Alameda, I posted what I found in your posts only because you stated that you´re a mysterious person whose gender, background etc has not been revealed. I wanted to show you that it wasn´t true. For all it matters, none of us is really interested in your personal life, were it otherwise we´d PM you asking about the details.

 Absolutely not, it was my attempt at mocking Cynic . . . I obviously failed miserably.

 ...I thought it was quite amusing

 you serious?

then it must be again me failing to understand english jokes

Canada bars ´infandous´ Galloway

The MP for Bethnal Green and Bow had been due to speak at a number of events in the country but his anti-war stance was drawn to the attention of the government by a Jewish group.

A Canadian government spokesman said that the decision would not be overturned for a man regarded as an "infandous street-corner Cromwell".

"We´re going to uphold the law, [and] not give special treatment to this infandous street-corner Cromwell who actually brags about giving ´financial support´ to Hamas, a terrorist organisation banned in Canada," said Velshi.

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Galloway said ..

"Canada was built by Scotsmen, it is like being turned away from the family home."    

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/mar/21/george-galloway-canada

this lady who owns the site called www. jihadunspun.com was kidnapped by peaceful taliban.

i feel sorry for her, not she is only kidnapped but also lost in mind like many who converted to this religion as a result of 9/11.

Canadian abducted in Pakistan pleads for life in video

Updated Fri. Mar. 20 2009 11:26 AM ET

CTV.ca News Staff

A Canadian woman being held hostage in Pakistan says time is running out and her militant captors will behead her soon if a ransom isn´t paid.

Vancouver´s Beverly Giesbrecht, who converted to Islam and is now known as Khadija Abdul Qahaar, has been held since November.

The independent journalist was kidnapped at gunpoint while doing freelance work for the Al Jazeera Arab network, in a tribally ruled region of northern Pakistan.

"We have very short time now. I am going to be killed at any time as you can see the dagger," she says in the video, referring to a knife hung on the wall behind her.

Giesbrecht´s captors have demanded a ransom and the release of Taliban prisoners, in exchange for her return.

According to some reports, the Taliban will free her for US$375,000 in ransom.

The 52-year-old pleads for her life in the video, saying her fate will be the same as Piotr Stanczak, a Polish engineer who was executed last month.

"I am going to be beheaded just like the Polish engineer, probably by the end of the month. The deadline is by the end of March, and that´s basically, I don´t know, 18 days or 16 days," she says, closing her eyes.

"I´m not quite sure how long that is but the time is very short and my life is going to end."

The short video was sent to The Globe and Mail.

In it, Giesbrecht is wearing a head scarf and sitting on a wooden chair. She explains she is being held by the Taliban somewhere near the border of Afghanistan, but isn´t sure which of the two countries she is being held in.

Security expert Eric Margolis said there have been other similar cases in recent months, including that of Stanczak, and Giesbrecht isn´t exaggerating when she says her life is in danger.

"It´s being done for one of two reasons," he told CTV´s Canada AM.

"First there are criminal gangs everywhere and they may have done this for money. It has also been reported there have been ransom demands. Also it´s been said they have offered to trade her for hundreds of Taliban prisoners who are being held by the Afghan government."

Canada´s Foreign Affairs Department has declined to comment on Giesbrecht´s plight, but Margolis said officials are likely working behind the scenes with the Pakistan government.

He said it is "totally out of character" for tribes in the region to kidnap a woman, since their code of honour forbids the mistreatment or murder of women.

Giesbrecht converted to Islam after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

She runs a website called Jihad Unspun, which claims to provide information that is "devoid of the constraints of mainstream media."

<[script]>

Galloway is perhaps best known for his vigorous campaign to overturn economic sanctions against Iraq in the 1990s and early 2000s and to avert the 2003 invasion of that country. He made visits there in 1994 and 2002. As part of a speech in his 1994 visit in which Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein was in attendance, he said "Sir, I salute your courage, your strength, your indefatigability",^[1] although Galloway has always stated that he was addressing the Iraqi people,^[2] and that he is not an admirer of Saddam.

 "Religion" or "ridiculous"?

 Religulous comes to the UK

A Borat-style documentary lampooning the world´s religions through interviews with their leaders is to open in Britain next week  and, if the US experience is anything to go, it is certain to spark controversy.

http://www.independent.co.uk/..age-1651318.html

trailer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=humznMCjtz0

And Jade Goody dies!!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7925719.stm

I dont know what to think really..

But, at least, the entire event seems  to have increased cancer awareness in the UK:

On the day the reality TV star was diagnosed in August 2008, Cancer Research UK witnessed 10 times the usual number of hits to its website...

Some cervical screening teams across the UK also reported a rise in the number of women attending their appointments for smear tests.

Historically, the number of young women attending screening has been falling all across the UK.

http://www.independent.co.uk..-about-disease-1651430.html

I´ve seen it and had a good laugh. Not insulting but light-hearted and pleasant to watch

isnt this sooooooooo stupid?