Monthly Archives: October 2008

I’ve been watching it. She was very good – poised and assured under the circumstances. Biden is much more used to that sort of confrontation. Impressive.

Doctors in Phuket, Thailand, are warning vegetarians at the annual Chinese Vegetarian Festival that piercing their faces with knives, axes, spades and beach umbrellas could expose them to health risks.

From my trawl of the comment pages this morning, it seems that people who agree with Biden think he did well, whereas people who liked Palin already thought she did well.

Via CCNet, here’s the English transcript of a Finnish TV documentary about Global warming, and the cooling of recent years. Scientists John Christy and Roy Spencer from the University of Alabama at Huntsville are amazed at a temperature curve that … Continue reading →

Victor Davis Hanson does parody: Palin may have had some experience in Alaskan politics, but at times the former small-town mayor seems unaware of the pressures of running a national campaign in a diverse society. For example, Palin — who … Continue reading →

This was just left as a comment on an old post, from 2006: You don’t sound like a supporter of prohibition but if anyone proposes it for the UK, just tell them to study the results of the US prohibition. … Continue reading →

“Britain’s top policeman” Sir Ian Blair managed to annoy just about everyone save a few Ken Livingstone supporters, and a gaggle of special interest groups, so there won’t be much mourning now that Boris Johnson has, in effect, forced him … Continue reading →

Another chance to have your views ignored: The most senior judge in England and Wales has said that aspects of Islamic sharia law could be used in the UK, provided they don’t conflict with existing laws. I say that Islamic … Continue reading →

Oh dear. I seem to agree with Justin McKeating about something. “I will buy the Jewel of Medina by Sherry Jones but only if 20 other freedom of speech supporters will do the same.” I signed. I’d have bought it … Continue reading →

British MP George Galloway Turkish creationist Adnan Oktar