Glad I’m missing the Olympics

Sometimes you hope that the theatrical spirit of “It’ll be alright on the night” will look after dear old Londinium this year. Unfortunately the odds are not looking wonderful. What with possible industrial… Read More →

What’s killing the mainstream media?

Sales are falling, the only thing keeping some media afloat is massive subsidy from parent groups, newspapers appear to be sliding down the slippery slope into a fiscal abyss. The ‘Dead Tree’ media… Read More →

Busy signal

Thank you for visiting. Your visit is important to us, but no one is available to respond right now due to some deep level philosophising. Normal service will be resumed as soon as… Read More →

Go, NightJack!

The blogging detective ‘outed’ by the Times has just lodged a claim for exemplary damages in the UK’s high court. This blog wishes him every success. As, I suspect, do a few more… Read More →

Why ‘Smart Meters’ increase electricity bills

If you are one of those who are concerned about ‘Smart Meters’, here is a simple reason not to have one; It will significantly increase your electricity bill if you have any electrical… Read More →

They do things differently there

Picked up on a couple of news items regarding an Albertan retiree who may face charges of assault after trying to get rid of a doorstepping political candidate who wouldn’t go. Apparently the… Read More →

Blog admin

Nothing much happening I care to blog about, so today having mostly caught up on sleep lost since February, I’ve been doing a little sidebar admin. Links have been updated to people who’ve… Read More →

Meanwhile…. South of the border

While things aren’t all singing and dancing up here north of the 49th Parallel, Bill Whittle, a political commentator on the independent conservative PJTV station, gets good and angry about the ineptness of… Read More →

End of Canadian long gun registry.

Just received: Changes to the Canadian Firearms Program On April 5, 2012, Bill C-19, Ending the Long-Gun Registry Act, came into effect. The key changes are as follows: Removal of the requirement to… Read More →

Children of thunder

I love the sound of hyperbole in the morning. One of my chief pleasures, if I can spend an hour or so to skim through the names on my blogroll and see what… Read More →