-Murthy interrupted Caroline Flint mid-interview it wasn't because he had heard enough from the housing minister. A fire alarm had gone off - which could be heard ringing in the background - in the ITN building and staff were forced to evacuate."
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| Obama - promises |
[23 Jul 2008|11:53am] |
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"Barack Obama today pledged to reinvigorate the Middle East peace process if elected president of the United States."
Wow!! That's really earth-shattering!
"Obama said he would work to bring the two sides together "starting from the minute I am sworn into office". But he cautioned that it was "unrealistic to expect that a US president alone can suddenly snap his fingers and bring about peace".
In other news,
Times - Eventually, we will all hate Obama too "So Barack Obama, en fête around the world, will one day learn that there is no magical cure for the envy of others." [I thought this was a bit of a pointless article, which doesn't actually shed any light on why Obama will be a bad choice of president. All it says is - whoever becomes US president will automatically draw hatred....]
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[23 Jul 2008|08:09pm] |
"Your enthusiasm is palpable" is probably my favourite quote of today.
Meanwhile, tinnitus now rules my life and if I am not insane, I soon will be! Wow!
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[23 Jul 2008|04:07pm] |
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| Fertiliser Bomb Plot - latest |
[23 Jul 2008|10:22am] |
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5 "cruel and ruthless" men ("british muslim") jailed for life for plotting fertiliser bomb attacks lose appeal against convictions. Omar Khyam, Waheed Mahmood and Jawad Akbar, from Crawley, West Sussex, Anthony Garcia, of Barkingside, east London, and Salahuddin Amin, of Luton, Bedfordshire, were found guilty of conspiracy to cause explosions likely to endanger life. 600kg of ammonium nitrate had been stored in preparation for the planned attack. The conspiracy stretched across the world, from Pakistan to Canada. There were connections with Mohammed Sadique Khan, the ringleader of the London "7/7" attacks. The trial was remarkable for the length of time taken - 14 months.
If only these would-be killers spent half the time and energy repenting and trying to live by a humanitarian code (probably not incompatible with being "good muslims") - instead of appealing against their convictions - London, and the world, would be a better place. In lieu of death sentences for these 5 bitter and twisted "british muslim" men, I am well satisfied that we put them in prison for the rest of their pathetic lives.
F l a s h b a c k Keith wrote,
@ 2007-04-30 14:18:00 Fertiliser Bomb Plot (II)
@ 2007-04-30 17:01:00 Fertiliser Bomb Plot (III)
@ 2007-04-30 22:48:00 Thoughts re: today's convictions [Published today]
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| *** / Hong Kong |
[23 Jul 2008|01:10pm] |
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| St. Peterburg/Russia |
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[23 Jul 2008|12:39am] |
seattle, washington
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portland, oregon
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| crop dusting |
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[23 Jul 2008|12:38am] |
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[22 Jul 2008|02:42pm] |
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| Fractious and arbitrary |
[22 Jul 2008|01:20pm] |
I'm very dissatisfied today. After a nice burst of energy and hopefulness with the onset of spring that carried me all the way through the season in a fairly decent mood, I find myself flagging now that summer is in full swing. Part of it is the humidity and the heat kicking in. We've been really spoiled this year. I remember last year the heat and humidity were horrible both before and after giving birth to Ree, with the addition that when I came home from the hospital there were cicadas crawling around everywhere.
There is just so much to do...so much I want done on a mundane level just with organizing the house and getting rid of stuff and cleaning and trying to set up a better system for general cleaning and maintenance. And of course, instead I want to catch up on a lot of neglected reading and start writing my "novel" again...maybe even have a little fun.
So I'm procrastinating and dragging my ass. Yesterday I went and got fillings replaced and now my bite is all screwed up, and I know that's not helping my disposition any, nor is the fact that some of the re-filled teeth are all zingy. Also not helping is that I am falling into old patterns of staying up late because I am craving time to myself, but I never use any of my alone time very well. I feel tired, restless, and stuck in limbo. Me and my contrarian nature.
But hey, I just fed Ree some strawberries and realized that I've actually almost finished the package of them...and that I've been managing to make it through bunches of bananas at a time for a while now. This is big stuff for a person who goes to the grocery store intending to make good food choices, buys produce, and then promptly forgets it and leaves it to rot in the fridge...over and over and over and over again.
I managed just now also to break a bit of inertia and change Ree's bedding out and bathe her before putting her down for a nap.
I think my big household project resolution is going to have the fridge cleaned out and scrubbed by week's end so that I can get these liners I brought for the crisper drawers in there. For some reason the idea of managing to finally get that done holds a lot of reassurance for me.
I'm probably going to be discharging random mundanities like this for a while here in the el-jay. Until next time.
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| Beach Samba |
[22 Jul 2008|02:09pm] |
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"Ba daba da ba daba da, ba baba da bada bada" ------ Astrid Astrud Gilberto (Beach Samba)
[Eat your heart out, Belinda Belinda Belinda! The song is called "Beach Samba". I think it's actually a bossa nova. There is a difference.]
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[22 Jul 2008|07:52am] |
a few photos posted on this cut, they're larger than usual.
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