by nabidana | Apr 30, 2011 | politics, technology, The Culture, this blog
The site is due for its regular screwup, just in time to keep the Alexa figures down, reduce my advertising prospects and make SEO a bit more difficult. The site will be switched to have three categories: Politics, Technology and Culture. The politics section will be...
by nabidana | Dec 6, 2010 | politics
I am in favour of freedom of speech, of information freedom and open, transparent government. The ongoing development of WikiLeaks as now essentially a vehicle to keep Julian Assange out of court to face allegations of rape and other sex crimes threatens all of these...
by nabidana | Jun 22, 2010 | Diplomacy, stupidity
Chief Executive of BP Tony Hayward has startled critics by demanding the return of BP’s oil washed up in marshland and beaches across the American Gulf coast. Speaking at a key shareholders meeting in London, Mr. Hayward showed images of sea birds coated in the...
by nabidana | Nov 4, 2008 | politics, war for the whitehouse
23:40 A person asks seriously if, upon an Obama victory, it will be okay to be a liberal in the USA. ‘Never’! I cry, in my best Ian Paisley voice. Round of applause and laugh from audience. David McWilliams says ‘The DUP has arrived.’ My heart...
by nabidana | Oct 17, 2008 | politics, war for the whitehouse
So, the final debate over, and McCain shown clearly to be not a bad chap (and almost certainly orders of magnitude better than Bush), all that now remains is for him to be beaten by the candidate the liberal media have decided will make them feel better about being...