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The Devil's Knife » Julian Le Grand is still a twat
(nb. I am not the Devil's Kitchen)Julian Le Grand, let me count the ways in which I hate thee.You don't have to be richRather than relying on billionaires why not yoke philanthropy to tax, and nudge us all into giving?Sir Francis Bacon once said that money is like muck: no use unless it is spread. This is a view presumably ... [Cache] [Link]
EU Referendum » Wages of stupidity
I think the thing that worries us most about the foreign secretary and his current difficulties is the very evident lack of judgement – verging on, if not actually – crass stupidity.In this extremely complex and demanding portfolio, we need someone of impeccable judgment, with the ability to command respect. It is now clear that we have a foreign secretary ... [Cache] [Link]
Roy Spencer, Ph. D. » August 2010 UAH Global Temperature Update: +0.51 deg. C
YR MON GLOBE NH SH TROPICS 2009 1 0.251 0.472 0.030 -0.068 2009 2 0.247 0.565 -0.071 -0.045 2009 3 0.191 0.324 0.058 -0.159 2009 4 0.162 0.315 0.008 0.012 2009 5 0.139 0.161 0.118 -0.059 2009 6 0.041 -0.021 0.103 0.105 2009 7 0.429 0.190 0.668 0.506 2009 8 0.242 0.236 0.248 0.406 2009 9 0.505 0.597 0.413 0.594 ... [Cache] [Link]
Biased BBC » THOMPSON UNBIAS...
If anyone is tempted to believe Mark Thompson's ludicrous assertion that BBC bias was in the past, take a look at Roger Harrabin's attempt to discuss dispassionately the recent attack by Inter Academy Council (IAC) on the snake oil salesmen techniques of the IPCC. BBC reports about the IAC such as this one have already done their best to minimise ... [Cache] [Link]
Nosemonkey's EUtopia » Starting an EU reading list
After nearly ten years of putting up with me blathering on about it, and just as I’ve started to find the whole thing more tedious than ever, the missus is starting to get interested in the EU. (Poor woman…) As such – and further inspired by Eurogoblin’s excellent recent post on the history of European integration (very similar to something ... [Cache] [Link]
Nosemonkey's EUtopia » Not dead – just tweeting
Horrifically busy in the real world, hence the longest break in blogging on this site in more than six years. I am, however, still commenting away about the EU (among other things) in 140 characters or less on Twitter on a daily basis – that’s the best place to find me these days. You can get an RSS feed of ... [Cache] [Link]
Nosemonkey's EUtopia » Best anti-EU comment ever?
More egg nonsense, I’m afraid, but this was too good not to share. From the comments to inexplicably popular UK political blogger Iain Dale’s “you couldn’t make it up” post about the made-up story about the EU banning the selling of eggs by number: “At June 29, 2010 10:45 AM, Roger Thornhill said… @Douglas “The weight needs to be displayed. ... [Cache] [Link]
Nosemonkey's EUtopia » The Food Standards Agency responds over their EU banning selling eggs by number quote
Following the nonsense over the EU banning selling eggs by number, many have seized on the anonymous Food Standards Agency spokeswoman quoted by the Mail on Sunday as saying “This proposal would disallow selling by numbers. Retailers would not be allowed to put “Six eggs” on the front of the box. If it was a bag of rolls, it would ... [Cache] [Link]
Nosemonkey's EUtopia » Britain’s new foreign policy approach
As regular readers of this blog will know, my single biggest worry about the Conservative party taking office in the UK was the prospect of arch-eurosceptic William Hague taking over the Foreign Office (the man who, as leader of the party back in 2001, ran a last-ditch general election campaign on the slogan “7 days to save the pound”). Hague ... [Cache] [Link]
Nosemonkey's EUtopia » You COULD make it up: On abolishing eggs by the dozen
So, the EU is apparently planning to make it illegal to sell eggs by the dozen – or indeed to sell any products at all by number, instead forcing producers and retailers alike to sell only by weight. “Utter madness!”, you cry. “How could anyone possibly be so stupid? It’s ridiculous!” Yes. Yes it is ridiculous. The story started (as ... [Cache] [Link]
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