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TF Book/Reading Club. 7pm tonight Bug & Bee

Hi allFirst meeting of TF Book Club tonight at 7pm ... 3rd floor Bug & Bee. All welcome.Don't be worried about ur english/reading skills as we will try to select titles which t also available in thai. Also it is meant to be a fun gathering/discussion and nothing too serious.At : Bug & Bee adjacent to Sala Daeng station on the north side of Silom. Exit 3 from the BTS station and head east towards Rama IV. Obviously the MRT station is also a few mins away.http://www.bugandbee.com/02ourshop

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It's a f**king tree stump !!!!

had to check to make sure it wasn't april 1st !!!!  Searching for a grain of comfort 'Miracle' recalls time statues moved as economy stalled By Barry Duggan Friday July 10 2009 HOW little times change: 1985 -- recession, unemployment and a moving statue of the Virgin Mary in Ballinspittle, Co Cork.Fast forward 24 years: recession, unemployment and the Virgin Mary in a tree stump in Rathkeale, Co Limerick.In their hundreds and from across the country, pilgrims are flocking to St

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Child abuse in Ireland !!

it's difficult to put into words how angry i am at the reports in ireland of the systematic and widespread abuse of children in care over the last 50 or 60 years !!! but what really makes my blood boil is this wanker Nichols, who will today be installed as the archbishop of Westminster, talking about the courage of these monsters who abused these kids !! not forgetting that the catholic church knew about this abuse for years, but instead of confronting and tackling the issue they covered it up !

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The Irish Famine !!

Victims of the Great Hunger remembered Soldiers reverse their weapons in a salute during the National Famine Memorial Day Commemoration at the mass Famine grave in Abbeystrowery Cemetery in Skibbereen yesterday By Olivia Kelleher Monday May 18 2009 VICTIMS of the Great Famine were remembered yesterday at a series of moving ceremonies.The first National Famine Memorial Day Commemoration officially got under way at O'Donovan Rossa

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Sri Lanka - Hundreds maybe thousands killed !!

i spent 6 years living and working in Sri Lanka. A beautiful country and a warm and friendly people. Heart breaking to see the massive casualties over the week end in the conflict/civil war going on there !! UN deplores killing of Sri Lanka civilians     AP – Sri Lankan ethnic Tamil victims of a shell attack wait outside a makeshift hospital in Tiger controlled … By RAVI NESSMAN, Associated Press Writer Ravi Nessman, Associated Press Writer – 11 mins ago COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – The Un

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Adams meets Hamas !!

now i know things are far from perfect in northern ireland, but it's a damm sight better now that it was in the 70's and 80's. so surely israel and palestine could learn something from the peace process here and surely ppl need to realise that dialogue MUST be started ASAP !!From the BBC !!  Adams meets Hamas PM in Gaza Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams is on a visit to the Middle East Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams says he believes there can be progress in the Middle East after talking to Gaza'

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Rape convictions

how seriously taken is the crime of rape ?? article in todays guardian has some staggering statistics ..... they reckon between 75% and 95% of cases are never even reported (although i'm not sure how they get that figure). but more disturbingly of the cases that are reported only 6.5% result in convictions against 34% for general criminal cases. full article below !!  Conviction rates for rape remain appallingly low Rachel Williams The Guardian, Friday 27 March 2009 Article history It

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Condoms helps spread AIDS

Pope claims condoms could make African Aids crisis worse Pontiff's remarks on first visit to continent outrage health agencies trying to halt spread of HIV and Aids Comments (244) Riazat Butt, religious affairs correspondent, and agencies guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 17 March 2009 14.57 GMT Article history Pope Benedict XVI: Remarks have angered health workers trying to fight outbreak. Photograph: Gregorio Borgia/AP The Pope today reignited the controversy over the Catholic church

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UK Subs - Stranglehold

inspied by Thaibel and his poncy belgian punks ..... a true punk legend (well he thinks he is) charlie harper and UK Subs. not one of my favourite punk bands but i did like this song !!

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where's captain kirk ?????

this band changed their name as often as StevieJr changes his underwear ..... at least once a year whether it needs changing or not !!classic track by a little known band !!!

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new rose ... the dammed !!!

the dammed new rose .... first punk single released in the UK !! sex pistols and the clash grabbed most of the headlines, but i always loved this band !! enjoy !!

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couldn't happen here !!

while not condoning the taking over of an airport by the PAD, i have to laugh at the f**king Brits on TF pontificating about how f**king terrible it all is and how nothing like that could ever happen in there wonderful country. where law and order is king and the wonderful police and army r on standby 24/7 to uphold the rule of the land ..... just a few reminders !! 1974 - Ulster Worker Strike. Government brought down by "MOB" !!!The fifteen unprecedented, historic days in which a million Britis

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Kicking Aussie Asses !!!

not one to gloat ........ but YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS !!!!!!!!  Ireland clinch series win at MCG Ireland captain Sean Cavanagh raises the Cormac McAnallen Cup Ireland regained the Cormac McAnallen Cup with a five-point series victory over Australia after Friday's 57-53 win in the second Test in Melbourne. The Aussies led 15-12 after the first quarter but Kieran Donaghy and Enda McGinley netted as the Irish hit back to lead 36-21 at half-time. Down's Bennie Coulter scored a goal to make it 50

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peace for israel & palestine !!

israel to withdraw from almost all of the occupied terroritories. a land swap for what they retain and jerusalem to be divided. seems like it's what everybody agrees is needed .... but when ???taken from the Guardian newspaper.  Ehud Olmert at a weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem yesterday. Photograph: Uriel Sinai/Getty ImagesThe outgoing prime minister of Israel, Ehud Olmert, has said his country will have to withdraw from "almost all" the land it captured in the 1967 war and divide Jerusalem

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All Ireland Champions 2008

Well it took my home County Tyrone more than 100 years to win their first All Ireland in 2003.Yesterday they won their 3rd ...... ******* magic !!  Page last updated at 16:20 GMT, Sunday, 21 September 2008 17:20 UK E-mail this to a friend Printable version Kerry 0-14 1-15 Tyrone   Brian Dooher lifts the Sam Maguire Trophy Tyrone produced a barnstorming finish to beat Kerry 1-15 to 0-14 in Sunday's All-Ireland Football final and lift the Sam Maguire Trophy at Croke Park. T

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'This is like apartheid'

'This is like apartheid': ANC veterans visit West Bank  By Donald Macintyre in Hebron Friday, 11 July 2008 Veterans of the anti-apartheid struggle said last night that the segregation endured by Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied territories was in some respects worse than that imposed on the black majority under white rule in South Africa. Members of a 23-strong human-rights team of prominent South Africans cited the impact of the Israeli military's separation barrier, checkpoints, the pe

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"Man" gives birth in the US !!

from the BBC ....  US 'pregnant man' has baby girl Mr Beatie said it had been his dream to one day have a child An American man who was born female but underwent gender realignment surgery, has given birth to a female baby, US media have reported. Thomas Beatie, 34, is legally male but kept his female reproductive organs after having breast surgery to remove glands and flatten his chest. Both Mr Beatie and his daughter are reported to be doing well in a hospital in Bend, Oregon. He was in

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Shark Fin Soup .... the cost !!

Millions of sharks are being killed every year to feed this pathetic desire for shark fin soup. Many shark species are now on the brink of extinction. Please DO NOT eat in restaurants which serve shark fin soup !!  Rob Stewart The Guardian, Saturday May 24 2008 Article history Sharks are in serious trouble. Research this week has revealed that more than half the world's ocean-going sharks face extinction in the near future. I first became aware of their plight in 1999, on an assignm

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the poor Burmese

geeezzz .... u gotta feel for these ppl. living under a harsh dictatorship and now hit by a major cyclone with talk of more than 30,000 dead .... surely things have got to get better sometime soon .... article from the Guardian newspaper !!! As the death toll in Burma from Cyclone Nargis rises towards 30,000, one resident of Rangoon describes the desperate search for food, water and shelter in the city since the storm struck on SaturdayHaving survived the cyclone, the struggle now is for surviva

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People smuggling horror .....

sometimes we in the "relatively" well of west, don't realise how bad things r for ppl who want to escape to a better life !!  or the risks they will take to try and acheive this !!  Burma migrants suffocate in lorry Survivors managed to alert the authorities to their police Fifty-four Burmese migrants have been found dead after suffocating in a lorry smuggling them into southern Thailand. More than 100 people were packed into a container measuring 6m by 2m. Many of the survivors are serio

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American hero ... Jesse Owens

ok ok ... it's long ... but worth the read !! This is the first of our new regular series From the Vault. We've been delving around all those filing cabinets in the basement to bring you classic sports writing recording events that happened in this week through the newspaper's history. First up is this outstanding obituary of Jesse Owens, published on April 1 1980, a day after Owens died. It was written by Chris Brasher, a gold medalist in the 3,000 metres at the 1956 Olympics, and the pace-sett

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the N-word

the N-word seems to be getting used more and more nowadays and especially by the black hip hop gangsta wannabes ... now when i was growing up the word was a no no ... unless u wanted to get a punch in the face. i'd be interested to see other ppls thoughts on the matter.reason i posted this now ... i just happened to see an article where a black comedian had his act cut short by the organisers (black enterprise) because of this guys liberal use of the N-word. another thing i've found difficult to

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