The Stupid, the Cretins and the Plain Nasty
Sometimes when checking the back end of a blog, you come across stuff that you’d forgotten because people pick up on an old story. There […]
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More Cycling Nonsense
Janice Turner writes in the Times about a need for a change in attitudes towards cycling and with it, more cycle friendly infrastructure. While trying to […]
Beware, Cats!
Leg Iron discusses the latest little health scare: Cats spreading MRSA. As Leg Iron points out, this is utter bollocks – cat owners may well […]
Twitter Secures Funding
Twitter has secured funding from five new investors rumoured to be in the region of $100 million: Social networking website Twitter has confirmed that it has […]
Return of the Safety Elephant
Charles Clarke is the gift that keeps on giving. Writing in CiF, he tells us all about the current Labour leadership: But I am sorry […]
Personality Disorders
Fausty discusses sectioning and the complete breakdown of Habeas Corpus if one is diagnosed with a “personality disorder”. Looking at what is deemed to be […]
The Yoof of Today and ID Cards
There’s an amusing piece in the Register regarding the Home Office research into what young people think about ID cards. If you remember, a little […]
Castrol and the Database State
Via Samizdata, this little wheeze by Castrol, apparently. MOTOR OIL COMPANY and BP subsidiary Castrol is about to start drive-by-badgering drivers about what kind of […]
Flying Kites?
I see that a number of people have picked up on this story and run with it. Perhaps, though, running is not the thing to […]
Playing the Race Card
I don’t generally follow US politics, but Jimmy Carter’s comments regarding recent attacks on Obama’s health policies caught my attention. Former US President Jimmy Carter […]