An article in the online Telegraph today about Cameron pledging even more money that we haven't got to international aid, in this case a vaccination program, raises a question or two about just how much the organisation of the vaccination actually costs. Before I get...
An economist actually makes a sensible suggestion to get the UK economy moving.
Roger Bootle writing in The Telegraph has a damned good suggestion on what the Coagulation could do to boost spending in the UK without any more borrowing as is being suggested by Balls : But I have a more radical suggestion to make. The Coalition's plans to increase...
Pictorial Interlude – A bikini with solar panels to charge your iPod.
A rather interesting photo from a Pravda photoset showcasing the latest in Summer wear for ladies - a bikini covered in tiny solar panels to charge iPods, phones and any other electronic gadgets you just have to use on the beach : A little background from ecouterre :...
Strange bedfellows – Osborne and Mandelson shacked up in a Swiss hotel.
I wonder if this will go down on expenses? Via ZeroHedge, the UK delegation to the 2011 Bilderberg Conference : Great Britain Agius, Marcus, Chairman, Barclays PLC Flint, Douglas J., Group Chairman, HSBC Holdings Kerr, John, Member, House of Lords; Deputy Chairman,...
Cartoon Interlude – UK arming both sides in Libya.
Having spent years selling arms to Libya and now looking to activly arm the rebels, this Russia Today cartoon captures the double standards of UK international politics perfectly : _
Journalistic tripe of the highest order.
Brief snippets ... A uSwitch press release masquerading as news in The Telegraph has the following extremely bizarre information : Half of holidaymakers will return home from trips abroad to a mobile phone bill of £150 because they do not understand roaming costs. ......
The worlds most pierced woman – why do people do this to themselves?
Some people want to be Vampires (and I personally find the end result more than hideous there) whilst others want to be world record holding human pin cushions with 6295 different piercings : All I can think of there is what the fuck was/is she thinking?
Just what kind of explosive ordnance is going off in these photos?
The first two photographs below are part of a Pravda photoset from a joint US-South Korea exercise : South Korean and U.S. forces conducted a joint drill Wednesday, the first South Korea-led exercise as the allies prepare for the planned transfer of Seoul's wartime...
Man carrying dead weasel bursts into an appartment and assaults the occupant.
Great unanswered questions of our time - why do people carry dead weasels : Police say a man was carrying a dead weasel when he burst into an apartment and assaulted a man in Washington state. The victim asked, "Why are you carrying a weasel?" Police said the attacker...
Death by debt or what we are not being told by our government and MSM.
Chris Martenson has an excellent post up on his blog explaining why the world is currently in such a financial pickle and why it will most likely end in "death by debt" for money in its current form which requires an ever increasing issuance of debt to function. The...