Disgraceful: Letter from Pearl Cornioley to the War Office, October 20, 1945: “I am honoured that the British Government should wish to decorate me, but I consider the MBE as inappropriate and do not wish to accept it.
Heartless conservatives, eh? Not like those caring Liberals: If many conservatives are liberals who have been mugged by reality, Brooks, a registered independent, is, as a reviewer of his book said, a social scientist who has been mugged by data. … Continue reading
You know it’s going to be a stupid article when it begins: Suddenly, atheism is the new religion. And Nigel Hawkes, Health Editor of The Times does not disappoint: While science answers the “how” questions, it leaves the “why” questions … Continue reading
LiveLeak: ** 30/3/2008: Liveleak Update ** On the 28th of March LiveLeak.com was left with no other choice but to remove the film “fitna” from our servers following serious threats to our staff and their families. Since that time we … Continue reading
Platform independent, built on Open Source, networked, stateless: Google has been recruited by US intelligence agencies to help them better process and share information they gather about suspects. Agencies such as the National Security Agency have bought servers on which … Continue reading
Remember E Day, when a call to reduce electricity consumption for a day in the UK actually led to an apparent increase in power use? Well, it was Earth Day worldwide a couple of days ago, and… can you guess? … Continue reading
What could have led to the cease fire called yesterday by Moqtada Sadr? Let’s ask the BBC: Moqtada Sadr’s statement on Sunday said: “Because of the religious responsibility, and to stop Iraqi blood being shed… we call for an end … Continue reading
From the Judge, to the jury in the pointless Diana inquest: “No one except you and I and, I think, the gentleman in the public gallery with ‘Diana’ and ‘Dodi’ painted on his forehead has sat through every word of … Continue reading
Andrew Sullivan quotes one of his readers: The “Iraqi people” have been at each other’s throats at least since Britain cobbled together the territory nearly 100 years ago. To think that we can outlast these ancient hatreds with our military … Continue reading
Some advice for muggers.