Monthly Archives: July 2013

Some Thoughts on Tobacco Prohibition

Posted on July 31, 2013 by the archivist

A week back, John Redwood MP was asking “Should smoking be made illegal?” And today Harley found a poll that said that 55% of people agreed that all smoking in public places should be made illegal. And today, in Politics.co.uk, … Continue reading →

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Like Standing up at an AA Meeting

Posted on July 30, 2013 by the archivist

I think that sometime fairly soon I’m going to dust off the little prototype climate simulation model I wrote a few years back. But instead of just using a square metre on the Earth’s equator, I’m going to do the … Continue reading →

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The Cultural Liquidation of Europe

Posted on July 29, 2013 by the archivist

Richard North of EUreferendum recently described the EU ‘project’ as a ‘slow motion coup d’etat.’ It certainly is that, but it may well be much more than a simple coup d’etat. Because one of the biggest problems that the EU faces … Continue reading →

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A Sick New Discrimination

Posted on July 28, 2013 by the archivist

H/T Nisakiman for this story from New Zealand. New Zealand kicks obese chef out of the country because at 20 stone six pounds he is too heavy An obese chef has been told he is too fat to live in … Continue reading →

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These Filth Never Stop

Posted on July 27, 2013 by the archivist

H/T Tony and Harley in the comments, and Freedom-2-Choose (Scotland). Undeterred by the UK government’s decision to not introduce ‘plain’ packaging for tobacco, antismoking scum appear to have adopted another device, not just to get plain packaging into UK law, … Continue reading →

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The Darkening of the Light

Posted on July 26, 2013 by the archivist

I don’t usually spend much time looking at the global military scene. We always seem to be fighting somebody or other, and I never really understand why. But I turned up this last week. Tabloid Media Too Busy to Cover … Continue reading →

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Terrorist Assault on Democracy

Posted on July 25, 2013 by the archivist

A couple of things I noticed today. Firstly in the Irish Times: Terror campaign directed at smoking applies a faulty logic …Graphic warnings seek to emotionally shove consumers towards the “correct” choice. In championing this policy, Reilly and Borg place … Continue reading →

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The Insane Antismokers

Posted on July 24, 2013 by the archivist

It needs to be said: Antismoking is a form of insanity. It’s quite simple: Anyone who is at all bothered by tobacco smoke is insane. Anyone who is in the least bit worried about a whiff of smoke has gone … Continue reading →

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The Iron Fist of Tobacco Control

Posted on July 23, 2013 by the archivist

I’ve often wondered how Tobacco Control exerts influence. It occurred to me this morning that, in the aftermath of the UK government ditching plain packaging, we’re being shown how it’s done. As ever with Tobacco Control, it’s the dark forces … Continue reading →

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Poisonous Little Reptile

Posted on July 22, 2013 by the archivist

A day or so back, Sheila left a link in the comments to the blog of John Redwood, MP. In it, he wrote: Let us begin with the vexed question of tobacco. I am a non smoker. I accept the … Continue reading →

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