It’s easy to help me get one. Always wanted to try an ipod mini.

They are a clear reflection of the feelings in the rest of the country.

The intellectual vacuum at the heart of his candidacy has profound implications for Britain’s strategic interests and the lives of our troops: in both cases, this country would be better served by the re-election of Mr Bush.

Says it all, really, doesn’t it?

Alan has used his photoshopping skills to produce another virtual halloween fancy dress party.

Here a few real ones from a party I went to last night. It was rather dark on the room last night

Oh yes Happy Halloween & Samhain.

People say, “Hallowe’en is for the children.” I remember when children were for Hallowe’en. A plump 56 lb kiddy in a low oven would fill the gingerbread house with a delicious aroma for us cunning folk returning from a hard night’s revelling with His Satanic Majesty.

Hecate Endor opines about the true meaning of Halloween, in a piece in the Daily Terrorgraph.

My fearless prediction: George Bush wins reelection comfortably, with around 300 Electoral College votes. Minor gains for the Republicans in the Senate and House.

This will lead to two positive results:

a) the saving (at least in the near term) of Western Civilization; and,
b) a drastic lowering in air pressure as the heads of most of Canada’s media babblers implode.

I’ll be live-blogging the election, so I’ve got to get caught up on a few things to clear the deck for Tuesday. See you then.

(I’ll have to beg off crossposting it here. It’s just a simple cut-and-paste usually, but if I have to correct errors and such, I find I spend more time switching between screens and fussing with uploads than I do writing or watching what it is I’m supposed to be writing about. I’ll post a link to my site, which, what with the time difference, should remain near the top of the page for most of the election.)

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Here is a timeline guide for what to watch for when the polls start closing on Tuesday.  The first polls close at 6:00 EST (yes, Daylight Savings Time will be over). It’s important to note that 15 states are in more than one time zone (including Florida), most of which have staggered as opposed to synchronized closing times.

 6:00 EST

Indiana and Kentucky Eastern Time Zone polls close.  If either of these states are in question for too long, head to Blockbuster because it will be a short night for Bush.  The Indiana Governor’s race is the most interesting contest here.  Some pundits think the Kentucky US Senate race is close, but it more likely wishful thinking on the D side of the aisle.

7:00 EST

Indiana and Kentucky close completely, as do Georgia, South Carolina, Vermont and Virginia.  Potentially close races include the South Carolina US Senate race and the Vermont Governor’s race.

New Hampshire - a swing state with a hot governor’s contest — allows it’s 13 “cities” to keep the polls open until 8:00 EST while the rest of the state closes now.  This was expected to be the Bush state to most likely switch to Kerry.

Florida’s Eastern time zone polls are closed.  For those of you who may not be aware, 10 northwestern counties are located in the Central time zone and close at 7:00 CST or 8:00 EST.  When the networks initially called Florida for Gore in 2000, the Central time zone polls were still open.  Political pundits on both sides of the aisle state that Bush probably lost several thousand votes in this conservative region.  You may hear that the number of votes is small, but there are over 500,000 voters in the Florida Central time zone.  Considering the margin in 2000, this is huge.  In addition to the presidential race, there is a very hot US Senate race here.

 7:30 EST

Ohio and West Virginia close.  The mother of all swing states is self-explanatory.  Most of North Carolina closes, BUT County Boards of Elections have the option to stay open until 8:30 depending on circumstances.  While Bush should win North Carolina, the US Senate race is tight and there is a Governor’s race the Dems should win.

8:00 EST

The most states close at this time.  More than half of the electoral college has the polls closed.  Among the big ones include Michigan (except for part of Upper Peninsula), Pennsylvania, Florida (ALL OF IT), Missouri, and New Jersey. 

8:30 EST

Arkansas and North Carolina are closed.

9:00 EST

Everything east of the Mississippi River closes.  States to watch include Minnesota, Wisconsin, Colorado, and New Mexico.  Will Colorado be dumb enough to vote itself into electoral irrelevance by apportioning its electoral vote based on the popular vote as opposed to winner take all?  The big questions in New York are: will Sen. Chuck Schumer’s margin of victory be greater than his invisible Republican and Conservative party opponent’s vote totals combined? AND who will finish second, the invisible Republican or invisible Conservative? (and does it matter?)

10:00 EST

We could have a winner… wishful thinking more likely.  Iowa and Nevada are the states to watch here.

11:00 EST

Hawaii (swing state???), Oregon and Washington.  Although Kerry will likely win it, Washington has an interesting governor race.  The only question about California is how many minutes after 11:00 will the networks call it for Kerry… I say 7 +/- one minute.

MIDNIGHT - It’s not today, it’s tomorrow

If you’re still up — as I will be — you are a junkie.  I’m sure the several swing states and tight races will still be chasing down ballots.  For the hardcore, watch the Alaska US Senate race featuring a former Governor and the daughter of the current Governor who was appointed to the seat.  This one is so close they may be hunting down absentees up near the Arctic Circle or out in the Aleutians.

That’s a what to look for on Tuesday night.  Keep the coffee pot steaming and your red and blue crayons handy.  Victory laps and/or mea culpas will appear after the election.

Accounting regulation, you say: zzzzzzzzz. No. Listen. This is important. The wrong regulations strangle the companies you work for, the companies you invest in, reduce your choice in every area of life.

Professor David Myddelton spoke to the Annual Meeting of the Society for Individual Freedom on Wednesday evening, 27 October at the Westminster Arms. The title of his speech was “Accounting Regulation: A non-problem followed by a non-solution?”

Professor Myddelton supported the original UK standard requiring that company accounts present a “true and fair view” of the company’s position. Indeed, as he brought out, and later discussion underlined, if standards are compulsory, then it is necessary to have constantly expanding, incredibly detailed standards to cover all
circumstances, all industries. And then, what do you have? Why you still have a situation in which you have no guarantee against:

- fraud
- lack of auditor independence

Although others might hold there is another issue, Professor Myddelton said it is very difficult to see where investors are damaged by poor reports. Investors do in fact have other ways of learning whether it is prudent to invest in or to continue to hold shares in a company.

Professor Myddelton would support reporting standards which are:

- based upon “true and fair view;”
- voluntary;

Standards on disclosure would be key to presenting a “true and fair view.”

And the Professor’s recommended standards also would apply only to traded companies. Small companies and not-for-profits would not be subject to additional standards.

The discussion touched only briefly on accounting regulation for government bodies on this occasion.

Professor Myddelton’s latest book is available from the Institute of Economic Affairs.

A friend of old has just published a book on the history of Witchcraft. Leo is an expert in the field and is known for his interesing insight into the world of the occult. He is director of W.I.C.A., the online institute from where I got my Diploma in Witchcraft Studies. Congratulations, ole’ boy.

Couldn’t have put it better myself. It’s good to see that the NO campaign are sticking with a simple, if not simplistic, message for the campaign against the CONstitution.

Herbert wasn’t looking for problems when he stumbled into this one. He was walking home from his last day as a researcher in Parliament. An hour before he had walked into his boss’s office and proceeded to get himself fired. He was fired for finding out something that was common knowledge all over the House of Commons. One of the worst kept secrets in all of Westminster. That is, assuming you are fool enough to believe there are any secrets in Westminster in the first place.

 The researcher was attempting to get final approval for a report he was writing for his MP boss on the danger of global warming to agriculture in the North. The MP was the shadow Agriculture minister, but none too pleased about it. The MP was just that aggressively ambitious to take the back-water job. The MP took it all in that he was being watched for advancement, so he took the job with its muddy brief, hired the best researchers he could find, and got on with it. Herbert was just one of those researchers who had only taken the job because it paid very well and was a stepping stone to better things. Herbert never liked Richard Peuty MP, knowing full well what kind of grotesque man he was, but decided to grin and bear it for his future. Herbert even lost some of his friends and acquaintances because of it.  Richard was pro-Euro, and Herbert’s friends weren’t, simple as that. When it came to European ambition and good old capitalistic traits, instinct didn’t count. Herbert was a traitor to the cause, full stop.

 It was with this background that Herbert walked into his boss’ office to find “Dick” buggering a fellow researcher senseless while looking out over a view of the Thames. Herbert was shocked, even though in retrospect he shouldn’t have been, and to make matters worse he dropped the file with his report on the floor, further calling attention to his mistake. 

 “Dick” calmly turned in mid-thrust, glared at Herbert and fired him on the spot.

 “Herbert get the fuck out of my office, and don’t ever come back!  And if you tell anyone about this you will never work in Westminster again! Now get OUT!”, grunted the balding overweight MP and then turned back to the matters in hand. 

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you’ve got me turning up and turning down
and turning in and turning ’round
i’m turning japanese

– the vapors

From a guide to museums, temples, etc., in Japan. This is just a hunch on my part, but I’m guessing that English wasn’t the writer’s first language.

Animal Tei EDOYA
Animal residence EDO shop

Even the inside of Izu which a strange thing is abundant in, most. Suggest coming in if it gets tired of the traffic jam. Even if fatigue increases further, it isn’t responsible.

IZU Andy land

The tortoise of the world, you who is familiar and whom it wants to feel. The spot which a tortoise maniac can’t miss. Again, the spiritual world, to you of familiar Mr. Tetsuro Tanba fan whom it wants to feel as well.

ATAGAWA banana wani en
Atagawa banana & crocodile garden

If Atagawa is said, banana wani en. But, are you a crocodile if it is a banana in Atagawa because of what? I am about to want to go without thinking deeply. A way has prospects evil it is narrow. It is careful of the accident.

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With one Supreme Court member ailing and others eyeing retirement, control of the Senate brings greater urgency for the long term outlook of the Court as well as the issues of the day.  Currently, there are 51 GOPers, 48 Dems and 1 “independent” (i.e. Dem in denial).

 It’s accepted the GOP will win a Dem seat in Georgia and the Dems will win a GOP seat in Illinois.  Putting aside the non-competitive races, there are eight races that will determine Senate control.  Of these seats, five are held by Democrats and three by Republicans.  All are in states the GOP won in 2000, most in convincing fashion.

North Carolina.  John Edwards did not run for a seat that has not reelected an incumbent since 1968.  The Dem nominee, former Clinton Chief of Staff Erskine Bowles, lost a Senate race in 2002 and may have peaked early.  U.S. Rep. Richard Burr has risen to the occasion and should win a close election.  GOP PICKUP 

South Carolina. Open Senate seats are rare in South Carolina as this one is open for the first time in 36 years.  GOP U.S. Rep. Jim DeMint has run a lousy campaign, providing openings for Dem State Education Superintendent Inez Tenenbaum.  She might have had a chance in a non-Presidential year, but Bush will win big here.  DeMint won’t, but it will be enough to move on.  GOP PICKUP

Florida.  The undercard match to the battle for 27 electoral votes.  GOP nominee Mel Martinez, the former HUD Secretary, is hoping for a strong Hispanic showing (especially among Cubans) and big support from his home base of Central Florida.  Dem nominee State Education official Betty Castor hope to capitalize on 2000 post-election rage and anti-war sentiment.  Martinez will win based on his stronger base.  GOP PICKUP  

Louisiana.  The state’s open primary sends the top two finishers, regardless of party, to a runoff unless the first place candidate gets 50% plus one vote.  GOP U.S. Rep. David Vitter is polling in the high 40s, with one recent poll having him win outright at 51.  Can the national Democrats can prevent him from winning outright on November 2?  If yes, what Democrat would make the runoff? Does it matter?  Louisiana has never elected a Republican to the U.S. Senate.  I don’t believe Vitter will avoid the runoff, which will pit him against a Democrat with advantages almost impossible to overcome.  The curse lives… for the Louisiana GOP anyway.  DEM HOLD.   

South Dakota.  The big race –Senate Democrat leader Tom Daschle vs. former U.S. Rep. John Thune, who lost a Senate race in 2002 by fewer than 600 votes.  South Dakota has a habit of throwing out incumbent senators who appear to have lost touch with their home state.  Bush will win by at least 15-20 points.  Daschle has been in for three terms.  His time is up, Indian reservation vote fraud notwithstanding.  GOP PICKUP.

Oklahoma.  Former U.S. Rep Tom Coburn (R) has done everything he can to lose this coming Tuesday.  Oklahoma will go for Bush by a ridiculous margin (25-30 points), making it hard for the state’s lone Democrat congressman, Brad Carson, to convince enough Bush voters that he should go to DC along with the President.  GOP HOLD.

Colorado.  Dem State Attorney General Ken Salazar, running on a law-and-order, pro-environmentalist rancher ticket, against GOP beer baron Pete Coors. a “family values” guy who heads a company whose advertising theme involves keg parties, buxom bimbos and drunk snowboarding.  Ken, “this Bud’s for you.”  You’re going to the Senate.  DEM PICKUP.

Alaska.  Governor Daddy’s little girl, Sen. Lisa Murkowski, has gotten a lift from her Congressional colleages, one the Senate Appropriations Chair, the other the House Resources Committee chair.  Both have said their power may be curtailed if a Dem Senator gets elected, i.e., it will be harder to bring home the Federal largesse.  Former Dem governor Tony Knowles has waged a good fight, but Kerry is going to get killed in this pro-oil drilling state.  GOP HOLD.

Thanks to the South (including South Dakota), the GOP will have a net gain of 3 Senate seats — likely creating 54 GOPers, 45 Dems, and 1 Vermont senator in denial.

Comments… good, bad or otherwise… are welcome. 

I was happy to see the Red Sox have managed to get back into the World Series again by beating the Yankees. I am happy because it pleases my father, a long suffering Red Sox fan, and not because I could give a toss about bloody sports. It is nice to see, at least one Yankees fan can behave in a decent manner when her team has lost. Course we are talking about Michele, who is class all around.

Still I have to say that a Bush win interests me far more than if the Red Sox can finally beat the Curse of the Bambino.

Colby discovered that there is at least one man still alive who saw the Sox win the World Series the last time.

Update: Well it seems that Red Sox have finally lanced the curse and won the world series.

There’s still time before Sunday, folks, to outfit your kids in one of The Worst Halloween Costumes of All Time. Spooky stuff.

How many poor kids that got stuck with this one had to hear, “Hey Rubik, how about if I rearrange your face?” This very well may be the least popular costume of all time, 2nd only to the failed Parcheesi costume of 1974.

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The humourless wankers PC police have banned Halloween in an entire town in Washington State. They have banned it because it might offend wiccans. Funny thing is, Fox news can’t find any witches who are offended.

Today in political punditry from Sean Moronski, he treats us to his final predictions.

No, not the World Series between the Red Birds and Blue Sox… the real game on November 2… only it involves the Nation’s future.  The only number to care about is 270 — as in electoral votes.

Last week, I gave an assessment of where I believe the Electoral College stands… not a whole lot has changed… with the likelihood that Maine will give all 4 of its votes (Bear bait amendments notwithstanding) to the Ds and that Coloradoans aren’t stupid enough to vote away their electoral clout by dividing their electoral votes by the popular vote percentage, I believe the College stands as follows:

Bush: 222 votes (26 states covering the South and middle America)

Kerry: 207 votes (15 states covering the Northeast, some of the Great Lakes region and the West Coast)

That leaves 109 votes up for grabs, which I predict will go as follows:

“Western 5-Card” - Nevada and New Mexico each have 5 electoral votes.  Bush has been trending well in Nevada and I expect him to hold serve there.  Kerry will probably win New Mexico barring a sudden Nader move.  Give them each 5.  Bush 227, Kerry 212

 ”Iron Triangle” - The Upper Midwestern states of Wisconsin (10), Minnesota (10) and Iowa (7).  Gore won all of these in 2000.  There will be no Democrat sweep this time around.  Bush will win at least one — Wisconsin.  I’ll give Kerry the other 2.  All will be close. Bush 237, Kerry 229

 ”The BIG 3″ - Pennsylvania, Florida and Ohio

 Pennsylvania is the one Gore won in 2000 and Kerry will do it again.  Two reasons: the Philly suburbs have become fertile vote territory for Dems and there are probably enough votes that can be hustled (manufactured?) out of Philly to overcome the rest of the state.  Kerry 250, Bush 237

 Florida — the mother of all contests — won’t be razor thin this time.  For all the ranting and raving about 2000, it is estimated that Bush lost at least 5,000 votes in the Panhandle (located in the Central time zone) as the networks called the state for Gore while polls were still open.  Since 2000, Republicans have performed quite well in the state.  Hispanics, particularly Cubans, are motivated to elect Mel Martinez to the U.S. Senate.  Jews don’t have the same motivation to make John Edwards the VP as opposed to Joe Lieberman in 2000.  Close, BUT… Bush takes it… Bush 264, Kerry 250

Ohio… the center of the electoral universe.  No GOP has EVER been elected President without winning here.  The last Dem to win the Presidency without Ohio was JFK in 1960.  It will all come down to turnout — who is motivated more???  Kerry is not Clinton… he’s not even Gore… he doesn’t connect… W is not his father… whatever faults he may have, he will connect with enough Ohioans to win… Bush 284, Kerry 250… but wait…

UPSET SPECIAL… 4 votes are outstanding… in 2000, West Virginia was the Democrat state that came out of nowhere to go for Bush and provide the margin of victory… this time Aloha has a whole different political meaning… the latest polls out of Hawaii have Bush tied or slightly ahead… this time 4 years ago, Gore was up 19 in the same polls and won by 17… sometimes you have to make a call for the unexpected… lei the 4 votes for W…

final Bush 288, Kerry 250

 for those of you who care I figure the national popular vote percentage margin will be 2.5%… Nader won’t break 2%

remember - vote early and often… for you Ds, election day is November 4… the Rs get to vote on November 2

When I think of Honda’s EU diesel engine division, I of course think of lovable bunny rabbits scampering around a grid, gobbling up carrots and smashing things with a large sledgehammer. Or maybe it’s another of those pesky acid flashbacks.

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Longtime readers will remember that I took part in a program called Bush for a Day recorded by the BBC. Those who really pay attention will know that I wrote the lead track on G.o.D.’s demo Waking Up Blues on the way to this event, because it was so bloody early.

Anyway, it is finally being broadcast on BBC 3. I do realise that very few people actually get BBC 3 but it is there anyway. It was originally broadcast last night, but no-one told me, although the producer did send me an apologetic email today. It is being repeated several times in the next week. If anyone has BBC3 and a way to burn it; I would love a copy to keep.

PS: The band now all have their own golf shirts to wear about.

John Peel, veteran radio and television broadcaster, lover of loud punk music, fan of Liverpool FC and adopted resident of my own native county of Suffolk, has died suddenly of a heart attack at the age of 65, as has been reported in several places. It is very sad. His contribution to popular music was immense. Peel cut his teeth in the radio world as a DJ on the Radio Caroline boats that were anchored off the British east coast, out of reach — for a while — of the monopolistic BBC and the authorities. Always a bit of a rebel, Peel helped give punk a big push in the 1970s. (I am a bit of a fan of the Clash and the Sex Pistols, as many libertarians are). You could not fail to be impressed at Peel’s zest for the job, and I loved his dry wit. I will always remember one of his late evening BBC radio shows in which he introduced the following record thus in that gravelly scouser accent of his: “The next track is by a new band called Napalm Death. They sound a terminally dissatisfied lot, don’t they?”

He will be much missed.

Here is that film the Democrats try to prevent you from seeing. You know I find it rather amusing that there are still those on the left who claim that the media is biased against them.

I found myself watching Rough Cuts on CBC Newsworld. I’d seen the promos for it — a “documentary” or more accurately an opinion piece called Stupidity and I wasn’t much interested in it. But it was the only thing on TV at the time, so there I was, stupidly watching it.

From the production company’s website:

Stupidity sets out to determine whether our culture is hooked on deliberate ignorance as a strategy for success. From Adam Sandler to George W. Bush, from the IQ test to TV programming and the origins of the word ‘moron’, [Albert] Nerenberg examines the “dumbing down” of contemporary culture.

Stupidity careens at warp speed through sound bites on topics from television news and reality TV shows, to Internet sites and popular films. Featuring opinions and comments from some of today’s most recognizable figures, cultural critics, authors and academics, including John Cleese and Rick Mercer, Noam Chomsky and David Frum, Salma Hayek and Michael Moore, Stupidity reveals that, despite our culture’s extensive access to knowledge and information, humans continue to choose stupidity. The film suggests that unless stupidity is dealt with, we may all be doomed.

Yes, yes; and to echo Keynes, we’re all dead in the long run anyway.

About half the show, as you might expect, was dedicated to the proposition that George W. Bush is stupid stupid stupid and they trotted out prize pig Michael Moore to hammer home the point. (Note: There is no link, as CBC, unlike real news organizations such as CBS, doesn’t offer transcripts [OK, they do, but they charge $45 for a 1-hour program] so I had to wait for the weekend when the show was rebroadcast so I could tape it and make sure the quote was accurate.):

I mean, really think about the United States, okay? Here we are, a country where one of the founding fathers discovered electricity. Look what we have devolved to. A guy who is proud he was King of the Keggers. [emphasis added]

Odd. I never got the sense that Bush was bragging about his dissolute youth. Never mind that, though. More pertinent is Moore’s assertion that Benjamin Franklin (I assume that’s to whom he’s referring) “discovered” electricity.

Franklin certainly contributed to the theoretical understanding of it, but he was by no means the first to observe the phenomenon. From Wikipedia:

According to Thales of Miletus, writing circa 600 BC, electricity was known to the Ancient Greeks, who found that rubbing fur on various substances, such as amber, would cause a particular attraction between the two. The Greeks noted that the amber buttons could attract light objects such as hair, and that if they rubbed the amber for long enough, they could even get a spark to jump.

[ . . . ]

In 1600 the English scientist William Gilbert returned to the subject in De Magnete, and coined the modern Latin word electricus from (elektron), the Greek word for amber, which soon gave rise to the English words electric and electricity.

[ . . . ]

In June, 1752, Benjamin Franklin promoted his investigations of electricity and theories through the famous, though extremely dangerous, experiment of flying a kite during a thunderstorm. Following these experiments he invented a lightning rod and established the link between lightning and electricity. If Franklin did fly a kite in a storm, he did not do it the way it is often described (as it would have been dramatic but fatal). It was either Franklin (more frequently) or Ebenezer Kinnersley of Philadelphia (less frequently) who created the convention of positive and negative charge.

You want stupidity? Stupidity is airing a quote from Michael Moore without first fact-checking it sixteen ways ’til Sunday.

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The latest version of Storyblogging is up. Enjoy your fellow bloggers creative goodness.

John Hawkins has posted his round-up of predictions from bloggers of the right. He claims the results are rather surprising.

Not only are there Pagan Conservatives, there are right-of-centre goths.

Here is a video about Iraq and WMDs you might not see on the BBC or CNN.

And the Germans are broadcasting Moore’s anti-Bush tirade right before the election. But then again BILD has endorsed Bush for President.

BestofMe is up for the week, as well as the good ole’ Bonfire.

The Carnival is in full flow over at CalBlog

If you want a load of links to All Hallow’s Eve related posts then you could do far worse than head over to Blogcritics. It is an interesting and rather ecletic collection of posts.

There are two excellent pieces by my favourite far-left bashers: Harry and Oliver.

The ASI is holding an event on democracy and blogs, if are in London then you might want to attend. I shall be there, looks like an interesting evening.

And finally for those yearning for more Cthulhu related news, stories and stuff, Shoggoth is back as a viable concern.

This is a cute, if sexist game. Check out the oddly-mincing minxes, but don’t let your girlfriend catch you, because then she’ll hit you in the head.

Safe for work, but don’t let your boss catch you, because then he’ll hit you in the head.

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Are you actually surprised?

Mark Steyn has written a lovely piece called: What is so funny about decapitation?

You just know that a link named Big Nipples Are Attractive isn’t going to be safe for work, and you’re probably right. It’s pretty funny, though.

It’s a TV ad — Australian, if I heard the accent correctly — for breath mints.

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It is funny how we make assumptions about our fellow human beings, and it is often striking what happens when an assumption gets disproved. For example, I work for a big international firm in an office filled with all manner of clever, preppy, if rather quiet, people. One of my senior colleagues is the most charming, well-dressed and typically English gent you could care to meet. He comes as typical “suburban man” (not a pejorative term in my book). Anyway, during a brief conversation with him at his workstation, my attention wandered across to a pile of CDs he had on his desk: piles and piles of rock music, as well as a live Stevie Ray Vaughan album.

I can’t think of the man in the same way again. All because of a legendary blues guitarist CD.

This long comment was posted on Tim Blair’s blog. Rather than being a long disjointed lunatic rant, it is quite a good piece.

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Yet another example of how truly wrong the Guardian and its euro-weenie lefty mates are these days.

Charles Moore makes a good case for being for Bush’s re-election

The midnite hour is close at hand
Creatures crawl in search of blood
To terrorize y’awl’s neighborhood

– michael jackson

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