Monthly Archives: May 2008

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Michael Moore has used one of Michael Yon’s photographs without permission. Yon’s lawyers have written to Moore. Yon comments: When someone’s grandmother disseminates the photo of Major Beiger cradling a dying girl in his arms, I allow the usage because … Continue reading →

Further to this, this: Thanks to the Prof.

South African newspaper The Weekender reported on Saturday that: the Zimbabwean government confirmed that three million rounds of assault rifle ammunition, 3 000 mortar rounds and 1 500 rocket-propelled grenades – ordered from the Chinese government – had arrived in … Continue reading →

From Colin Percival: What does “no known bugs” mean? It means that I need more beta testers!

We should support the National Secular Society’s call for a public enquiry into the fiasco of the West Midlands Police: The National Secular Society has called for a full public inquiry into the role of the West Midlands Police and … Continue reading →

The Jews lived in Europe for centuries, but without ever being accepted as “European”: To enjoy their belated acceptance as Europeans, they had to move to the Middle East. Reviled on the Continent as sinister rootless cosmopolitans with no conventional … Continue reading →

The Criminal Justice & Immigration Act has been passed, among other things banning the possession in the UK of extreme pornography. Despite its origins, most justifications for this measure, even in Parliament have been based on simple distaste for pornography, … Continue reading →

There are no doctors’ surgeries, as such, in the town where I live, instead we have a large Medical Centre. This has the sort of homely ambience you might find in an upmarket multi-storey car park, and the personal relationships … Continue reading →

This is what happens when you get your first guitar at the age of four, and your mother gets you to accompany her steel guitar, and you’re on the road playing gigs by the age of eight. Little Green Footballs … Continue reading →