Monthly Archives: January 2007
Guido: fun and education, education, education
Guido’s belated dance number comes to us a few days after the ‘boycott’ brand was first applied, rinsed and repeated – and the first thing you’ll notice is the cool, unshakeable exterior. Too bad about the ultra-paranoid level of moderation … Continue reading
Guido
‘No Comment’ on any single point raised, just an easily-digestible bit of spin (accompanied by a fair degree of personal abuse, mostly from anonymous users). Guido is acting a LOT like the politicians he claims to despise. UPDATE (11:30): Hmm. … Continue reading
Blogger: the sock-puppet loophole
This is being blogged publicly instead of communicated privately for two reasons: a) I think users of Blogger deserve to know that this loophole has been in place for some time. b) Blogger Support has let me down badly in … Continue reading
Guido Fawkes (aka Paul Staines) : The Plonker
[Important Postscript (19 Jan) – Guido and his followers have been moaning since the publication of this post that it is too long-winded and ‘boring’. A repeated suggestion was made that I try to be ‘funny’ and more succinct. I … Continue reading
A few leaders…
Huzzah! We’re up and running and ready to roll! Here’s a round-up to get us all started, before the long-promised big’un… First, there’s some quality reading regarding Blair’s self-serving, blame-seeking speech: Independent – Shoot the messenger: PM blames media for … Continue reading
Tony Blair’s legacy may be a decade of Tory government
Independent – Matthew Norman: While Blair burns, Brown plays his fiddle: It has been in Gordon’s power for years to dispose of this deluded apology for a British Prime Minister. Had he shown the same degree of principle over Iraq … Continue reading
Heads-up!
Heads down! BBC – US forces storm Iranian consulate: US forces have stormed an Iranian consulate in the northern Iraqi town of Irbil and seized six members of staff. The troops raided the building at about 0300 (0001GMT), taking away … Continue reading
The Way For War
I hope you’ll pardon me for saying this, but this administration has serious past-form when it comes to timing: The U.S. tried to delay Saddam’s hanging. Of course, this was to ensure that the execution (like the trial process) was … Continue reading
Associates
A couple of well-overdue URL-updates have been made to the navbar under ‘associates’. Also well-overdue is the addition of Obsolete. An excellent post from that blog on the subject of The War on Human Rights can be read here. (Oh, … Continue reading
