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  • Hitler Listens to UVB-76 the Buzzer 3

    03/17/2015 12:27:07 AM PDT · by AdmSmith · 6 replies
    VEF Riga ^ | Mar 14, 2015 | gogar88
    A very funny reminder of the old days during Cold War 1
  • Thai PM gives tough questions the buzzer

    08/25/2005 3:36:27 PM PDT · by Rakkasan1 · 6 replies · 300+ views
    mercury news ^ | 8-25-05 | ap
    BANGKOK, Thailand - Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has long complained of press criticism. But he sought to turn the tables Thursday with a new tactic - sounding a buzzer every time reporters ask questions he deems "not constructive." To the surprise of journalists and colleagues alike, Thaksin raised a handheld buzzer - which displayed an "X" sign - from behind the podium to indicate his disapproval of some questions asked at the first in a new series of weekly news conferences. The button-pushing Thaksin sounded the alarm when a Thai newspaperman asked why the government had failed to seek...
  • Cannabis 'worse than tobacco'

    07/10/2002 7:15:32 AM PDT · by SheLion · 106 replies · 6,685+ views
    BBC News ^ | 10 July 2002
    Cannabis poses a greater threat to health than tobacco, lung experts have warned. The warning comes on the day that Home Secretary David Blunkett is due to make a Commons statement about the future of government drug policy. Many young people are simply not aware that smoking cannabis may put them at increased risk of respiratory cancers and infections . Dame Helena Shovelton: The Home Affairs Select Committee has recommended that cannabis is downgraded from a class B drug to class C. This would mean that possession would lead to a caution, rather than arrest. The British Lung Foundation is...