An interesting little snippet from ZeroHedge (emphasis mine) : Two years ago when the US bailed out UBS and Switzerland from a brief but potentially terminal liquidity crisis, it succeeded in extracting a historic pound of flesh: it forced UBS to declassify thousands...
How not to tow a car.
The most impotant thing to remember when being towed? Yes, turn the key enough to make sure the steering lock doesn't come on whilst turning a corner, as is neatly demonstrated in the following video (language is not safe for work) : _ Bad Towing Fail - Watch more...
Mass bird deaths explained.
After many news stories in recent weeks about unexplained mass animal deaths (such as BBC, CNN and USA Today), I think I have come across the most plausible explanation to date this evening. But before I get to that, a little background and one of the competing...
The Sexbots are … erm … coming.
One from the bizarre files seen at h+ magazine which predicts that 2011 will see the arrival of the worlds first sexbots : Remember the most convulsive, brain-ripping climax you ever had? The one that left you with "I could die happy now" satiety? Sexbots will...
Amazingly, the UK has at least one judge who still believes in common sense.
What exactly does it say about this country when a news article about a judge doing exactly the right thing is something of a surprise? After years of reading about people being prosecuted for nothing more than saying what they think, the following from the BBC is a...
Statutory Instrument 2011 No. 9 – News censorship or prevention of a prison break?
I occasionally have a trawl through the Statutory Instrument database to see what little snippets are being slipped through into law without debate. Today, I found this interesting little item : 2011 No. 9 CIVIL AVIATION The Air Navigation (Restriction of Flying)...
UK exports to the USA – surveillance, spying and state regulation.
A brief post with a suggestion for some further reading. I found a very interesting article here at The Burning Platform which contained the following quote : This country has not reached the level of control and fear seen in Orwell’s 1984 and V For Vendetta, yet. We...
Another scientist promoting interference and nannying.
Tucked away in this article about the supposed dangers of sitting down and watching a TV or computer screen is this little snippet (emphasis mine): The scientists called for recreational guidelines to be issued because a majority of working age adults spend long...
Teacher sacked for actually teaching something.
More evidence today via The Telegraph that teaching in the UK is more about indoctrinating the little darlings in how to follow the rules set by the state rather than actually imparting knowledge and teaching the skills of learning (emphasis mine) : A teacher was...
Why is government spending a one way street?
When Labour was in charge, barely a day passed without some news article getting the old blood pressure up and the expletives well and truly practiced. In the 7 months since their demise, a strange calm seemed to have descended with just the odd story of some minister...