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Interesting Links for 06-08-2014
Sep. 4th, 2014 02:00 pm- Women's sanitary products are now being taxed as 'luxury items'
Whilst disposable razors for men aren't.
Interesting Links for 21-05-2014
May. 21st, 2014 01:00 pm- Will UKIP make me Richer, or will UKIP make me Poorer?
AKA 'flat taxes are regressive'
- Disabled students could be 'shut out' by government cuts
Some of the support I got through the Disabled Students Allowance, particularly the PDA it got me, were a real help in getting myself organised, actually managing to make all the things I was supposed to, etc. I think I'd've had a much harder time without them.
- What If We Admitted to Children That Sex Is About Pleasure? - Pacific Standard: The Science of Society
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Interesting Links for 21-03-2014
Mar. 21st, 2014 12:00 pm- #ToryBingo Poster Generator
Make your own condescending and badly judged publicity!
- BBC News - The restaurants that thrive on insulting their diners
Nooooooo! Won Kei's is going polite! :'(
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Interesting Links for 04-02-2014
Feb. 4th, 2014 12:00 pm- Boris Johnson, not Bob Crow, is the one behaving terribly over the tube strike|Comment is free
'little is said of London's mayor breaking his promise not to close ticket offices'
- Ministers could slap VAT on Bitcoin trades
Interesting Links for 27-03-2013
Mar. 27th, 2013 04:00 pm- Do four out of five people really believe in prayer? | Science | guardian.co.uk
No. 4/5 people are able to think up an answer to "What would you pray for?"
- David Miliband to quit as MP, taking up dream charity job in New York triggering South Shields by-election - Mirror Online
'intends to step down with immediate effect, triggering a by-election in May'
- BBC News - Brick up spare rooms, urges Labour MP Frank Field
'said landlords should "brick up" doors and "knock down the walls" in defiance.'
- Video: water appears frozen in sine wave - Boing Boing
- Police Issue ‘Scratch and Sniff’ Cards to Help Weed Out Marijuana Growers | TIME.com
- PGN-The Philadelphia Gay News. Phila gay news. philly news - Archive looking for Philly gay couple from 1950s ceremony
'they likely eagerly awaited the return of their photos of the big day — which they may soon finally receive, nearly 60 years later.'
- 21 graphs that show America’s health-care prices are ludicrous
'pay much, much more than other countries do for the exact same things'
- Ed Miliband to join Scooby Doo Gang
'admitted last night that his brother David becoming the head of International Rescue is more impressive than him becoming prime minister. But he now believes he can leapfrog his brother by joining an organisation that has a much better 'hit-rate' in apprehending evil-doers'
- South Shields: Why bother with a by-election?
It's been Labour since 1935, and in that time, only one MP there has had a local connection, he was the only one from there to not become a cabinet minster.
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Interesting Links for 28-02-2013
Feb. 28th, 2013 04:00 pm- US supreme court hears challenge to Voting Rights Act in southern states | Law | guardian.co.uk
'Case could end requirement for states with history of discriminatory policies to get federal approval for election laws'
- BBC News - Slides plan for Newcastle's St James Park
'Football fans exiting Newcastle's St James' Park could be speeded on their way if plans to install slides outside the ground are approved.'
- Up to 84% on low incomes will not pay council tax, local authorities believe | Society | The Guardian
'Benefit changes mean poor people face average £247-a-year council tax bill from April – but many are not expected to pay'
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Interesting Links for 07-01-2013
Jan. 7th, 2013 04:00 pm- Bicycle barometer lets London commuters decide between taking the bike or the tube | wirefresh
- Church tax - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A church tax is a tax imposed on members of some religious congregations in Austria, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Sweden, some parts of Switzerland and several other countries.
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Interesting Links for 12-04-2012
Apr. 12th, 2012 05:00 pm- Planning a trip to Canada or the Caribbean? US Immigration may have other ideas... - News & Advice - Travel - The Independent
'Even if the flight plan steers well clear of US territory, travellers whom the Americans regard as suspicious will be denied boarding.'
- BBC News - Tax avoidance: The most common schemes
- BBC News - Uzbekistan's policy of secretly sterilising women
'[the BBC] has talked to women sterilised without their knowledge or consent.'
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Interesting Links for 26-01-2012
Jan. 26th, 2012 04:00 pm- BBC News - What is the role of bishops in UK politics?
The temptation is to say "to be a bunch of unrepresentative fuddy duddies"
- BBC News - What goes on in the mind of a sniper?
- Obama Calls for Wealthy to Pay More Taxes to Restore Fairness - Businessweek
- What's the allure of beach volleyball for politicians and civil servants? | The Guardian
It's rather outstripping (hurr) the competition in terms of its popularity with the Westminster types
- Illustrated skeletal system
'with stitched cardiovascular system and hand-felted muscle mass'
- Water for all: The case for a one-state solution - Opinion - Al Jazeera English
60% of Israel's water comes from Palestine Thus they're unlikely to ever accept a setup that has an independent Palestine that controls its own water reserves.
- List of cabals - Wikipedia
'a list of the cabals which dominate Wikipedia, ruthlessly abusing its content for their own evil purposes.'
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Interesting Links for 24-01-2012
Jan. 24th, 2012 04:00 pm- Mitt Romney pays lower taxes than average American | guardian.co.uk
'about 15% in tax on $45m income over past two years'
- Papers "gagged" by legal costs, MPs are told - mirror.co.uk
Specifically the smaller local papers.
- BBC News - Shoichi Yokoi, the Japanese soldier who held out in Guam
- OK, we'll get jobs, say poor people | The Daily Mash
'finally conceded defeat and vowed to find work first thing this morning.'
- Ofcom to borrow cup o' spectrum for Olympics • The Register
Using less than a third the engineers Beijing had
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Interesting Links for 14-12-2011
Dec. 14th, 2011 04:00 pm- BBC News - An Italian's view on British winter clothes
'In reply [to the piece of being 'hit by air'], an Italian based in the UK explains the different attitudes to winter clothes and health.'
- BBC News - How to avoid getting 'hit by air' in Italy
'Many Italians, it seems, are prone to a particularly wide range of winter illnesses, helped apparently by an in-depth knowledge of human anatomy.'
- En route to Belgium, woman caught with 5 grenades in Newark airport | NJ.com
Possibly related to the attacks there on Tuesday.
- BBC News - On the trail of the offshore tax dodgers
'The government's attempts to squeeze more money from offshore tax dodgers is being run from just about the most nondescript set of offices you could possibly imagine.'
- Disappearance of the elephant caused rise of modern humans: Dietary change led to modern humans in Middle East 400,000 years ago
'Elephants have long been known to be part of the Homo erectus diet. But the significance of this specific food source, in relation to both the survival of Homo erectus and the evolution of modern humans, has never been understood -- until now.'
