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A TWEET AND SOUR LOOK AT NEWS HEADLINES
07.29.2009
Guj Assembly ignores president’s suggestions and passes GUJCOC unchanged. Guess they feel it’s already Modi-fied enough.
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07.29.2009
Panel to discuss if solar power needs Rs. 82,000 crore subsidy over 30 years. That’s a really expensive solar panel.
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07.27.2009
K’taka ranks 2nd in power theft cases. BSY can say, “We’re No.2, so we’ll try harder.”
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07.27.2009
Govt. to spend Rs. 16,660 crores on Commonwealth Games. Why do parasites love to be hosts?
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07.27.2009
Iran’s Culture Minister resigns & now the Intelligence Minister is sacked. The leadership is reduced to dumb brutes eh?
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07.27.2009
Mehbooba Mufti throws a microphone at (J&K) speaker. Is this what is meant by audio feedback?
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07.27.2009
Chennai cop suspended for stealing bikes. Yet another example of the police performing their chors.
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07.27.2009
Bihar wants special “status”. Gujjars want ST “status”. Govt. loots the dough & makes a pie. The votebanks dig in. – Democracy’s food chain.
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07.27.2009
Left looks to Cuba for inspiration. Their Expressionism left a bad Impressionism. Realism hit them in the polls & now they turn to Cubism.
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07.27.2009
Air India asks for Rs. 20K crore bail-out. Look like their planes depend on Burnoulli’s principle.
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07.20.2009
Maya rewards Intezar Abdi (accused of arson) with a plum post. He does the firing, she does the hiring.
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07.19.2009
Six hydel projects in Sikkim put on hold. From being dammed to being damned.
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07.19.2009
India refuses to accept carbon caps. Yup. Manmohan any day prefers a cotton turban.
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07.09.2009
Anti-trafficking cells planned in states. HDK & Deve Gowda would be ideal candidates for K'taka.
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07.09.2009
Manmohan gets jersey of Brazilian defender – Lucio. A recognition for having stopped many goals?
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