How to traumatise your baby and ensure many happy years of saving to pay for the psychiatrists sessions needed to sort them out later : I was talking of dressing them like a duck obviously rather than an H R Giger inspired stomach eruption. Speaking of which, if you...
Fed up with politicians? You are not alone.
Interesting little rant here from a US point of view, although a lot of the issues apply equally well to most countries infested by the current rise in socialism : I'm fed up with politicians in Washington D.C. who prance around and talk about what a good job they are...
A Russian guide to sex for the obese.
According to a Pravda article (the Russian one, not the BBC), larger ladies can enjoy sex more due to the excessive oestrogen coming from their lardiness whereas men have more floppyness issues due to clogged arteries. Unfortunately, the seemingly obvious problem of...
Russian commentary on the rise of US socialism.
Via Pravda (the Russian one, not the BBC) a very interesting article suggesting that the US government has become "an overgrown monstrosity" and reading through the examples given they make a very good argument to back up that assertion : Today, the number of...
Whining about coalition cuts already.
Today's announcement that Child Trust Funds are being axed at least shows action will be taken to some degree to reduce government spending but at the same time has stirred up a mass of outrage and talk of evil Tories from those who live in the old entitled world that...
Christians and drugs don’t mix well.
I was going to refrain from writing about Christwire.org for a while following on from my post here which suggested that they were a serious competitor to The Daily Mash but I am afraid I will have to quote from another of there articles just to prove that giving hard...
ConDems new housing tax?
Reading between the lines and with tinfoil hat firmly in place, I either sense a new tax in the offing or I have been out in the midday sun for too long today. Take the following snippets from the Coalition Program (pdf) : We will retain energy performance...
Total Global Debt
Something I have been pondering for a few days now is just how much global debt there is and how it has changed over the last year. A little searching lead me to The Economist and their interactive global debt comparison tool. The current estimate (at the time of...
Swiss Franc dilution on a grand scale.
Via FT Alphaville, this opinion piece by Sean Corrigan, of Diapason Commodities : Data just released show that the SNB increased its holdings of foreign currency by an extraordinary CHF28.5 billion in April – almost CHF1 billion a day. This means that, in the first...
UK Coalition – Great Repeal Bill
As one of those evil smoker types, Wasp is more than happy to give a little more publicity for Dick Puddlecote's creation, The Great Repeal Bill Facebook group. Smoking may be dangerous in some peoples eyes (I often have to extinguish one of my wings out after getting...