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Monthly Archives: August 2013

Saturday Evening Posts Worth Reading.

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by Anna Raccoon on August 31, 2013

  Charles Crawford contemplates a ‘Reaganite’ shot down Assad’s chimney. Tim Worstall suggests an enterprisingly economically solution. Kebab Time on an Associated Press report claiming

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Syria:Humanitarian Intervention, International Law, and the Blair legacy.

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by Gildas the Monk on August 30, 2013

Last night I listened via my radio to Parliament debating late into the evening as to what, if anything, might be done about becoming involved in military action in Syria.

I was surprised at the

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The McCann Can-Can.

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by Anna Raccoon on August 28, 2013

Such an interesting dance being performed up in the Scottish State Health Board! A regular Highland jiggery-pokery.

The Scottish State Health Board is in charge of the State Mental Hospital at Carstairs. They have the responsibility of

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They Cannot Be Syrias?

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by Anna Raccoon on August 27, 2013

650 MPs, who have argued for 50 years as to whether they want to be in or out of the European Union, are badgering to be allowed to decide whether to be in out of Syria. They

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God’s Own Political Party?

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by Anna Raccoon on August 26, 2013

Who knew that God was into politics? Was this the State secret that Edward Snowden was set to reveal?

The answer according to the Limp-Dems Pensions Minister, Steve Webb, is that God is a

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A Letter from Niccolo Machiavelli to Dave

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by Guest on August 24, 2013

An open letter and discourse upon journalists, and the affair of the Miranda and how the First Minister may behave. From Niccolo Machiavelli to David Cameron, Prime Minister of her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and First Lord of the Treasury!       

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Doctor Death.

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by Sue Tristey on August 23, 2013

Whatever you think about the efficiency and value for money provided by the NHS, there has, recently, been an increasing realisation, among the general public, that it is not the “great British treasure” it was once purported

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Savile and the Zombie Factoids – West Yorkshire Police Report.

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by Anna Raccoon on August 22, 2013

Another day, another expensive inquiry into the ubiquitous ‘Savile allegations’. Operation Newgreen, the ‘Oh my God, someone’s making allegations that West Yorkshire Police were complicit in concealing Savile’s ‘offending’ – we’d better hold an Inquiry’ knicker waving

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Who Guards The Guardian?

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by Anna Raccoon on August 21, 2013

Multiple bottles of smelling salt being wafted around in the Blogosphere today. Purveyors of Free Speech dropping like Guardsmen on a hot August day. It would appear that the ‘well informed citizens’ of Blogland have just discovered

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Bizarre Things You Are Paying For – Number 279.

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by Anna Raccoon on August 20, 2013

I can see this series getting ever longer – and I am sure you will be glad to add to it.

The last time I worked out the value of One Drone – the amount the

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A Social Carrousel.

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by Anna Raccoon on August 19, 2013

One of the attractions of southern france for tourists are the marchés nocturnes. Not so much a market as a communal dinning experience. Local traders drive their mobile kitchens to their nearest market square, the Mairie provides long

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Saturday Evening Posts Worth Reading.

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by Anna Raccoon on August 17, 2013

‘Neverimitate’ on first sightings of Top of the Pops. Frank Davis on Bongo-Bongo land. Dick Puddlecote with an incredible tale. Heresy Corner on the puzzle

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“Savile the Beast – the inside story of the greatest scandal in TV history”.

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by Rabbitaway on August 17, 2013

Seven words jumped out near the start of the second chapter of this book.  ‘But the truth had to emerge eventually’ –  fifteen chapters later the truth had still not put in an appearance.

I’m glad I

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Giving Potential Victims a Voice!

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by Anna Raccoon on August 16, 2013

Blimey! You folk have really pi**ed off the authoritarian voice of social services. Congratulations – it does my heart good to see what a difference your voices made.

I was aware before that helping you make

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Bradley Manning and Julian Assange.

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by Anna Raccoon on August 15, 2013

The military is a curious mixture of cultures. On the one hand it provides stable employment, a regular wage, job security for a set number of years, training in a useful skill and a reliable pension –

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He’s ‘Special’, Our Kid.

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by Anna Raccoon on August 14, 2013

In America, many years ago, I came to the opinion that there was only one script for TV producers. ‘Young black guy’s fears/predictions/solution are put down by (preferably fat) and arrogant white Boss, but is later proved

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Portrait of a ‘Vulnerable Victim’.

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by Anna Raccoon on August 13, 2013

We’ve been here before. Confident young woman makes a name for herself in the nightclub scene. Is thrilled to bits when a relative stranger offers her and her friend expensive plane tickets to an unlikely holiday destination

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Mark Williams-Thomas – The Mark of a Man?

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by Moor Larkin on August 12, 2013

Back in 2010, the British Daily Mail newspaper in the UK was reported as likely to be sued by the American internet giant Facebook.

The Daily Mail faced legal action from Facebook, after

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A Sunday Ramble

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by Gildas the Monk on August 11, 2013

All bound for Bongo Bongo Land

This week I went for a short break in the sun, and I found myself sipping a large gin and quinine whilst looking out from the Bongo

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Saturday Evening Posts Worth Reading.

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by Anna Raccoon on August 10, 2013

A long read from Adam Curtis – the second section on the Daily Mail of 1906 and fabricated stories will strike a chord with many of you……

The Heresiarch

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Gunboat Diplomacy.

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by Anna Raccoon on August 9, 2013

It sounds grand doesn’t it? Britain sending a gun boat to sort out those pesky Spanish? Actually an aircraft carrier, HMS Illustrious – pity she doesn’t have any aircraft any more, what with the Harriers having bit

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Predatory Predications.

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by Anna Raccoon on August 8, 2013

The keening and wailing from the feministas yesterday after prosecutor Robert Colover performed his duty as an official of the court and disclosed evidence which ‘suggests an explanation or partial explanation of the accused’s actions’ was ear

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“Oh, a little respect, Yeah, baby, I want a little respect”

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by Anna Raccoon on August 7, 2013

When Aretha Franklin belted out those words at the start of the era of gender politics, I, in my innocence, having never heard of gender politics, assumed that she was making reference to the civil rights movement in

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Free to be damned – the hidden facts about illegal images.

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by Margaret Jervis on August 6, 2013

Thousands of legal websites have been hacked to re-direct users to child pornography the Internet Watch Foundation has reported.

Whether or not there has been a surge in such activity over the past few weeks,

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On Judgement by your Peers and Historic Sex Abuse.

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by Anna Raccoon on August 5, 2013

‘Trial by Jury’ is one of the most quoted cornerstones of ‘British Justice’ – or rather, British Justice as we like to believe it exists. Until the last few years of Labour control of the British eduction

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The Real White Queen – The Three Widows

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by Gildas the Monk on August 4, 2013

A little while ago archeologists discovered what turned out to be the body of the last English King to die in battle. Richard III died in battle at Bosworth Field on 22nd August 1485 defending his

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Quite a Thunderbolt for the Pope on a Sunday…

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by Anna Raccoon on August 4, 2013

Not since it was revealed that the Vatican’s financial advisor, Michele Sindona, was a Mafia connected crook who had embezzled 20 million quid of the Holy Father’s piggy bank has there been such a catastrophic financial insult

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Saturday Evening Posts Worth Reading.

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by Anna Raccoon on August 3, 2013

Vivian Cree says ‘Keep Calm and Carry on. Or Why BASW Must Stop Escalating Fears and Anxieties’. Adam Collyer – When Not Getting Angry is Part of the Problem. Dick Puddlecote – Continue reading →

Outrage at Outage for BlueHost, HostGator, HostMonster.

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by Anna Raccoon on August 3, 2013

And lo! On the seventh day, was the Techdom of Provo built. They called it Endurance International Group.  A perfect, pristine land pulsating with technology. Encased in stainless steel, with na’er a finger print in sight; temperature

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Chuggers-R-Us – the NSPCC and Daniel Pelka.

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by Anna Raccoon on August 1, 2013

You see them everywhere, representatives of the NSPCC. You hear them on the adverts during afternoon TV; they are on the breakfast sofa’s opining on the latest ‘terrible outrage’; they are in the side bar advertisements in

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