Yet more depressing "voluntary or else" bollocks from our big state masters as they now plan to get our employers involved in the hectoring and nannying business : Employers are being asked to take centre stage in the Government’s efforts to “nudge” the population to...
Cold blooded murder in Alexandria caught on video.
Spotted amongst the comments in a ZeroHedge article, the following video appears to show a man being murdered in Alexandria (at 2:22 in the clip). The man in question walks toward what appear to be police (or at least they have matching dark uniforms) before stopping...
Thailand and Cambodia exchanging artillery fire.
Some unrest seems to be brewing in Asia with escalating exchanges around the border area between Thailand and Cambodia : PHNOM PENH, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- "A wing of our Preah Vihear Temple has collapsed as a direct result of the Thai artillery bombardment," a commander...
Vetting and Barring scheme curtailed – or is it?
So much for the government announcing business in The House of Commons before briefing the press as was promised by our new masters. The Telegraph this morning has the story on the re-working of Labours flagship Stasi spying legislation aka The Vetting and Barring...
Police providing roadblocks for ‘celebrities’!
Occasionally you come across an article that makes you wonder how on earth this country hasn't already disappeared up its own arsehole. Today, said article is in The Telegraph relaying a tale of police providing a rolling road block to allow some so-called celebrity...
I would not want to be fishing off Scotland today – hurricane force 12.
Something of a rarity seeing Hurricane Force 12 mentioned in the shipping forecast but the current set of shipping forecasts mention "hurricane force" no less than eight times - I am glad I earn a living sitting at a desk rather than being thrown about in a boat. A...
The Illuminati Temple that is Denver International Airport.
One from the tinfoil hat brigade that actually does leave you with a sense of intrigue after reading it: Sinister Sites – The Denver International Airport An apocalyptic horse with glowing red eyes welcoming visitors? Check. Nightmarish murals? Check. Strange words...
Rice Prices – Where will trouble erupt next?
Following a period of rather benign price drift, rice prices have a rocket under them for the last two days. The rice market has a mechanism called "limit up" which constrains any daily price rise to a maximum of $0.50 per hundred pound trading unit and that limit has...
Eloquent economics
Sean Corrigan's latest missive (Material Evidence - pdf) on the ills that have befallen the worlds economy starts off with this absolutely brilliant opener which is how I imagine 1984 would read if it had been written by Shakespear : A few hundred words that for me,...
Americans fail at Geography
An amusing one spotted at ZeroHedge demonstrating what everyone long suspected - word geography is not a strong point for Americans : Exhibit A : And, to save you the trouble in case you too are a little puzzled, Exhibit B : I particulary liked the larger bold font...