May 2008
Monthly Archive
Peter Reid
Posted on May 14 2008 | Tagged as: Sport
A “monkey’s heid” he may have, but he’s right about one thing:
Former Manchester City, Sunderland and Leeds boss Peter Reid has called for Fabio Capello to make Steven Gerrard the permanent England captain.
Reid, who will take charge of the England Legends against Scotland Legends live on ITV4 at Southampton tomorrow (Thursday 15 May), says the […]
Gordon Ramsay
Posted on May 10 2008 | Tagged as: Uncategorized
Likes to starve Africans, apparently.
Simple remedy here…
Posted on May 08 2008 | Tagged as: Just no
Workers accused of theft or damage could soon find themselves blacklisted on a register to be shared among employers. It will be good for profits but campaigners say innocent people could find it impossible to get another job.
To critics it sounds like a scenario from some Orwellian nightmare.
An online database of workers accused of theft […]
Stupido
Posted on May 07 2008 | Tagged as: The Stupid, Sport
“South American, African and other non-European footballers who cannot speak English will be barred from joining Premier League clubs from the autumn under the new points-based immigration system detailed by ministers yesterday.
“The introduction of an English language test, covering everyday phrases and simple conversation, forms part of a package of tougher rules for skilled migrants […]
Why I didn’t vote
Posted on May 07 2008 | Tagged as: Attempts at self-justification
I refused the opportunity to cast a vote in last week’s London mayoral/assembly elections. Normally I’d consider this a dereliction of duty, but did so for two (related) reasons.
Firstly, I don’t consider the “expression of popular will” aspect of democracy1 to be as important as the chance to easily change government — as Tim says, […]
The only surprise is that this hasn’t happened here
Posted on May 01 2008 | Tagged as: Uncategorized
There has been outrage in Italy after the outgoing government published every Italian’s declared earnings and tax contributions on the internet.
The tax authority’s website was inundated by people curious to know how much their neighbours, celebrities or sports stars were making.
The Italian treasury suspended the website after a formal complaint from the country’s privacy watchdog.
The […]
Well that solves overpopulation then
Posted on May 01 2008 | Tagged as: The Stupid, Media, Science
The online version of a piece by Martin Rees for the Guardian’s science course series:
“We are each made up of between 1028 and 1029 atoms. […] More than 1078 atoms lie within range of our telescope.”
So there’s only about 1.05 people in the visible universe, and bugger all else.
(In a recent post, which I’ve since […]