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Football For Sunday (No, Not That Football)

aroundthesphere wrote 2 days ago: Mark Leon Goldberg on December 4th: Arguably today’s biggest international story is the 2010 F … more →

Tags: Sports, Dave Brockington, Foreign Policy, joshua keating, Mark Leon Goldberg, Nate Silver, Paul Campos, The League of Ordinary Gentlemen

BBC to reduce web and digital services after analogue switch-off

stevevirgin wrote 1 week ago: Mark Thompson, director-general of the BBC, has said the corporation would scale back its web operat … more →

Tags: BSkyB, BBC, conservative party, Analogue switch off, James Murdoch

BBC Executives' Pay is a Programme Quality Issue

Adam Collyer wrote 2 weeks ago:   Mark Thompson, the BBC Director General (total pay package last year: £834,000 or four times … more →

Tags: my blog, BBC, TV Licence, TV, Executive Pay

Kelowna By-Election Coming Up

Grant Wiebe wrote 1 month ago: With our beloved Kelowna City Councilor Brian Given passing away this year, Kelowna is now heading i … more →

Tags: Rutland News, rutland, grant wiebe, kelowna byelection, By-election, City Council, Voting, brian given, mary-ann graham

How much does a man need?2 comments

metamorphe wrote 1 month ago: How much money does a man need?  Today we learn that the BBC are due to cut back on pay for their to … more →

Tags: BBC, Jesus, Leo Tolstoy, lust for wealth, Money, Rockerfeller, Wealth

Conservatives Curb Their Enthusiasm2 comments

aroundthesphere wrote 1 month ago: Noel Sheppard at Newsbusters: HBO’s hit series “Curb Your Enthusiasm” has pushed t … more →

Tags: TV, Religion, The League of Ordinary Gentlemen, National Review, Television, big hollywood, Kathryn Jean Lopez, Gateway Pundit, newsbusters

The Young And The Dissident: Meditations On The Reformers From Some Ordinary Gentlemen1 comment

aroundthesphere wrote 1 month ago: Freddie at The League: No, what makes me angry is the title of the column, in which Douthat directly … more →

Tags: Go Meta, Conservative Movement, reihan salam, The League of Ordinary Gentlemen, Rod Dreher, conor friedersdorf, Ross Douthat, Alex Knapp, Freddie

Berlusconi set to appear on Loose Women

thesearethenews wrote 1 month ago: After the runaway success of last night’s Question Time, Mark Thompson has announced that ever … more →

Tags: TV, Politics, Question Time, Berlusconi, Loose Women, racism, Bigotry, Ron Atkinson, Match of the Day

Protests ahead of BNP Question Time appearance

robpowell87 wrote 1 month ago: Anti-fascist protestors outside BBC TV Centre earlier today (Photo: Nick Higgins) Anti-fascist prote … more →

Tags: Rob Powell, BNP, Nick Griffin, Peter Hain, BBC, Question Time, TV Centre, Protests

Time for the right questions....

hollywallis2 wrote 1 month ago: Tolerance V Democracy It’s frustrating that the BNP/Question Time debate has got so dramatic as Nick … more →

Tags: Thinking About the News, BBC, BNP, Question Time, Nick Griffin, european election, Welsh Secretary Peter Hain, censorship, Gaza appeal

Retired General Claims Soldiers Seek "Dubious Ends"1 comment

dadanewsdaily wrote 1 month ago: by Richard Skylar Executive Editor The First Baptist Church of a bushel in other Afghan strategy unt … more →

Tags: News, World, Iran, Politics, US, obama, iraq, Afghanistan, GOP

Review - The Fastest Clock in the Universe, Hampstead Theatre1 comment

Phil (a west end whinger) wrote 1 month ago: Dear Andrew, It’s been a while since I’ve felt moved to write, but I know you need somet … more →

Tags: West End Whingers, London, theatre, Review, Entertainment, off-West End, Rick Fisher, Hampstead Theatre, The Fastest Clock in the Universe

The end of the dollar? When the Israel Lobby's chickens came home to roost

ecologics wrote 2 months ago: It seems that this blogger chose a good day to leave The Guardian. The Independent’s Robert Fi … more →

Tags: UK's Political Culture, Politics, New Labour's Corruption, The U.S.'s political culture, Israel Lobby, Tony Blair, barak obama, obama presidency, Robert Fisk

Mis-Applying Hayek to Government Health Care

Tim Kowal wrote 2 months ago: Mark Thompson at the League of Ordinary Gentlemen provides this quote from The Road to Serfdom in de … more →

Tags: Political Theory, Health Care, F. A. Hayek, public option, The Road to Serfdom, E.D. Kain, andrew sullivan

WEHO BOOK FAIR

Sebastian Sebastiani wrote 2 months ago: So for all those that couldn’t make it to the desert for Manimal, I suggest checking out the W … more →

Tags: Festival, Fiction, Literature, Party Time!, Poetry, theatre, Amber Benson, Bob Barker, carol channing

St.Kilda V Geelong-Toyota AFL Grand Final 2009

Josh wrote 2 months ago:     Umpires: Ryan, McBurney, Rosebury  All The Odds: Outright: St.Kilda $2.40 Geelong $1.58 Line: St … more →

Tags: Game Analysis, SuperCoach Tips, Brad Ottens, Cameron Ling, Cameron Mooney, clinton jones, gary ablett, Geelong, Grand Final

This Time Is Exactly Like That Time, Except In The Ways It Is Not

aroundthesphere wrote 2 months ago: On the missile shield, Carol Platt Liebau at Townhall: It is all too reminiscent of the Hungarian sp … more →

Tags: Foreign Affairs, Military Issues, Go Meta, History, The League of Ordinary Gentlemen, National Review, Alex Massie, The Spectator, Rich Lowry

Media Damaged By 'Dithering Government'

Ted Pugh wrote 2 months ago: (Reuters) – THE GOVERNMENT’S DITHERING and cowardly leadership, and its reliance on revi … more →

Tags: Politics, media, Ben Bradshaw, Jeremy Hunt, Royal Television Society

Bertha Lewis - Different Interview - Different Attitude2 comments

speakmymindblog wrote 2 months ago: It’s interesting the change of attitude from Bertha Lewis depending on where she is interviewi … more →

Tags: ACORN, Politics, obama, Bertha Lewis, racism, glenn beck, ACORN Baltimore, acorn dc, Big Government


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