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Public Address 19/07/04 - Considerations

PUBLIC ADDRESS 19/07/04 - Considerations

Making up words to prove a point | Jul 19, 2004 10:13
GUEST: Che Tibby's view from Melbourne

Feeling the pull of the obligation to do 'academic'-type things I went to a public lecture the other day to hear some geezers talk about ''community building''. Now, normally these things are as boring as batsh*t, but the Shadow Minister for Communications Lindsay Tanner was speaking and he's actually kind...
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Can we say "s*xed up" yet? | Jul 19, 2004 10:11
GUEST: David Williams' Dateline London via Sydney

So, is the Butler report "half empty" or "half full"? To some in Britain it is half full of damning evidence against a blatant spin campaign by Tony Blair and his cronies to take the country to war on the back of some dodgy advice from the intelligence...
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Dude, Where's My Car? | Jul 18, 2004 13:59
Damian Christie - Cracker With Attitude

I thought I'd save my blogging for the weekend. Extensive research tells me ninety something percent of you won't read this until you're on the boss's time on Monday, and a little part of you will be thinking "lucky s*d, being all weekendy, while I'm stuck here on a Monday..
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