October 2009

Saturday Evening Posts Worth Reading

October 31, 2009
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Muffled Vociferation debates Conservatism vs Socialism. Angry Exile stands up for Libertarian ex-pats. Tom Paine on Giving an Unattractive Nation a Makeover. Constantly Furious on a Burger Free Iceland. Mark Reckons on deselecting Elizabeth Truss

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Gone Fishing!

October 31, 2009

I have indeed, Gone Fishing. I leave you all in the capable hands of Ms Smudd and Master Ward, who will continue to amuse and exasperate in equal quantities. I shan’t give you a thought, not a thought, I tell you! I shall be basking on the river bank in the late autumn sun with [...]

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Lordy, Lordy, look who’s 40!

October 30, 2009

Yesterday marked the 40th anniversary of the creation of the ARPANET, the precursor to the Internet. On that day in 1969 a small laboratory on the UCLA campus unleashed a force which has spread to every corner of the world, revolutionising communications forever. Henceforth people working in far corners of the globe would be able [...]

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Eyes Down, Full House.

October 29, 2009

Full House! Must be a debate on MPs expenses. It is ironic that New Labour which flaunts its dedication to human rights and civil liberties, should itself be the implementer of so many measures that fundamentally undermine freedom, the presumption of innocence, and the rule of law. Way back in 2003, the Government set up [...]

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Flash Gordon now has 40 days to save the world.

October 28, 2009
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10 days ago, Flash Gordon announced that he had less than 50 days in which to save the world. The main stream press have responded to his dilemma in magnificent fashion, and the suggestions of how we can cut our ‘carbon footprint’ are flooding in thick and fast. Who knew, for instance, that next door’s [...]

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What is the measure of a society ? Court of Protection

October 27, 2009

I ask this question because there is a maxim that says “a nation is judged by how it treats its most vulnerable citizens”.  This is from US President Hubert H. Humphrey and the full quote is: “The moral test of government is how it treats those who are in the dawn of life, the children; [...]

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Court of Protection

October 26, 2009

I am so coldly, rigidly, white knuckled angry, that at 3am I still can’t sleep. The cause of my anger is an article, so poorly researched, so sensationalist, so, so utterly, incompetently wrong, written by a ‘Whitehall Editor’ – one of that breed of professional journalist that is continually being held up to we bloggers [...]

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