Funnyman Mason Not Laughing About Jews for Jesus Pamphlets
The News Review:
- Funnyman Mason Not Laughing About Jews for Jesus Pamphlets
- All-action hero swings it for Sussex
- Tunes on TV
- US Treasury’s Paulson to press China for banking reform
- The ‘Peoples’ of Iraq
- Death on the field caps off polo’s most troubled season ever
Funnyman Mason Not Laughing About Jews for Jesus Pamphlets
San Francisco Chronicle – Aug 28, 2006
We can’t take responsibility for the Moonies, but otherwise the USA is batting nearly a thousand when it comes to home grown lunatic religions. Even the Cargo Cults in New Guinea make more sense than anything we’ve come up with. Posted By: Cuy | August 28 2006 at 06:54 PMJews for Jesus. Isn’t that kind of a misnomer like F*cking For Virginity?Posted By: DoubleEars | August 28 2006 at 07:03 PMNope. People professing F*cking for Virginity get some bang for their buck.
All-action hero swings it for Sussex
Times Online – Aug 28, 2006
Sajid Mahmood did exceptionally well; James Kirtley was the match-winner. After scoring at least 30 runs fewer than par — the result of cloudy conditions, disciplined Lancashire bowling and fielding, overhyped early batting and running, and a slice of bad luck as a recovery was developing — Sussex simply had to take early wickets. Kirtley’s chief home-grown partner of the last ten years, Jason Lewry, in fine form in the championship but a reluctant one-day cricketer and liable to nerves on the big occasion, was not there to swing the new ball. Yasir Arafat, talented but inexperienced, was unlikely to be the swift destroyer of a trio as powerful and seasoned as Mal Loye, Nathan Astle and Stuart Law. But Kirtley has always tended to be a bowler who, come the hour of his county’s need, delivers. Late swing at pace on a full length is his stock in trade. It took until his third over to make the first incision but once he gets a scent, Kirtley has always been like a terrier in a thicket full of rabbits.
Tunes on TV
Malaysia Star – Aug 28, 2006
TV’s Blast off! Members of Funny Rabbits: (from left) Elmo, Sadar, G Dexter and Rayan. Our own home-grown talents have also gained exposure through locally-produced TV programmes, many of which feature both independent music artistes and the more established ones. While reality musical productions like Akademi Fantasia, Malaysian Idol and One in a Million feed on the ravenous appetite of the SMS-crazy public, there are a host of news magazine type shows that are catering to music lovers simply for the sake of awareness and appreciation. TV showcases the current crop of Malaysian rock bands via Blast Off! and Aftershock while Ntv7 contributes to the decibel count with the storming Rock Unite and Rocker’s Garage. Then there’s Homegrown on 8TV.
US Treasury’s Paulson to press China for banking reform
Forbes – Aug 28, 2006
That cash, experts argue, gets directed all too often to unproductive domestic industries. ‘The pace of change in international finance, especially in recent years, it’s just going at light speed. For countries to try to develop a home-grown banking system is difficult, inefficient and time-consuming,’ Fratto said. ‘It makes a great deal of sense that if you can welcome in world-class financial services overnight, that would have an impact on your economy and help to better allocate capital in your domestic economy,’ he said.
The ‘Peoples’ of Iraq
Dar Al-Hayat – Aug 28, 2006
Basically, this united country becomes divided into peoples: the Sunni people, the Shiite people, etc… These peoples may need tens of conferences to define their affiliations, identities and loyalty. It will therefore take them years to agree on the criteria of common interest among the neighbors in a country that was once a strong, united country. A day might come when Maliki, brave as he is in defending the reconciliation project, tells the Iraqis that the home-grown conflict with terrorism is a only a conflict over the borders of federal divisions. Then it would be the time to classify the ‘peoples’ of Iraq, to divide the country and share the loot.
Death on the field caps off polo’s most troubled season ever
Telegraph.co.uk – Aug 28, 2006
Polo is having its most turbulent season in memory. The sport so favoured by royalty and the super-rich is suffering what supporters describe as an “annus horribilis” after a series of crises… That has forced many players to take out personal insurance. Meanwhile, there has been a continuing and bitter row between English and foreign players, who have been accused of depriving native riders of their livelihoods. Some top English players have lobbied the Government and the HPA to impose restrictions, arguing that Argentinians, widely regarded as the world’s best polo players, are using a loophole in European Union law to oust the best home-grown professionals. Miss Yates, who had recently graduated with a first in natural sciences and who was due to start a post-graduate course at Cambridge in October, is only the second person to die playing polo since the Second World War. A student at Gonville & Caius, she had been awarded the Locke Tankard prize for non-academic contribution to college life. She took up polo in her second year and this year was selected for the university’s B team. Her father, Ian, from Pershore, Worcestershire, said: “She was an exceptional daughter and is being very sadly missed.