Far too much work (year end in financial analysis sucks big time) and a lack of meaningful inspiration for anything sensible today so a little musical interlude with an apt title and powerful mood that seems appropriate. Metallica - The Unnamed Feeling Grim in sound...
The Minister for Agriculture is now the approved pimp for cattle.
Not one you would really ever dream of making up but rather humourous none the less. I came across the following whilst having a browse through the latest batch of Statutory Instruments (which, as an aside are on course to set a record for the number made in one year)...
Getting into a Pickle over charity funding.
After Labour did their level best to spend as much of our money as possible by hosing rivers of cash at any and every shroud waver with a cause, I actually expected better from the slightly less socialist coagulation we have now. Unfortunately, with iDave's colours...
Is this how wars start?
An interesting little mixture from various sources. ZeroHedge reporting on a Reuters headline : US MILITARY SAYS REPOSITIONING FORCES IN AREA AROUND LIBYA TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE FLEXIBILITY, OPTIONS While Pravda has the following on Syria's probably development of...
Test Estonian Category
A little test to see if stealth is working
Compared with Egypt the USA is actually in a bit of a pickle.
ZeroHedge has a monumental guest post on the current state of the USA and after reading it I would not be surprised at all if we see riots there this year. Some snippets as a taster : If you think what’s happening in Egypt won’t happen within the United States, you’ve...
In the Universe, the Earth is merely a blue speck.
An enjoyable little video demonstrating just how small and insignificant we are when compared to the whole universe, this is one of the best demonstrations of the relative size of planets and stars that I have seen. The link came from David Thompson's latest Friday...
The UK is now the worlds biggest joke.
Following on from the arrest of a man for "making aircraft gestures", The BBC has the story today that he has actually been charged and will appear before the beak : A man has been charged by police after a Crawley Town fan was alleged to have mocked the victims of...
Philosophical quote of the day.
Whilst I read ZeroHedge everyday for the articles, the comments are themselves often a source of delight as I found out again today with the following quote which could almost be expanded into an article itself : Carving through the bad feeling I finally realized that...
The Middle East, recent history and what to expect next.
ZeroHedge has an excellent guest post up just now entitled "Middle East Chaos: What To Learn And What To Expect" which is well worth having a read through to get a rounded view of the political history of the region. As a taster, the excerpt below has the story of the...