Blog Entries tagged 'war'

GAZA: STOP THE BLOODSHED, TIME FOR PEACE

michel@piccaya.com — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0100

With already 300 dead and continued shelling of civilians in southern Israel, now is the time to issue a demand to world leaders that the spiralling violence that has characterized the Israeli-Palestinian conflict must come to an end.

Sign the petition on AVAAZ.org calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza - and for peace to be ac [...]

T-shirt with picture of armed robot endangers British aviation system

insolit@piccaya.com — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 13:00:00 +0100

This poor guy tried to board a BA flight at Heathrow terminal 5 but was turned back and told to change out of his t-shirt, which featured a Transformer robot carrying a gun -- a robot with a gun that apparently posed a threat to flight safety.
Go through security, get pulled to the side. I'm wearing a French Connection Transformers t-shirt. Bloke starts joking with me is that Megatron. Th [...]

The occupation of Iraq will cost $3 trillion

michel@piccaya.com — Tue, 06 May 2008 13:00:00 +0100

The occupation of Iraq will cost $3 trillion, America's most expensive conflict since WWII. Can YOU spend that money better? Here's your chance to go on a virtual $3 trillion shopping spree and prove it!

Bon, j'me suis payé "Universal Preschool" pour 35 milliards, "End hunger and poverty related diseases" pour 195 milliards, Yahoo! pour à peine 46 milliards, une Porsche 911 GT2 pour 200.000 dols et "In Rainbows" de Radiohead p [...]