Seventy Years Since the Munich Agreement. 'Peace in our Time'. As unlikely then as it is now.
Taxpayers in the South East are paying out £2,000 each to support services in the North. Labour keeping their support base happy.
Police confiscate walking stick from retired teacher, 78, because it is an 'offensive weapon'. I am surprised they didn't taser him as well. Damn dangerous things pensioners.
Cost of fruit and vegetables rises up to 30 per cent in a year, survey finds. The days of stupidly cheap food are over.
Robert Mugabe says power-sharing government to be agreed by end of week. Don't bet on it.
Tory party conference: Dominic Grieve promises to help have-a-go heroes. They can start by lifting the handgun ban.
Kidnapped tourists in Egypt are freed by special forces. Nice one.
The Hero of Trafalgar at 250. He must be spinning in his grave at the state of the Royal Navy now.
White flight from South Africa. South Africa could go the same way as Zimbabwe if certain ANC elements have their way.
Bet on Israel bombing Iran. They really should hurry up.
Tuesday, 30 September 2008
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Newspaper Cartoonist Fired for Political Artwork..
Former New Zealand Herald Political cartoonist Malcolm Evans was awarded the Qantas Media Awards 2003 Cartoonist of the Year.
His work caused controversy and resulted in him leaving the Herald.
In this short film, Evans presents something of the cartoonists craft - and showcases his art along with many of the cartoons that the New Zealand Herald refused to publish.
You may not like some of his comments, but it is worth a look.
H/T Scott Ewing
Monday, 29 September 2008
After Italy capitulated in World War IAfter Italy capitulated in World War II and then declared herself to be on the side of the Allies, Winston Churchill famously said, "With the Italians as friends, who needs enemies?" I and then declared herself to be on the side of the Allies, Winston Churchill famously said, "With the Italians as friends, who needs enemies?"
It's Spud Time....
...the next few weeks are going to be busy. There shouldn't be too much disruption to this site.
News....
Let Freedom Yap. Jules on some California's driving laws.
MoD prepares to spend £500m on new fleet of armoured cars to protect troops in Afghanistan. About bloody time too. Our troops should have had them 5 years ago.
Austria races to the Right as nearly a third of voters back the extremists. What does Austria do ? Most of Europe is starting to head right.
Bradford & Bingley nationalisation will cost taxpayers £150bn. It shouldn't cost us a penny. They have assets and a pension fund. Use them to pay the savers.
US warship challenges Somalia pirates. Sod challenging. Blow them out of the water and reduce their home port to dust.
Sniper kills prisoner inside French jail. Now that's different.
Taliban revival sets fear swirling through Kabul. We need to stop trying to fight a clean war with these scum. We have to win by any means.
Barack Obama and Slavery. Worth a read.
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How to save 4,973,800 dollars....
A president's pension currently is $191,300 per year until 80.
Assuming the next president lives to age 80. Sen. McCain would receive ZERO pension, since he would reach 80 at the end of two terms as president.
Sen. Obama would be retired for 26 years after two terms and would receive $4,973,800 in pension.
Therefore, it would certainly make economic sense to elect McCain in November.
*How's that for non-partisan thinking???
H/T Peter Gunn
A Few thoughts to start the Week....
On the other hand, you have different fingers.
I just got lost in thought. It was unfamiliar territory.
Seen it all, done it all, can’t remember most of it.
Those who live by the sword get shot by those who don’t.
I feel like I’m diagonally parked in a parallel universe.
He’s not dead, he’s electroencephalographically challenged.
You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say will be misquoted, then used against you.
I wonder how much deeper the ocean would be without sponges.
Toot if you love peace and quiet.
Despite the cost of living, have you noticed how it remains so popular?
Nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently talented fool.
It is hard to understand how a cemetery raised its burial cost and blamed it on the cost of living.
The 50-50-90 rule: Anytime you have a 50-50 chance of getting something right, there’s a 90% probability you’ll get it wrong.
It is said that if you line up all the cars in the world end to end, someone would be stupid enough to try and pass them.
You can’t have everything, where would you put it?
Latest survey shows that 3 out of 4 people make up 75% of the world’s population.
The things that come to those that wait may be the things left by those who got there first.
A fine is a tax for doing wrong. A tax is a fine for doing well.
It was recently discovered that research causes cancer in rats.
Everybody lies, but it doesn’t matter since nobody listens.
I started out with nothing, and I still have most of it.
H/T DML
