This word has come to mean a quirky or pithy, or otherwise temporarily engaging, idea that gets passed round the internet, like naming the music you most recently played, stating why you are or are not an atheist or Marxist, … Continue reading
I hadn’t realised JuliaM had started her own blog. One for the feed reader.
It’s a short post, but a sobering one.
The reality of modern policing in Britain: In many cases the police actually facilitate the operation of these gangs, not defend people against them.[...]Two of the wounded doormen came out of the nightclub covered in blood, there were at this … Continue reading
I posted Fitna The Movie here when it was released, because such efforts had been made to suppress it. I don’t think it was at all balanced, though, and it made no attempt at analysis. Here’s a remake by an … Continue reading
I guess hanging out with homophobic preachers has some blowback.
Tim Worstall points to a green energy report that advocates the installation of rooftop wind turbines on domestic houses, and comments: In most urban locations those windmills do not even generate, over their lifetimes, enough energy to cover their own … Continue reading
The blurry blue streak that enters from the left of the frame is Brian Lima, who was nicknamed “the chiropractor”, because he rearranges your spine for you. The ball goes back a full ten metres from this hit, and the … Continue reading
If you’re too busy to blog, you can always copy and paste some YouTube clips. Here’s Big Mama Thornton in her pomp, singing Hound Dog (with Buddy Guy on guitar): And here she is in her last show, from 1984, … Continue reading
David Davis, the shadow Home Secretary, has resigned from Parliament in protest at the rise in the period a person can be held in custody without charge, from 28 to 42 days. He proposes to fight a by election on … Continue reading