by nabidana | Mar 10, 2009 | politics
Northern Ireland is, to put it mildly, having a bad week. The murder, apparently by the Real IRA of two soldiers, in which four other people were seriously injured (deliberately, mind) shocked the governments and media at home and overseas (France24 had the best...
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by nabidana | Feb 24, 2009 | photography, politics, Uncategorized, unstupidity
The UK Government has issued a ‘recovery website’. I think I improved it. Click to enlarge. And Welcome to all the new traffic, very welcome. Feel free to...
by nabidana | Feb 23, 2009 | commerce and trade, politics
I switch songs on my iPhone, trying to get something suitably recessiony, something to remind me times are hard and things are bad and people are sad. I round the corner past the bus stops, happy not to accelerate past the slim redhead just ahead. Not checking her...
by nabidana | Feb 18, 2009 | politics, unstupidity
Gordon Brown is a klutz, a jinx, fool whose every touch turns the object touched to shit. Where Blair had a Midas-like ability to hold the faith of at least the mainstream, he has been succeeded by a man capable of snatching defeat from the jaws of victory at every...
by nabidana | Feb 17, 2009 | commerce and trade, gadgets
Part of the morning commute ritual of late has been the slightly tense moment at the platform when a man realises everybody else has his or her phone in his or her hand, deeply engaged in remote social intercourse. The look of embarrassment on his face is forced away,...
by nabidana | Feb 9, 2009 | politics, stupidity, this blog, Uncategorized
Minister for the Environment in Northern Ireland’s laughable attempt at a parliamentary democracy, Sammy Wilson MLA, has rejected a UK government advertising campaign aimed at targeting energy wastage. Wilson, who might well be considered a moron by some people,...
