Only In America

And so are we. As a species we are far too successful for our own good, especially when it comes to exploiting, with total disregard, our de...

Alabama Judge Bars Local Authorities from Jailing Poor People Who Are Unable to Pay Fines July 18, 2012 A judge in Alabama last week ordered...

The why and the where escapes me, but I mentioned Portugal's decriminalising of all recreational drugs, not some few days ago. But given...

Take your time, no hurry. TEPCO removes unused fuel rods from pool July 18, 2012 The operator of the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power...

War Zone Britain: Welcome to the Olympics by Felicity Arbuthnot 18.07.2012 "But I don't want to go among mad people," Alice re...

Who are so fucking stuck for a shilling that they are ordering the police around in a manner that in this country mine, I find particularly ...

I really need to read up on this technology, because truth be told I don't really understand it. Without doing that, all I can assume i...

I paid a visit to the blog of Alexander Higgins, looking for a Fukushima update, but came away with these three stories. It all rather make...

How terribly terribly sad, poor old soul, "He was the only guy who was ever nice to me.” After Man’s Death, Woman Watches NASCAR with H...

Enjoy. Jussi Björling & Robert Merrill - Pearl Fishers Duet

A charity, a lady, a scandal By Michael Ezra, May 31st 2011 A charity is often a very good cause. Whether it be assisting the aged, abused ...

And so it starts. There is a little information at the link, but I'm posting this as much as a reminder to myself, in order that I migh...

The article the Telegraph tried so hard to make disappear. Cherie Blair steps down as a patron of Lady Meyer's charity Cherie Bl...

Two of six parts: Biographer DJ Taylor profiles Eric Blair for The South Bank Show in 2003. Full 1984 John Hurt/Richard Burton movie below. ...

'Twould appear that Lady Meyer's chum, newly appointed Ambassador for Missing Children, Kate McCann, have one or two things in commo...

Update below Three pages from the Daily Telegraph, appear to have vanished without trace. Odd that. And I did, to no avail, try a direct se...

Each man kills the thing he loves, by each let this be heard. Some do it with a bitter look, some with a flattering word. The coward does it...

Pride of place to this, from the land of free. Californian city extends smoking ban to include apartments More Shame on you. Merkel to allo...

Anal sex is your passport to paradise – but only if you’re a suicide bomber By Barry Duke July 13, 2012 While stressing Islam’s abhorrence o...

How to get your message across without getting wound up. Not something I manage to do in the main. Kate McCann Becomes Ambassador For The ...

15-Year-Old Girl Faces Life in Prison for a Miscarriage? Why Conservatives Are Criminalizing Pregnant Women The creeping criminalization of ...

The more you see, the harder it becomes to ignore. WTC was always a no no. The Pentagon was laughable. But for me, the most telling thing, w...

Richard Dawkins: Creationism at Giant's Causeway 'is intellectual baboonism' 7 July 2012 The National Trust should...

How could a fellow not run an article that starts: It is curious that in post-Christian Britain Why does an uprising revolt so many Brits? L...