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Subject: the.week@spiked, 22 January 2010
From:    "Spiked" <spiked-central [bat] spiked-online.com>
Date:    Fri, January 22, 2010 2:16 pm
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  the.week@spiked: Friday 22 January 2010

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  http://www.spiked-online.com       Friday 22 January 2010

- EDITOR'S COMMENT -

It's 2010 and spiked is still here, still fighting a Culture
War of words against misanthropes, philistines and illiberals.
Which can mean only one thing - thanks to the generosity of
our readers, we managed to raise at the end of last year the
£20,000 we urgently needed to continue publishing into the
2010s. So from everyone at spiked, THANK YOU. But this year
we'll need your help again! With plans to shake up the UK
General Election, to campaign against neo-Malthusianism and
for free speech, and to continue demanding 'hands off the
human footprint!', spiked will need our loyal readers'
support more than ever. Click here to donate:

  http://www.spiked-online.com/sb/support

Brendan O'Neill

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- 1. TO RESCUE HAITIANS, WE NEED TO TAKE RISKS -
  by Frank Furedi

The slow delivery of aid to Haitians suggests that even the
noble mission of saving lives has been subordinated to the
dictates of risk-aversion.
  http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/article/7961/


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- 2. HOW DID THEIR TRAGEDY BECOME ALL ABOUT US? -
  by Brendan O'Neill

There's a danger that giving to Haiti has become a way of
advertising our decency rather than helping the desperate.
  http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/article/7962/


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- 3. EARTHQUAKES DON'T HAVE TO BE THIS DEVASTATING -
  by Rob Killick

Underdevelopment and lack of economic growth made the
Haitian earthquake far worse than it might have been.
  http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/article/7963/


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- 4. LAST ORDERS FOR PUBLIC LIBERTIES? -
  by Mick Hume

The all-party support for yet another crackdown on drinkers
is a sign of the illiberal times – and a far cry from past
battles over booze.
  http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/article/7969/


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- 5. WHAT THE 'MASS MUTINY' REVEALS ABOUT THE OBAMA ERA -
  by Sean Collins

A win for a Republican unknown not only spoiled Obama's
one-year anniversary in office – it also exposed a deeper
crisis of American politics.
  http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/article/7973/


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- 6. WHEN WILL THE IPCC MELT AWAY? -
  by Rob Lyons

News that Himalayan glaciers are not receding as quickly
as claimed shows we need new ways to assess the evidence.
  http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/article/7967/


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- 7. A SAVAGE ATTACK ON FREE SPEECH -
  by Tim Black

The UK government's border ban on an American shock jock
reveals its utter disdain for freedom of speech and its
fear of a volatile public.
  http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/article/7966/


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- 8. WHO KILLED EASTENDERS? -
  by Brendan O'Neill

A new book reveals the behind-the-scenes soap opera in
which BBC suits continually tried to emasculate EastEnders'
working-class characters.
  http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/article/7977/


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- 9. STRAW THE YOUNGER VS KING TONY OF ISLINGTON -
  by Emily Hill

Will Straw's tantrums about Blair's betrayal of his father
confirm New Labour's descent into mafia-style infighting.
  http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/article/7976/


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- 10. A PANTS RESPONSE TO THE TERRORISM THREAT -
  by Nathalie Rothschild

Gordon Brown's stringent security measures in response to
one failed bombing show the madness of the 'war on terror'.
  http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/article/7974/


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- 11. A MAD CAMPAIGN TO SCARE US INTO SOBRIETY -
  by Tim Black

The Home Office-backed charity Drinkaware might just be the
most patronising public health initiative ever.
  http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/article/7970/


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- 12. NOW THEY WANT TO STUB OUT FAKE CIGARETTES -
  by David Bowden

Anti-tobacco campaigners want to make Britain 'smokefree' -
so what have they got against smokeless e-cigarettes?
  http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/article/7971/


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- 13. THE MYTH OF AN 'OBESITY TSUNAMI' -
  by Basham and Luik

Recent figures on both sides of the Atlantic suggest claims
of an epidemic of weight-related illness are grossly exagerrated.
  http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/article/7968/


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- 14. A ROMCOM WITH AN ANTI-CAPITALIST TOUCH -
  by Rob Lyons

Yes, 'money can't buy you happiness' is a cliché, but it's
made to feel fresh in the new George Clooney film
Up in the Air.
  http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/article/7975/


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- 15. THEY THINK IT'S ALL OVER -
  by Patrick West

The death of 'the voice of rugby' Bill McLaren has prompted
too much nostalgia for an era that never was.
  http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/article/7979/


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- 16. BANNING FOOTBALLERS FROM TWITTER? OMFG -
  by Duleep Allirajah

Football clubs' semi-Orwellian efforts to keep their players
off Twitter will further alienate footballers from their fans.
  http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/article/7978/


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