Archive for May, 2007
New goverment ‘anti-terrorist’ laws will be abused
Tony Blair and John Reid’s supporters claim that the tough new measures the government intend to bring in and the new powers for the police they will produce, will only be used to counter terrorism. However, this has not been the case with previous such laws. Here are just a handful of examples of where existing anti-terrorism [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Blair says defenders of civil liberties “misguided”
Today, in the Sunday Times newspaper, Tony Blair wrote, ”We have chosen as a society to put the civil liberties of the suspect, even if a foreign national, first. I happen to believe this is misguided and wrong.” He believes that his countrymen’s determination to defend civil liberties is a “dangerous misjudgment.”
Blair intends to bring in new powers [...]
Blair says defenders of civil liberties “misguided”
Today, in the Sunday Times newspaper, Tony Blair wrote, ”We have chosen as a society to put the civil liberties of the suspect, even if a foreign national, first. I happen to believe this is misguided and wrong.” He believes that his countrymen’s determination to defend civil liberties is a “dangerous misjudgment.”
Blair intends to bring in new powers [...]
Kings of the world’s edge
‘My favourite movie, or TV show or song, etc, can vary from day to day, month to month, year to year. But, my answer to the question, “what’s your favourite book?” is usually ‘Kings of the World’s Edge’ by H Warner Munn – a great a title and a very cool name for an author! [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )My Country
My Country, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, has said, through John Reid the Home Secretary, that it may ‘opt out’ of European human rights legislation – so it can ‘detain’ people without trial or even arrest.
My Country has more CCTVs per head of population than any other in the world. My [...]
Confessions of a grey gamer
Would you know an FPS from a RPG? Which would you rather have in a sewer: a torch, a BFG or both bound together by a Band-Aid? If you can’t answer either question or more probably don’t have any idea to what they allude, you probably do not play video games.
The age range within which [...]
Cool 2 b grey
The observant among you may have noticed a link to a site on my home page www.cool2bgrey.com . The link points to the blog section of a very funky site, Cool2bgrey, that was set up by a group of ‘wrinkly-somethings.’ It’s a sort of campaign site (anti-ageism) but not in a serious hard edged radicalised way. It’s fun and [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )A very cool American Civil War blog
I recently found (while searching for information about John H Calef) a very well researched, well written American Civil War blog. As it’s entitled ‘Hoofbeats and Cold Steel’ it’s, not surprisingly, mainly concerned with cavalry actions and personalities from that war. It seems to have been up and running since October 2006 and contains many fine articles and [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Go go gadget MEV
A further sighting of the ominously named (but silly looking) CCTV Mobile Enforcement Vehicle (snigger). This time parked on the side of the road on Twickenham’s High Street. Its driver and his mate were nowhere to be seen (can’t blame them!). The little vehicle was all on its own, this time with its roof mounted CCTV [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Eurovision song contest
Just finished watching the Eurovision song contest, the night when most of Europe doesn’t vote for the UK entry, and the night when the UK feels superior to the rest of Europe (with some justification). The night when it appears from the stage antics of the participating ‘musical’ acts that all the mental institutions across Europe are [...]
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