British Spin takes on Dean
British Spin has published a very good piece (well, that is a given on that site) on Howard Dean. It gets me thinking, how often do you hear of an American blogger writing this well about British politics?
Comments are off for this post“Tom Paine” on Anti-Semitism
Israel is the nigger of the world. You think his headline is a bit much? Well once you read the piece he cites, you won’t.
Update:Damian coshs Richard Ingrams for his recent piece of vitriolic anti-semitic bile and there more too
Update: Even the Red Cross is at it. Vincent pointed me to this nasty story.
1 commentWho speaks for Libertarians?
“There is simply no way the libertarian movement will grow unless ‘self-appointed pundits’ speak out for libertarian ideals. It is neither possible nor desirable for individuals to seek permission from the LPCO board prior to taking public positions. Yes, if somebody claims to represent the Libertarian Party, he or she needs prior approval. But the libertarian movement is much broader than the
party, and by its nature cannot be subjected to hierarchical control.” (07/14/03)
Via: Rational Review
I think the Libertarian Party lost it after 9/11. If people want to hear from libertarians they go to blogs, not the LP. Who speaks with more sanity: The Libertarian Party or Samizdata?
Comments are off for this postIdentify YOURSELF, first……..
Since The Hon. David Blunkett, Home Secretary, MP, is all that keen for everyone’s intimate details of personal information to be enshrined in some great government bank of computers, he should first be compelled to publish throughout the kingdom every last piece of information about himself he is so blithely determined to extract from everyone else. After all, that would only be cricket, the fair and right thing to do. Lay it ALL on the table.
Any piece of information any government keeps about any citizen is subject to inspection by others with no rational reason to know any of it, but they can and do, anyway. Conglomerating it all about everyone in one place is just too much temptation for mischief, if not worse. The opportunities for serious damage to someone’s reputation, ill-treatment at the hands of unscrulous persons, discrimination either for or against the rights of person or others are incredibly high, and incredibly terrifying. Reducing the populace to literal bits in a computer removes any shred of dignity, individuality, or personhood from an entire population, standing there to be manipulated like so many little bits of detritus, shoved about willy-nilly, and ultimately controlled beyond belief or acceptibility.
This national ID-card shite has to be stopped dead and stamped out before it ever sees the light of day.
1 commentMel & Sting doing something useful
Now this is an example of celebrites using their powers for good. Comments are off for this post
Curious facts.
From Epolitix via ASI newsletter.
- One in three children leave primary school without reaching the target standard in maths and English. Meanwhile, a survey says one school in five is so short of cash that they are asking parents for financial support.
– The BBC director-general has apologised (in private) to the Tories after complaints that its (public!) coverage of the May elections was biased. – Flaws in the 2001 census are so bad that government statisticians have to use alternative data sources when compiling reports, says the Office of National Statistics. Meanwhile, the Statistics Commission doubts the value of the ‘league table’ data on schools and hospitals. – The Parliamentary Ombudsman, Ann Abraham, has contemplated resigning because Whitehall keeps obstructing her enquiries. – Five key targets, including cutting congestion and boosting bus travel, will be missed, says transport guru David Begg. Experts say the much-vaunted plans to widen the UK’s congested motorways won’t even start until 2010. – Families face even longer delays for their tax credits after tax offices cut arrears and emergency payments in an effort to clear the backlog. – The Chancellor will be 2 billion a year short as companies divert cash to their struggling pension schemes, says the Times. Meanwhile, City experts are alarmed that the Treasury has 100b pounds’ worth of off-balance-sheet liabilities, despite its sketchy knowledge of risky financial markets. – The new head of the TGWU, Tony Woodley, has said that members should not walk away from the party, but attempt to destroy New Labour from within. – The cost of building two new Royal Navy aircraft carriers has risen by 1.2 billion pounds, over an original estimate of 2.8 billion. (ie a LOT!) – The NHS ranks between Slovenia and Poland in terms of giving patients little or no choice about where and how they are treated, says a survey. Meanwhile, Which? says that NHS Direct often fails to identify emergencies,and its advice is inconsistent and sometimes even dangerous. 1 commentBBC= Enron of broadcasting?
A Labour MEP claims Auntie is as corrupt as Enron. The Beeb is not happy.
Comments are off for this postPokemon proves evolution false?
The same fundy loons who think Apple is evil seem to think Pokemon disproves evolution. How do these people come up with this crap? What drugs do they take, or do they need drugs?
4 commentsStudent Riots
MEMRI examines the student protests in Iran. Good stuff, as you would expect from them.
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