Monthly Archives: January 2012

“It’s not about health.” I think I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve read those words in describing the reasons for the smoking ban. After all, if you push people out into the cold and wet, you’re not … Continue reading →

H/T James Delingpole for an article in the Mail predicting the Thames will freeze over: Forget global warming – it’s Cycle 25 we need to worry about (and if NASA scientists are right the Thames will be freezing over again) …leading … Continue reading →

Surprising article in the Mail: One in ten Britons going OVERSEAS just to avoid the ‘Greatest Show on Earth’ hordes of British people will be going to exceptional lengths to stay away from the high profile event. The older generation … Continue reading →

Occasionally I take a lot of interest in a news story. The buildings that collapsed in Rio de Janeiro’s historic centre last night prompted such interest, because I used to live in Rio many years ago, and my father worked … Continue reading →

Nothing to report today, except something I read somewhere today, I have no idea where. A gentleman is someone who knows how to play the accordion, but doesn’t. This connected with something I read somewhere else 20 minutes earlier, again … Continue reading →

I’ve carried on thinking about Christianity today, and its gradual “denormalisation”. It’s something that’s really been going on for several centuries, and always seems to me to be due to the rise of science. Scientists of one sort or another … Continue reading →

Perhaps because it was Sunday, I was thinking about Christianity today. And in particular I was wondering why the churches hadn’t joined in the Global War on Smokers and Drinkers and Fat people. After all, historically the churches have been … Continue reading →

After last night’s troll attack, I’m going to use the comment option whereby someone’s first comment has to be approved, and thereafter their comments appear immediately. No need to log in or anything. If you’ve been approved in the past, … Continue reading →

First, a couple of news items caught my eye. The first from Chris Snowdon (my emphases added): Meanwhile, Californians have done what Californians always do and taken the lunacy a step further. The University of California, San Francisco has not only … Continue reading →