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Author Archives: Peter Risdon
Hari and free expression
I don’t want to pile in gratuitously, like a chicken at a peckin’ party as McMurphy put it in One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest, but this is quite extraordinary. A week or so ago, Johann Hari gave a speech in which … Continue reading
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Australian genius
Here. Via.
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Police corruption and journalists
The News of the World yesterday became the subject of a second police inquiry after Scotland Yard announced that it was to investigate whether the newspaper made illegal payments to serving police officers. [...] None of the officers is said … Continue reading
Social media and politicians
Obama asked people to submit questions via Twitter. Iowahawk asked some.
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Letter to The Times
From Alfred Wintle, dated 6th February 1946: From Lt. Col. A.D. Wintle. The Royal Dragoons Cavalry Club 127 Piccadilly W.1. To the Editor of The Times. Sir, I have just written you a long letter. On reading it over, I … Continue reading
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Intoxicating Marula
The fruit from this tree ferments in the bellies of the animals that eat them. Then they get pissed, in rather human ways…
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NOTW and editorial involvement
News International has maintained that royal reporter Clive Goodman, jailed for hacking phones belonging to members of the royal household, was the only journalist involved in the practice. McMullan is one of six former News of the World journalists who … Continue reading
What?
Mecklenborg refused a chemical test, and then failed three field sobriety tests. After a blood test, he was charged with drunken driving. The 59-year-old married father of three also tested positive for Viagra. American police now test drivers for Viagra?
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Hawking radiation
Like stomach ulcers a few years ago, Type 2 Diabetes now seems to have been deeply misunderstood by the medical establishment. The example of Hawking Radiation is also interesting as an example of an overturned orthodoxy. What the Wikipedia article … Continue reading
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