Microsoft “Spy” Software
The Thunderer has a story today about Microsoft applying for a patent on software that monitors working: Microsoft is developing Big Brother-style software capable of […]
Month: January 2008
Polly Misses the Point
Blathering in the Groan’s Comment is Free, Polly Toynbee goes for the ad hominen approach to discussion; labelling anyone who objects to the idea of […]
Tell Me That This is a Spoof… Please…
Brian Brady in The Independent: Ministers are planning to implant “machine-readable” microchips under the skin of thousands of offenders as part of an expansion of the […]
What a Piece of Work
Stephen, commenting on Neil Harding’s Jeremy Clarkson post tries to reason with the unreasonable. Like me, Stephen is an erstwhile Labour supporter. When talking about […]
Presumed Consent – Again
I see that our sociopathic PM thinks that the state should own our internal organs, following on from Liam Donaldson last year: Government advisers have […]
Lies and Counterknowledge
Curiously, hot on the heels of the Peter Power episode last month, I see an article today by Damian Thompson in the Telegraph denouncing the nonsense of […]
On the Other Hand…
Comment is Free resumes its usual level of twaddle. This time from Clive Soley who spouts a positive tidal wave of New Labour propaganda: There […]
Secrets and Lies
Every so often, the Groan’s Comment is Free produces an article that fails the twaddle test. This, from Richard Norton-Taylor is one such refreshing gem: Years […]
Robbie Williams to Strike
Robbie Williams is to go on strike, apparently. Robbie Williams is going on strike in protest at the private equity firm that has taken over […]
Something Completely Different
Just as an aside – on a lighter note, if you like. This is what I was getting up to over the Christmas and New […]