First reaction
Posted on March 11th, 2011 by James Higham
Tsunami hits Japan after massive earthquake Aum Shrinyiko at it again, eh?
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Fine Machinery N1
Posted on March 11th, 2011 by James Higham
This is a new series, interwoven with JD’s Transport series, both to appear in this timeslot. This is not specifically about transport but includes some.
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OFSTED – the fish rots at the head
Posted on March 11th, 2011 by James Higham
Zenna Atkins OFSTED is an organization ostensibly intended to safeguard educational standards in our country. It is meant to employ people of the highest calibre, of many years standing, urbane, well spoken communicators whom anyone in the education sector can look up to and respect. In fact, let’s look at its very name: The Office [...]
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Why does Cameron refuse to help?
Posted on March 10th, 2011 by James Higham
Rebels: ‘Why won’t the world help us?’ Protest movement pleads for intervention as Gaddafi’s forces step up counter-attack. One can understand an Obama refusing to help a grassroots movement because he is a socialist and wants State control of everything, along with massive debt and a subjugated people feeding off the State teat – that’s [...]
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Women on monocycle sleds N434
Posted on March 10th, 2011 by James Higham
Last of the current series [click for the big pic]:
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Common Purpose at work and play
Posted on March 10th, 2011 by James Higham
Please make a quiet note of these things, before they slip away: Zenna Atkins, social entrepreneur, [former] Chair of OFSTED and Chair of Places for People is presented on their site by Common Purpose whom there is abundant evidence is an evil organization stacking key positions in the UK with their own people, unelected of [...]
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Transport #01
Posted on March 10th, 2011 by JD
First in a short series on the many and varied methods of transport in use around the world. _________________________ _________________________ JD‘s profile and a list of his posts can be found in the left sidebar at this site.
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Christianity and highly developed nations
Posted on March 10th, 2011 by James Higham
I read some bollox yesterday by atheists, claiming that non-Christian societies have the highest standard of living. OK, here are the 2010 Human Development Index results: Norway 0.938 () Australia 0.937 () New Zealand 0.907 ( 17) United States 0.902 ( 9) Ireland 0.895 () Liechtenstein 0.891 ( 13) Netherlands 0.890 ( 1) Canada 0.888 [...]
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Thought for the day
Posted on March 9th, 2011 by James Higham
As we wind up the current theme on women: Being a woman is of special interest only to aspiring male transsexuals. To actual women, it is merely a good excuse not to play football. [Fran Lebowitz, 1978]
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A Day Late
Posted on March 9th, 2011 by JD
A day late for Día Internacional de la Mujer but here is another fine singer you have probably never heard of…. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgED5OZE9sM
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Women refusing to ride any further N433
Posted on March 9th, 2011 by James Higham
Penultimate entry in this current series: That wouldn’t be a redhead by any chance, would it?
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Keeping minorities under 5%
Posted on March 9th, 2011 by James Higham
Spaniard Obviously this is a localized issue but the influx of the summer backpacker rush to cheap areas of Berlin: Kreuzberg’s residents complain that swarms of young twenty-something tourists invade the borough especially at weekends and in the summer to stay in an increasing number of cheap hostels or illicitly rented-out apartments. At night they [...]
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Feminazis out in force yesterday
Posted on March 9th, 2011 by James Higham
International Women’s Day is behind us now and as expected, the Feminazis misbehaved themselves and tried to savage a lone male detractor [Godfrey Bloom], even though they’ve been given everything they want, even though the chairman was female and most in the chamber were female.
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The power of a woman
Posted on March 8th, 2011 by James Higham
Who needs to understand the language? There’s another type of language, is there not?
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Women over bicycles N432
Posted on March 8th, 2011 by James Higham
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Indoor cricket
Posted on March 8th, 2011 by James Higham
About the best example I can think of and one I’ve used before on this blog, of the way women and men can work together is the game of Indoor Cricket.
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For the other half of the sky
Posted on March 8th, 2011 by James Higham
This lady gives women a good name. I looked at lists of the greatest women in history and you know, it is not people who have promoted misandry, euphemistically termed “women’s rights”, an umbrella term for all sorts of destructive actions, who are great but women who have contributed to humanity as a whole, male [...]
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International Day of Women – March 8th
Posted on March 8th, 2011 by admin
This is a very special day, when “the other half of the sky” is cherished and appreciated by us men. Though it’s been hijacked by misandrists, it’s not about that – it’s just our chance to celebrate all women on this day and perhaps one special woman this evening. [Comments next post please]
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Happy 50th Birthday!
Posted on March 7th, 2011 by JD
The Jaguar XKE, designed by Malcolm Sayer (1916–1970), was unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show in March 1961. Enzo Ferrari called it “The most beautiful car ever made”. The Museum of Modern Art recognized the significance of the E-Type’s design in 1996 by adding a blue roadster to its permanent design collection, one of only [...]
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Dame Vera sings songs for the coming war
Posted on March 7th, 2011 by James Higham
This is apt for our current times, which you could place somewhere about 1933, when the military buildup was occurring and the financial killing had already been made from the Crash, the real killing about to begin: Holmes’ comment to Watson was also relevant in this context because we have to go through the holocaust [...]
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Women on tricycles N431
Posted on March 7th, 2011 by James Higham
All right, it might be posed but she’s still a worthy contender.
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Who owns the debt? Who created it?
Posted on March 7th, 2011 by James Higham
This issue gets under the guard of most people because it is too abstruse for the non-player in the financial markets. I’ve learnt much in past year and a half but I was starting from a near zero knowledge base and now have a lukewarm knowledge base. At Seeking Alpha, they’re looking at the China [...]
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Leading beyond authority
Posted on March 7th, 2011 by JD
A well known CP graduate demonstrates his leadership qualities. (For non UK visitors, here is the context.) _________________________ JD‘s profile and a list of his posts can be found in the left sidebar at this site.
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Thought for the day
Posted on March 6th, 2011 by James Higham
Viewtoday, commenter on the Telegraph article: The academic, Marxist evolved root, which represents the senior Labor political class has been governing this nation for 13 years. There has been unremitting mockery of Christian intent. The present schisms over gay marriage, women bishops, and accommodation of secular behaviour by the church, might suggest to an outsider [...]
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The satisfying bits
Posted on March 6th, 2011 by James Higham
Don’t worry, no need to listen to it all – just the bits indicated below each youtube, if you will. Basically, it’s about this. Have you considered what it actually is in certain songs you quite like? It might be just one bar or a few bars, a lick here or a drum roll there. [...]
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The Dr Fell Awards
Posted on March 6th, 2011 by James Higham
The idea was which entertainers you didn’t like but weren’t sure why you didn’t like them. Results were: 2 votes Adrian Chiles Lady Gaga Piers Morgan 1 vote Alan ‘Chatty Man’ Carr Anne Hathaway Andy McDowell Angelina Jolie
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Train talk
Posted on March 6th, 2011 by James Higham
As a serial over-rationalizer, it worries me that this post would not be liked by the person in question, that it might embarrass her. I couldn’t give a toss about its fallout for me. As Cherie wrote [first word paraphrased]: One needs to think of people as people and not differentiate between male and female. [...]
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Zzzz
Posted on March 5th, 2011 by James Higham
Dr Fell tomorrow morning. Too knackered tonight.
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Spam spam spam
Posted on March 5th, 2011 by JD
As you know, James is having problems with his spam filter. My spam problems are of a different order. My BT email is putting BTmarketing rubbish into the spam folder which means BT is spamming itself!
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