This UKIP Guy Is Selling "Bleach" As A Health Supplement
Political poison.
(tags: ukpolitics wankers )

Doctor Who: series 36, episode one - The Pilot
@guardian review.
(tags: doctorwho )

Boris Johnson makes pig's ear of Syria response
Lord Hannay on the state of UK diplomacy.
(tags: ukpolitics brexit eu syria )

Coercion, cash and culture: how to ( Read more... )

Swallows and Amazons: The Syria connection
Missed this at the time. Fascinating.
(tags: books syria )

United Nations Committee Affirms Abortion As A Human Right
Headline exaggerates, but important news.
(tags: humanrights abortion )

Peter Capaldi confirms he'll leave Doctor Who at end of series 10
No big surprise.
(tags: DoctorWho )

EU Law Analysis: Brexit and the Future of Human Rights Law in the UK
Not pretty.
(tags: brexit eu ukpolitics humanrights )

The EU’s Brexit negotiators prepare for disaster
The Economist reports.
(tags: ukpolitics eu brexit )

Learning Avar
It's not easy. (Difficult language, few materials.)
(tags: languages )

Most Mammals Take 21 Seconds to Pee
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Present at the Creation
How ISIS really was created (part 1 of 3).
(tags: waronterror iraq syria )

Pro-EU folks in the UK: keep making your case, don’t apologise
Amen.
(tags: ukpolitics eu )

The UK won’t opt for CETA+ because it can't.
Canada not an option.
(tags: ukpolitics eu )

Story of Noah's Ark is proof that climate change does not exist, ( Read more... )

How Trump Could Be Blocked at a Contested Republican Convention Not pretty. Could it work? #fb
(tags: uspolitics ) The Paradox Of European Defence Strategy Talking the talk without walking the walk. #fb
(tags: eu ) Openness can pay off: the economic impact of migrants Actual facts. #fb
(tags: eu migration ) Mapped: The world's nuclear power plants ( Read more... )

Economics in the Age of Abundance Now that we can all eat, what's next?
(tags: economics ) The Abdication of Moral Responsibility What happened to human rights?
(tags: middleeast syria egypt ) Seizing valuables from asylum seekers - Denmark has lost the plot, and its heart (tags: eu migration denmark ) People who are late No simple answer.
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• Sorting Out What Russia and Turkey Say Happened in the Sky
  (tags: war russia turkey )
• The Serial Swatter
  Harassment online, again.
  (tags: internet )
• An Alarming New Escalation in the Syria War
  *gulp*
  (tags: russia turkey syria )
• Satellite launch accident provides unexpected test of Einstein’s theory
  Timewarps, for real.
  (tags: science space )

• 'Rocky Horror' cast reunites 40 years later
  Susan Sarandon, Tim Curry, Barry Bostwick, Meat Loaf, Patricia Quinn!
  (tags: sf )
• Merkel slams Eastern Europe on migration
  "I lived behind a fence for long enough."
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• Is Vladimir Putin Trying to Teach the West a Lesson in Syria?
  Ivan Krastev on the pedagogy of atrocity.
  (tags: russia syria )
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• Cameron bows to pressure to allow more Syrian refugees into Britain
  At last.
  (tags: ukpolitics migration syria humanrights )

• Drinking Games
  Manipulating Moldova through wine.
  (tags: moldova russia )
• Assyrian Christian woman shares story of captivity by Islamic State
  As interviewed by @gajap.
  (tags: syria )
• How many beers can you buy with the monthly minimum wage?
  Belgium wins! Belgium wins!
  (tags: maps eu )