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Practicality's Blog: November 2005
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Monday, November 21, 2005. Attack of the Blogs? Browsing through Forbes magazine, an article caught my eye, 'Attack of the Blogs'. According to Daniel Lyons;. Web logs are the prized platform of an online lynch mob spouting liberty but spewing lies, libel and invective.". The full article is worth aread, but there are at least two facets to consider;. The second facet deserves more thought. Why does such an article appear in Forbes, as opposed to another media outlet, or even another magazine? There is n...
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Practicality's Blog: April 2006
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Friday, April 14, 2006. The ineffectual, inefficient United Nations. To some, especially 'of the left' the UN is legitimacy in the international context. 'The authorities', the top tier of annointed government and organisation. To them, ideologically the tip top of the pyramid of structured, endorsed power. To them, something that should become, if not becoming, a sort of federal world government. But if that is what it aims to be, should we not expect to see more successful outcomes from them? The UN, a...
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lava lounge
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Welcome to lava lounge. In For A Penny. Make Tea Not War. Philosophy, et cetera. Socialism in an Age of Waiting. God Save The Queen. Human Behavior and Evolution Society. National Center for Science Education. American Society of Cinematographers. Wednesday, February 02, 2005. This site is under construction. Para; 7:55 AM. Tuesday, February 01, 2005. Welcome to lava lounge. Para; 8:39 AM.
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The Beginning of the End of the Elizabethian Era | The Republic of J.J.
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The Republic of J.J. Imagining a Canada without the Queen. I advise you to obey. Canada’s Queen brings greetings from Britain →. The Beginning of the End of the Elizabethian Era. December 21, 2007. Queen Elizabeth II formally became. The oldest person to ever serve as monarch of the United Kingdom today. Until now, Queen Victoria held the record at 81 years and 243 days, but the present Queen is now officially one day older. It’s worth noting that of course I do not eagerly. One has to resist the urge for.
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Was Pakistan better under the Queen? | The Republic of J.J.
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The Republic of J.J. Imagining a Canada without the Queen. The Obscure Debate thrives online. Doing republicanism the wrong way →. Was Pakistan better under the Queen? January 12, 2008. In a recent blog post, The Commonwealth Monarchist. Makes the case that Pakistan “would be more stable under a Crown” and should have thought twice about ditching the Queen. He offers the following cynical summary of the country’s post-monarchical history:. Indeed, as far as the republic-versus-monarchy debate goes, Pakis...
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Doing republicanism the wrong way | The Republic of J.J.
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The Republic of J.J. Imagining a Canada without the Queen. Was Pakistan better under the Queen? Charles Vs. The Chinese →. Doing republicanism the wrong way. January 24, 2008. The big monarchy-related story this week is the conclusion of the case of Captain Mac Giolla Chainnigh, a weird and embarrassing story of one man trying to bring down the Crown from within, in the most awkward and poorly-conceived way possible. All fine and well, but Mr. The ADM in turn rejected his complaint, partially on the proc...
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I advise you to obey | The Republic of J.J.
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The Republic of J.J. Imagining a Canada without the Queen. Mulroney and Chretien on the monarchy. The Beginning of the End of the Elizabethian Era →. I advise you to obey. December 17, 2007. So-and-so was appointed by Governor General Romeo LeBlanc in 1994 on the advice of Prime Minister Jean Chretien. If your advice was accepted 100% of the time, and was never questioned, you wouldn’t really be giving advice at all, however. You’d simply be bossing a subservient person around, which is a...Detailing an ...
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The myth of the medals continues… | The Republic of J.J.
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The Republic of J.J. Imagining a Canada without the Queen. Canada’s Queen brings greetings from Britain. The Obscure Debate thrives online →. The myth of the medals continues…. December 30, 2007. Rideau Hall announced a slew of new appointments to the Order of Canada yesterday, and, depressingly, the media once again took the opportunity to spread misinformation about how the candidates were chosen. The two major Canadian wire services, CanWest News Service. And the Canadian Press. Two other individuals,...
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Canada’s Queen brings greetings from Britain | The Republic of J.J.
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The Republic of J.J. Imagining a Canada without the Queen. The Beginning of the End of the Elizabethian Era. The myth of the medals continues… →. Canada’s Queen brings greetings from Britain. December 27, 2007. Since 1957, it has been customary for Her Majesty the Queen to give an annual, televised Christmas greeting. This year marked the 50. Anniversary of the tradition, and, more importantly, it was also the first time her message was posted on YouTube. A better speech would have thrown in some footage...
