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what about the raw egg in a glass trick ?? Saw Rocky drink a few of them before training - is that supposed to be good for you.....
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Anyone going ?????
Seeing as it's just down the road, I think I'll pop along and see what's going on. Being more into the dance scene then anything else, I'm not real sure who the line up is all about, but I do remember Primus from my youth, so I wouldn't mind checking them out.....
For anyone who's interested, I have a couple of apartments available for the festival weekend - much more comfortable then the ol' tent, I assure you. Only a few minutes walk from the festival entrance. Send me a PM, and I'll give you more details.
Hope rainy season in Naeba is over by the time the whole thing kicks off....
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well, the 'Shoe' done it again last night. Nice to see the McLarens running closer to the front then they have for a while.
Still, I would like to see Schumacher pass someone on the actual racetrack, rather than all this tacticle thing where he makes all his moves while everyone else is stopped in the pits. I understand the Farrari team is obviously superiour, both in tactics and horsepower, but being a former motorsport competitor myself, I would really like to see him pass another car while under race conditions. But, I guess at the end of the day, a win is a win, right.....
But, what can you say, 80 championship victories now, (29 more than Alain Prost, 39 more than Ayrton Senna and 49 more than Nigel Mansell), and it looks like many more to come. Will he make 100 ????
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Davo, is there any other colour/foul performer's undergarment combination we should be wary of.......
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I think it's really irresponsible of the English press to advertise his personal details or encourage people to contact him at home like that.
Surely that is more damaging to the English football reputation then 'hooligans'. I mean, if England were to be denied entry to a major tourament because of the lack of maturity shown in some quarters of their press.....I know there is no talk of anything like that happening (yet), but.........
BTW, not having seen this 'no-goal', I thought the general reaction here was that the ref got it right. Did he, or didn't he........??????
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Found this acticle, it's about the movie, Fahrenheit 9/11, but it's an interesting take on the whole media circus that's been going on over there for a while now about the film - kind of ties in pretty good with the discussion going on here too about Fox, etc...
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June 30th, 2004 3:42 pm
Village Voice: "The Attack on Fahrenheit 9/11: Fox lays back while ABC and NBC pile on"
Press Clips: Mauling Michael Moore:
The attack on Fahrenheit 9/11: Fox lays back while ABC and NBC pile on
By Richard Goldstein / Village Voice
June 29th, 2004 10:55 AM
In just one weekend, Fahrenheit 9/11 earned more money than any feature-length documentary in history. This despite a campaign against the film by the White House and its surrogates. Everyone expected George Bush's media shills to go after Moore, but who would have thought Fox News would keep its attack dogs relatively muzzled while ABC and NBC launched remarkably unbalanced attacks.
So far, Fox's main complaint is that Moore won't give them an interview. However, he did allow himself to be interrogated by George Stephanopoulos on ABC's This Week. During that chat, he addressed his critics' major points. Take the fact that Saudi nationals, including members of the bin Laden family, were allowed to leave the United States after 9-11 even though all commercial flights were grounded. Moore implies that the president cleared those flights because of family business ties to the Saudis. But Richard Clarke, the former security adviser—and prominent Bush critic—insists it was he who authorized the flights. When Stephanopoulos brought this up, Moore replied that Clarke's decision had been an error, adding that Clarke has admitted making mistakes "and he apologized to the 9-11 families for those mistakes."
Maybe this was an evasion, maybe not; but it certainly constituted a response, and ABC could easily have included it in subsequent news stories about Fahrenheit 9/11. Instead, the network launched a two-pronged attack on the film's accuracy—one that advanced from Good Morning America to World News Tonight—without giving Moore a fair chance to respond to the most damaging claims. Both segments began with the graphic "Fact or Fiction?"—the journalistic equivalent of asking a defendant when he stopped beating his wife. Both relied heavily on Clarke's statements and let them go unanswered.
"My feeling is that ABC News gave Michael Moore a fair chance to respond," says Bridgette Maney, the publicist for Good Morning America. ABC News spokesperson Cathie Levine noted that World News Tonight had run a clip from the Stephanopoulos interview after airing Clarke's statement. But that clip did not contain Moore's response to Clarke's comments.
NBC ran highly negative assessments of the film on both its Nightly News and its cable channel MSNBC. The network referred to its coverage as a "truth squad report." As part of this exposé, senior correspondent Lisa Myers targeted the hilarious moment in Fahrenheit 9/11 when Moore asks legislators to sign up their children to fight in Iraq. Myers noted that Moore had failed to include comments by Republican congressmember Mark Kennedy, who appears in that scene looking baffled. "My nephew had just gotten called into service and was told he's heading for Afghanistan," Kennedy told Myers. "He [Moore] didn't like that answer, so he didn't include it." Moore had addressed this allegation in the Stephanopoulos interview: "When we interviewed [Kennedy], he didn't have any family members in Afghanistan. . . . We released the transcript and put it on our website." But NBC made no mention of these readily available rebuttals. (A network spokesman declined to comment.)
Note that none of the facts in Fahrenheit 9/11 are in dispute. What ABC and NBC called into question is Moore's extrapolation and interpretation of information; in other words, his slant. But by using loaded phrases like "truth squad" and "fact or fiction," and by omitting Moore's answers to key questions, these networks did the very thing they accuse him of doing. I would argue that this sort of distortion is far more dangerous in the context of a news broadcast than in a clearly opinionated film.
Why did NBC and ABC take the administration's line? Well, NBC is owned by General Electric, a prime defense contractor. ABC is owned by Disney, which has no need of Pentagon largesse—but Disney is dependent on the kindness of federal regulators, and to the Bush administration those mouse ears have a lot to answer for. After all, it was Disney subsidiary Miramax that initially planned to distribute Fahrenheit 9/11, and even after the studio pulled out under pressure from the parent company, Miramax chief Harvey Weinstein formed a consortium of companies to release the film. Last Thursday's Wall Street Journal reported that Disney may sever its ties with Miramax next year. And Disney is about to release a feel-good documentary called America's Heart and Soul. With its theme parks under siege for allowing desecrations of family values, such as Gay Day, Disney has much to gain by joining the attack on Moore's movie, which is regarded in certain congregations as the Great R-Rated Satan.
But how to account for Fox's relatively merciful coverage (or the exceedingly odd editorial in Monday's New York Post defending Moore from the Federal Election Commission's attempt to muzzle his ads)? Here's my explanation: Rupert Murdoch is covering his ass in case John Kerry wins. For that matter, his news machine doesn't have to prove itself to the Bushies—and besides, an attack from Fox would have easily been dismissed as partisan. Better to let NBC and ABC lend the imprimatur of their "objectivity." I'm not saying these networks acted in cahoots; they merely expressed their interests.
That may explain why CNN, whose audience skews slightly leftward, took a careful pro-and-con approach to Fahrenheit 9/11, as did CBS News. Was CBS's neutrality a reflection of its traditional resistance to the right; was it part of a bid for the sizable anti-Bush audience; or is the network's owner, Viacom, banking on an advantage in a Kerry administration? Maybe all of the above.
When you consider how well the film is doing despite this pile-on, you have to conclude that most people haven't been affected by the media's negative spin. They want to see what all the fuss is about. Of course, the real question is whether audiences will leave the cineplex arguing about Moore's truthfulness or his insights into Bush. If the film turns out to have an impact on the fall election, we'll learn something about the limits of the media's power to shape perceptions. Since this is a recurring theme of mine, I hope Fahrenheit 9/11 affirms my conviction that the press distorts but we decide.
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Indeed Siren, but, what can I say.......unless any of you guys have been sleeping in my bed, I guess I'm just going to have to take some responsibility and see this one through....
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Sony Cybershot is incredibly easy to use, and the software is really simple too.
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Be careful guys - I've had a mobile phone in my pocket (never on my belt) for years, and it didn't slow mine down any. My wife is preggers, 4 mths now......
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For the Midnight Oil fans amoungst us, have you heard about this............I guess being a stout liberal would not have sold so many evrionmentally inclined records in the past.
Wow, I always pictured Peter Garrett speaking on behalf on the planet, and the Green Party. Not changing sides now that he's a major legal firm partner. I guess the political retirement fund pays better then the mechanical royalties he currently recieves from record sales. I imagine the liberals have a better tax plan for people in his wealth bracket also......
I guess it's a different person who was the lead singer of the band I enjoyed so much.......Times change, hu.....
"Labor's star recruit, Peter Garrett, described himself today as a child of the Whitlam era who regarded election to Parliament as a fair dinkum serious honour.
Addressing the Young Labor National Conference in Canberra, Mr Garrett said there was a worrying degree of cynicism about political life in the community.
He said he had maintained a strong interest in the affairs of the nation throughout his career as a lawyer, musician and environmental activist.
"As a child of the Whitlam era, as beneficiary of the Commonwealth support for university education, my formative years were those which saw the real difference a brave national government can make to the life of the nation," he said.
"Along the way I ended up in a rock band and that was great fun."
The one-time rock star now has Canberra in his sights, by way of the safe Sydney Labor seat of Kingsford Smith, to be vacated by Labor stalwart Laurie Brereton.
His recent abrupt transition to Labor political aspirant produced a series of shocks - from Labor members of Kingsford Smith who had an outsider thrust into their midst and from the Greens who had always claimed him as one of theirs.
In his address today to an appreciative Young Labor audience - most likely the first of many as the election campaign gets under way - Mr Garrett seemed to indicate he had always been Labor at heart.
"Mark Latham, Opposition Leader, and leader of Labor, has brought a new approach to politics that excites me," he said.
"He is bringing fresh ideas into the political discussion and he is directly engaging with people around the issues that affect them.
"Labor is breathing life back into politics.
"I say loud and clear that the Labor values of enhancing community, equity of access to health and education, opening the political and economic system to greater accountability, facing up to the environmental challenges of the new century - these values are right on the mark for me and they are essential for Australia."
Mr Garrett said he was utterly convinced of that and that was why he was standing as Labor candidate for Kingsford Smith.
"I hope by taking this step it will re-engage young Australians who care about their country and want to become involved as well," he said."
What do you think ???
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here's link to some interviews and old tracks and stuff from jjj in Oz.
Some interesting stories.......
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Italy's finest ??????
John Hooper in Genoa
Saturday June 26, 2004
The Guardian
A group of 29 Italian police officers, including the country's anti-terror chief, go on trial in Genoa today in connection with a brutal attack on protesters at the 2001 G8 summit and an alleged plot to justify the violence using fabricated evidence.
About 200 police, revenue guards, prison officers and paramilitary carabinieri stor-med the makeshift head-quarters of the umbrella protest group, the Genoa Social Forum, on the night of July 21 and began hitting people - many of them in sleeping bags - with batons, breaking ribs, skulls and limbs .
The raid followed three days of violent clashes in Genoa between police and demonstrators in which one protester was shot dead by a carabinieri conscript and hundreds of officers were injured.
Police at first claimed they had been attacked from the Genoa Social Forum's headquarters in the Diaz school, and produced two Molotov cocktails as evidence. But prosecutors say the fire bombs were planted there by, among others, the deputy police commissioner of Rome.
Enrica Bartesaghi, the mother of one of those injured in the raid and head of a committee representing the victims, told a press conference in Genoa yesterday that of the 96 people inside the Diaz school, 62 had to be taken to hospital - three in a coma.
Richard Moth, a London social worker, yesterday recalled "screaming with the pain" as nurses in the hospital to which he was taken held him down while a doctor stitched his wounds without anaesthetic.
He said he was then moved to a detention camp, where he and others were further maltreated for several days.
Another 47 members of the security forces face trial in connection with abuses at the camp. Mr Moth is one of five Britons suing the police defendants in the Diaz school trial.
At yesterday's press conference, Richard Parry, a solicitor for two of the plaintiffs, criticised the British government's attitude.
"The victims have had no support from the government," he said.
None of the officers who carried out the beatings is to stand trial. All were masked at the time and have not been identified.
Green party and leftwing MPs have tabled a bill in the Italian parliament designed to require police to wear numbers while engaged in public order operations.
The unit commanders in-volved in the Diaz raid face charges of failing to prevent the violence, and a number of more senior officers, including the head of the anti-terror police, Francesco Gratteri, are accused of defamation or of making false allegations in the alleged plot to incriminate the victims.
The preliminary hearing - in which all the defendants are expected to deny the charges - has brought many of the back to Genoa for the first time since 2001.
Aitor Balbas, 33, a geologist from Pamplona, was one of a group of 11 Spaniards set upon in the Diaz school. Eight decided against returning, and two were still suffering from psychological problems, he said.
Lena Zuhlke, 27, a tree surgeon from Hamburg, was left with a broken leg and head injuries, a broken finger, two broken ribs and a punctured lung. Although her medical treatment has now finished, she still has breathing problems.
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Did you guys see this in the Guardian ?
"Urs Meier is bracing himself for a barrage of abuse from England fans after his email address was posted on internet message boards.
The Swiss referee Urs Meier angered millions of supporters when he ruled out Sol Campbell's 89th-minute header which would have earned a semi-final place in Euro 2004. And furious fans yesterday vented their frustration by posting his personal email address on internet forums."
Anyone here sent him a message ??????
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Hay, sorry if it upsets you - I just don't like police officers ok.
You guys can go ahead and respect them all you like.......
Oh, what the hell - if it makes you feel better, I tell you what, I'll try and respect them some.........
nahhhhh, didn't work..........
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Why is it stupid to have a low level of respect for corrupt public officals ???? Why is it stupid to have a low level of respect for publicly emplyed thugs ?????
Sorry if you guys don't share my view (remember, we're all entitled to our own opinions). I can understand if you want to respect the 'law' - I think I can see why you would want that. However, I don't believe in the integrety of the Police. Sure, there are a few good cops about, but for me, these good ones are far overshadows by the degerate pigs that most of the others are......
Basiacally, I don't rely on a police force to protect me from anything. Honestly, what do you think a police force can protect you from ????? A speeding motorist ?????
If I have a problem and need the help of police, trust me, I have plenty of other resourses to call on for that kind of help......
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Sorry Plucky, not sure what you mean by "Instead of focussing on what the history is going to be, we need to continue to remind people how we got into this war and who brought us into it. Show the people what was said by Bush and monkey boy Blair, show what their INITIAL reasons for sending troops in was for......Not all this hooplah going on now...it's a smoke screen."
I think the reason the war was started, and what history is going to say about this war is one and the same thing. The reason we were forced to go to war and sacrifice all these young lives was because of the 'sexed up' reports of WMD, to secure oil supplies for the greatest consumer of oil in the world (who was sick and tired of being 'over a barrell', and paying market price for this oil), and also because of a little family honour/revenge.
Actually, knowing little George's mentality, I would probably put the family revenge reason on top of all the others. He made it quite clear he was going after Saddam as soon as his dad finished corrupting the court system (after his son lost the federal election). Even disregarding the previous administrations reports of possible terrorist attacks by al-queda in the States. The fact it took him 2 years (or whatever it was) to secure the backing of bumboy Blair, and the rest of his collegues' support, to finally send the sons and daughters of America to Iraq to murder other human beings is of little importance.
I think the important thing is now, who's going to fix the problem ???? Why should the rest of the world (through the UN) be forced to pick up the peices (and the costs) just because the American govt wanted to flex their bolls ???? I mean, the US govt has already forgottn about that tiny nation called Afganistan - how long before they also forget about Iraq ????
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let's hope the boys will be fit by then, hu.....heat shouldn't be a problem this time though....
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now if those police guys didn't do anything wrong, why would they be reassigned ?????
They should be charged and face a jury like anyone else who is caught (on camera) breaking the law. Who cares if they break the law while wearing a discount badge ?
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need we mention Australia and Howard.......heads are about to roll all over the place, hu..........
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There was a lot of talk last night (england/protgual) on the bbc radio 5, (thanks again Montoya and Nofackie), pregame commentary about the Italian referee, Pierluigi Collina
It seems Mr Collina has reached the age of mandatory retirement in Italy's Seri A league, and as such, is being forced to retire. It appears as if FIFA doesn't have such a rule, so Mr Collina is still eligable to officiate at FIFA championship games, etc in the future.
All the talk on the radio last night was about the possibility of Mr Collina moving to the UK and becoming a premiership referee.
To me, this is fantastic news for the premiership (if it happens). I think he is head and sholders above all the other referees, and has been for number of years. By all accounts, most of the players have nothing but good things to say about this man.
Perhaps it is not too far away when (for example) the FA scouts the best referees from both England, and abroad, in order the have the best possible referees in change of premiership games, similar to the way clubs scout players from around the globe in order to have the best teams.
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Does anyone think Beckham is a truely world class player ???
Even before he went to Real Madrid, in his last few seasons at MU was he really 'world class' ??? Aside from some very good free kicks and crosses, I personally, have never seen anything to suggest he can turn a game around single-handedly as say, someone like Zidane, or Ronaldo or Rivaldo can....hell, I would name the whole Brazilian team as having, individualy, more talent and finesse on the pitch then Beckham could ever hope to have. That's 20 odd people if you count the bench as well........
Credit where credit is due though - does anyone know who his marketing manager is ? They have done an absolutely magnificent job molding Becks 'the commodity'. Perhaps they should also have a go at Becks 'the footballer'.
Now, I don't want this to sound like I'm Beckham bashing or anything. Just wondering what some of you other football fans may think with the way this 'star' player has been proving himself lately. Also, many of you have probably seen him play week in, week out for years in the premiership - I haven't seen him like that.........
So, who do you guys fancy now to become Euro Champion - France ???? The Dutch ????? Portugal ??????
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Oasis headlining ?????????
Are those twots still together - surpised one brother hasn't taken the other one out by now.......
Haven't been to Glastonbury, but did go to the Reading Festival (quite) a few years ago now. Took in a few other festivals as well when I lived in the UK - mad experiences......mind you though, 100,000 people is just too many for my liking.
Give me 800 people and a 2 day outside dance party any day.........
Doesn't it always rain at Glastonbury ????
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Read reports about the england squad practicing penalty licks from the spot. I'm not sure what exactly there were practicing, but it certainly didn't appear to help any........
One thing that does interest me thought.......why is it that the coaches/managers share the responsibilty for losses, and the players take all the spoils for winning ???? I understand the coaches may make the tactics, etc. But surely with the amount of money being paid to the likes of Beckham, Owens, and Co, and the amont of 'professionalism' being talked obout in todays game it must be about time poor results were laid at the players feet for simply not playing like they were paid too.
What you do guys think - is it really Sven's fault, or are players more responsible for lossing their games against Brazil in 02 and France and now Portugal as well, after leading 1-0 until well into the game.
Personally, I don't think coaches can continually take the balme for all of englands (reasonably) poor performances in the last 10-12 yrs or so.....
I mean, at a cost of $60,000,000 (or whatever it is) one should EXPECT Beckham to NEVER miss a spot kick. I believe he has missed his last 3 in a row (coorect ?????). By comparision, if I made a mistake in my (former) $100,000 a year job, there would be hell to pay......surely it time for the players to put their hands up and say (either) 'we weren't good enought, we were outplayed and outclassed' or 'we (the players) just f_c_e_ up'
Is it just me, or is it actually harder to be dropper from an international team/squad than what it is to be picked in the first place ??? I'm not just talking about the england football team either, it seems across the board nowadays. Continuously poor performances by established 'stars' result in nothing but continued emdorsements and advertisement campaigns by such stars, and a new coach for the national team........something doesn't seem to sit right.....
Still, there is Germany in 06. How nice would it be to lift 'The Cup' on German soil ?????
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Does anyone really think Iraq's sovereignty is actually going to mean anything ??? I mean, are they really going to become a self governing nation without the interferance or meddling of the outside world (ie United States) ?????
I don't think so.........
Still too much oil for Bush and the rest of his Texan theives to turn their backs completely on Iraq just yet.
I also think, just because a ceremonial sovereignty is announced, does not mean we have been saved from another Vietnam. I bet my proverbials that after June 30 (if indeed national recognition is given back to Iraq at this time) we will still have American soldiers in Iraq, and they will still be getting their azzez shot at. I would go so far as to say we will probabl;y expirience hostage situations for a long time to come as well, mostly as a result, I believe, of America's failure to treat Iraq as an independant nation.
Hope I am wrong..........
Still all may change after the election in November (unless the result is disputed again and heads before the courts a second time - in which case the powers to be will ensure things remain the same....)
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Yeah, I agree, it's a bit much, but, a 'drop by' kind of involves getting around the ticket thing - I haven't paid for a ticket in years to any kind of event (including festivals, the World Cup and F1) in Japan. I'm hoping to continue the legacy.........
For anyone who's interested, my apartments include parking, and I don't care if you bring a fully loaded bus with 30 people....if you can fit it in, you can park here. Heck, for a case of beer, you can park at mine without even staying.....