Worstall on energy windfall taxes: We have high energy prices, certainly. This is because there are more of us who want to use cheap energy than there is cheap energy around. Prices thus do their magic thing and change so … Continue reading
From The Heresiarch, in response to an article by the Guardian’s religion correspondent, Riazat Butt, about some abuse her fully veiled sister encountered on a street. Butt asked how her sister should respond next time such a thing might happen. … Continue reading
There’s been a lot of discussion recently about the return of convicted child molester Garry Glitter, now better known as Paul Gadd. But less about the trend in movies that depict the sexual molestation and rape of young girls including … Continue reading
There’s an extraordinary set of photographs at The Guardian’s website, showing what happened when a young woman decided not to blow herself up. The Iraqi policemen who removed the explosive belt from her showed exceptional courage.
Details are a bit thin on the ground at the moment, but the Harry’s Place blog has disappeared, temporarily no doubt, because the company handling their domain registration has deleted/suspended their (DNS) name service. ; DiG 9.4.2-P1 www.hurryupharry.org;; global options: … Continue reading
I’ve become a vegetarian. I try to minimize the use of cars. Where I’ve failed is my impact with regard to air travel. I tell people I was born a Hindu who believes in reincarnation.It will take me the next … Continue reading
In India. Good – about time we started seeing this here: A centuries-old tradition in Nepal of worshipping a virgin girl-child in a palace as a “living goddess” has been deemed outdated by the country’s supreme court, which has ruled … Continue reading
Ronnie Drew died a couple of days ago. One of the greats. Here’s to you:
People in Kent can sleep more soundly, following the seizure of a board game from a climate protest camp. The game, called ‘War on Terror’, allows players to struggle against one of their number – the terrorist state – and … Continue reading
Iowahawk: Tbilisi, Georgia – Bowing to a withering barrage of pointed criticisms and strongly-worded letters of reprimand from the international diplomatic community, an embarrassed Russian military today abandoned its attack on the former Soviet republic of Georgia late this afternoon … Continue reading