Dreadful developments in the States

The shooting of Democratic Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and the killing of 6 others in Tucson Arizona was a tragic event. Immediately the "Liberal" press started going on about gun control, loony right wingers etc..

Unfortunately for the MSM the perpetrator turned out to be a completely loony admirer of the Communist Manifesto and a total pothead to boot. Also, Congresswoman Giffords was in favour of gun ownership. Given that, in the States, Liberal has come to mean "Rabid Left-Winger", it is nice see them hoist on their own petard!

It was a truly great American, Thomas Jefferson, who said, "When a government is scared of its people, that is democracy. When a people is scared of its government, that is tyranny!". We could do with a Thomas Jefferson in the UK right now!

A bit of a shame

Iain Dale, he of Iain Dale's Diary and one of the earlier political bloggers with a penchant for the Conservatives, has decided he will stop blogging as of now. I think this is a shame as I found his posts both amusing and erudite. I did not always agree with him even though he is a Conservative, but he was never nasty in the way most left wing bloggers are.

His main reason is because he has now got quite a few irons in the fire and does not have time to dedicate to maintaining the quality of his posts. Also, he said he was getting tired of the back-biting, but I guess that is par for the course in politics!

Oh, well

It does not really concern me that the UK was humiliated at the FIFA vote for the hosting of the 2018 Football World Cup. I am pretty sure the whole thing was fiddled, and the MSM did not exactly help with their exposure of the corruption of some FIFA members.

Far more importantly, we are hosting the Rugby League World Cup in 2013 and, even more importantly, the Rugby Union World Cup in 2015!

I feel old

Today, I reached the milestone age of 65. I am now an old git who is grumpy all the time. Actually, I have been that for ages, but that is what 31 years of Labour governments does to a chap!

It looks like Nigel has recovered

It looks like Nigel Farage has recovered from his plane crash. Here are his comments on the "State of the EU" speech by Barroso

Disaster looms on the Web

This news had escaped me until I read my Computing magazine today.

Apparently Gordon Brown has been given a position on the board of the World Wide Web Foundation. Should we open a book as to when the whole Web comes crashing down around us?

I would like to volunteer!

In the famous words of Corporal Jones, "I would like to volunteer, Sah!"

It turns out that, even if you wear the skimpiest of thongs, it is impossible to get a uniform all over suntan, because the bum has thicker skin than the rest of the body, and therefore does not tan so well. If any further research is needed, I am willing to put my scientific training to good use and aid the research team, but only if the research guinea pigs are nubile young ladies!

If only this had been Mad Hatty!

A wonderful picture of the new West British Australian Prime Minister has appeared. It appears she might be as gaffe prone as our recently departed Dear Leader!

There are still cretins out there

In the latest opinion polls, the Coalition Budget seems to have gone down, if not well at least as accepted that there was a need for it. However, while the Conservative share of the vote has increased, the Liberal share of the vote has gone down remarkably, but even more surprising the Labour share has gone up. This can only mean one thing:

THERE ARE STILL MANY, MANY CRETINS OUT THERE

He has gone

No explanation necessary. Here is some celebratory music: