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Continue reading →: If cockpit videos needed certificates
Link: Channel 4 – Newsroom blog – If cockpit videos needed certificates . This raised a wry smile. Well done. Beau Bo d’Or.
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Continue reading →: Is there hope for London?
I am attending an international conference in Paris. Currently I am in a session on “Global Corporations and the future of Cities”. The global corporations are represented by Siemens and Euro Disney. The Cities are represented by Paris and London. The voice of Paris is Régis Baudoin, CEO of the…
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Continue reading →: The Conservatives come out against ID cards
Link: Conservative Party – Campaign. At last. A policy. I even agree with it.
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Continue reading →: Does this remind you of anything?
President Hugo Chávez was granted an Enabling Law by the Venezuelan National Assembly on January 31, 2007. The Enabling Law vests the President with legislative powers for 18 months in several areas, including nationalizations, hydrocarbons, electric utilities, telecommunications, taxes, social security and public finance, among several others. Comrade Hugo has…
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Continue reading →: My RE teacher would be pleased
You know the Bible 80%! Wow! You are truly a student of the Bible! Some of the questions were difficult, but they didn’t slow you down! You know the books, the characters, the events . . . Very impressive! Ultimate Bible QuizCreate MySpace Quizzes h/t Westminster Wisdom
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Continue reading →: Railing at Grayling
Link: A.C. Grayling – Professor of Philosophy at Birkbeck College, Univ. of London. Yesterday, I attended a lecture by Professor A.C. Grayling. His subject was Responding to Socrates: Philosophy and the Making of the Best Life. Grayling is a good, if rather affected, speaker. He’s big on affectation actually, with…
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Continue reading →: Disco Sarko
Link: Disco Sarko. Not only are French politicians better-looking than ours, French satirists are more creative. Enjoy! H/T Westminster Wisdom
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Continue reading →: Heterophobia?
Link: Gay tourist hotels fear equality law – Law – Times Online. Why can’t people run their businesses as they please? The market punishes those who discriminate unreasonably far more effectively than any “equality” legislation. The proprietor of the gays-only hotel “Guyz” expresses this libertarian view perfectly when he says:…
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Continue reading →: In England, this weekend
Today I am visiting my daughter at her school in Gloucestershire (the picture is the view from my hotel window) and attending a lecture by philosopher/arch-Guardianista, Professor AC Grayling. I am still digesting what he had to say. I am sure I will have something to say about it in…
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Continue reading →: What’s in a name?
I am intrigued by the coverage of the Blair Affair in the British media. Our journalists are eager to accuse foreign politicians of corruption, but so far I have only seen the word used once, in the Financial Times [subscription required], of the “cash for peerages” story. Of course Blair…
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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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