It seems as though Sarah Palin’s fight against Obamacare’s death panels was only just in time for the Yanks (her response to Obama’s healthcare lecture to Congress here). It saved them from even more extreme bureaucrat-driven socialized medicine than they may soon be inflicted with. Today’s tale of terror from […]
From the You’ve Gotta Be Making This Up Department comes news that Romania is poised to join the space race. Armed only, it seems, with a knocked-off version of Photoshop, the Romanian Aeronautics and Cosmonautics Association intends to launch “Helen” from a site near the Black Sea next month. It […]
The Office of National Statistics, paid for by us as you no doubt recall, has pulled a blinder to gloss over the third most popular boys’ name in Britain this year. The original post was spotted over at A Tangled Web, but it reminded TheEye of an amusing anecdote from Charles Saatchi. […]
If you are looking for a good bit of national pride, some patriotic belief, a strong dose of loyalty to Great Britain and the Crown and a damn fine party then look no further than the streets of Gibraltar today. For September 10th is National Day – a Bank Holiday to commemorate […]
From The Local in Sweden (italicised), with a few questions in-line in red: “A 19-year-old woman from Sölvesborg in southern Sweden has had her request for permission to get a tattoo of the national coat of arms turned down by a chief heraldist at the National Archives, local newspaper Blekinge Läns Tidning […]
So there you are, minding your own business and trying not to get deported. Tesfaldet Tesloy went to Sweden six years ago to live with his brother who has lived in the country for 20 years. But in 2006, Tesloy received word that his application for a residence permit had been […]
Well, it was worth a try. There is apparently no religious defence in the U.S. for marijuana use. A man wasn’t entitled to use Arizona’s religious-freedom law to overturn his conviction for possessing marijuana while driving, the state Supreme Court in Phoenix ruled Tuesday. The unanimous ruling rejected Danny Ray […]
According to Variety, John Rambo’s officially limbering up for a fifth mission. Nu Image/Millennium Films has greenlit the franchise’s fifth installment, with Sylvester Stallone starring and directing, repeating his shooting and general killing duties from the 2008 “Rambo.” The upcoming film storyline revolves around Rambo fighting his way through human traffickers […]
No-one seemed sure. Was he being kept on because he had uncharted talents? Did he have something on somebody to avoid the sack? Was he still in place because he was telling the truth about how poor and put-upon our MPs really are? Well the answer is now out in the […]
Following on from the rather worrying news that Google/Blogger had caved in and released the name of a blogger to the woman she had made unpleasant comments about, there are other signs of people using the legal precedent and following suit. The Houston Chronicle may not be on your daily […]
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