Angus has listed Britain’s ten most hated vegies – no wonder the state of health of Brits is so poor: 1. Celery 2. Cabbage 3. Parsnip 4. Mushrooms 5. Cauliflower 6. Cucumber 7. Tomatoes 8. Onions 9. Peas 10. Carrots Apart from tomatoes, I can’t say I like them particularly but they are immensely useful [...]
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Some young female journo at the Guardian, educated in Brown’s Britain but spending her working life outside it, unaware of what’s happening here, asks if Britain is so broken after all. My faith precludes me from saying J—- wept! She lists many of the reasons: Youth crime, teenage pregnancy or anti-social behaviour, community-spirit withered, family [...]
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Gordon Brown to pledge new curb on immigration What a truly evil, cynical man he is. Why would he do that? His government brought ship, plane and trainloads of foreigners into this country to alter the demographic mix and then, weeks before an election, knowing he’ll still be PM after it, he makes this concession [...]
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Whenever Norman Tebbitt writes, the comments section is swamped. However, it is possible to gauge the mood and it’s summed up by one calling himself Brit Abroad: DC simply doesn’t give me the feeling that he has the strength to do what is needed. If he does, why doesn’t he step up and tell people [...]
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Your humble blogger has never been particularly green beyond the average joe but take a look at this youtube – it makes one think.
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Good, it might be a lesson for many women that eventually sluttishness comes back and bites you on the derriere: Kim Kardashian was dumped by Reggie Bush because of her sex tape. Kim is said to regret the video more than ever now as she believes she would still be with Reggie, 25, if it [...]
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It’s got to the point where one can’t trust anyone, especially not the State: Though no group claimed responsibility for the attack, Alexander Bortnikov, head of the FSB security service, said early indications suggested the suicide bombers were definitely from the North Caucasus, an area that includes Chechnya. Keep your eye on the further legislation [...]
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The coming General Election and the debates preceding it are about domestic and external issues but also about something else – nomenclature. Nomenclature is actually a major issue but it is avoided because: 1. It is pedantic; 2. It is too complex for most people, involving constitutional law; 3. There is a sovereignty swindle in [...]
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1. What is campanology? 2. Braid theory is applicable to which musical area? 3. St Clement Danes or St Clement Eastcheap may have been the source of a nursery rhyme. What was it about this church which was connected with oranges and lemons? 4. Which is the palsy, a rare illness that causes a problem [...]
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Shut those bloody bells up! Non-church music for Andrew:
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Do you remember that part of Lord of the Rings when the intrepid hobbits who’ve been off fighting the enemy for truth, justice and the hobbit way of life finally return, only to find that in their absence, the enemy has got in and has taken over their beloved Hobbiton? Now there are military barracks, [...]
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Remember this face when the time comes BBC World News: Sky full of lies Nik Gowing reveals the new vulnerability of governments and big institutions of power in times of crisis – when citizens can record events and upload them to be seen worldwide within minutes. In a moment of major, unexpected crisis the institutions [...]
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Move three matchsticks to make three identical squares (and nothing else): Solution
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Now, that Monty Norman rubbish. John Barry appeared on the Steve Wright show on BBC Radio 2 on Thursday 7th September 2006 and said:
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It’s all going just fine, says Jamie The great nations have always acted like gangsters, and the small nations like prostitutes [Stanley Kubrick, in Guardian, June 5, 1963]
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If you’re investigating a scam or an agenda and you come up with, hypothetically, contributory factors 1 – 5, you can’t then go and say, “Ignore factor 2 because it’s left-field and ignore factor 4 because it’s historic and consequently of little interest to modern readers.” * Take James Delingpole‘s exposure of the worthy Lord [...]
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.. and here it is in concert:
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1. What planet spins the fastest on its axis? 2. From what hypothetical region are comets believed to come? 3. What is the name of the sun’s outer atmosphere? 4. What is the name of the speedy little white cloud seen on Neptune? 5. What moon phase comes after a full moon? Answers Jupiter, the [...]
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Angus today: Almost a third of Britons would have sex with anyone who paid them £1million, a survey has found. Researchers, however, found that almost half said they would never accept such a proposal to have sex with a stranger. This is not dissimilar to the man who paid £5000 to have a kiss with [...]
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It’s not only the content in this article which is so significant but the date. Check the date: Wolfie — May 23, 2006, 6:13 pm As those of you who take an interest in the global financial markets will be aware, the last week or so on the world’s stock markets has been unusually volatile [...]
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There are these people wandering about saying things like: “The EWT component of analysis had resolved towards a wide corrective ABC pattern into the target zone of 9,500 to 9,800″ and actually understanding what Elliott Wave Theory is. There are very intelligent people involved in other fields who could understand much of that if they [...]
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People in the driving seat will always collude, always try to twist the rules to suit themselves and to create an ongoing monopoly. It’s in the nature of the game and you might as well try to change human nature than prevent this from happening. If it means that one firm goes to the wall [...]
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Excerpts from the interview [released April 20th, 2009] with Janet Tavakoli, structured finance firm president, based in Chicago: “ Money is for providing security and freedom … we are delaying fixing the problem and are covering it up … we’re at a critical phase in our democracy … democracy has been diluted by the effects [...]
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[I just love from 3:31 to 4:44] 1. How many men have walked on the moon? 2. Which planet has the most moons and how many [we know of at this moment]? 3. What are the four main types of galaxies? 4. Which planet is tipped on its side, possibly due to a large collision [...]
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Two different concepts
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Which date would you set it for?
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