The Misery Index is on the rise all over the world but particularly in the UK where we are back to 1994 levels with much more to come as both inflation and unemployment both head upwards: At that rate it won't be long before we see 1990 levels. Briefly, the Misery...
No wonder the EU is buggered – it uses google for research.
Whilst having a quick look through the view stats for Waspsnest I saw the following which amused me no end : Since they are effectively running the country, one would have thought that they would already know the answer to that question without resorting to...
One for films buffs – The Wilhelm Scream
Via small dead animals, a scream which is almost certain to pop up in one of the next films you see if you know what to listen for : the Wilhelm Scream. Named after a character in the 1953 film "Charge at Feather River" who screams this panic-stricken, almost girly...
Finance turns bizarre as Irish banks make loans to themselves to get funding from the ECB.
Following on from stories of the Irish Central Bank printing its own Euros to lend to the crippled banks, ZeroHedge has the following bizarre twist, rightly described as the ultimate ponzi scheme : When about six months ago we noted that the European ponzi is in full...
The World goes to hell in a handcart but at least satire is still alive – Ireland set to Johnny Cash.
While our leader everywhere are busy playing kick the can down the road in one last debt driven attempt to save the busted financial system we can at least take refuge in satire. The following video, spotted in a link from ZeroHedge comments features a bizarre cloth...
Sex offenders, human rights and The Sex Offenders Register
An interesting and somewhat tub thumping article (as would be expected) in The Telegraph today about the Supreme Court ruling on sex offenders right to appeal : David Cameron has said he is ''appalled'' by a Supreme Court ruling that will give paedophiles and rapists...
Even Orwell didn’t imagine the UK becoming this rediculous.
Whilst 1984 may be eerily accurate when compared to modern day Britain, even Orwell could not* have imagined we would have sunk so low as this article from the BBC shows (emphasis mine) : A man has been arrested following a complaint that Crawley Town's FA Cup song...
An island without air defence – Counting Cats is not amused.
Counting Cats is most definitely not amused with the governments seeming indifference to the defence of the realm and has a searing blog post which is well worth reading in full. As a taster (emphasis mine): We now have no maritime recon/attack aircraft. Since the...
Tilting at windmills – E=mc^2 explained.
Via small dead animals, a link to a well written, comprehensive and accessible essay at Energy Tribune explaining why E=mc^2 and the related E=mv^2 will always trump any attempt at fulfilling our energy needs with renewable sources. If you really want to understand...
BBC bias in action.
A little bit of BBC bias in action spotted this evening. The politics section has the following : Aside from the quotes to denote someone's opinion, the casual reader could easily be forgiven for assuming the judge had made that statement. Clicking through to the...