Here is a shrill squawk from the playpen about ‘high pay’. And here is an adult talking about the same subject. Note the differences. The spoilt naive Kiddies have no concept of risk or responsibility, so they call in some sort of grumpy grandpa from the government to solve their […]
The idea has emerged at Constantly Furious of the Total Politics Top 20 Libertarian blogs 2009 each linking to the list, for ease of reference for readers. Here it is (below). Have a browse. All shapes and sizes of libertarian attitudes and styles represented, and the list does represent the […]
Canada is being more assertive in staking out its claims to its northern Arctic waters. But it’s not enough to talk tough. You have to be tough. Here is a fine example of Canadian self-inflicted weakness, if not eventual self-inflicted extinction. Part of the fact that key parts of the Canadian […]
Jim Fitzpatrick MP has attended many Muslim weddings. He caused a fuss recently when he and his wife as far as I know politely walked out of one at which men and women were segregated; he then used the media to make some political points about radicalisation among Muslims. (Update: picking […]
Ha. Fooled you. You thought you were getting BBRU at Suz Blog hosted by LibDem tough blonde ‘cookie’ Susanne Lamido. But we swapped. So you have me instead. All the best BBRUs try witty themes, or at least cogent categories. This helps those who want to skip the political […]
If you are looking for a good example of why the Bosnia situation is so problematic, take national symbols. The Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina is one of the two Entities formally established under the Dayton Peace Accords of 1995. The other is Republika Srpska. In principle any citizen of […]
The point being that in the USA each side in the healthcare debate is wailing about astroturfing by the other side: the organised and often funded presence at public meetings of people claiming to be nothing but concerned or interested citizens, but expressing points of view specified in advance by their Organisers. […]
My thoughts on Bosnia as registered in a letter to the Independent have been picked up in Bosnia by the Dnevni Avaz newspaper (Bosniac/Muslim), prompting the expected surge of abusive comments from readers. But lawks, what a photo from pre-grey hair days.
The results of the Total Politics blog survey 2009 are emerging. This blog made it again into the Top 20 UK Libertarian blog list, albeit down several notches (11th last year, 16th this year). This year again my total readership has moved upwards steadily, but I suspect that the TP 2009 […]
