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Monthly Archives: September 2015
The Mysterious Bradford Hill
The two books I mentioned ordering arrived this morning, and since it was yet another warm sunny day, I lugged them both to my favourite pub garden, ordered a beer and a hot snack, and wondered which one to start … Continue reading
David Horowitz
In the aftermath of the 2007 UK smoking ban, my politics has shifted sharply to the right. Classic case of “a conservative is a liberal who’s been mugged.” And, boy, was I mugged! The result is that I take much … Continue reading
Why Are These People So Controlling?
ZeroHedge: the UN now wants to tell governments of the world how to censor the internet. I wish I was kidding. From the Washington Post: On Thursday, the organization’s Broadband Commission for Digital Development released a damning “world-wide wake-up call” … Continue reading
Is Meat Murder?
I’ve been vaguely thinking about Kerry McCarthy. Telegraph: Meat should be treated like tobacco with a public campaign to stop people eating it, Jeremy Corbyn’s new vegan shadow farming minister has suggested… In an interview with Viva!life, a magazine for … Continue reading
The Smoking Ban Destroyed Communities, UKIP MEP Says
BBC: A UKIP MEP has told the party’s conference the ban on smoking in public places in England has “damaged more communities than the pit closures did”. At a fringe meeting about which political party best spoke for the working … Continue reading
What Are ‘European Values’?
A line in a report in Breitbart UK on the EU migrant row set me thinking: Hollande told Mr Orban that if he did not like it, his country should leave the EU: “States that don’t respect European values should … Continue reading
Ever Closer Union
Vaclav Klaus, writing a couple of weeks back. We, the undersigned citizens do not wish to look on in passivity, seeing our state institutions and political representatives are wasting time at this crucial hour, failing to fulfil their duty, which … Continue reading
The War on Electric Music
Via Juliette Tworsey on NYCCLASH (my added emphases): NEW ORLEANS – Today, the New Orleans Health Department will launch a public health education initiative called Sound Check, which aims to reduce the level of harmful sounds that can adversely affect … Continue reading
Council Recommendation 2003/54/EC
I usually cite a 2009 EU parliament vote in reference to the EU’s intentions on tobacco. If I’ve heard of this before, it certainly didn’t register until today. From Bill Gibson on Facebook: And here is the recommendation in full, … Continue reading
Donald’s Dread of Drugs
It bothers me. Donald Trump looks like he was built to have a big cigar in the corner of his mouth, and a glass of the best cognac in his hand. But he’s not like that at all. Via Theophil … Continue reading
Frank Davis 