Wah Wah, We're Special

Posted on Tue 30 January 2007 in misc • Tagged with politics

It's tempting to comment on today's release of Vista but I suspect I shall wait until reports of machines being bricked when drivers start getting remotely revoked by Microsoft.

Instead I thought I would offer a comment on the Catholic Church complaining they haven't been given the right to discriminate …


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Getting a few things off my chest

Posted on Thu 14 December 2006 in misc • Tagged with politics

A bunch of stuff has been on the news that is causing a mini-rant to bubble from my unconscious mind. So here I go:

First things first, the murders in Suffolk. While the responsibility for the murders must always be that of the perpetrator there are a few things that …


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Getting Warmer?

Posted on Tue 07 November 2006 in misc • Tagged with politics

Coming via Slashdot I came across this article today. It's quite a thorough piece examining the data on Climate change and more importantly it's presentation. I was especially impressed by the linked source material which is a pretty complete (although not peer reviewed and published) scientific paper. It comes with …


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Too hot to handle?

Posted on Fri 06 October 2006 in misc • Tagged with politics

As is customary last night was TV night. I thought Extra's went further down the road of cringe which may turn me off it in the end. While a lot of humour is derived from awkward situations half an hour of cringing is not the same as half an hour …


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Free to speak?

Posted on Fri 15 September 2006 in misc • Tagged with politics

It's interesting watching the reaction to the Pope quoting another one. Reading what the Pope said is does not seem particularly inflammatory. The central point was about if faith should be forced by the sword. However as we have seen before you can open a can of worms if you …


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