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<tr bgcolor='lightgrey'><td>Monday, 17th September</td></tr><tr><td><blockquote><small><a href='http://www.jezuk.co.uk/cgi-bin/view/jez?id=357' title='Permanent link in the archives'>08:20</a></small>&nbsp;&nbsp;How do you conduct a "war" on terrorism?  Congress has released vast sums of money.  Country after country is lining up to pledge "assistance" to the US.  Countries "harbouring or helping terrorists" are to be considered as targets.
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Countries like the UK for instance, where a number of organization raise funds for questionable organizations?  Countries like Israel for instance, which employ the same tactics of assassination and bombing as the terrorists they seek to stop?  Countries like the US for instance, which have funded and trained various unpleasant organizations in Central American?
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Or countries like Afghanistan, where a quarter of the population is in danger of starvation, such government that exists is in place through force, and which largely, it must be said, keeps itself to itself?
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The UK is in no danger of "defeating" terrorism in Northern Ireland, despite 30 years of trying.  Spain is unable to "defeat" ETA.
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It won't matter how big the coalition assembled is, or the size of the military force the commit to action is, it will not be possible to "eliminate terrorism".
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Matthew Parris put all this much better in <a href='http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,248-2001320966,00.html'>last Saturday's Times</a>.<small><br><p>Well, George W Bush has to say things such as 'we will seek vengeance and eliminate terrorism in the world' or he hasn't a hope in hell of being re-elected in 2004.<br><small>by <A href='http://www.jezuk.co.uk/cgi-bin/view/user/info?name=planetcutie'>planetcutie</a> on 12:02, 17th Sep 2001</small><p>[<a href='http://www.jezuk.co.uk/cgi-bin/view/jez?id=357&addcomment=1'>Add a comment</a>]</small></blockquote>
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<tr bgcolor='lightgrey'><td>Wednesday, 12th September</td></tr><tr><td><blockquote><small><a href='http://www.jezuk.co.uk/cgi-bin/view/jez?id=356' title='Permanent link to "World Trade Center, Pentagon attacked" in the archives'>11:11</a></small>&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>World Trade Center, Pentagon attacked</strong><br><a href='http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/americas/newsid_1537000/1537785.stm'>BBC timeline</a>
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<a href='http://www.cnn.com/2001/US/09/11/chronology.attack/index.html'>CNN's timeline</a>
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<a href='http://www.guardian.co.uk/wtccrash/0,1300,550197,00.html'>The Guardian Special Report</a> - particularly <a href='http://www.guardian.co.uk/wtccrash/story/0,1300,550559,00.html'>What the Middle East papers say</a>
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<a href='http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/09/11/2048256'>Metafilter: Plane crashes in to the word trade center.</a> - hard to read, almost minute by minute accounts and reactions
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<a href='http://www.opvid.com/worldtrade/worldtrade_2.mov'>Timelapse sequence of the World Trade Center burning and falling</a>
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<a href='http://slate.msn.com/Code/explainer/explainer.asp?Sho=9/11/2001&idMessage=8270'>How Good Were the World Trade Center Pilots?</a>
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<a href='http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/09/11/2048256'>ESR: Decentralism against terrorism -- first lessons from the 9/11 attack</a> - ridiculous so-called analysis from a man intelligent enough to know better
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<a href='http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,46725,00.html'>Wired: Blame Game Dominates Chat Rooms</a>
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lots more at <a href='http://newsfilter.free2air.org/story/2001/9/11/145919/294'>NewsFilter</a>,
<a href='http://www.metafilter.com/'>Metafilter</a>, all of the place<small><br>[<a href='http://www.jezuk.co.uk/cgi-bin/view/jez?id=356&addcomment=1'>Add a comment</a>]</small></blockquote>
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<tr bgcolor='lightgrey'><td>Friday, 7th September</td></tr><tr><td><blockquote><small><a href='http://www.jezuk.co.uk/cgi-bin/view/jez?id=355' title='Permanent link in the archives'>09:03</a></small>&nbsp;&nbsp;Spent yesterday down in Slough, where I had a meeting with a man from *cough*-*cough*, to tell him what I've been doing and why it would a terrifically good idea all round to keep me on if *cough*-*cough* *COUGH*-*hack*! *splutter* *hack-cough*.  Didn't try to brownnose, but couldn't have anyway, as my motherhen of a manager's proboscis was rammed firmly up the bloke's backside for the entire day.<small><br>[<a href='http://www.jezuk.co.uk/cgi-bin/view/jez?id=355&addcomment=1'>Add a comment</a>]</small></blockquote>
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<tr bgcolor='lightgrey'><td>Tuesday, 4th September</td></tr><tr><td><blockquote><small><a href='http://www.jezuk.co.uk/cgi-bin/view/jez?id=354' title='Permanent link in the archives'>14:34</a></small>&nbsp;&nbsp;<i>Ooooooooh!</i>  Just been talking the comics-hero Glenn Dakin.  I'm going to go and interview for the big zine, <a href='http://www.borderline.mediahall.co.uk/'>Borderline</a>, in a couple of weeks or so.  <i>Excited!</i><small><br>[<a href='http://www.jezuk.co.uk/cgi-bin/view/jez?id=354&addcomment=1'>Add a comment</a>]</small></blockquote>
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<tr bgcolor='lightgrey'><td>Monday, 3rd September</td></tr><tr><td><blockquote><small><a href='http://www.jezuk.co.uk/cgi-bin/view/jez?id=353' title='Permanent link to "Football! Uniting the nation in exceedingly tasteless jingoism." in the archives'>09:24</a></small>&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>Football! Uniting the nation in exceedingly tasteless jingoism.</strong><br>According to no less than the Sunday Telegraph the nation is <i>dazed but delighted</i> after the English football team's 5-1 victory over Germany on Saturday.  What a load of bollocks.  Football is popular, there's no denying that, but the idea that it unites the country as one big smiley happy family is rubbish. 
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On Saturday night the BBC screened <i>They Think It's Uber Alles</i> and the Sunday headlines included <i>Blitzed</i> and <i>Don't Mention the Score</i>.  My aching sides!  Earlier in the week The Daily Mail, to remind us just how dastardly the Hun is, ran a picture of Germany's 1935 squad doing Nazi salutes.  I'm surprised none of the papers managed <i>Owen gives Germans the ki-bosch!</i> or <i>Take that Fritz!</i>.
<small><br><p>I must have been out with the only 2 other people in Nottingham as the pubs sloshed out at 8.30. We sat at a window table of a pub as everyone converged on the Market Square, to be rowdy in a larger group. One development over the previous decade is that there were quite a few women in the groups, something which 10 or 15 years ago would have been rare. Having been trapped in a pub during the world cup, this development seems to lower the level of aggression. Only slightly, but I'll take wjat I can get. There were also a few families. Give us another 10 or 15 years and we might be approaching a more European position. <br><small>by <A href='http://www.jezuk.co.uk/cgi-bin/view/user/info?name=stephen prestage'>stephen prestage</a> on 11:42, 3rd Sep 2001</small><p>[<a href='http://www.jezuk.co.uk/cgi-bin/view/jez?id=353&addcomment=1'>Add a comment</a>]</small></blockquote>
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<tr bgcolor='lightgrey'><td>Friday, 31st August</td></tr><tr><td><blockquote><small><a href='http://www.jezuk.co.uk/cgi-bin/view/jez?id=352' title='Permanent link in the archives'>12:19</a></small>&nbsp;&nbsp;I've just spoken to Emma, my new chum at LWT.  We decided that, sadly, I couldn't help her.  I confessed to feeling slighty sleazy about the whole business, but she reassured me that this was pretty small beer compared to some of the things that Nightlife covers.
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It sounds like I need to get myself a copy of Bizarre too - page 22 has an "advert" for the <a href='http://www.jezuk.co.uk/ptt'>Trumps</a>.<small><br>[<a href='http://www.jezuk.co.uk/cgi-bin/view/jez?id=352&addcomment=1'>Add a comment</a>]</small></blockquote>
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<tr><td><blockquote><small><a href='http://www.jezuk.co.uk/cgi-bin/view/jez?id=351' title='Permanent link in the archives'>11:02</a></small>&nbsp;&nbsp;Let's have another dip into The Coffee Grounds mailbag.
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My name is Emma Shaw and I work for London Weekend Television on a
programme called "Nightlife" which takes an in depth look at what's going on in London. On reading your advert in Bizarre magazine I was interested in finding out more about the trading cards game, about what it entails and if you meet up with people. Any information you could send me about it would be great. I'm just researching items like this at the moment, so was basically interested in finding out more to see whether it may be something we would like to feature. You can email me on name.deleted@someisporother.com or give me a call on 0000 000 0000. Thanks in advance for your help and I'll look forward to hearing from you soon. <br>
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Emma Shaw<br>
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Hmmm, what to do?  The trading cards game is obviously the <a href='http://www.jezuk.co.uk/ptt'>Trumps</a>, but I do get the feeling she's rather missed that it's a joke, is several years old, that I don't live in London and didn't put an advert in Bizarre.  Bizarre are still running it on the front of their <a href='http://www.bizarremag.com/contents.html'>website</a>, but that's their doing, not mine.  
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I did think about offering up <a href='http://www.bugpowder.com/pete'>Pete</a> as he does live in the Big Smell, but he declined before I even asked.<small><br>[<a href='http://www.jezuk.co.uk/cgi-bin/view/jez?id=351&addcomment=1'>Add a comment</a>]</small></blockquote>
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<tr bgcolor='lightgrey'><td>Thursday, 30th August</td></tr><tr><td><blockquote><small><a href='http://www.jezuk.co.uk/cgi-bin/view/jez?id=350' title='Permanent link in the archives'>15:53</a></small>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Coffee Grounds Canadian correspondent writes
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<i>Oh Jez. The world of software development must be an angst filled place. All the frames I catch show you staring soul searchingly into the middle distance.</i>
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It is! It is! Observe the full horror for yourself on the <a href='http://www.jezuk.co.uk/cgi-bin/view/jez/atticCam'>Attic Cam</a><small><br>[<a href='http://www.jezuk.co.uk/cgi-bin/view/jez?id=350&addcomment=1'>Add a comment</a>]</small></blockquote>
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<tr bgcolor='lightgrey'><td>Wednesday, 22nd August</td></tr><tr><td><blockquote><small><a href='http://www.jezuk.co.uk/cgi-bin/view/jez?id=348' title='Permanent link in the archives'>21:32</a></small>&nbsp;&nbsp;The new Sky Moviemax <i>Wednesday Action</i> advert shamelessly rips off <a href='http://games.sohu.com/fightgame/fight3.swf'>this little gem</a>.<small><br>[<a href='http://www.jezuk.co.uk/cgi-bin/view/jez?id=348&addcomment=1'>Add a comment</a>]</small></blockquote>
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