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Environmentalist hypocrisy…

May 14th, 2008 · 9 Comments

…is nothing new. Think Al Gore for a prime example, or Sheryl Crow. Now Paul McCartney is being accused of hypocrisy:
“The former Beatle has long been an outspoken advocate of environmental causes and animal rights. He is a vegetarian who won’t even wear leather shoes. But now he’s being criticized for having [...]

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Tags: Environment

Weird Wednesdays: Sticks and Stones May Break My Bones But Performance Art Will Never Harm Me

May 14th, 2008 · 4 Comments

Michael Stone. If you’re from outside Northern Ireland that name will probably mean very little to you. But to those versed in Northern Ireland’s rather murky past that name will conjure up images of one of the most notorious terrorist episodes of “the troubles.”
In 1988 a man few had heard of before attended the funeral [...]

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Tags: General

Free to eat what you want: a silly post

May 14th, 2008 · No Comments

Penn Jillette has given an excellent response to a viewer on the issues of drugs and suicide, speaking as a ’sensitive libertarian’ on the matter (watch it for yourself here; it’s worth a few minutes of your time). Penn’s opinion - identical to our own - is that, while he would go to great [...]

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Tags: Health