How many UK bloggers would not have spent the odd month in jail, if they were subject to this: After being kept in a cell and then placed on bail he was ordered to appear in court on December 3 … Continue reading
Becker, who after leaving prison trained as an alternative practitioner and now lives in a lakeside district in the most expensive quarter of Berlin and is dependent on state support, is expected to use her right to remain silent throughout … Continue reading
This is just plain cheating. If you’re driving in the USA and see a sign saying something like “Warning Narcotics Check Point Ahead”, it’s best to keep driving: The local sheriff’s office had established the signs as a “ruse” to … Continue reading
Here’s something that has made it into some of the left wing blogs but, so far as I can see, none of the right wing ones. Maybe that’s because Tim titled his post Conservatives and the dangerous games they play: … Continue reading
Even the most staunch defenders of free speech acknowledge that incitement to violence should be prohibited. Yet, when it comes to revolutionary politics, people seem to forget this, sometimes, if they are socialists. Peter Ryley seems a good enough sort, … Continue reading
Someone called Mark S. Price has filed a patent (pdf) application in the USA for an anti-suicide bomber device. Here’s the suggested warning notice: WARNING DETONATION OF EXPOSIVE IS GREATLY DISCOURAGED PORCINE CONTENTS- PORK NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the … Continue reading
I don’t share the outrage at the decision not to prosecute the police officer who killed Ian Tomlinson. Henry Porter says: The public needs to see justice done. Instead the DPP’s decision sends a message that the police are immune … Continue reading
I’m not surprised that Jon Venables’s brain has got a bit mis-wired. Imprisoned at 10 years of age, to spend puberty and adolescence separated from the opposite sex, and with the knowledge and memory of his murder of a very … Continue reading
Has a strange effect. Leaves you with a smashed and broken face. Don’t click through if you are squeamish. [Khaled Said] simply was sitting in a Cyber Cafe, when two policemen walked inside and demanded the ID’s of everyone who … Continue reading
The man accused of the murders of at least three prostitutes in Bradford called himself the “crossbow cannibal” during a court appearance. It would be better if the media called him anything but the crossbow cannibal. This man seems to … Continue reading