For anyone having read both the BBC and Telegraph reports of today's government borrowing data releases they could be forgiven for wondering where on earth the title for this post comes from as our wonderful MSM paint a rather different picture. The Telegraph headline...
Birthday spankings at school – police find no wrongdoing.
Imagine the Dail Mail take on this if it was the UK and not the USA : An elementary school principal in eastern Iowa who admitted to spanking students on their birthday has resigned. KGAN-TV reports Washington Elementary principal Terry Eisenbarth submitted his...
Goosestepping through Belgium – literally.
A little goose-stepping on the streets of Belgium in a manner reminiscent of May 10th 1940 : _ _
Orange mobile account security is dismal at best.
I have had an interesting and frustrating several hours today trying to sort out my account with Orange. At lunchtime today, whilst travelling between meetings I received an sms from Orange stating that my order had been despatched and was due for delivery tomorrow....
Japanese scientists convert human sewage into steak.
From a pure scientific research point of view, the following article is quite ingenious but the last line goes a little too far in my opinion : It's being called the "poop burger". Japanese scientists have found a way to create artificial meat from sewage containing...
Quote of the day as Germany tells the ECB to go **** itself.
Euro Scream (after Munch) A wonderful quote of the day in the comments from this article at ZeroHedge regarding Germany's seeming about face on the Greek rescue plan this weekend after an anonymous official suggested that the Friday agreement between Merkel and...
Kevin Rudd, Australia’s former PM is looking a bit rough these days.
Telegraph readers could be forgiven for thinking that the former Australian PM Kevin Rudd has taken his election defeat rather badly after seeing the following article in the online edition this evening : Fortunately for the ex-PM (and unfortunately for the...
One very simple chart showing how the USA has been going down the pan since the 1970’s
The old adage of a picture speaking a thousand words is quite apt in the case of the following chart of US budget surplus/deficit as a percentage of GDP. Apart from a couple of temporary blips, the United States has been spending more than it brings in since the early...
Friday Humour – Blazing Saddles and The New Sheriff.
Yet more random clicking around the internet lead me to the following clip from Mel Brookes 1974 film Blazing Saddles where the town gets a new sheriff. I can't recall the last time I saw the film on TV but if the recent debate about the naming of the dog in the...
Pictorial Interlude – Pictogram Movie Posters
Whilst clicking randomly, I came across the work of Viktor Hertz in the form of pictogram movie posters. From a continuing project currently over 30 of the posters (follow the link above), my two favourites are below - simple, clever and instantly recognisable thanks...