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Saturday, May 27, 2006

Mea Culpa

At last, the two lame ducks, Bush and Blair, have admitted they were wrong. From the BBC Newspod.

Kill Bliar

In the magazine GQ, the Respect MP George Galloway has said that the assassination of Tony Blair by a suicide bomber would be morally justified. He confirms his views on the BBC's PM programme.

Friday, May 26, 2006

Kaotians in Darlington

A sex slavery cult, the Kaotians, based on a series of 1960s science fiction novels, the Chronicles of Gor, has been uncovered by police in Darlington. The cult's master talks to Jeremy Vine.

Taliban in Oldham

Here's two Bengali-British brothers from Oldham, near Manchester, on the BBC Asian Network with very contrasting views about integration.

Thursday, May 25, 2006

Kids + money = misery

Discussing his book, Stumbling on Happiness, Daniel Gilbert tells Diane Rehm that bringing up children does not make parents happy. Indeed, their happiness only returns to pre-marriage levels when the children leave home! The same is true of lottery-winners and money.

Hardwired gender

Dr Leonard Sax believes that biological differences between the sexes are so great that they learn in very different ways, and he's now the founder of the National Association for Single Sex Public Education. He talks to Richard Aedy on the ABC's Life Matters.

Wednesday, May 24, 2006

Racist Moment

Oscar winning actress Halle Berry got miffed when BBC radio interviewer Chris Moyles pretended to be a "fat, American black guy."

"Are we having a racist moment here," she asked? Berry and Jackman continued the morning show interview for several minutes. A BBC spokesman said Moyles' attempted breakfast humor was not racist.

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