Wow. Some tat in the Daily Mirror results in the bouffant-one declaring his willingness to risk the can. And bloggers of varying political sympathies will share his cell (via). If it’s gotten to the stage where the magic words Official Secrets Act have been invoked, then there must be some juice in the turkey. Even […]
no shit. is it the 1st of april already? Update: the saga continues.
From BBC news: Gas explosion halts England Test. Trescothick said: “I feared the worst. I could see advertising hoardings were damaged, but I didn’t know what to do.” (emphasis mine) I think I know what he means, but it read funny the first time.
The moon landings are fake! (via)
From BBC news: How your MP voted. Of the Edinburgh MPs: John Barret (Edinburgh West, Lib Dem): against Alistair Darling (Edinburgh South West, Labour): for Nigel Griffiths (Edinburgh South, Labour): for Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith, Labour): against Gavin Strang (Edinburgh East, Labour): did not vote If Rifkind had remained to contest the Pentlands […]
Irony?
From Japan Times Online: Shiseido unit to sell flu-fighting mask. (via cerebral soup) At work. More later.
Yet another googlebomb is doing the rounds. And for once, the target isn’t a member of the current British cabinet or the Bush administration. No, this week’s ignorant bigots are… Oh, just try it yourself. (via Mons Graupius)
From BBC news: New measures to tackle bird flu. Do such measures make you feel safer, that the government is doing all it can to minimise the potential of an outbreak? Or is it scaremongering gone crazy? After the SARS outbreak, no governing body wants to be seen as lacking. After the BSE beef-to-human transmission […]
There’s been some discussion on the use of torture in the blogosphere. (No, not using torture on bloggers although that’s not a bad idea.) And on tonight’s episode of Commander in Chief, we hear from the President in response to a terrorist threat: “I don’t want to hear that he was tortured.” And from her […]
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