While London looks increasingly like a city under martial law it is nice to see the Met still have time for pursuing nonsenses as well as going round looking like characters from some post-apocalyptic FPS game…
There were no complaints from the public when a Mayfair gallery exhibited a dramatic modern rendering of the ancient Greek [...]
Posts from ‘April, 2012’
A classical education is clearly not required by the Met.*
I voted today
We had the local elections, so I strolled into the voting booth this afternoon, showed my ID, got my papers and voted.
Oz is one of the few places where voting is compulsory, so if needing to show ID is a disincentive to vote then we have a conflict and a problem.
Well, we don’t have a [...]
The Jerem(iad) Hunting of the Snark
According to The Guardian the greatest mystery of modern times has been solved by a cosmetic gynaecologist* from Florida. Yes, he has found the G-Spot of legend! The spot that launched a thousand Cosmos.
An aside: is it just me or are those magazines for ladies getting more bizarre in their sex “advice”. Cosmo or [...]
James down under
I really don’t think Dellers interviews well. He is defensive, antagonistic and sarky to his interlocutors. Admittedly, this bloke was feeding him loaded questions, but most do.
I have heard him on other interviews, and he really needs to lighten up.
Anyway, I am going to hear him natter on in Brisbane on Wednesday evening. I’ll let [...]
You are not wrecking your energy security quickly enough, you are Very Naughty Nations!
Thus spake the International Energy Agency (IEA) to a bunch of more than twenty international energy ministers gathered in London this week.
The wagging finger of authority was delivered when the IEA warned not enough is being done by nations (that would be the faltering western economies) to avert significant climate change in the coming decades. [...]
The Grauniad
I didn’t know renowned was a synonym for derided.
I support the Prime Minister
I won’t go into the deeply embarrassing details about Peter Slipper, and how such a waste of space came to be appointed Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives. Suffice it to say that the following interview with a Cabinet Minister demonstrates the calibre of the people and government which arranged it.
Jo Nova Redux
This started as a comment on this.
I got to about 5 mins too! essentially it seemed to be taking the moral rather than the hard-edge. I personally regard the existence (or otherwise) of God(s) as a genuine philosophical question. By which I mean one with an objective answer*. If we reduce it to a nanny [...]
Do it
Anyone interested in Victorian historical documents has to go look at Tim Blair, and I mean right now.
Go.
Now.
Comment to Jo Nova
Jo, given the number of comments on your site I won’t comment there, I’ll comment here instead.
Having turned off the television on disgust after spending no more than five minutes watching George Pell demonstrate to Richard Dawkins that he had no idea of the basics of Darwinian theory, and watching Professor Dawkins demonstrate equal ignorance [...]
Relativism
Actually Uncle Joe Stalin did not attack Japanese forces till after the first Atomic Bomb went off.
By the way the pro Soviet element in the atomic development were all pro bombing Japan - they did not develop their “nukes are too terrible to be used” opinion till the Cold War with the Soviets.
Turning back to [...]
You can tell you live in Cheshire when…
This morning I had a medical appointment. I don’t sleep. I was very tired for it which I guess means I presented with the condition. It also meant I presented with my wife. I like her appearing with me for medical issues for a very simple reason. I like to have a recording angel - [...]
Fun and Games for all
Last week there was an Athiests Convention in Melbourne, a group of Muslims came along to protest….
H/T Tim Blair
Walter Duranty Prize
The first annual Duranty Prize will be given for what our readers consider the most egregious example of dishonest reporting for the fiscal year 2011-2012
Personally, I think there should be awarded in at least two categories.
The first, as above, and the second, well, why should dishonest and mendacious ideologues of past years not be allowed [...]
Progressive Protectionism Eh?
Well those are two words guaranteed to bring a Libertarian like me out in hives almost instantly.
But see what you think. There appears to be a bit of a media slanging match going on between Colin Hines of Compass , who is more than a little bit Green, being an advisor to Caroline Ludicrous, our [...]
