Peter Cox’s Blog

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It is a shameful testament to the enormous political lobbying power of the American livestock industry that they have connived to get the gray wolf removed from the Endangered Species List.
What is not often understood is that the vast majority of the land - Wyoming, Idaho and Montana plus parts of Utah, [...]

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There’s a widespread difference in perception between those Americans I’ve spoken to and many Brits / Europeans about the likelihood of an assassination attempt on presidential candidate Barack Obama. Doris Lessing believes, in common with many others outside of the States, that the establishment would never permit a black man [...]

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I fondly imagined that this might be the only rotifer video on YouTube - not a bit of it, there seems to be a very enthusiastic bunch of video-microscopy freaks hanging out there who even use electron microscopes to pursue their passion.  However, this is my first rotifer video, so please excuse the rough edges.
Rotifers [...]

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I had a feeling this was going to grow and grow… there’s something well worth studying in this C21st grassroots movement.  Who is Anonymous?  We all are.  As I said previously, the Scientologists ought to be very afraid.  Next event is March 15th.

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This is one scary video, posted by the hackers who recently brought down the Scientologist’s website. If I was Tom Cruise, I would be afraid, very afraid. But I suppose if you can trounce Xenu, you can defeat anything, right Tom?

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Just received an e-mail saying that the first monthly repayment from loans made to Kiva at Christmas has arrived.  I’m very impressed with this creative and humanitarian use of the Internet.  The loan in question was made to a 34-year old woman who sells eggplant, okra, and tomatoes in at a market in Sassandra, a [...]

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I couldn’t agree more…

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My mate John Buckman has started a new website - TubeClan.  The idea is very simple - it features the best videos from YouTube, edited by John and Jan.  I’ve always found YouTube to be a frustrating experience - yes, there are some great nuggets there, but a whole lot of drek, too.  TubeClan carefully [...]

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Having just listened to Lewis Black’s excellent autobiography, I’m a recent convert to his  laconic humor…

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