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Saturday, February 08, 2003

In a 2001 survey,

In a 2001 survey, 41 percent of Welsh girls aged 14 and 15 reported they skip breakfast, while 18 percent skip lunch.

How often do they find non-skeletal remains?

Skeletal remains. Skeletal remains. Skeletal remains. Skeletal remains. (Source Link)

Mr Nice, An Autobiography by Howard Marks. 2002 Canongate Books Ltd, Edinburgh. Originally pu

“One square mile of this small Spanish island was well out of control. A Philippine-brothel-owning member of the House of Lords was staying at the house of a Spanish Chief Inspector of Police. The Lord was being watched by an American CIA operative who was staying at the house of an English convicted sex offender. The CIA operative was sharing accommodations with an IRA terrorist. The IRA terrorist was discussing a Moroccan hashish deal with a Georgian pilot of Colombia’s Medellin Cartel. Organising these scenarios was an ex-MI6 agent, currently supervising the sale of thirty tons of Thai weed in Canada and at whose house could be found Pakistan’s major supplier of hashish. Attempting to understand the scenarios was a solitary DEA agent. The stage was set for something.” (Source Link)

Thursday, February 06, 2003

“How shall we ever heal the nation?” by Koigi Wa Wamwere from the Kenyan

;There can never be reconciliation without justice. Victims will acknowledge equality with, and concede humanity, to their former oppressors, torturers and killers of their children, parents, brothers and sisters only if justice is given. Wrongs done to them must be accepted. Their dead must be compensated. Ruined lives must be restored. Pain, harm and family ruin suffered and time lost in detention camps and prison must be compensated for. People’s money stolen and banked abroad must be returned. Unpaid loans must be paid. Burnt homes must be rebuilt. Stolen lands must be returned. Some 600,000 refugees in their own country must be resettled immediately. Exiles must return home with full benefits for ruined careers. Heroes of the nation must be given their honour, rightful place in history and national burials. (Source Link)

Usquebaugh is Gaelic for “wate

Usquebaugh is Gaelic for “water of life,” and evolved into the word “whiskey.”

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