Ahoy, the Food Police
Deep into a self created recession, an incompetent control freakish government can think of nothing better to do than waste yet more of our money […]
Month: January 2009
More Green Nonsense
Via The Englishman, this: Performing two Google searches from a desktop computer can generate about the same amount of carbon dioxide as boiling a kettle […]
Email Law “Attack on Civil Liberties”
It seems that the government’s plans to keep details of our emails on file is under attack: Upcoming rules that force internet companies to hold […]
Taxing Savers
From today’s Times. The question, of course, is what to do about the recession. Specifically whether the way out is “to spend, spend, spend or […]
Funny Goings On
This blog has been on and offline rather a lot of late as a consequence of the server crashing. As part of the diagnostics, the […]
It’s You and I
Alice Miles reflects on government campaigns to get us to change our habits: They’re not talking about me, are they, in that fatty campaign thingy, […]
Permafrost?
It’s minus five outside. I just tried to dig some more of the foundation for my new greenhouse. The spade just bounced off the permafrost. […]
Trainspotters and Terrorists
From time to time, I have waited for my connection at Newport railway station. Why Newport station in particular? Well, because some mild entertainment may […]
The Righteous on the EU Presidency
It’s interesting to watch in detached amusement when the righteous show signs of being rattled. One such is the reaction to the Czech Republic’s presidency […]