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What If They Gave a War…?
1968. It was the height of the Vietnam War, the year of My Lai and the Tet offensive. Student riots in Paris nearly brought down the French government. Soviet tanks put a premature end to Czechoslovakia’s Prague Spring.In the United States, the streets were teeming with antiwar protesters and civil rights demonstrators. Martin Luther King…
Snus: Do it the Swedish way
In the beginning there was rolling tobacco, and home-made alcohol. And there was much rejoice. Then came the cigarettes. Oh those cigarettes! So glamorous in the 20’s and oh-so-cool in the 80’s. But the 90’s brought to light the reality of their dangers: highly addictive and cancer inducing. Coming from a Mediterranean country myself, it…
Free SMS’s – Hacked software circulates on the net
Reports have been surging recently of some form of “hacked” — especially prepared — software that enables anyone with an internet connection to send free sms’s to any mobile phone in the world. After intensive investigation, our research department (i.e. me) has come across such program and can confirm the rumours: it works. In the…
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