People talk of “barriers” or “milestones” or “tipping points” or “marks” and assign them a significance far beyond their actual worth. Hitting a century at Lord’s. Getting that telegram from the Queen. Watching the FTSE top 6000. This is not one of those moments. Every one of those 201 servicemen […]
Without doubt, the Gipper was a brilliant man. He had an understanding of American values, the US Constitution, and a common sense approach very few if any of today’s politicians and elected or appointed public servants on either side of the Congressional aisle possess. Take this excerpt from an LP […]
Treat this with caution, because the poll in the US has a margin of error of plus or minus Israel: For nearly one-out-of-three voters (32%), Jimmy Carter is the living ex-president who has done the best job since leaving the White House, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone […]
Just for fun, have a go at the British Citizenship Test which is online here. It allows 45 minutes but takes a tenth of that if English is your first language which presumably is deliberate to enable everyone to take a crack at getting a passport. David Vance claims to […]
Those were the words used by the vetting committee employed by John McCain to describe Sarah Palin as a potential pick as Vice President. For a fascinating account of how it all came about, take a look at this recent article in the Washington Post which lifts the curtain on […]
For those of us following the push for socialism in the U.S. and the botched job that is Obamacare, it has been quite entertaining to see their argument spill over into U.K. politics. The underrated and interesting Dan Hannan MEP (one to watch for the future) has attacked the inefficiency […]
Les Paul, the guitarist and inventor who changed the course of music with the electric guitar and multitrack recording and had a string of hits, many with wife Mary Ford, died on Thursday. He was 94. According to Gibson Guitar, Paul died of complications from pneumonia at White Plains Hospital. […]
The Democrats freaked out and newspapers demanded answers. How dare Sarah Palin use a private Yahoo account! She was going all mavericky and subverting the law, hiding business from the people! Of course they had no issue regarding the Democrat activist hacking the email account, but that’s different, eh? However, […]
The Great Climate Change Swindle continues unabated, but as usual the facts aren’t allowed to get in the way of a good bit of BBC propaganda. Global youth pool climate ideas say the BBC yesterday (Wed 12th). In a World Record attempt for the Largest Number Of Brainwashed Teenage Loons […]
Recent Comments