Britain's Anjem Choudary, the man behind the Islamic sect known as Al Muhajiroun, wants to turn Buckingham Palace into a mosque, impose sharia law in the UK, and destroy Britain’s porn industry. We took him out for a milkshake (his favourite is chocolate) to find out more.
So what do you think, is the UK ready for Shar'ia law?Britain's Anjem Choudary, the man behind the Islamic sect known as Al Muhajiroun,... more
Not too late to get down to Silly Things in Hackney - extended for two more weeks due to public demand.
Featuring new works from Marcus Cope and Kes Richardson amongst others.
Jongleurs Lock 17 and Radfax collectively create a great new music event
From November 2009 through to January 2010, every Tuesday night at Jongleurs Lock 17, Radfax and other musicians will be raising awareness and money for the charity War Child.
Entry is FREE to these events, but we encourage you to place a small donation, even your loose change into the Magic Bucket sited stage left.
All proceeds from the Magic Bucket for the period Nov – Jan will go to the charity War Child.
War Child is an organization helping children who are deeply affected by war.
For more information on War Child see http://www.warchild.org.uk/
The venue; Dingwalls, Jongleurs Lock 17 is a busy pub and restaurant in the heart of the famous Camden Market. The venue comprises multiple elements, all of which go to make up a vibrant and exciting place to see and be seen. There is always something happening at Lock 17 http://www.lock17-camden.co.uk
Nearest underground: Camden Town or Chalk Farm.
The show has a schedule and you’ll discover some great live music stream feeds of original edgy music coming out of London music capital Camden Town.
Come along every Tuesday night to Dingwalls, Jongleurs Lock 17, Camden Lock, Chalk Farm Road, London NW1
Nearest underground: Camden Town or Chalk Farm.
If you can’t come along to the venue you can plug in through your MAC or PC.
On http://www.ustream.tv/channel/live-from-london-ukJongleurs Lock 17 and Radfax collectively create a great new music event
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The caption under the picture reads:
"The words highlighted above are the perfect summation of how I feel about my father. However, we are bound like a book, and I believe our words, like a novel, are already written. Read this post which is so dear to my heart and let me know your thoughts. I think anyone with a father can relate somehow to this piece. Maybe Ethers, you can give me SOME hope? If we keep using the book analogy...and the picture above....the page is not fully printed. Maybe there's time to add more text to it."
This is a blog that is so touching, so well-written and anyone with a parent can relate to. This is a must-read. Really. Unbelievable. The best post I've read in forever. I cried.The caption under the picture reads:
"The words highlighted above are the perfect... more
Architects of a massive "digital cloud" structure that would "float" above London's skyline are hoping the general public will fund the thing through micro-donations.
The construction would include 120m- (400ft-) tall mesh towers and a series of interconnected plastic bubbles that can be used to display images and data.
Known as The Cloud, it would also be used as an observation deck and a park.
The team of architects, artists and engineers say they can fund their cloud with £5m or £50m, with the size of it depending on how much money they receive.
"We can build our Cloud with £5m or £50m. The flexibility of the structural system will allow us to tune the size of the Cloud to the level of funding that is reached.
It's one of collection of designs shortlisted in a competition to built a tourist attraction in London's Olympic Park, set-up by Mayor Boris Johnson. The Cloud hasn't won yet but the team behind it have cheekily decided to release details, presumably to garner public support and show funding is possible.
So would you donate? I think if I was to part with my money for a project like this I'd prefer to give it to younger, less-funded artists for a project that benefits people more directly than giving them a nice view. Saying that, it looks very cool indeed and would look brilliant on London's skyline.
Two men found guilty of starting a fire that killed a 17-year-old girl and her grandmother in London have been jailed for life, with a minimum of 25 years.
Jake Sheehan, 20, of Bethnal Green, and David Philip, 19, from Bow, had denied murdering the pair over a £15 debt.
Shannen Vickers and Pauline Adams, 57, were asleep when petrol was poured through the letterbox of their flat in Mile End in February and set alight.
They died as a result of smoke inhalation, post-mortem tests found. Their pet cat and dog also died.
[This in my opinion is a really interesting article to read, share, and debate over.]
If you happened to be present in the Anglican Church on London’s Trafalgar Square a few nights ago, you might believe it to be so.
Barclay’s Catholic CEO, John Varley, addressed a captive church audience, “If we fail to pay or are constrained from paying competitive rates then that talent will move to another employer.” Nothing is odd about that statement coming from a banking executive except that Varley was justifying bonuses on purely Christian principles.
In Varley’s view “Christianity and capitalism are compatible” because, “The injunction of Jesus to love others as ourselves is an endorsement of self-interest.”
Okay. Is he seriously tying Self-Interest to the Golden Rule? I wonder if Mr. Varley would have liked his 85 year-old mother to be tricked into a 30 year adjustable mortgage? I can’t be certain, but I don’t think predatory loans were what Jesus had in mind.
Varley’s speech is part of a concerted effort by London’s Christian Association of Business Executives to quell the growing rage against bankers. Also making the church rounds were Goldman Sachs’ International adviser Brian Griffiths and Lazard International Chairman Ken Costa.
Following a lecture at St. Paul’s Cathedral, a member of the congregation said, “People are very, very angry at the gross iniquity of rewards in society.” Griffiths responded with, “We have to tolerate the inequality as a way to achieving greater prosperity and opportunity for all.” He really said that? It’s kind of like the modern equivalent of “Let them eat cake.”
Jongleurs Lock 17 and Radfax collectively create a great new music event
From November 2009 through to January 2010, every Tuesday night at Jongleurs Lock 17, Radfax and other musicians will be raising awareness and money for the charity War Child.
Entry is FREE to these events, but we encourage you to place a small donation, even your loose change into the Magic Bucket sited stage left.
All proceeds from the Magic Bucket for the period Nov – Jan will go to the charity War Child.
War Child is an organization helping children who are deeply affected by war.
For more information on War Child see http://www.warchild.org.uk/
The venue; Dingwalls, Jongleurs Lock 17 is a busy pub and restaurant in the heart of the famous Camden Market. The venue comprises multiple elements, all of which go to make up a vibrant and exciting place to see and be seen. There is always something happening at Lock 17 http://www.lock17-camden.co.uk
Nearest underground: Camden Town or Chalk Farm.
Live streaming/podcasts will be run from this venue on the last Tuesday of every month, with the next live podcast running on the 24th November @ 8:30PM UK time featuring Radfax, Tall Dark Friend, Wooden Pigs, Rough Science.
You will be able to catch the show here; http://www.ustream.tv/channel/live-from-london-uk
Previous recording of podcast stream from Lock 17 http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/2484578
Check out the new Radfax live podcasting music shows “Live from London UK”, and “Live Music from London UK” on http://www.ustream.tv/channel/live-from-london-uk
The show has a schedule and you’ll discover some great live music stream feeds of original edgy music coming out of London music capital Camden Town.
Come along every Tuesday night to Dingwalls, Jongleurs Lock 17, Camden Lock, Chalk Farm Road, London NW1
Nearest underground: Camden Town or Chalk Farm.
If you can’t come along to the venue you can plug in through your MAC or PC.
On http://www.ustream.tv/channel/live-from-london-ukJongleurs Lock 17 and Radfax collectively create a great new music event
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Goldman's reputation is suddenly as toxic as the credit default swaps and other inexplicably exotic financial instruments it used to buy with glee. That's bad for the one thing it values more than anything else: business. Being the prime target for popular and political outrage could put Goldman first in line for draconian new regulation. So it has, reluctantly, decided that the time has come to speak out, to fight its corner. That's how, on one of those bright autumnal New York mornings when anything seems possible -- even an invitation to break bread with the masters of the universe -- I find myself walking past the security guard who held up Michael Moore and into the building with no name.
The Mitzi TV crew head into the wilds of central London to seek out some furry characters at the Hugglets Teddy Bear Festival. (http://www.hugglets.co.uk/)
Thursday's edition of my three times a week talk show.Watch the show her on CURRENT TV on Tues, Thurs & Sats.
In today's show :
Can't say my name.
It's enough to make you throw up.
Not that I've got anyone to talk to.
Lovely weather.
Ross eats again.
They just get on with it.
A very nice three days.
Barry White.
Dealing with bad news in different ways.
Sight seeing in London on a bus.
It costs pennies to make cola drinks.
Cats "devil ears".
What's the point of walking up a big old hill ?
The glass shelving unit has gone.
Loud music at home.
Happy happy happy.
Spend the money to sit at the front.
Can you see more than one of me ?
TEXT the show : UK - 078... Int - +44... chris@unitedkingdomtalk.co.uk
WWW.UNITEDKINGDOMTALK.CO.UKThursday's edition of my three times a week talk show.Watch the show her on CURRENT TV... more
General Khodaidad Khodaidad said the majority of drugs are stockpiled in two provinces controlled by troops from the US, the UK, and Canada, IRNA reported on Saturday.
He went on to say that NATO forces are taxing the production of opium in the regions under their control.
Afghanistan is the world’s biggest supplier of opium.
Drug production in the Central Asian country has increased dramatically since the US-led invasion eight years ago.
A recent report by the United Nations states that Afghan opium is having a devastating impact on the world, killing thousands in consumer countries.
Meanwhile, The New York Times reported on Wednesday that Ahmad Wali Karzai, a brother of the Afghan president, is involved in the opium trade, meets with Taliban leaders, and is also a CIA operative.
The opium trade is the major source of Taliban financing.General Khodaidad Khodaidad said the majority of drugs are stockpiled in two provinces... more
A few weeks ago I posted an entry about a meeting in the House of Commons in London. The second meeting will be monday 2nd November.
With great support from a fairtrade coffee business, a full page advert was placed in one of our national newspapers, the Independent, on Saturday 31st October.
There will be a public meeting afterwards because the private meeting is for MPs and aides only.
Go to www.reinvestigate911.org to see the advert and information about the meetings.A few weeks ago I posted an entry about a meeting in the House of Commons in London.... more
Professor John Beddington, the UK's chief scientist, would not be drawn on whether the Home Secretary was wrong to sack Professor David Nutt.
David Nutt was chair of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs.
He was fired after using a lecture to say cannabis was less harmful than alcohol and tobacco.
Asked whether he agreed with Professor Nutt's view that cannabis was less harmful than cigarettes and alcohol, Professor Beddington replied: "I think the scientific evidence is absolutely clear cut. I would agree with it."Professor John Beddington, the UK's chief scientist, would not be drawn on whether the... more
