Posted on May 18th, 2010 by James Higham
Jane Foley, of Forexdotcom, writes: If Germany refuses to continue bank rolling the EMU support fund and if Greece cannot stomach the internal devaluation that would bring its competitiveness in line with Germany’s then default in the Eurozone’s periphery may yet happen. GEAB [Leap 2020] is a Eurocentric thinktank which analyses the current EU/UK situation. [...]
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Posted on May 17th, 2010 by James Higham
Termites The Guardian, predictably, lays into Glenn Beck for exposing Maurice Strong whom I mentioned myself here and now we get back to the contention that there is no interconnection between “clusters of important people governed by self-interest, greed, ignorance”. Strong is, as Beck said, a big fish. He’s not only part of the Gorean [...]
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Posted on May 17th, 2010 by James Higham
An idea just occurred to me. Why doesn’t Boris introduce the new bus in the photo? It could be fitted with a greener engine, lighter, synthetic panels and improved padding on seats inside. It could be called … oh, I don’t know … how about Routemaster, just for old time’s sake? Now, as that shiny [...]
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Posted on May 17th, 2010 by James Higham
Posted on May 17th, 2010 by James Higham
What was Julie Andrews thinking? What was she hoping to be taken as? MSN put it this way: The Independent wondered if she has now become a “symbol” of the so-called “rip-off comeback,” noting that “by appearing as a real, aging woman and innocently expecting to be treated and reviewed as such, Julie Andrews has [...]
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Posted on May 17th, 2010 by James Higham
Mark this moment, this Monday, May 17th, mark it in your diaries. This was the day when it came out that: Liam Byrne, the former Chief Secretary to the Treasury, last week wrote a letter for his successor – the Liberal Democrat David Laws – stating: “I’m afraid to tell you there’s no money left.” [...]
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Posted on May 17th, 2010 by James Higham
Of course this will be an unpopular opinion among the technophiles but if I might take Sevareid’s Law again: … and add to it William Gruff‘s: I’ve also tried to explain that nature takes care of things and we can do nothing about it and no one has ever taken me seriously.
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Posted on May 16th, 2010 by James Higham
Courtesy of Dearieme: [superb view of the keyboard] A selection of mine, just for variety:
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Posted on May 16th, 2010 by James Higham
One of the very best bloggers is Captain Ranty-Freeman and you owe it to yourself, if you haven’t already done so, to check out his blockbusting post where he takes on HMRC. Tour de force. Some snippets: [Y]ou might be interested to know that HMRC recently threatened to take me to court. I wrote back [...]
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Posted on May 16th, 2010 by James Higham
Australians have this habit [and I'm sorry if it offends them] of putting sporting heroes on pedestals, idolizing them and then, from Day 2 onwards, tearing them down. Compare that to the Germans: 16- jährige Weltumseglerin: Triumph von Käpt’n Jessica True to the tradition, it’s started in Australia.
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Posted on May 16th, 2010 by James Higham
Dr Albert A. Bartlett [H/T Xxxl] gave a lecture, now captured on youtube [if you look at nothing else, at least look at Part Two from 5:35]: Parts One – Two – Three – Four – Five – Six – Seven – Eight … in which he makes a strong case that key influencers of [...]
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Posted on May 15th, 2010 by James Higham
1. In 1991, Michael Schumacher made his F1 debut at the Belgian Grand Prix with which team? 2. What has Jupiter just lost? 3. What was the name of the 1920s scandal involving Warren Harding’s administration? 4. 1.0 × 10-9 seconds is a … ? 5. Bloody Mary always has which ingredients? Answers: Jordan-Ford, one [...]
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Posted on May 15th, 2010 by James Higham
Posted on May 15th, 2010 by James Higham
The UK News Network has again raised the question of Genetically Modified foods and links to a fine article on same. There’s a fair bit of reading in that article and if you are interested, you might also like to try: World leadership and food crisis Codex Alimentarius Food and water The green movement and [...]
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Posted on May 15th, 2010 by James Higham
Two months ago, this blog ran a post on earthquakes, looking at the uncanny ability of people with a certain, shall we say, political mindset, to predict these natural phenomena. The example given was a terrorist group, Aum Shinrikyo and their ability to predict Kobe: In an 8 January 1995 radio broadcast, Asahara stated “Japan [...]
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Posted on May 15th, 2010 by James Higham
The Beeb got in early on the homecoming of lone sailor Jessica Watson but it took hours for the rest of the press to catch up. Anyway, it went to show one thing quite clearly – that close to the end of an event, people get all frantic but then what? Similar things happened with [...]
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Posted on May 14th, 2010 by James Higham
Posted on May 14th, 2010 by James Higham
Russell Crowe, the prima donna, walked out of a radio interview over questions about his accent. Hell, I would have asked him: “Do you think being a convict with an Irish accent hampers your ability to play English national heroes or do you think it fits you for the role?” If you could choose 5 [...]
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Posted on May 14th, 2010 by James Higham
Anyone remember?
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Posted on May 14th, 2010 by James Higham
Perhaps we should take these types of studies and statistics with a grain of salt or at the least, note them and move on. While the conclusions might confirm my theory, still – how much faith can be put in them? The reason Cougars have that low life expectancy, if they do, seems to me [...]
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Posted on May 14th, 2010 by James Higham
Well, despite the blog title “Ubermouth”, she’s taken some time to get to 200 but hey – she’s there now. I’ve already done a biography on her so no need to do that again but here’s the deal: I’m a secret Ubermouth fan. Yeah, I know she takes some dealing with when her blood’s up [...]
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Posted on May 14th, 2010 by James Higham
You know, this is beginning to look rather good. The True Conservatives are a bit peeved by the anti-democratic direction of Cameron, it seems. How many effing times did we bloggers and the Albion Alliance and UKIP etc. etc. tell you so and you told us we were being disloyal? How many times did you [...]
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Posted on May 14th, 2010 by James Higham
Jessica Watson is due to sail into Sydney Harbour on Saturday morning [their time], people are still taking potshots at her and Ministers of State are getting her name wrong in parliament. Meanwhile, she’s not fazed by it at all. On her site, her latest is:
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Posted on May 14th, 2010 by James Higham
It was only to be expected but still appalling for all that. The greatest obstacle to getting sanity back into schools is the teachers themselves. A steady recruitment, over two decades, of basically leftist teachers and curriculum formulators has meant there is little concern for our nation’s heritage any more. This is to prepare the [...]
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Posted on May 13th, 2010 by James Higham
1. With sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine. 2. Imagine there were no hypothetical situations. 3. Sex is like playing bridge. If you don’t have a good partner, you’d better have a good hand. 4. Never, under any circumstances, take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night. 5. Crowded elevators smell different [...]
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Posted on May 13th, 2010 by James Higham
Posted on May 13th, 2010 by James Higham
There’ve been a number of recent rape cases revolving around one recurring question: Can a woman wearing skinny jeans be raped? Or are they so tight they can be taken off only with her consent? A jury of six men and six women heard that Nicholas Eugenio Gonzalez, 23, had allegedly pushed a 24 year [...]
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Posted on May 13th, 2010 by James Higham
Yep, yet another Airbus disaster. Check these: Here Here Here Here Here Here Here Here Flying deathtrap? Let’s just say you can go on one if you like – I’m staying on the ground.
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Posted on May 13th, 2010 by James Higham
Start from scratch and look at these figures for Greece: EU finance ministers have agreed on emergency measures worth 500bn euros (£430bn) to prevent the Greek debt crisis from speading. Will these measures stop the crisis from affecting other countries? The 16 members of the single currency bloc will have access to 440bn euros of [...]
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Posted on May 12th, 2010 by James Higham
Faustie wrote: Like so many, I’m awed by the ambitious nature of the LibDem / Tory coalition arrangement and struck dumb by the shift in the political landscape. On the face of it, this coalition looks like it could work. I hope it does – the country needs healing. One thing seems sure: our civil [...]
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