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mr.hoyle i guess nobody is talking about it probably because the british exporters are too happy and no one wants to upset them, that is assuming there still exportes out there.
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Did the guy in the photo marry Sarah Jessica Parker in the movie?
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If I recall correctly, "Flipper" was a Bottlenose Dolphin wasn't he? And, now that "Gray's Paradox" has been solved, maybe Flipper and his kind deserve a mention on the programme..?
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081124131334.htm
It seems like centuries ago I was taught this:
“When you hear hoof-beats, think horses, not zebras... and 99 times out of 100, you'll be right."
The simple explanation, is often correct.
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If someone refers to you as "Sweetie", maybe, they're being factual...
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081125090344.htm
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This comment was removed because the moderators found it broke the House Rules.
(5) was an interesting comment, but unfortunately for legal reasons we had to remove it.
But we are looking at the basic point it raised, so thanks Alex.
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I must admit, I am not exactly sure how my words violated the law you cited in the email notification you sent me, but I am profusely sorry for any inconvenience it caused. Glad you are looking at it however, especially with today's comments by the LibDems on the subject.
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Good to know "Experts" are looking after endangered species.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/11/26/japan.bears/index.html
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In order to understand the Mumbai Incident, we also have to understand 9/11 - which I contend we don't: there are far too many unknowns and questions from the 9/11 families not answered. There are lots of concerned people that we are not being told the truth about the War on Terror.
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You should examine the state of democracy in the UK following the action by the Speaker of the House in permitting the Police to search the Commons Offices of a member of the Privy Council. MPs have a duty to act upon information given to them and this is a right that should be protected and it is not the duty of the Speaker to open the door to the Police unless it is a matter of National Security which this certainly was not since it was something that has done no more than cause embarrassment to the Government!
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I'd like to echo the request from JAlexW in post 10. I've looked at News 24 and at BBC News bulletins repeatedly over the last couple of days in an attempt to catch some attempt to investigate what's happened over the appalling arrest of Damien Green - the single most significant attack on political freedom in modern British history. Yet there is next to nothing. You can't say it's all because of Mumbai - I just turned on the main news this morning to hear a ten minute discussion of the US band Nickelback. If you can, please do something to restore the balance in your discussion.
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Here's an idea I haven't heard before. It's called the SWINCH theory of economics.
Every economy can stand a certain percentage of swindlers and cheats; in fact they help to keep it vital by destroying incompetents.
However, if the number of swindlers and cheats becomes too great, then the rest of the economy starts to worry that investing is not safe, that they might be dealing with swindlers or cheats, and might lose their money.
So they stop investing and borrowing, and the whole economy slows down. It stays down for a long time, until the number of swindlers and cheats falls down to a low enough level for people to feel safe investing.
When the economy slows down a lot, then the government tries to fix it by putting in lots of money, which is really nice for the swindlers and cheats, but it doesn't fix the problem.
So how do you fix the problem? Here's an idea that might work.
We use social networking to quarantine the swindlers and cheats. We set up a site where people can tag the name of people they have dealt with directly with a "Swinch". A swinch is not an accusation that you are a swindler or cheat, simply a suggestion that in dealing with this person, others should be very careful. When enough swindlers and cheats have been quarantined, the rest of the honest economy could get on with doing business.
What do you think, could this work?
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