Look guys, just a quick post from here in Tonga’s sunny Nuku’alofa.
No internet on board, and only the BBC World Service, Sky, the (Australian) ABC and MSNBC news.
On every channel the only, and I mean only, possible culprit mentioned is ‘anti government right wing extremists’, special mention being given to Waco and Oklahoma City. The [...]
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Maggie
I was born in 1973 so Margaret Thatcher was PM for my formaive years.
I very vaguely recall “Sunny Jim” and have no recollection of that fat treachorous oaf Ted Heath or of that deranged buffoon Harold “bloody” Wilson. He thought MI5 were gonna kill him. If only…
So she was my PM. In eleven years [...]
Economics 101
An economics professor at a local college made a statement that he had never failed a single student before, but had recently failed an entire class. That class had insisted that Obama’s socialism worked and that no one would be poor and no one would be rich, a great equalizer. The professor [...]
Liberalism and Nationalism - a fatal 19th century alliance?
Libertarians sometimes say that we are really “classical liberals”, “19th century liberals”.
Of course if I actually found myself in Victorian Kettering my political opinions (against the establishment of a School Board, anti prohibition of booze, hostile to land nationalisation or even taxation…….) would mark me as a “Conservative” indeed an “arch Conservative” or a “blackhearted [...]
Back in Britain.
I have been back in Britain a few days (it feels like years), my impressions are….
“Evening Standard” on the late night-early morning train from the airport.
Weird article attacking “golf club Nazis” (for such clearly Nazi things as likeing Monty Python - no the article made no sense to me either). I have now remembered that [...]
Roman law, modern law and “Feudal” law - a hint as to what that wild madman Paul Marks is on about.
I am no legal expert (”we have noticed Paul”), but I do want to give an hint about what I am on about when I mention the words “Feudal law” or Roman law or modern law - it if be wrong….. well see later for my “get out of jail” card on that.
Before I say [...]
Delta.
Back in 1996 (around this time of year) I was in NYC. Now I had to get back to Atlanta. A naive person might imagine since the invention of the aeroplane this is a minor detail. I was indeed booked on a 9.30am Delta flight from La Guardia to Hartsfield. Do I need to add [...]
Debt Crisis? What Debt Crisis!
In my time as an astrophysicist I got used to, well, astronomical numbers. So there are several hundred billion galaxies each boasting several hundred billion stars. That’s cool. Not least because some might have solar systems where they can do economics but this is terrifying…
We are not having a debt crisis.
It’s important to [...]
QOTD - 2
The war on drugs - drugs still winning:
The police department believes that, under state law, you may responsibly get baked, order some pizzas and enjoy a ‘Lord of the Rings’ marathon in the privacy of your own home, if you want to.
Seattle Police Department blog
H/T Ed West: The Telegraph
Simpler times
I guess you have seen this before, but what the hell.
In the spirit of the times - To heck with all them ‘isms.
Way to go
Union sanity:
Hostess Brands — the maker of such iconic baked goods as Twinkies, Drake’s Devil Dogs and Wonder Bread — announced Friday that it is asking a federal bankruptcy court for permission to close its operations, blaming a strike by bakers protesting a new contract imposed on them.
The closing will result in Hostess’ nearly 18,500 [...]
Greedy capitalist corporation really nonprofit state entity.
All the msm in the United States (including Fox News) are treating the “Long Island Power and Light Company” as a greedy capitalist corporation which is letting people sit in the cold and dark while it counts its profits.
There is a problem with this picture. The “Long Island Power and Light Comany” DOES NOT EXIST [...]
Lets make it a family affair
Following Juan came Isobel. Imagine it had been Eva instead?
Mooch for President.
What’s the case against Michelle Obama starting a political career of her own? It starts and ends with the fact that she doesn’t want one. But what if she changes her mind? The first lady has three important things for a future in politics: [...]
