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List of wars by death toll. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_w… about 14 hours ago via web
A man once had the nerve to tell me that WWI soldiers wouldn't grasp the necessity of war in the modern era. Wouldn't understand the need. about 14 hours ago via web
The Parable of the Old Man and the Young: allpoetry.com/poem/8456359-T… about 14 hours ago via web
@thelindywest Mowing? Whatever you're doing, it sounds more mental if you append "Of The Dead". "I'm Washing The Dishes Of The Dead". See? about 15 hours ago via web in reply to thelindywest
Dawn of the Dead (2004). Where are they getting military-standard razor wire in a shopping mall? Razor-Wire-You-Like? about 15 hours ago via web
They're walking corpses. Find somewhere to hide until they've decomposed beyond mobility. It's not that hard to work out, is it? about 15 hours ago via web
@bindelj Time spent thinking about lesbians by percentage - Mon 0% Tue 0% Wed 0% Thu 0% Fri 0% Sat you wrote about lesbians 0.5% Sun 0% about 16 hours ago via web
@anattendantlord I am unworried about anti-lesbian prejudice in crime-writer circles. I hope this doesn't make people think I am a dick. about 16 hours ago via web in reply to anattendantlord
@anattendantlord Hmm, well, there's not a lot of graphic bumsex on primetime telly (Torchwood aside) but Julie's point seems flimsy to me. about 16 hours ago via web in reply to anattendantlord
@anattendantlord Yes. Am I also right in thinking that gay men outnumber lesbians by a factor of, maybe, ten? Might that be pertinent? about 16 hours ago via web in reply to anattendantlord
Julie Bindel is a cracking example of a minority group member who thinks that literally fucking everything is about her minority group tho. about 16 hours ago via web
To be clear: Subjects which annoy me on a day-to-day basis - Islam (Whatever) Christianity (Yawn) Lesbianism (Don't care) Judaism (Zzzz) about 16 hours ago via web
On a radical subject-change: Julie Bindel radically over-estimates the public's interest in lesbians, which is near-nil guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/… about 16 hours ago via web
"...The regime would now have weapons of mass destruction". Hands up who believes that. Hands up who belives that factored in. about 16 hours ago via web
Nick on Blair's tongue-kissing with Gadaffi: "Blair deserves no blame for his entente cordiale. Had he not neutralised Gaddafi... about 16 hours ago via web
The funniest thing about that Nick Cohen column is that everyone would've agreed with it in 2003, but he'd never have written it then. about 16 hours ago via web
@susanwighton Scotland's women team is good, although it's two or three great players plus some mediocrities. Better than the men's then... about 17 hours ago via web in reply to susanwighton
USA 5 Scotland 1. See also: Keeping Levein as manager 5 Common sense 1. Strachan in.. about 17 hours ago via web
Well, I'm fully confident that we can beat Serbia and Croatia in the WC qualifiers. Nae bother, with this kind of quality. about 17 hours ago via web
@UOJim Although I apologise for comparing you to Honduras. You're better than them, no doubt. about 17 hours ago via web in reply to UOJim