10p for the Hamster!
BBC NEWS | England | Fare cop for Nibbles the hamster I beat Patrick Crozier to this one! A boy......
3000 fewer cars on the road?
Because they're at the bottom of the sea. But don't be too sure; the ship may well be salvaged, and......
48 Hours to War
Looks like war is inevitable now. All we can do is pray that it's swift and relatively bloodless; and the......
9/11
A lot of people have been posting 9/11 thoughts today. Rather than post a long semi coherent essay, I'll point......
A Nightmare is Over
Good news from Silkenray After almost 7 months being detained by immigration, my beloved husband is now a free man!......
A Policeman's lot is not a happy one
From BBC News, an Israeli policeman responding to complaints about a noisy party got more than he bargained for. The......
A note to Warbloggers
Anyone that still thinks 'Muslim' is a synonym for 'Terrorist' and screech that Muslims never condemn acts of terror should......
A year ago today
A year ago today I was in meeting with colleagues who'd come over from other offices. I heard someone say......
About time too
The Charity Commission have finally succeeded in ousting Sheikh Abu Hamza from the Finsbury Park mosque in London. Whatever you......
Abuse and Heresy
Slacktivist is on a roll at the moment. This is what he has to say about the Satanic Ritual Abuse......
Airline Meltdown Continues
There is a total disconnect between what I'm hearing from most of the media, and what everybody bar the wingnuts......
An American Heresy
Jeanne D'Arc's Body and Soul, a blog I should really read more often, suggests that the Jerry Falwell and Pat......
Anarcho-Fascism?
If you read any libertoid weblogs, sooner or later you'll run into references to the totally ficticious political philosophy called......
And talking of Warbots
When the Freeperati praise things like this piece of vicious hate-filled drivel, why on earth should anyone take them seriously?......
And they're off!
And they're off! The British election phony war is finally over, and the metaphorical tanks have begun rolling through the......
Anyone seen our tank?
BBC NEWS | Wales | Blow-up tank 'missing in action' The British army have lost an inflatable tank! The inflatable,......
Arrested for wearing a T shirt?
Scott linked to this Yahoo News about someone being arrested in an American shopping mall for wearing a T shirt......
Bali (again)
Some of the right-wing blogs I've been reading have complained that they'd heard no condemnation of the awful atrocity in......
Bali Atrocity
BBC NEWS | World | South Asia | Disbelief at devastation The awful tragedy in Bali, with the current......
Before I kill you, Mr Duncan-Smith
Our tinfoil-hatted friends at Samizdata.net compare the Tories with the Bond franchise: I'm off to see the new Bond movie,......
Beware the Neocons
Ken MacLoed links to this article about the profoudly antidemocratic beliefs of Leo Strauss, the ideological guru many of the......
Blackout
Unless you've been living under a rock, you will have heard about the huge power blackout across the eastern US......
Blogger hacked!
Blogger has been hacked! While blogs on blogspot.com still seem to be readable, the database has been trashed, and worse......
Book Review: How Mumbo-Jumbo Conquered the World
Sadly, the reality-based community has lost control of the world. According to Francis Wheen, the values of the enlightenment are......
Brownshirts for Bush?
There are some evil people on the Blogosphere. Al-Muhajabah has had to disable comments from her Islamic Blog after some......
Bush's Poodle? Or perhaps not..
The People's Republic of Seabrook notices British attitudes towards the relationship between Tony Blair and Emperor Bush It seems that......
Bush, Iraq etc.
I haven't said much about Iraq on this blog, for the reason that anything I might have to say has......
But is it art?
BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Arts | Minister attacks Turner art Culture minister Kim Howells has denounced the modern art......
Can you say "New American Reich"?
First it was terrorist training camps. Now the ever excellent Dave Neiwert shows us something that looks disturbingly like a......
Can you say "Terrorist Training Camp"?
Orcinus tells us of the Combat for Christ course. While their supporters and apologists will no doubt claim that all......
Clerics and Druids?
I see the reactionary fundamentalists Reform are getting steamed up again about Rowan Williams joining the Gorsedd of Bards, accusing......
Columbia Tragedy
My prayers and condolences to those seven astronauts that perished today. While we mourn their loss, we have to remember......
Dark Future Ahead?
Please tell me that this is all tinfoil hat paranoia. I'm beginning to worry that it's not, and there really......
Dawkins on Iraq
Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Ministers attack US war chaos Tony Blair has discovered the awful truth. British voters......
Doomed! Doomed!
Andrew of Dodgeblogium has just survived the Tory Party conference. From what he says, the prospects don't look good for......
Earthquake!
BBC NEWS | UK | Earthquake hits UK OK, so it wasn't a very big one. No reports of injuries,......
Eddie Lopez Lives in Slough
After being in the the country's most marginal seat at the General Election, I'm now in the middle of this......
End Times? No Way!
I've been a naughty person today. I said "Bollocks" to a Jehovah's Witness. He was giving me the standard speil......
Even the wingnuts get it
At last some people on the right are beginning to realise that the stories of torture and abuse in Abu Ghraib, Guantanamo Bay and Bagram can't be dismissed as 'a few rotten apples' or 'lies and smears by the liberal media'...
Evil Bill's plan for world domination
Caveat Lector pointed me at this article. This bit jumped out at me early on in the document Highly skilled......
Explosion in Hemel
As anyone watching any UK news reports should know by now, there's been a huge explosion at a fuel storage......
Farewell Concorde
From BBC News: British Airways and Air France made simultaneous announcements that they would be permanently grounding the famous supersonic......
Farewell Roy Jenkins
Roy Jenkins has died at the age of 82. He was the great liberal (with a small 'l') home secretary......
Final word of the Baghdad museum
Now the dust has settled and we finally know something approaching the truth of what happened. David Aaronovich in The......
First they came for the tax inspectors
Just when the folks at Samizdata.net are in danger of looking sensible, one of them posts this, just to remind......
Fox News, go to Hell!
More names to add to the vile scum such as George Galloway and Nick Griffin who are exploiting the terrible......
Fred Phelps
I see via Scott that the Blogosphere has discovered the sick and evil individual Fred Phelps. When somebody posted the......
French Train Fire.
BBC NEWS | World | Europe | Twelve dead in France train fire. Today's hardly been a slow news day,......
Fundies cause trouble again
Guardian Unlimited | The Guardian | Evangelicals' threat to new archbishop Evangelical fundamentalists last night stepped up their campaign to......
Game Over for Greek games ban
Game Over for Greek games ban. Looks like the Greek supreme court has thrown this stupid law out as unconstitutional.......
George the Pointy-Haired
Making Light compares George W Bush with Dilbert's infamous pointy-haired boss, and finds an awful lot of parallels. A long......
Gepanzertesschwein?
Wave of Right-wing Spam Floods Germany Thursday morning a flood of spam was released on the Internet containing German-language right-wing......
Giant Squid Taking Over the World
More bad news for the human race. GIANT squid are taking over the world, well at least the oceans, and......
God's Unfinished Business
Richard Hall's Economics and Theology blog reviews John Wilding's God's Unfinished Business: Evolution of Humanity. I thought I'd mention it,......
Goodbye Dolly
Dolly the cloned sheep has died. Probably the most famous sheep in the world (can you name any other sheep?),......
Greece Bans Electronic Gaming
According to this news.com article, the Greek government has banned all electronic and computer gaming of any kind, ostensibly as......
Greek Gaming Ban - Again
BBC NEWS | Technology | Reprieve for Greek gamers Now they've issued a "clarification" to the police telling them only......
Hermeneutics
Fred Clark of Slacktivist explains how different fundamentalist sects interpret this very old joke. So this gorilla walks into a......
Hollywood strikes again!
This Guardian Unlimited article bemoans the fact that whenever Hollywood adapts British novels to the screen, they always insist on......
How to Stop Hijackings!
Scott's friend Bill has the solution. It's not very politically correct, though!......
I get mail!
Haven't got any of these for ages; perhaps my habit of forwarding them to the Fraud Squad might have discouraged......
IÄ!
Dave links to the application of Occrams Razor to the theory of Intelligent Design, and comes to the only possible......
Iä! Iä! Tipper F'tagn!
Dodgeblogium discovers the awful truth about Tipper Gore's dreaded PMRC! Who would have thought it!......
Iä! Iä! Rumsfeld Fhtagn!
Proof, if such were needed, that studying the methods and beliefs of the Bush administration can drive you gibberingly insane.......
ID Cards: Pear-shaped by 2016
Charlie Stross combines his skills as writer of near-future SF with his experiences of working in the software industry to......
Ian Macwhirter on John Reid
The Herald and Sunday Herald journalist Ian Macwhirter on John Reid in Comment is free: Most didn't notice, but in......
Imploding Tories again
The Tories are imploding again. Michael Portaloo is having another go at their nonentity of a leader, Ian Duncan Smith.......
Is America Turning Fascist?
I've often wondered if at least some of the infamous "101st Fighting Keyboarders" could be described as Fascist. The belligerent......
Islam again.
Samizdata has picked up on my link to Muhajabah.com, and has some additional comments. There seems to be some genuine......
Israel and Palestine
I've tried to avoid mentioning Israel/Palestine and Iraq in this blog; every other blog in the blogverse seems to be......
Junk Science?
A Skeptical Blog has an interesting post regarding the American right's hostility towards science, suggesting that support for the oxymoronic......
Ketchup is a Vegetable
OK, so which Illuminati just played the Ketchup is a Vegetable card? Don't know what I'm on about? All I......
Korean Arson Attack
BBC News is now reporting over 100 dead in the South Korean subway fire. It's being described as an 'arson......
Land of the Free, My Ass, part III
More on the difficulties for non-American artists attempting to tour the US. The Ministry of Information links to this entry......
Land of the Free, My Ass, part IV
The latest from Silkenray Apparently it will take 3 weeks for them to get my husband out of the country.......
Liberalism in wartime
It's not easy being a liberal in these times. Tolerance of other cultures is not a popular concept when there......
Live 8
Will this really change the world, or is it nothing more than a big pop concert? It's been pointed......
Losing Hearts and Minds
I meant to link to this yesterday. Making Light has written a piece on the events of Abu Ghraib that......
Madrid Fallout
In the aftermath of the atrocity in Spain, the usual suspects of Warbloggerdom are trotting out the predicatable stereotypes of......
Make you own Tory poster!
If you live in Britain, especially in a marginal seat, you'll have seen the posters warning us how hordes of......
Matter/Antimatter Bomb?
Much of the right wing of the blogosphere have been praising this article by the Telegraph's Mark Steyn. Meanwhile the......
Meet the Press in Hell
It probably means I've been paying to much attention to American political blogs when I find things like Meet the......
Moonbat on Moonbats
I've often considered the Guardian's George "Moonbat" Monbiot a bit of a wingnut; too often he can be the sort......
More End-Timers
And talking of End Times fundies, Slacktivist continues his dissection of the excrable "Left Behind". He's going through the hell......
More about Rowan Williams, the new Archbishop of Canterbury
It's Sunday, so I'll talk about religion again. In his blog, Nathan Lott makes some comparisons between Rowan Willliams and......
More tales of chaos
Yet another Heathrow horror story, again showing that the BBC and other mainstream media have been giving a rose-tinted version of how bad things really were. ...
More theme parks!
Following on from proposed GDR theme park, Mark Steyn in the Daily Telegraph has more ideas, starting with "PilgerWorld" and......
Muslim Extremism in Britain
Bigwig of Silflay Hraka has suggested the that Europe is already well on its way to being conquered by Islam,......
My absence from the loop evidences the absence of a loop.
Madkane gets to inteview Donald Rumsfeld.......
Nation Building?
Uncertain Principles takes on the Warbloggers' use of post-war Japan and an example. ... which reminds me of one of......
National Catfight!
From Inside Europe: Iberian Notes - the two most culturally arrogant nations on earth, the USA and France, slug it......
Neocons are Leninists?
Excellent post by Matthew Yglesias in which he suggests that those neocon commentators who think that the bombing of the......
Old Europe, New Europe
Liberal England sees the changing nature of the Eurovision Song Contest entries as a symbol of the changing nature of......
On Racism and Bigotry
I have avoided commenting about the Robert Kilroy-Silk affair, which seems to be dominating the British wing of the Blogosphere.......
Once around the Blogroll
I haven't posted much on politics lately, largely because other people say what I might want to say, only better.......
Original theme park idea!
So the Germans have no sense of humour? So goes the stereotype, but this story about the proposed Communist Theme......
Osama, AOL and Microsoft
Tom Coates of plasticbag.org ponders the parallels between the fundamentalism of Osama Bin Laden, and the closed proprietry standards of......
Oscar Romero vs. Mother Teresa
Jeanne D'Arc at Body and Soul compares the the claims for sainthood of Mother Teresa with that of Archbishop Oscar......
Paranoia's Poison Door
So the police manage to foil an alleged terrorist plot, but they still decide to enforce draconian security restrictions on......
Patriotic Posters!
Yes! More Merricun politics! (I wonder how many Merricans can name a single British politician other than Tony Blair?) Get......
Quote of the Day #1
From Spinneyhead When people start blaming "politically correct teachers" and "the doctrines of multi-culturalism" I want to reach into the......
Religious tolerance was not Martin�s strong point
I'm amused by today's Church Times cartoon. Too much 'Christian Humour' is pathetically lame, perhaps because people are frightened to......
Robert Plant flees!
BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Led Zeppelin star 'fled gig' Amusing story - Robert Plant goes to see a Led......
Rock Club Tragedy
BBC News are now reporting more than sixty dead in the terrible rock club fire at a Great White show......
Sad news
My local Member of Parliament Patsy Calton, who I voted for earlier this month, has died. As reported by the......
Salam is Back!
Salam Pax's Where is Raed ? is back online! For those who have been living under a rock for the......
Slactivist on "Left Behind"
Slacktivist gives us a tour of surreal worldview of the all American heresy of Millenial Dispensationalism, through the pages of......
Smoking and the smoking gun
Tom Coates of plasticbag.org attacks the ill-informed anti-European predjudices expressed recently by Thomas Friedman in the New York Times. As......
Soap-Bubble Fundamentalism
I've been meaning to link to Slacktivist's excellent post about the brittle nature of extreme fundamentalism for a couple of......
Sod the Football!
Sod the football! Cricket's where it's at, with England's thrilling last-over victory against Sri Lanka. This is what the five-day......
Some Artefacts recovered
Some good news. According to Times Online, the looting of the National Museum of Baghdad was not quite as bad......
Some Ugly Americans
Michele is disgusted with her neighbours. I don't think there's anything more I need to add.......
Some recent news stories
I ought to say something about Rowan Williams, the next Archbishop of Canterbury. He's already been rubbished in one or......
Something of the Night
Now they've dumped the rather hopeless IDS, it looks like Michael "Something of the Night" Howard is going to be......
Spammer loses!
Ruling Backs Anti-Spam Activist (TechNews.com) This spammer will continue to get his just desserts. Spammer George A. Moore Jr. went......
State of the Blogosphere
Harry's Place has a post that's spawned an interesting discussion thread on the power and pitfalls of the Blogosphere. There's......
Steven Byers' Resignation
Stephen Byers has resigned. Clearly he's had enough, and he's got too many enemies. For all his mistakes, he probably......
Terrorists Amongst Us
TWO Pendle men have appeared before Pennine magistrates accused of having "a master plan" after what is believed to......
That Countryside March
I really have mixed feelings about the Countryside March currently clogging up London. I think hunting with dogs is a......
The British Election
Four weeks ago, I predicted that the UK general election would result in something like this: A Labour majority of......
The Dark Side of Warblogging
I've always though the Warblogger movement has more that it's fair share of racist hatemongers and other deeply unpleasant people.......
The Demon Drink?
Bible Geek pointed me at this and this at razormouth.com, about Christian attitudes towards drink. Those articles make my glad......
The Gospel of Supply Side Jesus
A lot of so called Christians, including George Bush, seem to believe in The Gospel of Supply Side Jesus, even......
The Great Neocon Riots!
I think Scott would appreciate this one! Neocon Riots Rock DC Large areas of the nation's capital were in ruins......
The Guardian does *not* want Bush assassinated!
Judging by the hysterical outrage from the hacks and wingnut drama queens of the American right, they don't seem to......
The Leftie Young Ones?
Marxists' Apartment A Microcosm Of Why Marxism Doesn't Work. Now I want to see an apartment full of tinfoil-hat Libertarians.......
The Line Must Hold.
Words of wisdom from Ken MacLeod, in the aftermath of what appears to be home-grown suicide bombers. I can't say......
The Ministry of Happiness
Richard Hall's Economics and Theology has reviewed Richard Layard's Happiness: Lessons from a New Science I have to quote the......
The Other September 11
September 11, 1973 is the date of the coup in Chile, overthrowing a democratically-elected government. In the reign of terror......
The Perils of Political Blogging
Matt Sellwood has discovered the perils of speaking your mind when you're directly involved in electoral politics. First off,......
The Resurrection Shuffle
Thanks to Pagan Prattle for the link to this Denver Post article. Christians throughout the United States are praying this......
The Turkish Election
BBC NEWS | World | Europe | New party heads for Turkey victory Turkey's outgoing Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit has......
The Two Income World
Liberal England says, in a post about the government's plans to extend school hours, to cater for the needs to......
The Villainy of King Leopold II
Michael Jennings, as well as giving us his thoughts on a trip to Antwerp, tells us of the villainy of......
The loss of the museum
I still believe it's a good thing that the people of Iraq have been liberated from a brutal dictatorship. But......
The movie in Bush's Head
From Fanatical Apathy, the Movie in Bush's Head. Excerpt: ANNAN: I'm taking you off the case. BUSH (leaping up): You......
The truth about McDonalds coffee
Remember that story about a woman sueing McDonalds over a hot cup of coffee? A Skeptical Blog reminds us of......
The unacceptable face of warblogging
I'd meant to post this a few days ago. I don't know much about American politics, being British, but the......
The war comes to Europe
Almost 200 killed by a ten bombs on four commuter trains in Madrid. For us in Britain it seems awfully......
The war comes to London
In our hearts, we all knew it was inevitable something like this would happen sooner or later. John Kovalic, who......
There's a dead bird in the garden
But I don't think it died of bird flu. The fact that it's little corpse is badly mutilated, and that......
Things can only get better?
Mark Rosenfelder has been reading George Orwell, and compares the world of sixty years ago with the world today. Current......
Thirty Years War II?
One Hand Clapping articulates something about Al Queda that I've believed for some time. What we're seeing is not so......
Thou Shalt Not Kill
Al-Muhajabah is sick of people who murder to advance their cause The Quran says "Whoever kills a single human being......
Today's History Lesson
Patrick Crozier gives us his thoughts on The Origins of the First World War. It seems Patrick is a fan......
Today's weather!
To the person that just came here looking for railway delays due to todays weather, the site you want is......
Tony Blair Point-a-thon
From Stuii's Life - The Tony Blair Point-a-thon. Yes, that's him exactly. The only thing missing is George W Bush......
Tony Blair, we hate you!
Channel 4's 100 Worst Britons, as selected by a poll of viewers, has nominated our Prime Minister as the worst......
Torture
The British media hasn't made much of the ugly 'deal' between George Bush and the US Congress, which legitimises torture......
Torture is always wrong
A large segment of the Blogosphere, including Ginger, are alarmed at the idea that Al Queda suspects might be tortured......
Untermenschen?
It's not often the far left Lenin's Tomb agrees with the rightwing Daily Telegraph. But when they do, it's worth paying attention...
Website Torched by Mob
Stuii was right when he wondered how long it would last. It appears that www.thinkofthechildren.co.uk has now been torched by......
What's wrong with Libertarianism
Time to annoy the samizdata.net crowd by linking to Mark Rosenfelder's newly-revised What's wrong with libertarianism. Admittedly, it's really an......
When Good Rock Goes Horribly Wrong
When Good Rock Goes Horribly Wrong, a list of 25 albums the compiler of the list believes should never be......
Who Remembers Skool Milk?
Jonathan Calder has a new theory to explain the popularity of the Iron Lady. One of the factors behind Mrs......
Who is the enemy?
I've read rather too many nasty anti-Islam rants on the blogosphere recently, such as this one by Bigwig. There's an......
Who knows where the chads are buried?
Ken McLoed isn't impressed with electronic voting in the US, a subject Jeanne D'Arc also tackles in Inside the black......
Who says Americans don't do Irony?
I feel obliged to quote this from The Road To Surfdom. As to Americans lacking irony: well, what could be......
Who's Pulling the Strings?
One of the few decent blogs I've found from BlogExplosion, amid the sea of frothing wingnuts and vapid musings. This......
Why the "War on Drugs" is bad
Yet anothe reason why I'm glad I don't live in America. The local police act like a bunch of jackbooted......
Will Somebody Please Think of the Children!
www.thinkofthechildren.co.uk. Like a lot of the best satire, it's in questionable taste, and there are people that won't think it's......
Wingnut alert!
Scott shares some PETA anecdotes. Sometimes I wonder if PETA is a Republican conservative front, with the intention trying to......
Wingnuts of Blogistan!
MaxSpeak annouces the winner of the Vicious Instapundit Blogroll Contest! The judges' comments: We also observe in these quarters the......
With enemies like these
Nice to see the party I voted for get so completely up the nose of Samizdata.net's David Carr: No, sorry......