“It is not worth the while to go round the world to count the cats in Zanzibar” - Henry David Thoreau
She’s at it again! Diane Abbott flaps her gums and spews weapons grade bollocks. According to the headline she reckons that broken families, obesity and alcoholism are partly down to people like…erm…herself.
Scratches head. That can’t be right, can it?
Oh, wait, this is what she said…
Ms Abbott, the shadow public health minister, urged the left to [...]
Whenever bankers and politicians start using opaque, flowery prose to describe something simple, you know it’s bad. And today’s phrase is ‘nominal GDP targeting’
Now in fairness, our central banking overlords might do well to consider a new approach, the current one having failed so spectacularly. You will recall the Bank of England rarely hit [...]
More on violence…this time, regarding self-defense, and how it doesn’t come naturally to some of us; and then, an example of how pacifism once worked out in Africa. From the ChiefIO…. Many worthwhile comments follow.
Si vis pacem, para bellum
Posted on 2 January 2013 by E.M.Smith
There are times when you run into such [...]
This picture allegedly captures the moment, President Obama heard the news of the recent school shootings.
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/picture-president-obama-reacts-to-news-of-newtown-school-shooting-113134076.html
Well call me sceptical, and it could of course be true, but really?
The Prez walks around in his jacket all day indoors does he? If so, he is the only person I have ever know do so. [...]
