Perhaps, despite howling 'free speech rights' and all that stuff, the Danish newspaper that published these now infamous cartoons could have chosen a better period in which to have championed the right to say what you want. Poor timing. Now, alas, ordinary Dutch people are likely to pay … [Read more...]
Ariel Sharon
February 12, 2006 By Leave a Comment
When my other half heard about Sharon's first stroke, she commented that maybe he had been poisoned. Bearing in mind the radical changes he has introduced, it is more than likely that he has created one or two enemies along the way. It is thus feasible that someone or other may have attempted to … [Read more...]
Playing chicken
November 2, 2005 By Leave a Comment
Mild panic over here over the 'Chicken Flu'. Lots of adverse publicity has caused sales of chicken based products to plummet - and, in turn the politicos are back-peddling in an attempt to save chicken farms from extinction.The masters of the country are now saying that there is little or … [Read more...]
Bombs in London
July 7, 2005 By Leave a Comment
My other half rang me to say that their had been reports of bombs going off in London and these reports were all confirmed by Internet sources and BBC world, which has been providing a blow by blow account of the catastrophe.I know people in London and hope that they are OK. My brother went to … [Read more...]
Tsunami
January 7, 2005 By 1 Comment
This is just a little extra post to mention the place where I, er, borrowed the HTML and image to use as means to allow people who may read my blog to donate a little something to help out all those affected by this mind- boggling disaster.Many thanks and apologies to Weblogsky and Mr Jon … [Read more...]
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