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Wait wait all is not lost timezones Mark! timezones! Timezones are your friend the evil old fuck is still only 65 and not a day older in the US. Phew! Ladies and gentlemen Gorillas Guides proudly present the […]</p> </div> </div> <div class="noclass" id="post-40"> <h2><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090103194619/http://gorillasguides.com/2006/01/30/toasted-heretic/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: Toasted Heretic">Toasted Heretic</a> <span class="date">(Monday, January 30th, 2006)</span></h2> <div class="meta"><p>Published by markfromireland in <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090103194619/http://gorillasguides.com/category/previous-site/" title="View all posts in Previous Site" rel="category tag">Previous Site</a> at 11:32 pm with <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090103194619/http://gorillasguides.com/2006/01/30/toasted-heretic/#comments" title="Comment on Toasted Heretic">7 comments</a>.</p></div> <div class="entry"> <p>“Did I mention we love Tayto? We love Tayto. I first encountered them at the age of one, in my grand-aunt’s pub in Ballydine, Co. Tipperary,and my life was never the same after…”<br/> Julian Gough</p> <p>If you’re Irish and of a certain age you’ll understand why I’ve posted this…<br/> No tag for this post.</p> </div> </div> <div class="noclass" id="post-39"> <h2><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090103194619/http://gorillasguides.com/2006/01/29/remembering/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: Remembering">Remembering</a> <span class="date">(Sunday, January 29th, 2006)</span></h2> <div class="meta"><p>Published by dubhaltach in <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090103194619/http://gorillasguides.com/category/religion/" title="View all posts in Religion" rel="category tag">Religion</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090103194619/http://gorillasguides.com/category/team-members/" title="View all posts in Team Members" rel="category tag">Team Members</a> at 9:43 pm with <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090103194619/http://gorillasguides.com/2006/01/29/remembering/#comments" title="Comment on Remembering">1 comment</a>.</p></div> <div class="entry"> <p>Sometimes when you read or see or hear something it is like remembering. It is like your conscience, or your soul if you prefer to say it that way, is tapping you on the shoulder and saying “you remember this.” And you do remember it, you are being reminded of something you already knew. Perhaps […]</p> </div> </div> <div class="noclass" id="post-38"> <h2><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090103194619/http://gorillasguides.com/2006/01/28/a-wake-up-call-for-whom/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: A Wake Up Call For Whom?">A Wake Up Call For Whom?</a> <span class="date">(Saturday, January 28th, 2006)</span></h2> <div class="meta"><p>Published by markfromireland in <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090103194619/http://gorillasguides.com/category/previous-site/" title="View all posts in Previous Site" rel="category tag">Previous Site</a> at 9:52 pm with <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090103194619/http://gorillasguides.com/2006/01/28/a-wake-up-call-for-whom/#comments" title="Comment on A Wake Up Call For Whom?">3 comments</a>.</p></div> <div class="entry"> <p>The reaction of Western Media to Hamas’ electoral victory ranging from outrage to expressions of shocked disbelief have been both instructive and darkly amusing. Surprisingly perhaps one of the few people who came close to a realistic reaction was President George W. Bush:</p> <p>“I like people who have to go out and say, ‘Vote for me, […]</p> </div> </div> <div class="noclass" id="post-37"> <h2><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090103194619/http://gorillasguides.com/2006/01/28/what-we-did-yesterday/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: What we did yesterday">What we did yesterday</a> <span class="date">(Saturday, January 28th, 2006)</span></h2> <div class="meta"><p>Published by dubhaltach in <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090103194619/http://gorillasguides.com/category/previous-site/" title="View all posts in Previous Site" rel="category tag">Previous Site</a> at 3:54 am with <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090103194619/http://gorillasguides.com/2006/01/28/what-we-did-yesterday/#comments" title="Comment on What we did yesterday">5 comments</a>.</p></div> <div class="entry"> <p>There is a lot of snow here which “Maman” likes because she has never seen a forest in snow. This is one of the places where we took her yesterday.<br/> And this is another. But we spent most of the day in the forest because it was so beautiful. She has never seen a forest in […]</p> </div> </div> <div class="noclass" id="post-36"> <h2><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090103194619/http://gorillasguides.com/2006/01/27/meet-the-tor-m1/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: Meet the tor-m1">Meet the tor-m1</a> <span class="date">(Friday, January 27th, 2006)</span></h2> <div class="meta"><p>Published by markfromireland in <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090103194619/http://gorillasguides.com/category/previous-site/" title="View all posts in Previous Site" rel="category tag">Previous Site</a> at 5:06 pm with <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090103194619/http://gorillasguides.com/2006/01/27/meet-the-tor-m1/#comments" title="Comment on Meet the tor-m1">3 comments</a>.</p></div> <div class="entry"> <p>At the request of reader Gert I’ve republished this page and included some links below for those interested in further research on this system:<br/> The Russian TOR-M1 surface-to-air missile system is an integrated air defense system that has autonomous radar capabalities. It functions at at altitudes from very low to medium. And fires missiles capable of […]</p> </div> </div> <div class="noclass" id="post-35"> <h2><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090103194619/http://gorillasguides.com/2006/01/26/not-newsworhy/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: Not Newsworhy">Not Newsworhy</a> <span class="date">(Thursday, January 26th, 2006)</span></h2> <div class="meta"><p>Published by markfromireland in <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090103194619/http://gorillasguides.com/category/previous-site/" title="View all posts in Previous Site" rel="category tag">Previous Site</a> at 6:58 pm with <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090103194619/http://gorillasguides.com/2006/01/26/not-newsworhy/#comments" title="Comment on Not Newsworhy">1 comment</a>.</p></div> <div class="entry"> <p>“Nagham Abou Zahra, a presenter on the Iraqi TV station Al Sharkiya, meanwhile jumped out of a second-floor window of her apartment building to escape a group of masked gunmen trying to kidnap her after breaking into her home. She survived the fall with many fractures.”<br/> Source: RSF</p> <p>No tag for this post.</p> </div> </div> <div class="noclass" id="post-34"> <h2><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090103194619/http://gorillasguides.com/2006/01/26/no-child-left-behind-part-1/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: No Child Left Behind Part 1">No Child Left Behind Part 1</a> <span class="date">(Thursday, January 26th, 2006)</span></h2> <div class="meta"><p>Published by markfromireland in <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090103194619/http://gorillasguides.com/category/children/" title="View all posts in Children" rel="category tag">Children</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090103194619/http://gorillasguides.com/category/iraq/" title="View all posts in Iraq" rel="category tag">Iraq</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090103194619/http://gorillasguides.com/category/photos/" title="View all posts in Photos" rel="category tag">Photos</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090103194619/http://gorillasguides.com/category/women/" title="View all posts in Women and Children" rel="category tag">Women and Children</a> at 5:54 pm with <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090103194619/http://gorillasguides.com/2006/01/26/no-child-left-behind-part-1/#respond" title="Comment on No Child Left Behind Part 1">no comments</a>.</p></div> <div class="entry"> <p>Iraqi children looking for food in the garabage dump.<br/> “And soon, the Iraqi people will see the great compassion of not only the United States, but other nations around the world who care deeply about the human condition inside that country.”<br/> President George W. Bush March 25th 2003<br/> Indexed under: Baghdad, Children, Women and Children</p> </div> </div> <div class="noclass" id="post-33"> <h2><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090103194619/http://gorillasguides.com/2006/01/25/if-a-government-has-to-resort-to-gangster-tactics-i-say-no/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: If a government has to resort to gangster tactics - I say ‘no">If a government has to resort to gangster tactics - I say ‘no</a> <span class="date">(Wednesday, January 25th, 2006)</span></h2> <div class="meta"><p>Published by markfromireland in <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090103194619/http://gorillasguides.com/category/previous-site/" title="View all posts in Previous Site" rel="category tag">Previous Site</a> at 6:53 pm with <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090103194619/http://gorillasguides.com/2006/01/25/if-a-government-has-to-resort-to-gangster-tactics-i-say-no/#comments" title="Comment on If a government has to resort to gangster tactics - I say ‘no">4 comments</a>.</p></div> <div class="entry"> <p>CIA flights likened to the work of gangsters<br/> The United States was accused of “gangster tactics” yesterday, and European governments were accused of turning a blind eye to the “outsourcing of torture”, as a human rights watchdog concluded that the CIA conducted illegal anti-terror activities in Europe.<br/> Full article here<br/> My briefing on Senator Marty is here.<br/> Senator Marty’s […]</p> </div> </div> <div class="noclass" id="post-32"> <h2><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090103194619/http://gorillasguides.com/2006/01/25/islam-islamism-and-islamic-activism-sneak-preview-part-2/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: Islam, Islamism And Islamic Activism - Sneak Preview - Part 2">Islam, Islamism And Islamic Activism - Sneak Preview - Part 2</a> <span class="date">(Wednesday, January 25th, 2006)</span></h2> <div class="meta"><p>Published by markfromireland in <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090103194619/http://gorillasguides.com/category/previous-site/" title="View all posts in Previous Site" rel="category tag">Previous Site</a> at 5:18 pm with <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090103194619/http://gorillasguides.com/2006/01/25/islam-islamism-and-islamic-activism-sneak-preview-part-2/#comments" title="Comment on Islam, Islamism And Islamic Activism - Sneak Preview - Part 2">2 comments</a>.</p></div> <div class="entry"> <p>The Salafiyya<br/> The Salafiyya was founded in the last quarter of the nineteenth century by two Muslim thinkers Jamal al-Din al-Afghani (1838-1897) a Persian Shiite, and his follower Mohammed Abduh (1849-1905) an Egyptian Sunni. Al-Afghani and Abduh were alarmed by:</p> <p>The impact of Western power upon Muslim societies.<br/> The results of forced partial westernisation resulting from Western colonial […]</p> </div> </div> <div class="noclass" id="post-31"> <h2><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090103194619/http://gorillasguides.com/2006/01/25/this-is-the-civil-war-that-america-has-wrought-diar/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: This is the Civil War that America has wrought - Diar">This is the Civil War that America has wrought - Diar</a> <span class="date">(Wednesday, January 25th, 2006)</span></h2> <div class="meta"><p>Published by markfromireland in <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090103194619/http://gorillasguides.com/category/analysis-briefings-commentary/" title="View all posts in Analysis Briefings Commentary" rel="category tag">Analysis Briefings Commentary</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090103194619/http://gorillasguides.com/category/children/" title="View all posts in Children" rel="category tag">Children</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090103194619/http://gorillasguides.com/category/iraq/" title="View all posts in Iraq" rel="category tag">Iraq</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090103194619/http://gorillasguides.com/category/photos/" title="View all posts in Photos" rel="category tag">Photos</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090103194619/http://gorillasguides.com/category/previous-site/" title="View all posts in Previous Site" rel="category tag">Previous Site</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090103194619/http://gorillasguides.com/category/women/" title="View all posts in Women and Children" rel="category tag">Women and Children</a> at 12:21 am with <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090103194619/http://gorillasguides.com/2006/01/25/this-is-the-civil-war-that-america-has-wrought-diar/#comments" title="Comment on This is the Civil War that America has wrought - Diar">1 comment</a>.</p></div> <div class="entry"> <p>Diar was 4 years old when she was struck by a stray bullet during a gunfight between unidentified persons. They weren’t even aiming at her, it was a stray bullet, an accident, “collateral damage.”</p> <p>If you support what the American government has done in Iraq this child’s blood is on your hands too - don’t bother […]</p> </div> </div> <div class="noclass" id="post-30"> <h2><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090103194619/http://gorillasguides.com/2006/01/24/news-search-for-howell/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: News search for “Howell”">News search for “Howell”</a> <span class="date">(Tuesday, January 24th, 2006)</span></h2> <div class="meta"><p>Published by markfromireland in <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090103194619/http://gorillasguides.com/category/previous-site/" title="View all posts in Previous Site" rel="category tag">Previous Site</a> at 7:11 am with <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090103194619/http://gorillasguides.com/2006/01/24/news-search-for-howell/#respond" title="Comment on News search for “Howell”">no comments</a>.</p></div> <div class="entry"> <p>So the Washington Post is having a spot of bother because it’s ombudsman Howell ot caught shilling and won’t admit that she was wrong. And now people are fighting back. This is a screen shot of a google news search I did a few minutes ago. Feel free to click the graphic […]</p> </div> </div> <div class="navigation"> <div class="left"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090103194619/http://gorillasguides.com/2006/01/page/2/">« Previous Entries</a></div><div class="right"></div><div style="clear: both"></div> </div> </div> <div class="sidebar"> <ul> <li id="recent-comments" class="widget widget_recent_comments"> <h2 class="widgettitle">Last 5 Comments</h2> <ul id="recentcomments"><li class="recentcomments"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090103194619/http://developing-your-web-presence.blogspot.com/" rel="external nofollow" target="_blank">Gert</a> on <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090103194619/http://gorillasguides.com/2009/01/01/2009/#comment-9571">2009!</a></li><li class="recentcomments"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090103194619/http://justpeacenow.blogspot.com/" rel="external nofollow" target="_blank">Laura</a> on <a 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