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  UnNews:John Reid Goes Bat Fuck Insane - Uncyclopedia, the content-free encyclopedia
Reid then unbuckled his trousers and threw his underwear in the face of a distressed female journalist.
Reid continued to squawk like a mongoose as he charged towards bewildered reporters, then dived out of the third story window, flapping his arms as if he was attempting to fly.
Reid stole a car and was chased by police, before crashing into a tree and running away on foot.
www.uncyclopedia.org /wiki/UnNews:John_Reid_Goes_Bat_Fuck_Insane   (900 words)

  
  John Reid
Reid is a senior member of the Labour Party, and has held several different Cabinet positions: Secretary of State for Scotland[?], Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (the first Catholic to hold the position), Minister Without Portfolio[?] (Labour Party Chairman), Leader of the House of Commons and Lord President of the Council.
Reid has a reputation as a tough fighter, and a shrewd negotiator; he is also regarded as one of the most intelligent MPs in the House.
Reid is a Catholic, and there is much speculation that he will become MP for the predominantly Catholic and rock-solid Labour seat of Glasgow East[?], which will be created in the boundary changes.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/jo/John_Reid.html   (224 words)

  
 Kansas Bogus Legislature - John Reid   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
John William Reid (1821-1881) was a prominent Jackson County attorney who led the pro-slavery forces in the Battle of Osawatomie in August, 1856.
Reid was born near Lynchburg, Virginia, moved to Missouri in 1840 and started practicing law in Jefferson City in 1844.
John Brown's son Frederick in an advance party of free-state men was killed and the alarm was sounded in the town.
www.kansasboguslegislature.org /mo/reid_john.html   (362 words)

  
 Bio: John O. Reid
In 1970, John was ordained as a deacon, and in 1974, Dolores became a deaconess.
John was later ordained to elder on Pentecost, May 22, 1977.
Aware of the apostasy creeping into the church, John, Dolores, their son, Brian, and his family were among the founding members of the Church of the Great God, attending its first service on January 11, 1992.
cgg.org /index.cfm/fuseaction/About.bio/ID/11   (413 words)

  
 Explore People - John Reid Millennial Plaque
The son of Alexander Robertson of Straloch in Perthshire, John Robertson or Reid (1721-1807) was educated at the University of Edinburgh and received a commission in Lord Loudon's regiment of Highlanders in 1745; he subsequently adopted his mother's maiden name as his own, she being a Reid of Straloch.
The Reid Music Library, established in the middle of the 19th century, still bears the General's name as does the Reid Concert Hall.
In honour of General JOHN G. Composer, musician, alumnus, benefactor of music at the University through the Reid Bequest Reid's plaque is in the vicinity of Bristo Square.
www.ed.ac.uk /explore/people/plaques/johnreid.html   (356 words)

  
 Profile: John Reid - The Blairite bruiser Independent, The (London) - Find Articles
Reid has always maintained that reports of the hostility between himself and Dewar were distorted, and that the relationship was much warmer than portrayed.
Reid was also dogged for a time by the saga that culminated in the inquiry by Elizabeth Filkin, the Commissioner of Standards, into claims that taxpayers' money had been used to pay political researchers, including Reid's son Kevin.
Reid's line has been that she put the case for the prosecution, he for the defence and the MPs decided.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_200101/ai_n9661596/pg_3   (592 words)

  
 John Reid   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
John and I were having a BS session on the phone one night and he asked me what I was doing the next day.
John was a very intelligent man, a very compassionate man and a good friend.
John also wanted to females interested in building and joining, since up to this point this was a boys club.
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 JOHN E. REID & ASSOCIATES, INC.
In a recent survey of Minnesota and Alaska law enforcement investigators trained by John E. Reid and Associates, 3,153 (99.4%) of their 3,162 confessions were admitted by the courts.
John E. Reid and Associates, Inc. is the exclusive owner of all rights in the copyrighted works and trademarks, and is the sole authorized provider of the current and up-to-date seminar course
The Reid Consortium is a program offered to preferred clients in which they receive special discounts on course registration fees and training materials for their department or agency, as well as free seats at our seminars.
www.reid.com /r_about.html   (1374 words)

  
 New Statesman - John Reid's dirty little one-act play
John Reid was at the podium, stage right, suitably relaxed and seemingly fit for purpose.
Like all Stalinists, Reid presumed that, as the commissar for security in the central committee of the politburo, he was all-knowing and his audience backward and ignorant.
What angered my Pakistani hosts was that Reid knew nothing about the intense discussions that go on in their homes, small groups meeting in each other's houses to debate the political line offered them by al-Qaeda.
www.newstatesman.com /200610090025   (805 words)

  
 John Reid II (secundus)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Believed to be the son of John Reid of Chirnside, John Reid was licensed at Douglas on August 12, 1786.
Reid, however, declined the invitation on November 14.
Reid took a considrable share in defending the position of the Presbytery.
www.covenanter.org /JohnReid2/johnreid2.htm   (198 words)

  
 TomPaine.com - Newt Gingrich v. John Reid
Reid and his prime minister, Tony Blair, have placed climate change on their list of long-term strategic threats, and this speech was Reid's first foray into the issue.
Reid says that climate change is a major cause of the emerging threats to international peace and security.
That Reid and Fischer generally agree on the big strategic picture should be a powerful wake-up call to Democrats.
www.tompaine.com /articles/2006/03/07/newt_gingrich_v_john_reid.php   (495 words)

  
 John Reid blames Tories for asylum chaos - Times Online
John Reid today confirmed that the Government has no idea of the precise number of foreign nationals living illegally in Britain.
Mr Reid today admitted it was “disturbing” that the figures were not available but he stressed that data on illegal immigrant numbers had not been collected for at least 15 years.
John Denham, the select committee chairman, wondered aloud what a worried constituent ordered to leave the country should be advised to do.
www.timesonline.co.uk /article/0,,2-2184577,00.html   (1121 words)

  
 John Reid - The Huffington Post
Opposition parties often criticised Blair's interior minister, John Reid, for using security threats as a pretext for pushing through tough new laws to convey the impression that the government was in control....
Home Secretary John Reid conceded that the issue was 'sensitive,' but added that the protection of people's right to express their opinions in literature,...
John Reid says the sex offenders will be given injections of drugs to curb their urges to assault young children Campaigners say chemical castration may have prevented the deaths of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman Home Secretary John reid today unveiled...
www.huffingtonpost.com /people/John+Reid   (1167 words)

  
 John Reid spin could wreck case against terror suspects' | the Daily Mail
Home Secretary John Reid was at the centre of a political storm last night over claims that he may have wrecked the chances of jailing terrorist suspects by saying police had caught the 'main players' in the plot to attack up to ten aircraft over the Atlantic.
And legal experts said Mr Reid's remarks could be seized on by the suspects and lead to them being freed regardless of whether they are innocent or guilty, on the basis that they no longer had a chance of a fair trial.
The controversy followed claims that Mr Reid used the Prime Minister's absence on holiday to seize control of the Government from Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott and steal a march on Labour rival Gordon Brown in the race to succeed Tony Blair.
www.dailymail.co.uk /pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=400305&in_page_id=1770   (897 words)

  
 John Reid (music) at AllExperts
John Reid is a Scottish manager and music industry figure currently living and working in Australia.
For some 25 years he was the manager of Elton John, but their relationship ended with acrimonous legal action in 2000 [1].
Reid is openly homosexual and had a long-term relationship with Elton John.
en.allexperts.com /e/j/jo/john_reid_(music).htm   (155 words)

  
 The Sharpener » Blog Archive » John Reid
And if he is, he doesn’t sound the sort who would discourage his son from becoming a terrorist just because John Reid asked him to.
Could it be so we have headlines like: ‘Martyrdom is praiseworthy’, Reid’s message to Muslims is drowned out by radicals, and John Reid shouted down at Muslim meeting.
To top it all, Reid was able to declare ‘no no-go areas in Britain’ in his conference speech and get himself an applause and a change in his leadership odds from 7:1 to 7:2.
www.thesharpener.net /2006/09/21/john-reid   (1337 words)

  
 John Reid - SourceWatch
He grinned, then played his ace: 'I know the Secretary of State very, very well, because he's my father.' The father is John Reid, Secretary of State for Scotland, one of the Prime Minister's closest allies and the man widely tipped to succeed George Robertson as Defence Secretary.
A number of campaigners were paid by Reid, a key ally of the Prime Minister, and by Glasgow MP John Maxton.
Reid had told Rowley that if he continued to give evidence that suggested wrong-doing he could 'face criminal prosecution and risk not being adopted by the party as a parliamentary candidate'.
www.sourcewatch.org /index.php?title=John_Reid   (1003 words)

  
 Wedding Photography from John Reid Photography UK - Creative Contemporary Wedding Photographer
John Reid is a UK creative contemporary wedding photographer who takes reportage style wedding photography capturing the atmosphere and events of your day in a relaxed and unobtrusive manner.
This way you are free to compose your own story, allowing you to relive the real memories of your wedding day forever.
Based in the North East of England, UK, John Reid covers the areas of County Durham, Cleveland, Tyne and Wear, North Yorkshire, Northumbria and Cumbria, but will travel anywhere in the UK.
www.johnreidphotography.com   (250 words)

  
 News - ZEIT online - Nachrichten, Kommentare und Analysen zu aktuellen Themen der Politik, Wirtschaft, Kultur und ...
Der britische Innenminister John Reid ist für seine Disziplin bekannt.
An den Krisensitzungen nahmen neben Reid der britische Verkehrsminister Douglas Alexander, Führungskräfte aus Verteidigungs- und Sicherheitskreisen sowie ranghohe Vertreter der Polizei teil.
Reid, dessen erste Frau 1998 starb, ist in zweiter Ehe mit der brasilianischen Filmemacherin Carine Adler verheiratet.
www.zeit.de /news/artikel/2006/08/11/70491.xml?page=all   (501 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Politics | Profile: John Reid
John Reid was always going to keep Gordon Brown guessing about his leadership intentions until the very end.
Mr Reid went on to become the first Roman Catholic to be Northern Ireland secretary - replacing the sacked Peter Mandelson - where he oversaw the IRA's first act of decommissioning.
Mr Reid left the health job in May 2005 to become defence secretary, the post he had coveted since serving as armed forces minister during Labour's early years in power.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk_politics/2916357.stm   (1017 words)

  
 News | Telegraph
Mr Reid said he had no idea where the cannabis resin had come from, and sources close to the MP for Airdrie and Shotts said the drug could have been there for up to 20 years.
The house is within Mr Reid's former constituency of Hamilton North and Bellsill in Lanarkshire, but the Defence Secretary was not in the property at the time the cannabis was found.
Mr Reid is one of Labour's biggest ministerial heavyweights.
www.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/04/29/ureid.xml   (381 words)

  
 Defence Internet | Defence News | "Great fondness and pride" - John Reid bids farewell to Defence (VIDEO)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Secretary of State the Rt Hon John Reid MP has departed the Ministry of Defence for the top job at the Home Office, almost exactly one year after taking up the post.
John Reid pictured on a recent visit to HMS Ocean.
As he left, Mr Reid was applauded by several hundred Service personnel and MOD civil servants who had gathered in Main Building's South Concourse.
www.mod.uk /DefenceInternet/DefenceNews/DefencePolicyAndBusiness/greatFondnessAndPrideJohnReidBidsFarewellToDefencevideo.htm   (381 words)

  
 Daylife / John Reid
Reid after it was reveiled as many as 2,000 cases may be reviewed amid fears over DNA evidence Scores of murderers and rapists could have escaped justice because of blunders by forensic scientists.
Reid "I'm assuring you those days are long gone and all of us in the leadership of the party agree that we should embark on...
John Reid (born 8 May 1947) is a British politician who is Home Secretary and Member of Parliament (MP) for the Scottish constituency of Airdrie and Shotts.
daylife.com /topic/John_Reid   (927 words)

  
 John Reid - Moviefone
John Reid became Secretary of State for Northern Ireland in January 2001 following the...
As Health Secretary, John Reid had been in favour of limiting the...
John Reid (music), the Scottish music manager (Queen, Elton John) and judge on the...
movies.aol.com /celebrity/john-reid/119040/main   (112 words)

  
 Muslim leaders call for 'partnership' in tackling terrorism | Terror threat to Britain | Guardian Unlimited
This morning's meeting in Whitehall between Ruth Kelly, the communities secretary, John Prescott, the deputy prime minister, and a group of Muslim leaders is the first of a series called in the wake of last week's arrests.
It also comes after an open letter to Tony Blair, signed by some Labour MPs, linking terrorism to UK foreign policy, was condemned as a "dreadful misjudgement" by the home secretary, John Reid, if it suggested that terrorist plots would alter the government's course.
Mr Reid - interviewed yesterday on BBC News 24 - said it was "not the British way" to change policy under threat.
www.guardian.co.uk /terrorism/story/0,,1844424,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=11   (1204 words)

  
 Home Office | John Reid - Home Secretary
Dr John Reid MP is the Home Secretary, the head of the Home Office.
Born in Scotland in May 1947, John Reid went to school in Coatbridge.
John Reid enjoys reading history and solving crosswords in his spare time.
www.homeoffice.gov.uk /about-us/organisation/ministers/john-reid   (158 words)

  
 John Reid sur tous les fronts en l'absence de Tony Blair   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Ainsi, c'est John Reid qui a convoqué le cabinet ministériel, le 9 août juste avant minuit, pour alerter ses collègues de l'imminence du complot islamiste visant à faire exploser dix avions au départ de l'Angleterre, et affirmer la nécessité d'arrêter immédiatement les 24 suspects.
Aux récriminations des directeurs de compagnies aériennes qui se plaignent des retards, John Reid réplique avec bon sens qu' «il n'est jamais agréable d'être en retard, mais [qu']il vaut mieux être en retard que mort», imposant un ton sobre et ferme qui lui vaut l'admiration du public.
Né en Ecosse en 1947, John Reid a décroché un doctorat d'histoire économique à l'université de Stirling avant d'entrer comme analyste au Parti travailliste en 1979, où il est rapidement monté en grade, se faisant au passage une réputation de «grande gueule» qui lui vaut autant d'ennemis que d'admirateurs.
www.liberation.fr /actualite/monde/199206.FR.php   (1083 words)

  
 John Reid
There are many, many things that can go wrong (and right) John's job is to plan and coordinate for the expected and unexpected as well.
John was not only an excellent TEAM Manager for the 2001 Worlds but he was also lots of fun.
From then on that was John's song, it's something he sings with the children he teaches.
www.keneva.com /JohnReid.htm   (456 words)

  
 John Reid's Course on Practical Alchemy - I. Chapter 1.
John Reid's Course on Practical Alchemy - I. Chapter 1.
The first question one is faced with and surely must ask oneself as one start's on this path is, what is alchemy?
Yet one must get started somewhere on this road.
www.levity.com /alchemy/reid1-1.html   (637 words)

  
 John Reid MP, Airdrie & Shotts (TheyWorkForYou.com)
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John Reid MP Labour MP for Airdrie and Shotts
This MP's speeches are understandable to an average 17–18 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
www.theyworkforyou.com /mp/john_reid/airdrie_and_shotts   (717 words)

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