Category Archives: Liberty

Aussie Writer Languishes in Bangkok Jail

December 9, 2008 – 4:00 pm

Lost in the chaos of recent months is the case of the imprisoned Australian author accused of insulting the nation’s royal family in his novel. His most recent attempt to gain freedom through bail failed and the 41 year-old author appears set to spend the rest of 2008 without any assistance from the Canberra government. […]

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Gary Glitter Thai Persona Non Grata # 1

August 20, 2008 – 1:06 pm

Non-Vatican Paedophile # 1 Gary Glitter at Suvarnabhumi International Airport after a short flight from Vietnam. The rock star’s onward flight to London left without him after he complained about angina to the airport staff. “We don’t want someone with a bad record staying in our country. We are ready to deport him, and are […]

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Paris Hilton’s McCain Ad Banned

August 6, 2008 – 4:15 pm

McCain’s Low Road campaign took a little heat from his mom, who demurred that linking Obama to Paris Hilton and Britney Spears was ‘a little stupid’. The ad was pulled by the GOP campaign, however Paris Hilton has evtered the fray to basically announce her candidacy for the presidency. “I guess I am running for […]

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Beijing City of No

August 5, 2008 – 1:37 pm

No dog-eating. No messy streets. No Internet access. No cars. No spitting. No Chinese. Beijing has spent billions to show Western visitors to the Olympics a China without Chinese and without fun. No pirated DVDs, no beggars, no street artists, no loiters. Lots of police and auxiliary security guards to insure Beijing remains a city […]

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Solzhenitsyn RIP

August 4, 2008 – 7:46 pm

Solzhenitsyn’s A DAY IN THE LIFE OF IVAN DENISOVICH introduced the Soviet gulag to the world. Stalin had been dead 7 years. if Koba had been alive, neither the book nor the author would exist today. Luckily Beria killed his stricken boss and the great writer was exiled to Vermont with his 2nd wife and her 11 year-old […]

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