I am a terrorist sympathiser. Now let me back-track: I’m not really a terrorist sympathiser, because I don’t think that terrorists should kill people. And actually all I have is sympathy for people who are so frequently oppressed, abused and silenced that they can only seek solace in terror.
No people should kill people, whatever their [...]
Most newspapers (certainly national newspapers) are political organs.
They aren’t really news papers, in the strict sense of being a paper full of news. They are full of political bias and commentary, but they aren’t very reliable as reporters of factual news.
Now I realise that what I’m saying is obvious. We all know that:
Guardian= liberal
The Sun= [...]
UPDATE: Nyouse is taking a break. Due to a lack of time to spend on Nyouse, we’ve taken it down.
Short version
Myself and Jonathan Markwell – the industrious and philanthropic mastermind behind Inuda, the Skiff and SocialPlume – have created Nyouse (pronounced “news”).
Nyouse is a system that allows ordinary people to alert the press to [...]
From the Guardian this morning:
“We consider the war on drugs a failure because the objectives have never been achieved,” said César Gaviria, Colombia’s former president and co-chair of the Latin American Commission on Drugs and Democracy.
“Prohibitionist policies based on eradication, interdiction and criminalisation have not yielded the expected results. We are today farther than ever [...]
The Guardian are reporting how big companies are avoiding large tax bills with clever strategies.
The Guardian seem to take a dim view of corporate tax avoidance, but other sections of the press aren’t so scathing. To some, corporate tax is an ‘onerous burden’ that can stifle prosperity.
I always find it interesting to see how differently [...]
Old news, but terrifying:
You may have read about the recent Israeli bombardment of Gaza. I always follow the developments in this part of the world with interest, partly because they never fail to reveal the worst in mankind, and the most breathtaking stupidity, generally in the name of one or more gods.
The trophy for Greatest Moron of 2008 [...]
Drugs
Crafty drug fiends have been bending drugs laws by taking mind-altering substances that aren’t covered by current laws. Now, the dull reality of these drugs is that not being illegal does not mean they are safe. You can still leave half of your brain somewhere in a field in Hampshire, or be overrun with paranoia [...]
I really like John McCain. Not when he speaks, because when he speaks he looks like someone’s cantankerous granddad who’s had bad plastic surgery. But I like him in pictures, when I can’t hear him. He looks very tough, determined and experienced.
Old Money-Bags McCain
John McCain reminds me of someone’s granddad – I can just imagine [...]
I have read the Bible from cover to cover, but I keep getting the impression that I missed something important:
“Sarah Palin: babies, guns, Jesus. Hot damn!”
- Rush Limbaugh, during a discussion about the woman chosen to help old John McCain up the steps of the White House. Rush was excited because Sarah Palin is anti-abortion, [...]
God’s mighty wind
When Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans in 2005, some Christians blamed the gay community. Apparently a Southern Decadence carnival was scheduled for around the time the levees broke. So, according to some Christians, God brought destruction to New Orleans in order to prevent gay people having a party.
Who would Jesus do?
With Hurricane Gustav, [...]
