Bill Moyers said:
Bush and Cheney invaded Iraq. We still don’t know what they were about. What we know is that this is the very oil industry enjoying swollen profits these days. It would be laughable if it weren’t so painful to remember that their erstwhile cheerleader for invading Iraq - the press mogul Rupert Murdoch - once said that a successful war there would bring us $20 a barrel oil. The last time I looked, it was more than $140 a barrel. Where are you, Rupert, when we need the facts?
Working:
Oil prices fell below $37 a barrel Tuesday …
George Bush - you’ll miss him when he’s gone.
Source: Tim Blair
Posted at 10:02 pm by Paul Sorene
Porsche and VW - what really happened:
Porsche’s move took three years of careful maneuvering. It was darkly brilliant, a wealth transfer ingeniously conceived like few we’ve ever seen. Betting the right way, Porsche roiled the financial markets and took the hedge funds for a fortune.
Spotter: capn design, Via
Posted at 8:59 pm by Paul Sorene
The census:
I have an uncomfortable feeling about the way in which government takes public data and makes us pay to access it. Ihave an even more uncomfortable feeling about the way in which they are quick to claim copyright on data, even data which was originated by other people and then donated to the national archives - which may be a copy and not the original document.
They have in the past few years sold access to the census returns to other commercial companies… so the information from your ancestors suddenly becomes an asset which you aren’t allowed to reproduce or give to anyone else.
Mandy is watchinh, you know. He’s on the web…
Posted at 7:51 pm by Paul Sorene
(That you mum?) Anorak letter of the day:
What a silly, stupid, sad collection of biased innuendo and bigotry! Your site is a good example of society’s remaining racial, ethnic and religious-based intolerance. You believe that you are slick, but in reality you are only pathetic. This sort of racism represents the worst of humanity. Fortunately, the ADF will soon put an end to this site (yes, it’s been reported).
The days of denigrating people based upon their religion or ethnic heritage will soon be over. May your children marry Jews.
Prince Harry’s Shame: Hal’s Admits To Having A ‘Paki’ Friend
The Prince And The Paki: A Love Story
Posted at 7:33 pm by Paul Sorene
Joe The Plumber showers in Israel:
Pajamas Media new foreign correspondent has filed his first report from Israel. Joe the Plumber, on in Israel, “Joseph the Mamzer,” went to the town of Sderot, in Southern Israel to fill us in on what’s going in the Gaza dispute… “I’m sure they’re taking quick showers,” said Joe.
Once a plumber…
Posted at 1:59 pm by Paul Sorene
Posted at 1:16 pm by Paul Sorene
The future of newspapers:
“Let me say it again, the only newspapers around in the future will be very upmarket, all the downmarket stuff being more readily available on the internet or in magazines made of pulped squirrels that will be handed out free to the unemployable and the insane.”
Bryan Appleyard.
Posted at 12:47 pm by Paul Sorene
Posted at 12:45 pm by Paul Sorene
Democrats fight for right to live with Gitmo detainees:
As news broke that Barack Obama reportedly plans to issue an executive order on his first day in office closing the U.S. terrorist detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Democrat governors across the country lobbied Mr. Obama for the privilege of welcoming the remaining 248 former enemy combatants as residents of their states.
Scrappleface
Posted at 11:59 am by Paul Sorene
Obama. Do you see the light?
Q: How many Obama voters does it take to change a lightbulb?
A: None. Hoping that it would change is quite enough.
Q: How many autoworkers does it take to change a lightbulb?
A: 17 at GM, Ford and Chrysler; 1 at Honda, Hyundai and Toyota.
Q: How many Chicago pols does it take to change a lightbulb?
A: F— you, what am I gettin’ outta this?
Q: How many Democrats does it take to change a lightbulb?
A: It’s burnt out on the Republican side, so we’re not changing it.
Q: How many MSM journalists does it take to change a lightbulb?
A: No need, Obama is the Light.
Spotter
Posted at 11:40 am by Paul Sorene
It may be obvious to loads of people, but it’s only just been explained to me why there are sixteen ounces in a pound. Apparently it comes from the good old days when people couldn’t weigh things easily. But it’s easy to cut a lb in half, then half again to get quarters, half again to get an eighth and half again to get a sixteenth - or an ounce
Compare that to a kilo, half a kilo and then… you’re stuffed. So I’m now a lot more sympathetic to the good old market traders keeping British traditions alive, even at the cost of criminal penalties.
Now, can anyone explain why there are 14lbs in a stone?
Posted at 10:59 am by Marc Moninski
