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Monthly Archives: August 2015
Stop Pretending
Writing about the US political scene last night, I started out by saying that the UK smoking ban had changed my outlook on life in all sorts of ways, and moved me from left of centre to right of centre. … Continue reading
Some Thoughts on The Candidates
I didn’t pay much attention to the last US presidential election. In fact, I didn’t pay much attention to the last two US presidential elections. I haven’t really noticed Barack Obama at all. I vaguely remember that he seemed to come … Continue reading
Multiculturalism Doesn’t Work
It used to just be tobacco smoke. Now it’s everything. Spectator: The contagious madness of the new PC It’s becoming pretty clear, as the year rolls on, that some of our brightest youngsters have gone round the bend. It’s as if … Continue reading
Discovering Pauline Boty
My mind’s a complete blank tonight. But today I discovered someone I’d never heard of before: Pauline Boty. She was a pop artist, actress, dancer, and famous beauty in early 60s London. She was at the centre of early 60s … Continue reading
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Schrödinger’s Cat
I came across a sentence in an article I was reading: “statistics are… just cold hard facts.” I disagreed immediately. I don’t think statistics are “cold hard facts”. I think they’re fuzzy facts. Or even elastic facts that can be … Continue reading
Hello World
An excursion. One of the delights of comments is that people occasionally toss in something that sends me off exploring topics that I never normally consider. And it was a comment by Some French Bloke a couple of nights back, … Continue reading
Another Day, Another Stock Market Crash
Former Gordon Brown aide Damian McBride: Cashpoint was open, and no queue, so I got money out easy. And then strolled across the road to my usual ‘rallying point’, the local pub. Where I bought a beer – because basically, … Continue reading
Some Thoughts on the British Doctors’ Study
Junican has a piece which is in part about the British Doctors’ Study, and reproduces this graph from it showing that smokers die younger than non-smokers: He writes: I have seen that many times. Bates uses that graph to illustrate … Continue reading
The Doctor Mechanics
Following on from last night’s post about how it’s impossible for doctors to regulate lifestyles when they have little or no knowledge of anyone’s lifestyle, I’m reminded that our bodies (and perhaps also our minds) repair themselves. We see examples … Continue reading
Why Lifestyle Can’t Be Regulated
I’d like to try to explain why lifestyles can’t be regulated. You might be a bit puzzled by this assertion, given that’s exactly what government is bent on doing, as it moves rapidly to regulate not just tobacco and alcohol, … Continue reading
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