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France a remis la Legion d’honneur à Amitabh Bachchan

By Murk | Published: January 28, 2007
Amitabh Bachchan un acteur indien a gagné la Legion d’honneur. Bachchan ‘est une véritable légende vivante dans son pays avec quelque 140 films à son actif’. Aussi, Bachchan était le presenteur de कौन बनेगा करोड़पति – Kaun Banega Crorepati. C’est le versionne indien du ‘Qui veut gagner des millions?’ Amitabh Bachchan, an Indian actor has [...]
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Non à 2008!

By Murk | Published: January 2, 2007
According to the BBC News website, protestors in Nantes spent december 31st protesting against 2007. "Now is better". They "called on governments and the UN to stop time’s “mad race” and declare a moratorium on the future" The tension mounted as the minutes ticked away towards midnight – but the arrival of 2007 did nothing to dampen [...]
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Goat Challenge

By Murk | Published: December 4, 2006
There is a town in Sweden where every year they erect a giant straw goat, and every year, sometimes within hours, someone comes along and burns it down To my mind there are several solutions 1) Fireproof your goat 2) Stop putting up the goat (but then the arsonists win) 3) Embrace the tradition, guard the goat, and then [...]
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Seatbelts

By Murk | Published: September 22, 2006
On Jo’s Journal, there is a post about the seatbelt laws, in relation to comments made by Boris Johnson. She quotes an article: Oxfordshire MP Boris Johnson has come under fire from a woman who lost her son in a road accident after he described a new law on child booster seats as "crack-brained.” The Henley MP, who [...]
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Bruce Schneier on terrorism (again)

By Murk | Published: August 24, 2006
Bruce Schneier has another good article on terrorism, essentially saying in an eloquent way what I’ve been boring anyone who’ll listen with for the past couple of weeks. The point of terrorism is to cause terror, sometimes to further a political goal and sometimes out of sheer hatred. The people terrorists kill are not the targets; [...]
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