tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-243241592024-03-19T03:36:57.860+00:00Giving you social commentry with a twist of comedy, reviews and downloads. Its commentry about the things that I come across in my life. We all take different journeys in life and this is my journey.Vocal_assassinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09560340351500048871noreply@blogger.comBlogger62125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24324159.post-78183921934350455022007-04-13T19:00:00.000+01:002007-04-13T19:43:57.802+01:00

Recently in the news there has been much debate about stabbings and killings as the deaths from stabbings has risen. This has been a particularly sensitive issue as most of the victims and perpetrators have been black. Prime Minister Tony Blair a couple of day ago decided top speak on the matter and urged the black community to stop 'pretending ' that black youths were not responsible for the

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Okay so I have been away for a while. It a new year with three months already gone and new years eve shinanigans already a distant memory.The 2007 budget has just been digested but for most there is no significant change. The concensus belives that the chancellor has given with one hand and taken with another.4 years later Iraq is still in a mess. Yet still there are people still believing that

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A concerned reader wrote into the paper a couple of day ago comparing the posters of 50 cent's movie 'Get rich or die trying and the new one for Casino royale. Her beef was that both posters contained images of a man and a gun however 50 cent's poster was banned for promoting violence. Whereas she decided to take a black vs white angle on it, its was difficult to see how this was a racist issue.

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Nikon D40Snoop's new Album

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One has always suspected that women got a natural high from gossiping and now researchers have finally proven the point. One Researcher Professor Louann Brizendine of University of California claims that females, due to the programming of their brains, get this natural high from gossiping and thus can deliver over 20,000 words in a day as compared to 7,000 for men. He adds that as men do not get

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All my life, I thought being tall was cool. Some would claim that size or height doesn't matter but we all know that's not strictly true. Being tall had more advantages than disadvantages or so I thought. So imagine my shock when I opened the paper this afternoon to see the headlines "Tall men face twice cancer risk'. According to a Maryland team that did a study on almost 1700 US servicemen

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Every day we are bombarded with news and images of a war torn, poverty infested Africa. Reports upon reports from far and wide; Oxfarm to Red Cross show that most pledges among the G8 countries have gone unfulfilled. In real terms aid budgets are not increasing and the situation is getting worse.One country that seems to be taking an contrasting view of Africa is China. As we all know China is

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So this morning headlines was filed with the story of how London Underground's maintenance contractor hired the son a convicted terrorist Abu Hamza. Mohammed Mostafa himself a convicted terrorist served time in Yemen over a plot to bomb British and American terrorists. He was sacked when his identity was found out however one has to wonder how he started working in the first place. See here for

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The debate about the veil rages on with several politicians adding their own views. Some have strong views and are calling for sacking of people for not taking off the veil and others claiming that veils are putting women down making them symbols of subjugation. The key point within all of this si that there is a debate about the issue and all can comment. It is not just swept under the

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Once in a while you come across something thats riding a very fine line between acceptability and non comformity like teh show little britain. This website saydist is one. Here there is a daily picture and all you have to do is add a caption. However the captions can be crude and some down right offensive but there are some good crackers...enjoy...

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Two issues caught my attention this week: Firstly North Korea decided to test a nuclear weapon which they claim went successfully. The whole world is crying out in outrage. How can the this happen the world powers are asking themselves? Lets firstly ask ourselves why is it a problem that North Korea has nuclear weapons? After all several other countries posses nuclear weapons yet still we don't

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Ever wondered how popular you name was? Well no need to woner no longer. Our friends at Yournotme have kindly put together a website where you can check how popular you name is. Sorry only limited to the UK.

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On the back of annoucing that it made £1billion profit in 6 months, Tesco the supermarket giant has set it eyses on Mircosoft and Symantec. Read about it here. One tends to wonder though that we all love to hate Microsoft because there is no serious alternative and it has a monopoly. However if as we know, every £1 in £8 is spent at Tescos do we really want to transfer from one monopoly to

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Another day another shooting in a school in the US. Last month it was a school in Colorado and another in Wisconsin. Today it is an Amish school in Pennsylvania. The question everyone is asking is why? However I feel a broader question has to asked of 'how can we stop this happening again'? It would be quick to jump on the band wagon as say oh yeah it is because the US has easier access to

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This Thursday the bank of England will sit down and decide the interest rates once again based on some factors which will be revealed in their meeting minutes delivered two weeks later. I never considered myself a gambling man but increasing I find myself like most commentators trying to predict the outcome and hedging bets. The interest rates not only affects millions of us homeowners but also

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Well I always thought most of the time sharing was good that is until the cell phone industry though it was a great idea to combine a phone with an mp3 player. The logic was simple no need for two devices during your daily commute all you needed was your phone. What this has led to though is a new toy for idle kids to create a nuisance on the daily commute. No longer is one just exposed to the

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So Afghanistan has been in the news once again as the both NATO and the British troops are suffering loses even though there are claims they have killed over 500 Taliban fighters in the past week or so. Some newspapers are claiming that the Taliban (thought to be long gone) have regrouped and is coming out guns blazing.The reality in Afghanistan's is that all is not rosy as some would like us to

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The vocal assassin has been away for a while but he's back and rearing to go dispensing his opinion on events.This week in London, a rival free newspaper the London paper joined the rebranded mid afternoon freebie by the standard the london lite. On really wonders if this will spell the end of the morning paid for newspapers. A lot of us watch the news in the morning so don't buy the paper

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Photos speak louder than words as demonstrated by the recent case of the reuters journalist who doctored some photos from the chaos in the middle east. And sometimes they say exactly what words cannot express. So I've added captions to these images to give it some more meaning. Condi Rice on a missionCourtesy of Mike Thompson, Detroit Michigan US Heathrow Airport Monday morning Courtesy of Thomas

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Last week I started up the computer and noticed that the task bar had warning balloon telling me my computer was infected with a virus. What!! I exclaimed noting that I had not upgraded nortons anti virus or the virus definitions. However I do have the Microsoft firewall and update my patches on a daily basis. How could this happen I wondered. So I click on the balloon and it opened my browser

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I recently picked a copy of Sway's debut album aptly named this is my demo. I had caught a few cuts off the album earlier on channel U and on some radio stations so thought well this dawg's got something to say. The album didn't disappoint with some decent beats giving it the London grime feel that works well. Notable cuts are little derek, up your speed, download and month in the summer. The

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Photo curtsey of Olle Johansson, sweden Photo curtsey of Stephanie Peray,US Photo curtsey of Steve Sack Photo curtsey of Olle Johansson, sweden Photo curtsey of Thomas Boldt, Canada

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The talk of the week is the crisis in Lebanon and the UN peacekeeping troops that have been killed. We have all been following the events closely because any issues in the middle east affects the price of oil and ultimately our pockets.However in the past week there have been other development across the world that also require our attention but our 'fair and balanced' news media have ignored

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As I came off the bus today on my way home with a few of the regular commuters, I noticed a young girl about 14, standing on the pavement (curb) about to cross the road. Upon further investigation I noticed she had a white cane indicating she was blind. My obvious instinct as well as that of others who came off was to rush off to her and try to help her cross the street. She was trying to cross

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Yesterday one of the newspapers reported that one of the top schools in England had introduced spelling tests for A- level students ( High school). This was after the school reportedly saw students who couldn't spell basic words or punctuate sentences yet still those students passed English at GCSEs with A grades. Whereas the paper went on to speculate that exams have moved on to testing other

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