I’d say there certainly must be some form of skewed media perspective if anyone could be left able to draw a parallel between the west bank and a Nazi concentration camp

Funny that the maker of the video you posted also has a video titled

“Klavan’s One-State Solution: Give the Middle East to the Jews ”

certainly no propaganda at work there then…

Whilst history sets precedents, surely our greatest focus should be on changes we can make to the present, as through raising awareness of current injustices in the world, we can make a change, through social pressure.

With that in mind, remember that the Israeli Occupation of both the West Bank and Gaza draws many parallels to concentration camps and the Berlin Wall, yet due to a skewed media perspective, there is minimal coverage of the plight of the oppressed.

Pfft… call that a Holocaust~ how about the Native Americans…

http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/American_Indian_Holocaust

‘Estimates of the pre-Columbian population vary, from a minimum of 50 million to a maximum of 100 million; 80 to 90% were killed’

More directly linked, could events in Palestine be a direct result of the atrocities conducted throughout the holocaust, spread out over a far longer timescale?

How about this for an illustration of propaganda and double standards on these issues:

‘On 23 March 2011, the Knesset approved, by a vote of 37 to 25,[32] a change to the budget, giving the Israeli Finance Minister the discretion to reduce government funding to any non-governmental organization (NGO) that organizes Nakba commemoration events’

from:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakba_Day

This tune is dirty in all the best ways…

and as a bonus…

hang on

Say what?

The Blues Brothers drive a shed…

1st album I ever bought…

This ties in on so many levels it’s silly, and it’s beautiful to boot:

This is the newer shifter for the 8spd… as already mentioned, it is still the wrong way round as per rapid rise, but is smaller than the original and has rapidfire plus with the finger trigger going both ways:

http://www.bike-discount.de/shop/k896/a72866/alfine-gear-shifter-rapidfire-sl-s503-8-speed-right.html

Only does 1 gear at a time though, despite blurb saying otherwise

It’s a shame to think this is over 30 years old and the same troubles remain in society… in some parts of the world, nasty folks are still building walls. GRRR

Not this weekend, but the weekend previous, I went to an old friends wedding in London~ after dancing like a man possessed all night, I woke up in the morning with a stinking hangover and a black eye, but my troubles were far from over…

I’d stayed with a friend in a hotel near docklands and after a hearty cooked breakfast, we parted company and then my adventure began…

My car and clothes other than the (now sweat soaked) tux I was wearing were at another friends in Ealing: on a normal day, this wouldn’t have been an issue, what with the ample public transport; however, the fates were conspiring against me and having laboured my limited intellect to buy a ticket from the machine in East India DLR station, I then discovered that the station was shut due to engineering works.

Having danced with such vigour, I was struggling to walk as my muscles were really not happy at their additional workload and were attempting industrial action; nonetheless, with grit, determination and regular checks on google maps, I hobbled a mile or so to the nearest tube station. Thankfully, this was open, but due to further engineering works, I would have to change to come at Ealing Broadway from a different angle.

After yet more grimacing from traversing the huge tunnel network at Bank station, once I was on the train that should’ve taken me safely to my destination, it was announced there was a points problem and all trains would now be diverted to Richmond.

I eventually made it to South Ealing and another long walk, arriving at my friends house just as they were going out, so immediately drove for 5 hours back to deep dark Wales.

That my friends is a proper hangover.

(I actually quite enjoyed it though, being in a state where you struggle to GAF, making eyes at folks on the tube with a black eye and a tux gets some quality responses)

Are the brakes especially stiff? Going by the mention of the brake pedal, it could be that the vacuum pump is iffy, which feeds both the brake servo and the vacuum solenoids which would also then affect the turbo actuator…

I hope it’s not anything more serious, as the head gasket went on mine, resulting in it revving out, unable to be switched off by the key as it burnt the oil… bloody thing got me in trouble with the law too; that said, it’s unlikey it would start due to low compression if the head gasket has gone, so probably not worth worrying about yet.