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Day 93. Today, we discuss the latest news from the battlefront, focussing on the Donbas, and whether there are some positives Ukraine can take from the situation. Plus, an interview with Alex Ostrovskyy, Head of Whisky at The Whisky Corner.

Paramatta, AUS. by Cecil Throckmorton-Sykes, Neutral Liberal Journalist Shocking violations! Not only did an innocent, very well-dressed, inherently superior Muslima punch a male cop in the face, but when her cell phone was confiscated from its hiding place she justifiably shrieked at the female cop, “Don’t touch my phone, you’re a whore, you are Christian, you will burn in hell. You will be the first one in uniform to have your throat slit.” Naturally, to right this injustice to the sacred personage of the well-dressed Muslima, Magistrate Margaret “Maxi-Pads” McGlynn dropped the charges against her, even though not only had...

Despite extending the unprecedented 30-hour talkathon on the Senate floor by more than nine hours, Republicans failed to force a vote on President Bush's three judicial nominees deemed too conservative for the American mainstream by Democrats. Republicans launched the round-the-clock debate Wednesday night to counter Democratic filibusters on the nominations of Texas judge Priscilla Owen and California judges Carolyn Kuhl and Janice Rogers Brown. At the outset, Democrats warned the Republican tactic wouldn't work. "I'm terribly disappointed that we are spending the time of this institution on something like this when we need to be spending what little time...

Punch-Drunk Love is a worthless trash of a movie. It is loaded with vulgarity without purpose, meaningless symbols, relationships without feeling, silliness without humor. It has no redeeming value and is a waste or time and money. For some reason some of the critics -- for example, on Excite or several at Amazon.com gave it good write ups. I believe these people were paid or had relatives in the film. No one could like this completely flawed, boring, worthless movie.