I find that Russia Today is always a breath of fresh air compared to the UK MSM and the following video doesn't disappoint. Whatever your opinion of Farage, listen to the interviewers questioning and the content of the debate played out against a background of rioting...
Pictorial Interlude – Greek Riots
There is just something about this photograph that I couldn't resist : I am sure a Greek policeman facing that little lot would be considering if his salary is worth the effort.
Is the UK education system really this bad or do modern kids lack the motivation to better themselves?
Yet another international education league table with the UK bringing up the rear makes me wonder if it's really the kids here at fault rather than our education system : In a damning indictment of Labour’s legacy, it emerged that deprived pupils in countries such as...
Remember Fukushima? Fire, explosions and criticality in the fuel pool at reactor 4 caught on video.
Whilst the MSM has long forgotten Fukushima, the following video and commentary from Hawaii News Daily shows just how little Tepco has achieved in bringing the damaged plant under control. The timeline commentary below the video gives you a few pointers as to what you...
BBC sloppiness (again) – where is the harm in that?
Brief snippets ... Spotted as a breaking news splash on the BBC News website a little while ago : Hint - the clue is in the post title. And, if that is not enough for one day then how about this headline from the BBC Health Pages today which seems to be lacking the...
Remember The Independent’s “snow will be a thing of the past by 2010”? Well, here is a warmist’s prediction that global warming will more than compensate for a mini Ice Age.
December 8th 2010 - no snow here - move along now Remember the Independent article from 2000 predicting that UK winter snowfalls would be a thing of the past within ten years? Well, here is a quote from another warmist regarding the possible arrival of a mini Ice Age...
The BBC avoids the issue whilst The Telegraph actually drops the A word in an article about young girls and sexual abuse.
Whilst The BBC in this article valiantly avoids reference to the ethnic background of the defendants in a messy little case, we at least get some clue as their names are all printed : Teenage girls were treated as "sexual commodities to be sold or gifted", a jury in a...
Greek parliament prepares escape tunnel ready to avoid lynchings during tomorrow’s general strike and bail out vote?
Possibly worth keeping an eye on the news tomorrow as Greece appears to be coming to the boil nicely. Via Covering Delta : I just became aware of this report from Kontra channel here in Greece. According to this report, a tunnel that leads from Lykavitos to the Greek...
The Great Train Robbery at £2.6 million was peanuts compared with the Great Plane Robbery at $6.6 billion.
This is one million dollars - try 6600 of those piles and you need a very large wallet - with wheels and wings. The Great Train Robbery of 1963 is still possibly the largest cash value robbery to have ever occurred in the UK : At 6:50 p.m. on 7 August 1963 the...
BBC News demonstrating how to be very economical with the actual facts of a story.
Interesting to see our wonderful state broadcaster being extremely reticent to spell out the gory details of how the UK benefits system is little more than a Labour party inspired breeding program for the entitled underclass. Compare and contrast, firstly The BBC :...