Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 30th, 2010
I have to say for a politician Tony Blair did pretty well in front of the Iraq enquiry yesterday. All his barrister training came to the fore and he put forward a pretty convincing case for his actions. I have to say I agreed with the Iraq war at the time, to take out that [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 28th, 2010
Today’s Times carries a catalogue of the dodgy science (and scientists) supporting the global warming circus. Most of it we have heard before and it does those involved no credit whatsoever. But more interesting is the commentary supplied by one Vicky Pope.
The gist of what she has to say is that mistakes have been made [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 27th, 2010
Well its back to blighty tomorrow and not sure how I feel about that. Right now it is blasting rain at us which was not what I hoped for in Spain but that’s the way it goes. At least it has been warmer than back home and we have had some lovely sunny days.
No doubt lots [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 26th, 2010
So France is going to ban women wearing the burka veil. Meanwhile in the UK we think it absolutely fine for the Muslims to set up a separate society here with their own sharia law, establish extremist groups to encourage youngsters to become terrorists and to espouse the public aim of making the UK a [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 24th, 2010
It emerges today that more of the so-called science that the global warming circus is based on is rubbish. We have all heard the warnings that adverse weather events are now going to become more common as the planet warms up and this is part of the official view of the IPCC. Even the Africans [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 23rd, 2010
So what is Darling’s response to Obama’s initiative on the banks? - he is not going to take the lead being given and will simply carry on as before. Oh great! That’s really what we need - not.
One of the most alarming reports to come out of Government recently by an independent observer is the [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 21st, 2010
So Mrs Old Fart and I decided to miss the latest dump of snow in the UK and escape to the sun. What a relief to be away from it for a break. Spent the day relaxing in the sunshine, catching up with friends and doing not a lot.
Reflecting on what I said about the [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 18th, 2010
Looks like the IPCC (the international circus that believes we all have to shiver to save the planet) has got it wrong again. Apparently the predicted Himalayan glacier meltdown on which their woeful forecasts are based is just not feasible in the timescale set for it. In reality it was something of a ‘what if [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 14th, 2010
What on earth is twittering all about? First of all we had mummy’s boy Stephen Fry telling us all the sordid details of his life and for a while all the young’uns were hooked on his every word. Then he took a hissy fit over something and decided to end it all (the twittering that [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 12th, 2010
So in Germany it is the law that you have to clear the pavement outside your house or get locked up. In the UK if you presume to clear the pavement outside your house and somebody nevertheless manages to slip over, you are responsible and can be sued. Schools are shut because if a child [...]
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