Welcome to Chavistan 

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Let me tell you about Chavistan, and you can see whether you’d like to live there:
1. The head of state is hereditary and unelected;
2. It has no written constitution; its parliament can make whatever laws it likes;
3. Elections are decided on a small number of votes in certain districts;
4. Overall taxation is about 60% of […]

Ooooh, Did Nasty Google Smack Your Blog? 

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The latest round of anti-Google wailing emanated from ‘pro’ bloggers who had their PageRank smacked down. The reason touted was because they were selling links.
Curiously, some were not affected.
Want to know why?
My guess is that those affected had ‘footprints’ all over their site:
1. Mentions of P@yPerP0st and T3xtLinkAd5;
2. Links to these two sites;
3. […]

Be Careful What You Wish For. 

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As an Irishman I suppose I shouldn’t care. The British economy may be about to hit the buffers. Why? Let’s have a re-cap:
1. UK now a net importer of oil;
2. Sub-prime crisis in US causing ripple effect in UK, which was already living on tick;
3. £24bn+ wasted so far on propping up Northern Rock;
4. Country […]

Digg.Com - My Loves And Hates - Ubuntu, Pot and Atheism. 

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Here are a few things I love, and hate, about Digg.com.