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17. november 2002
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Former Italian Prime Minister Sentenced for Murder
Giulio Andreotti, who were primine minister in Italy seven times up to 1992, has been sentenced to 24 years in prison for his involvment in a 1979 Mafia murder of a journalist. The verdict, which is still subject to an appeal to the supreme court, has hit the Italian political establishment like a bombshell, and has already drawn strong criticism from leading politicians.
11:34:52 PM 
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Convergence of Blogging and Journals
Mark's The Occoquan Inquirer is out in a new edition, drawing on highlights from the past week in blogs. Quite a few interesting articles, including *ahem* yours truly's response to a Wired article: Convergence of Nonsense and Journalism. You can see the original here.
7:52:01 PM
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 – The French Invented Cricket
The former president of the French Cricket Federation, Didier Marchois, has made a claim certain to shock the English to the very soul of their nation. He says that this most English of sports was originally invented in France, and later brought to England by soldiers in the calmer periods of the hundred years war.
6:36:10 PM
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Do we have a free will?
The question of free will vs determinism has been one of the most intensely fought battles in theology and philosophy since the days of the earliest Greek philosophers. There is little doubt that humans have a perception of choice in our daily lives. We believe we make choices; that we are not mere puppets of either the gods nor the blind forces of the universe. But do we? [read more]
5:57:26 PM
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Now listening to...
 This must be the weirdest playlist in the world:
- David Bowie - Life On Mars?
- Nick Cave - The Ballad of Robert Moore and Betty Coltrane
- Danzig - Mother
- Bjork vs. Depeche Mode - Violently Happy {Remix}
- Depeche Mode - Personal Jesus
- Eyes Adrift - Pasted
- Foo Fighters - Everlong (acoustic)
- Fu Manchu - Anodizer
- Ill Nino - If You Still Hate Me
- Puddle Of Mudd - Smack My Ass
- The Tragically Hip - Its A Good Life If You Dont Weaken
- Van Halen - Jump
- Stevie Ray Vaughn - Red House (Live Jimi Hendrix Cover)
I guess I have musical schizophrenia. I'll keep enjoying this until the music police comes to take me away.
3:30:49 AM
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