Jan 9 2009
1) I have just been through the recent posts of the people I have met on this site. And I am struck by some of the content of some of them. Hate. Revenge too. Vengeance. Exhortations to fight. Racism. Xenopobia. Sectarianism. You name it, it’s...
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Jan 8 2009
This is a photo of my mother with me on her lap. It was taken by my father. I was 11 months old, and she was beautiful and elegant. My parents died when I was a young teenager and I lost sight of my sisters shortly afterwards. I spent the next 34...
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Jan 6 2009
My readers will know that I firmly believe that Palestinians must be able to live in peace, without outside interference. I believe that it applies to Israel too. I also respect the vote of the Palestinian people that put Hamas in power. I also...
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Jan 2 2009
First of all, and because I see that Michael C hasn’t yet done so, (please excuse him, he even forgets MY BIRTHDAY) I shall say it for him. HAPPY NEW YEAR !! Oh, and in case you don’t know me, I’m Michael’s god daughter. I’m eleven years...
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Dec 31 2008
What on earth is happening to Instablogs? What do certain of its contributors think they’re doing? It seems that most of the ”opinion” (for want of a better word) being posted here recently is no more than juvenile anti-this anti-that or...
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Dec 30 2008
“Time flies when your’e having fun” they say. Well, if that’s the case, Sarkozy’s last eighteen months haven’t just flown by, they’ve rocketed by!! He’s been everywhere, from Peking to Portugal, from Washington to Warsaw. He’s met...
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Dec 27 2008
Before everyone starts their knee-jerk incrimination of the “Western corporate Media” concerning the terrible events in Gaza (as I have already read here and there) I thought this would be an opportune moment to give you some real...
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Dec 26 2008
I should have written this yesterday, but I just wasn’t up to it I’m afraid. Yesterday was spent doing not much except taking aspirin and wondering if there was any possibility of the existence of a true cure for the hangover. I didn’t find...
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Dec 23 2008
Hi. I’m Amélie. I’m eleven years old and French. Michael C is my godfather. He’s cool, but he’s always writing about all this political and polemical stuff. But I think he should write some nice and gentle posts from time to time. That’s...
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Dec 21 2008
Practical. You know he’s home when it’s all piled up like that, because he’s under it. And it’s all flat and sad when he goes elsewhere. So he’s at home in this picture, as you can see. He? A guy who’s been living on this street, not...
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