I read that the Ministry of Defence intends to cut army manpower to its lowest level since the Crimean war. Plans to axe three infantry battalions – a total of 1,800 men – are being discussed despite the overstretch caused by the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. This would see […]
There’s been blanket coverage here of the unrest which has followed Iran ’s disputed election. But imagine how our own political crisis looks from the Middle East . Do we really have any right to sit in judgment on other countries? Here’s how Tehran Television is reporting recent events in […]
Interesting to read that North Korea may launch a long-range ballistic missile towards Hawaii on American Independence Day, according to Japanese intelligence officials. The missile, believed to be a Taepodong-2 with a range of up to 4,000 miles, would be launched in early July from the Dongchang-ni site on the […]
The Eye seems to have taken a decidedly fishy turn today and I seek to compound it even further by revealing that a new method for analysing the interior of fossils has shown that millimetre-long mussel-like crustaceans called ostracods used giant sperm to mate. Sperm of modern ostracods can reach […]
Have you considered that you might get mad cow disease from fish? A new report suggests… “… farmed fish could transmit Creutzfeldt Jakob disease–commonly known as mad cow disease–if they are fed by products rendered from cows. The scientists urge government regulators to ban feeding cow meat or bone meal […]
G.O.T. is a born worrier. Sometimes I worry about the most ridiculous things and to prove the point I use this story from Mexico that I found on my travels around the internet. According to the Attorney General’s office nearly 1 ton of cocaine was discovered in the bellies of […]
This is one of his better rants.If you want to hear more, get over to http://www.channelflip.com/mitchell.
I make no apologies that it’s not November, or that this is for Canadians. I’ve stood shoulder to shoulder with the canucks twice in my career, and I would do it again if I could. A nice touch is the propellers on the C-130.
In the early days of the All Seeing Eye, wise words were emailed in from The Croydonian. Always have a daily browse through Hansard to spot a few unnoticed gems to post. Well TheEye has gone two better than that and let CHome do the research and pinched a splendid […]
Okay, so TheEye is thinking of setting up a country. Nothing to do for the next few days so looking for a goal. All ideas for a national anthem and a flag are welcome. Do NOT follow the example of whichever twat designed the flag of Poland because Dante had […]
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