Eight 'clone farm' cows born in Britain - and their meat could be on sale in months. Ok this is not necessary. GM is one thing but cloning is a whole different kettle of fish and should not be used for food prduction.
Army tackles ticking 2,000lb German bomb threatening to blow up Olympics site. Leave it where it is, declare the Olympic site a no go zone and give the Olympics to a country that wants them.
How three super prisons costing £1bn 'will be overcrowded from start'. Bring back the death penalty, deport foreign criminals upon conviction and introduce chain gangs for minor offences.
Zimbabwean generals have 'taken Robert Mugabe's power'. It is now a military problem which means it requires a military solution.
Colonel Bob Stewart: Why Richard Dannatt is right on soldiers' pay. Good words.
Sheep flatulence inoculation developed. I wonder if it works on politicians.
UN food crisis summit leaders fail to agree on plan. Did anyone expect them to?
US troops have tax-free pay but British soldiers get poor deal. Our forces need a massive pay rise and general increase in spending in general.
...also
Worried About a Recession? Don't Blame Free Trade. A good read. (H/T Thomas Harris)
Mahdi Army uses “flying IEDs” in Baghdad. Hill Billy Mortars. An old IRA thing. (H/T DJ Elliott)
Friday, 6 June 2008
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MOD pay: I'm probably wrong but I think it could all be done within the tax system, in a way that wouldn't require an increase in the MOD budget. This assumes the MOD are just like any other employer and make NIC payments and PAYE deductions on behalf of their employees.
If that is the case, they could be given a specific and substantial MOD allowance to reduce their taxable income or have their earnings exempted from National Insurance. That sort of thing. There would be less shuffling of money from the Treasury to the MOD and back, more in the pockets of the soldiers, sailors and airmen and no impact on the funding for the equipment.(Which is itself woeful.)
Their lives are on the line for us, it's the least we owe them.
Hillbilly mortars?! Hey! I resemble that remark.
Re Cloning: If I may take the liberty of opposing your point of view, Theo, clones are nothing more than identical twins. They occur naturally and we find nothing wrong with that. Cloning high quality animals can put a better product on the table.
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