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		<title>Viva Obama</title>
		<description><![CDATA[America is not ready for a black president]]></description>
		<link>http://invisiblevoices.com/blog/?p=65</link>
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		<title>Ross, a final word</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Jonathan Ross received a three month suspension - without pay - that&#8217;s (apparently) £1.5m in lost pay. 
That&#8217;s an amazing knee-jerk reaction from the stiffs at the BBC, albeit in the face of incredible public outrage and political scrutiny. A joke - that did cross the line - was made from two comedians with a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://invisiblevoices.com/blog/?p=62</link>
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		<title>Ross and Brand affair</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The country has erupted because a couple of comedians took a joke too far on a radio show. A radio show that was pre-recorded and available for moderation, I might add. 

It took the top slot on Sky News and co, prompting me to wonder if there really was no other news available. Everyone&#8217;s bored [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://invisiblevoices.com/blog/?p=59</link>
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		<title>The &#8220;R&#8221; word</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I just want to say something else about the economy, then I&#8217;ll shut up about it all.

The &#8220;R&#8221; word - recession - it happens. It happens in cycles every 10-20 or so years. 

There&#8217;s a lot been made of the &#8220;boom and bust&#8221; cycle that Gordon Brown promised to eradicate. That was irresponsble of him [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://invisiblevoices.com/blog/?p=45</link>
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		<title>Bankers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Some people somewhere are making a lot of money out of the current financial crisis. The market goes up and down - it&#8217;s &#8220;volatile&#8221; - and if you know what you are doing, or more importantly know of (or start) the small pieces of information that makes the market go up and down, then you [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://invisiblevoices.com/blog/?p=30</link>
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		<title>Mullany murders</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ben and Catherine Mullany were tragically murdered during their honeymoon on the island of Antigua. It makes your blood run cold to think about what happened, especially during the 20 minutes from the first scream to the last. (Why didn&#8217;t the person who heard the first scream do something?)

It makes me consider some of these [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://invisiblevoices.com/blog/?p=26</link>
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		<title>The curious Barry George</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Barry George has been cleared of the murder of Jill Dando. He was convicted on evidence that was not strong enough to prove beyond reasonable doubt that he did the crime. Other evidence of being spotted in the area and of stalking other women is circumstantial and irrelevant. He spent eight years in prison for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://invisiblevoices.com/blog/?p=25</link>
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		<title>Scarlett Keeling</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s something very disturbing about the rape and murder of Scarlett Keeling aside from the disgusting and unforgiveable act itself. I won&#8217;t spend any time on the actual crime as we don&#8217;t know for sure what exactly happened but her last moments must&#8217;ve been hell on earth.

When I first read the story on the internet, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://invisiblevoices.com/blog/?p=24</link>
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		<title>A worse world?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Question: is society worse now than it ever was before? Come on, think about it. There are paedos living in every street, watching kids going to school. There are gangs of yoofs, armed to the teeth, ready to stab you to death. There are grannies getting badly beaten and later dying for the price of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://invisiblevoices.com/blog/?p=23</link>
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		<title>Mobile phones are evil</title>
		<description><![CDATA[They should be banned.
I&#8217;ll tell you why.

People (and it is mostly women) weave around the pavement, talking on their mobile phones or typing out SMS messages, walk into people or suddenly slow down or stop to spell a word. When I am walking, it has moved me to consider murder.

People (and it is mostly women) [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://invisiblevoices.com/blog/?p=22</link>
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