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Famous Scottish tennis player says YES to independence

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(not satire – it’s the Scottish independence debate!)

Personally speaking, a tennis player’s opinion is about as worthy as an Irish rock singer’s when it comes to the constitutional and economic intricacies of Scottish and UK separation.

But for some reason, Andy Murray’s lack of a public statement on the Scottish independence referendum has bothered A LOT OF people.

Well, Guardian journalists anyway.

But the Guardian can fret no more. Because in the early hours of this morning (hoping nobody would take much notice?) Murray tweeted this:

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So that would be a Yes then.

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Related articles by Tom Pride:

BBC reporter caught red-handed manipulating video in Scottish indy campaign

Panicking Cameron facing open rebellion in the event of both a YES and a NO vote

Queen’s radical plan for voters to think before voting ruled ‘unconstitutional’

Blair urges air strikes against Scotland in event of ‘Yes’ vote

Experts warn of zombie apocalypse in event of…

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Cameron diagnosed with severe heart-in-mouth syndrome on day of Scottish referendum

Pickled?

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(satire?)

The Prime Minister David Cameron is under medical supervision after doctors confirmed he was suffering from a severe form of heart-in-mouth syndrome on the day of the Scottish referendum.

Symptoms of heart-in-mouth syndrome include:

  • cold sweats
  • rapid breathing
  • outbreaks of goose bumps
  • clammy palms
  • pounding heart
  • eyes wide open
  • flared nostrils
  • furrowed eyebrows
  • hair standing on end
  • chills down spine
  • loose bowels

Mr Cameron’s health scare comes just days after medical experts revealed many members of the Conservative Party are suffering from a particularly nasty and chronic strain of foot-in-mouth virus which is resistant to any known form of treatment.

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Related articles by Tom Pride:

BBC reporter caught red-handed manipulating video in Scottish indy campaign

Famous Scottish tennis player says YES to independence

Queen’s radical plan for voters to think before voting ruled ‘unconstitutional’

Blair urges air strikes against Scotland in event of ‘Yes’ vote

Experts warn of zombie apocalypse…

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The Winery #poetry #haiku

penned in moon dust

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long days of harvest

purple fruit  teases the sun

hands are stained

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purple stained

children finger paint the scene

shoes off, wine poured

**

shoes on, wine poured

oak casks now silent

not too tired to dance

I was reminded of the harvest at a friend’s winery a few years ago. Chevrefeuille’s Carpe Diem prompt Vineyards

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ISIS recruitment in Turkey

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Şahin Aktan keeps a file to help him in his hunt for his ex-wife Svetlana, who took their three-year-old son Destan to live under ISIS rule in Syria’s Raqqa province in July. (Photograph by Fatih Pinar).

Last Friday Newsweek published an article by Alev Scott and I about recruitment by ISIS—the self-styled ‘Islamic State’—in Turkey, which has received substantial attention in the Turkish press.

We weren’t the first to write on this issue, and several other publications have run great stories on it in recent weeks. One of the most notable was Emily Feldman’s excellent article for Mashable, which examined ISIS recruitment in a single neighbourhood of Ankara, and goes into more detail than our own piece, in particular looking at the perception among many that they will enjoy a ‘better life’ under ISIS.

Feldman interviewed a man who has apparently spent time in Syria’s ISIS-controlled Raqqa province and intended to take his family…

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My tomatoes love the sun and warmth!

Nom, nom, nom – look good

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tomatoes ready for market Tomatoes ready for the Santa Fe Farmer’s market

Last week was warm and sunny-just what tomatoes need to ripen. Temperatures in the mid 80s. It’s a little cooler this week but still nice. Suddenly I have all kinds of tomatoes ripening-yea!

tomato lady at Santa Fe Farmer's Market

Up till last week I’ve barely had enough ripe ones to go to the Farmer’s Market much less make tomato sauce but now I have plenty to sell-just get there early as I sell out pretty early even with all these tomatoes. Here’s my booth at the Farmer’s Market. It is located inside the big building. Just look up for a big sign that says, ‘Tomato Lady’ to find me.

I noticed the number of ripe tomatoes have been growing here at my little farm and now they are exploding! Yea! I’m hoping for an Indian summer-that means the rest of September will be nice and warm which should…

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Queen’s radical plan for voters to think before voting ruled ‘unconstitutional’

Tom says it all

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(satire?)

Thinking before voting in a UK election – as suggested by the Queen yesterday – would be unconstitutional, experts have agreed.

The Queen reportedly made the shocking suggestion – in reference to Thursday’s referendum on Scottish independence – after attending a Sunday morning church service at Crathie Kirk near her Balmoral estate.

However, constitutional experts unanimously agree that the idea of British people thinking before they voted would go against centuries of constitutional tradition.

One explained:

The UK has a long and proud tradition of not thinking about anything at all when it comes to voting. In fact not thinking before voting is one of the cornerstones of what has made Great Britain the country it is today and a massive change like that would be unprecedented. Such radical action would lead to all kinds of unforeseen problems and could tear apart the very fabric of British society.”

The controversy…

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“All it takes is one good guy with a gun…..” – ‘Colorado GOP Candidate Questions Whether Sandy Hook Occurred’

Self-delusion, not Ebola, Dengue, or Malaria is the greatest threat to the USA and the globe!

The Last Of The Millenniums

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If you’re a Republican and a gun nut, just create a ‘reality’
where mass murders like Sandy Hook just didn’t happen……

This guy?

A complete, low life, scum bag.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9AUcRvDf8Q

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‘Pueblo County Commissioner Candidate Dr. Tom Ready (R)
questions if the Sandy Hook Shootings actually occurred’.

‘His Quote’:

“There is some question whether it really happened Sal (Pace),
(booing taking place) some people in the videos, thank you very
much, if you recall there was a picture of a man walking in who
was smiling and joking when he walked into the room he turned
around and suddenly had tears. I question that.”
From : http://crooksandliars.com/cltv/2014/09/colorado-gop-
candidate-questions

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