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The situation on the blog couldn't be direr. Time is just being Hoovered up by both RL and the necessity to complete the book before the window of opportunity closes next week [regular sessions at uni].

Just been reading recent comments and many require thought out responses. When? When? Lots of comment about "debate" - post hopefully later. Seems to me the main jobs on the blog are:

1. interesting topic, relevant to today;
2. answer your commenters;
3. visit and link.

Understandably, my visitors have dropped right away in the last few days, a situation which hopefully can be reversed. What's upsetting is that many I'm sure think I've lost interest, e.g. Wife in the North, Mutterings, Chris Dillow and so on but it's not true - it's simply time and organization. I'm sure I'm not the only one in this boat.

It's not helped by Blogger playing up something awful recently in its html formatting for posts plus this, which has bu--ered up the whole system:

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[high treason] yes, say voters

If a people vote in a referendum not to ratify a treaty and then the parliamentarians go ahead and ratify it, does this constitute high treason?
Selection		Votes
Yes	89%	16
No	11%	2
18 votes total
pollcode.com free polls

And some of the responses were quite gentle:

From Ian Hunter

I would consider it an honour to lead the attack on Downing Street,pitchfork in hand. The police protection squad can't have that many rounds, i may fall, but others would complete the job!

From Dave Petterson

... and the penalty for treason should be death by being hung drawn and quartered. Slowly.

[vansterdam] drug capital of canada

Vancouver - heading the list of the world's most livable city?

Think again. Known locally as Vansterdam, it's the drug capital of the north, along with all the other goodies - violent crime, prostitution and so on:

"Vancouver is the drug capital of Canada,'' said Mariana Valverde, a professor of criminology at the University of Toronto., with the city's Downtown Eastside district known for illicit drug use, prostitution and violence. Vancouver is a magnet for suspects on the run because winters are mild in Canada's third-most-populous metropolitan area and it is a hub of drug abuse.

But there's hope. The city wants people to donate their frequent flier miles to catch the criminals:

The city is taking a cue from the 1997 Nicolas Cage movie about a planeload of convicts being transported to prison. The Vancouver Board of Trade is urging residents to donate frequent- flier miles so that people who are accused of crimes outside British Columbia can be returned to those provinces.

Vancouver has about 2,500 fugitives who are wanted on low- priority arrest warrants for crimes ranging from fraud to assault that were committed in other regions, police say. The suspects' jurisdictions aren't willing to spend the estimated C$2,500 ($2,480) it would take to fly them back.

"We're sending a message that fleeing to Vancouver is no longer a low-risk endeavor,'' said Bernie Magnan, an assistant managing director of the Vancouver Board of Trade who is responsible for the "Con Air'' Appeal.

So there it is. You too can give away your excruciatingly slowly earned flier miles to catch a loveable junkie next year.

Is JMB going to be this altruistic?

[mafia] not a good month

Why? Not enough payola? Or does Eliot Ness ride again?

The morning raids today in New York represented one of the largest sweeps against the New York mafia ever, with more than 50 suspects detained.

Much of the focus was on the Gambino family, whose members were charged with seven murders, blackmail, criminal dealings and illegal gaming, New York State's Attorney Andrew Cuomo said at a press conference in New York.

[sheep's clothing] my tuppence worth

David Jenkins, Bishop of Durham, Oct 4, 1984:

I am not sure that G-d manoeuvres physical things ... after all, a conjuring trick with bones only proves that it is as clever as a conjuring trick with bones.

Billy Graham, on the Larry King Show (CNN) in 1997:

“Well,” said King, “are you comfortable with Judaism?” “Very comfortable,” answered Graham. “I depend on a Jewish rabbi, Rabbi Tannenbaum in New York, constantly, theologically and spiritually in every way.”

February 21st, 1988:

Mr Swaggart's confession is all the more scandalous since he himself unleashed fire and brimstone against rival TV evangelist Rev Jim Bakker a few months ago for committing adultery with minister and secretary Jessica Hahn.

Saturday, May 27th, 2006:

Speaking on Radio 4's Today programme yesterday, Dr Nazir-Ali said that such a change would be impossible. "The coronation service is such that whoever takes the oaths actually takes oaths to defend the Christian faith," he said. "If, by saying that, he meant that he wanted to uphold the freedom of people of every faith, then I have no quarrel with that. But you can't defend every faith, because there are very serious differences among them." In an interview earlier this week, the bishop - who was born a Muslim - called on fellow Anglicans to reassert Britain's "Christian character" and resist the trend towards a "multi-faith mish-mash".

Rowan Williams, February 8th, 2008

Nothing ever changes.

"Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves" — Matthew 7:15

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