Jun

30

London bombs…No way

June 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Bless Larry C. Johnson; two car bombs found and the brilliant, ex-CIA guy, don’t you know has this:
Now we’re being told there are two cars (both Mercedes I might add) with a Rube Goldberg contraption consisting of propane tanks, some petrol, a light bulb (or maybe light bulb filaments), etc. A propane tank explosion […]

Jun

30

Oh, those Tories

June 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Given the state the Conservative Party is in, that general election would almost certainly be lost, as our poll today seems to indicate. It is so blindingly obvious that I am amazed Gordon Brown has not chucked caution to the wind and given Dave his wish. The Tories are incoherent, policy-free, a PR stunt going […]

Jun

25

Those tolerant, Euro, French Canadians

June 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment

As Mordecai Richler pointed out at length, anti-semitism has a long and nasty history in Quebec. I’m late to the party but Alan, Chris and Flea all link to this exposure of the really vile anti-semitism which passes for editorial comment in parts of the French Canadian press.
I sullied my browser with a quick stop […]

Jun

24

John Gray

June 24, 2007 | 1 Comment

“I had been puzzled by the intensity and systematic and methodical character of the violence of the 20th century, because that century was dominated not by religious belief, but by secular belief in progress or the capacity of human beings to create a better world. It also featured unprecedented levels of mass murder.
“But I was […]

Jun

21

How it works

June 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Mr. Fennyman, allow me to explain about the theatre business. The natural condition is one of insurmountable obstacles on the road to imminent disaster.
Hugh Fennyman: So what do we do?
Philip Henslowe: Nothing. Strangely enough, it all turns out well.
Hugh Fennyman: How?
Philip Henslowe: I don’t know. It’s a mystery. shakespeare in love
That and, “Don’t look behind […]

Jun

21

Blair to win Booby Prize

June 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment

And all shall have favours:
The Bush administration is laying the groundwork for an announcement of Tony Blair’s appointment as a special Middle East envoy for Palestinian governance and economic issues after he steps down as Britain’s prime minister, following two months of behind-the-scenes negotiations, according to U.S. officials. washington post
Is Blair nuts? Sure, if you […]

Jun

21

Damn

June 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment

The identities of two of three Canadian soldiers killed Wednesday in a roadside bomb blast in southern Afghanistan were released by the Department of National Defence (DND). The three soldiers were killed at approximately 7:49 a.m. local time, when their unarmoured all-terrain vehicle received the force of a nearby bomb blast. ecanada

Jun

21

For Dr. Dawg

June 21, 2007 | 1 Comment

In some fields the science is indeed “settled.” For example, plate tectonics, once highly controversial, is now so well-established that we rarely see papers on the subject at all. But the science of global climate change is still in its infancy, with many thousands of papers published every year…..
Solar scientists predict that, by 2020, the […]

Jun

21

The naming of names

June 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment

I suppose it takes one to know one:
“There is no dialogue with these murderous terrorists.” That’s how Mahmoud Abbas, president of the Palestinian Authority, characterized his attitude toward Hamas after the radical Islamist party seized control of the Gaza Strip. For a holder of his office, this was a first: honest condemnation of behavior that […]

Jun

21

EMG has fun with composite animals

June 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment

LOL
It kinda reminds me of that scientifically factual story about the single mother who immigrated here from Jamaica, the Philippines, and Albania; whose son, in spite of his being shot dead by a fellow gang member at the age of 15, pulled himself up by the bootstraps after a life-altering experience at 17; got himself […]

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