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Browsing though YouTube, I came across this version of A Whiter Shade of Pale:
And the most recent comment was this:
Oh does this bring back memories of Pam and my love for her. 40 years later I still love her and only wish I had not had to go into the army, as I lost her [...]
It used to be prohibited to post links to Little Green Footballs at Harry’s Place. Now each site cites the other. Quite right too. They have both been conscientiously spotlighting Islamist lunacy and anti-Semitism for years now.
Harry’s Place is left of centre and LGF is still broadly right, but both are distinguished, in this sea [...]
I’ve been accused of being borderline autistic, because I can focus obsessively on something until it’s done. This is why I’ve been blogging very little (I think I’ve mentioned it before): I suddenly discovered I needed to write an accountancy program to combine with something else I was doing and because it was an afterthought [...]
Just filed:
During a discussion [on Radio 4's Today programme] about the first 100 days of the Obama presidency, Justin Webb explained the reasons for Obama’s popularity.
Obama is the least popular president, with the exception of Bill Clinton, at this stage in his presidency, of recent times. The report was irreconcilable with the truth.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/apr/28/baracks-in-the-basement/
I’ll post their [...]
There have been about 3,000 signatures this morning (I write at just before 1:00pm, including one from a Mr or Ms “want my money back you thieving scum”. Why not sign too, if you haven’t already?
Homoeopathy causes “no serious adverse effects or drug interactions”.
The petition asking Gordon Brown to resign seems to be getting about 100 signatures an hour at the moment. If you haven’t signed yet, please consider doing so.
There’s a buzz going round the environmentalist circuit at the moment, because the New York Times has suggested that the “Global Climate Coalition, a group representing industries with profits tied to fossil fuels” ignored scientific advice given to it by its own scientists.
Here’s the basis for this, from the NYT piece. First:
“The role of greenhouse [...]
Theodore Dalrymple:
It is curious how, when it comes to rape, the liberal press, and presumably liberals themselves, suddenly appreciate the value of punishment. They do not say of rape that we must understand the causes of rape before we punish it; that we must understand how men develop into rapists before we lock them away, [...]
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The hoax: