HelloThere's still some time left before the 5th of November ends and the 6th begins, so I thought I'd quickly knock up a timely piece noting an observation made earlier on today by Dame Demetriou (credit and 'hat tipping' where it is due and all that)."Name me," she randomly asked after dinner, "two of the most memorable, seismic and explosive acts of political sedition and violence ever to take place in London."So I thought about it, and was slightly annoyed with myself for only coming up w... Read Full Story
Remember, remember the fifth of November,The gunpowder treason and plot,I know of no reasonWhy the gunpowder treasonShould ever be forgot. Today certain bloggers and readers of blogs have come together in London to boost one man's ego - sorry, I of course mean to march on Parliament. The choice of costume for this occasion is that of Guy Fawkes as a symbol of defeating Parliament and its control in order to gain freedom. Or something.The same outfit is warn by V in the V for Vendetta series.... Read Full Story
You may remember that a while back a very witty petition was set up on the Downing Street website by a Mr Kalvis Jansons calling on Brown to resign; over 70,000 people signed it. I like the irony of this site, the irony being that Number 10 actually think it 'reaches out' and people actually think anyone listens.That's why I liked this one in particular, it was a piss take and got a fair whack of publicity. Well, now old slack jaw has confirmed that irony by 'replying' to the petition:The Pri... Read Full Story
I wouldn't say I need the men in white coats.Yet.Lately, I've been experiencing more than my usual levels of barely controlled rage. It's pretty bad, I'll be honest. The old red mist descends probably around twice a day on average at the moment, and I've come perilously close to turning one of my road rage episodes into a fully fledged mission off Grand Theft Auto. You know those missions: the ones you give up on, because it's just so much more satisfying seeing how many people you can kill w... Read Full Story
Quite a staggering story in today's papers, reporting a disgusting attack against BBC journalist Paresh Patel by a couple of drunken scum bag pikey low life animals.The piece absolutely shocked me. Largely because the level of criminal aggression and intimidation, culminating in assault, meted out by these thugs went largely unchecked and unnoticed. It took ages before the police arrived, and even when the van pulled up one of the scum bags continued his bizarre campaign of abuse and physical... Read Full Story
George Monbiot is probably a pretty nice guy when you get him off the subject of global warming/climate change. Probably.*Today in the Grauniad he writes yet another article attacking those who dare not to conform, except this time he takes a slightly different angle in that he attacks certain demographics. He also centres the debate upon himself in a wonderful piece of egotism to which I can only tip my godly hat, "My fiercest opponents on global warming".The main cut and thrust of the artic... Read Full Story
If Libertarians are to retain any credibility in discussion, we have to acknowledge that there are flaws in the free market, and that when those flaws arise, the best way forward is for people to act in such a way as to minimise their exposure and maximise their potential.The biggest rift amongst libertarians takes place when it comes to discussing how to deal with the consequences of the free market and who should benefit. Left libertarians (Ralph Nader from the States is a good example) bel... Read Full Story
For anyone who watched that Channel 4 documentary late last night called 'How Racist Are you?', you might be forgiven for being a little confused after the documentary ended.The basic theme of the show was to study a sample of people from different backgrounds. The mediator / person running the show was a bizarre little old white lady named Jane Elliot, who assumed the role of the deranged evil bitch determined to make blue eyed people feel like shit and brown eyed people more superior.In oth... Read Full Story
Lawro is currently excelling himself with his predictions and, after a wee brek, the record of the oracle is back up. Until the last batch of games at the weekend he actually had Everton top, which is surprising to say the least. Yes, comapred to the real table Lawro is really on fine form this season and who knows, Chelsea or Man Utd might even lose a game at some point. Read Full Story
