Health warning and disclaimer: I have no idea whatsoever about Swine Fever, in common with most, but that won’t stop me. Ring a special number if you have any flu-like symptoms, such as a runny nose, red eyes or a headache. These symptoms are consistent with taking Bolivian Marching Powder and/or getting bladdered. So if you’ve been [...]
By John Kelly
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Posted in International Affairs, Latin America, Media, Social studies, Spin doctors, World health, epidemics
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Also tagged AIDS, Asian Flu, Black Death, Bubonic Plage, by John J Kelly, Clown Fever, Dia de los Muertos, Gadarene Swine Fever, Geneva NGO WHO, H1N1, John J Kelly ThusMagazine Clown Fever, Mexican pigs, Millions to die in Ealing and Barking of Swine Flu, Outbreak of daft reporting of Swine Fever, SARS, silly season Swine Fever, Spanish Flu, Swine Fever, ThusMagazine, ThusMagazine Swine Fever, Tuberculosis, World Health Organisation
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January 8, 2009 – 6:46 pm
Nothing from me about Gaza, but I trust the judgement of my friends at The Economist who, even though they are not allowed into Gaza, know plenty of people who are. I am a good friend of one of the people who wrote this piece. Like me, the piece conjectures that Israeli politicians are having second [...]
By John Kelly
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Posted in Genocide, George W Bush, Insurgency, Intifada, Israel, Middle East, Palestine, Political spin, carpet bombing, citizens' rights, ethnic cleansing, gaza, human rights abuse
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Also tagged Ceasefire proposals, Egypt, Gaza bombardment, Israel/Palestine, Israeli blockade of Gaza
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November 28, 2008 – 1:03 pm
I was cloyingly complimentary about The Economist a few posts back, but need to put the record straight by sneering at the article by ‘editor-in-chief’ John Micklethwait in ‘The World in 2009.’ His sententious advice to Barack Obama uncharacteristically reeks of transatlantic cant. He observes that Obama will find it difficult to please the left [...]
November 26, 2008 – 6:24 pm
Every now and again (actually most times) The Economist says something I wanted to say, better than I could. This week, the free market bible points out that posturing aside, the current UK government’s record on implementing effective climate change legislation leaves much to be desired. A new initiative, spearheaded by climate change Czar Adair Turner [...]
By John Kelly
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Posted in Business, Economics, Energy, Environment, Policy, UK politics, transport
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Also tagged Adair Turner, climate change, Ed Miliband, Energy, Environment
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