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Dawkins questions theory of ‘helpful banking’

Maverick now challenging another age-old assertion Professor Richard Dawkins has once again courted controversy by questioning the long-established view, held by many, that helpful banking really does exist. Arguing against examples of homes being purchased with bank money ‘at the going rate’, Dawkins has asserted that there is absolutely no way in a sustainable model of life on earth that the concept of really good financial deals was anything more than the ‘product of deranged minds’ which simply fool far too many people into imagining that their entire existence, and that 27 inch HD TV in the living room, are viable, somehow righteous, and gifted from higher beings.

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Posted: Dec 12th, 2009
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Tony Blair ‘could be launched in 45 minutes’

A report from the Joint Intelligence Committee in conjunction with the Daily Telegraph has concluded that Tony Blair could be airborne and seeking somewhere to land within as little as three quarters of an hour.

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Posted: Dec 5th, 2009
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RBS charges itself £38 million for going over its limit

RBS has sent itself a stern letter

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Posted: Nov 24th, 2009
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Government recognises ‘Modern Warfare 2′ syndrome

the burden of having do a spreadsheet can become 'overwhelming'Millions of office workers today rejoiced that the jittery paranoia they’ve been experiencing for several days when they arrive at work now has a name, and that treatment can be sought.

The government has finally acknowledged that many are finding it difficult to adjust to going back to civilian life after a full-on weekend of near realistic combat playing the latest ‘Call of Duty’ and are struggling to re-adjust to living in mufti and having polite chit-chat around the photocopier.

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Posted: Nov 17th, 2009
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‘The Sun has lost it’ declares The Sun

News International retreating to the sofa to watch a lot more SkyThe Sun Newspaper today switched allegiance away from itself saying it had alienated its readers and was therefore left with no other credible choice but to urge its readers not to buy The Sun. The switch comes after a series of howlers and embarrassing gaffes, dating right back to a complaint from an Argentine widow about the misspelling of ‘Gotcha!’

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Posted: Nov 12th, 2009
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