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Continue reading →: Don’t be smug about V-Tech killings
Link: BBC NEWS | World | Americas | US university killer was S Korean. Britain’s anti-American media were all over the sad story of the V-Tech killings. They tore gleefully into America’s "gun culture" and its people in general. Let’s get this straight. This horror didn’t happen because the killer…
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Continue reading →: Why I blog (part II of “What is the point of blogging?”)
Over two years, I have devoted many hours to expressing opinions here. Just over 70 people subscribe to my RSS feed and 30-50 “regulars” actually show up at the site each day. If the even smaller group who make comments are representative, they all have quite similar opinions to mine.…
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Continue reading →: Browne apologises for allowing sailors to sell stories | Special Reports | Guardian Unlimited Politics
Link: Browne apologises for allowing sailors to sell stories | Special Reports | Guardian Unlimited Politics. This government is as arrogant as it is incompetent. Challenged by his Shadow to apologise, Defence Secretary Des Browne said: "If he wants me to say sorry then I am more than happy to…
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Continue reading →: British Forces at War: As Witnessed by an American
Link: Michael Yon : Online Magazine » Blog Archive » British Forces at War: As Witnessed by an American. Thanks for the kind words in response to my "What is the point of blogging?" post. John East put me firmly in my place and I accept his deserved rebuke in…
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Continue reading →: Where’s the meat, Harman?
Link: Harriet’s Blog » A particular pleasure to meet Janice Gregory AM in Wales. Isn’t it supposed to be the amateur blogosphere that is full of people boring on about trivia? This woman is a minister, with her own "website team," SpAds and spin-doctors. Yet here she is banging on…
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Continue reading →: What is the point of blogging?
Why am I still here? As I watched the British prisoners suck down to the murderous pixie who leads Iran, my reasons for political blogging died. Britain’s educationalists, for so long more dangerous than any external enemy, have triumphed. Those young sailors and marines displayed the cultural cringe that must…
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Continue reading →: Enough quizzes already
You are Lex Luthor Lex Luthor 100% Magneto 80% Dr. Doom 80% Apocalypse 76% Venom 71% Kingpin 68% Mr. Freeze 67% The Joker 63% Green Goblin 62% Two-Face 62% Dark Phoenix 58% Juggernaut 54% Catwoman 49% Poison Ivy 38% Mystique 30% Riddler 14% A brilliant businessman on a quest for…
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Continue reading →: Another quiz
Your Personality is Very Rare (INTJ) Your personality type is logical, uncompromising, independent, and nonconformist. Only about 3% of all people have your personality, including 2% of all women and 4% of all men. You are Introverted, Intuitive, Thinking, and Judging. How Rare Is Your Personality? Another hat-tip to Adelaide…
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Continue reading →: Which Superhero am I?
You are Green Lantern Green Lantern 85% Iron Man 75% Spider-Man 65% Supergirl 60% Hulk 55% The Flash 50% Wonder Woman 45% Superman 45% Robin 40% Catwoman 25% Batman 20% Hot-headed. You have strong will power and a good imagination. Click here to take the Superhero Personality Quiz I am…
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Tom is a retired international lawyer. He was a partner in a City of London law firm and spent almost twenty years abroad serving clients from all over the world.
Returning to London on retirement in 2011, he was dismayed to discover how much liberty had been lost in the UK while he was away.
He’s a classical liberal (libertarian, if you must) who, like his illustrious namesake, considers that
“…government even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one.”
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I’m generally against more laws but would make an exception for this. Goose, Gander, etc. We should be using their…
I like it and agree. I’m not sure how many others would! 😎
That’s a modern “more law” approach — and certainly consistent with our Establishment’s current aggressive approach. However I don’t want…
Maybe they should be legally required to only provide halal to muslims or those that request it. If you are…
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