31 Oct
As I said I would do, I watched this week’s episode of The Office last night. Again I was most unimpressed. Here are the notes that I took during the show:
It’s 6 minutes into the show - I’m already looking at the programme guide to find something else to watch.
Why are all the characters suddlenly […]
Posted in Humour, Modern Culture, Personal by: Martin Hale
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31 Oct
I’m writing this to urge anyone who reads this blog who’s registered to vote in California to vote yes on Proposition 8. This proposition would change the California state Constitution to define marriage as the relationship between one man and one woman. This would eliminate the action of the State Supreme Court earlier this year […]
Posted in Current Events, Modern Culture, Politics by: Martin Hale
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31 Oct
It must be a full moon, because the moonbats calling for the Fairness Doctrine are in full force. Witness Exhibit 1, an editorial published in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette online edition contained the following:
…The Rush Limbaughs and Sean Hannitys have been given dominance from coast to coast, turning much of talk radio into a heated debate […]
Posted in Current Events, Free Speech, Modern Culture, Politics by: Martin Hale
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30 Oct
An announcement coming out of Australia today is that the government there is going to implement a mandatory internet censorship programme. To quote the Herald Sun.com.au:
“The plan was first created as a way to combat child pronography(sic) and adult content, but could be extended to include controversial websites on euthanasia or anorexia.”
Australia will become the […]
Posted in Current Events, Modern Culture, Politics by: Martin Hale
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28 Oct
The Chairman of the Equalities and Human Rights Commission in England has made public statements that he favours “positive discrimination”, or what we Americans would conceptualise as affirmative action, for poor young whites in the UK. Interesting. You can read the whole story here.
I live in California, and here whites are a minority of the […]
Posted in Current Events, Modern Culture by: Martin Hale
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28 Oct
Some have proposed that the major failing of the right has been that they have not exploited the internet as well as those on the left. But I say that having a strong internet presence is all well and good, and I support having it, but let’s face it - there are some distinct differences […]
Posted in Current Events, Modern Culture, Philosophy, Politics by: Martin Hale
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24 Oct
A few days ago, Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) made comments during an interview that was conducted by Jim Villanucci on KKOB about how he supported the re-impostion of the Fairness Doctrine. Lot’s of conservatives whooped and howled about his naked desire to throttle the expression of free speech and how he and his fellow liberals […]
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24 Oct
I saw about 10 minutes of The Office last night. It was my “season premiere” to the show. It was so bad that I couldn’t finish a 22-minute episode.
Ricky Gervais, creator of the original English version and co-creator of the American version, was keen enough to walk away from his creation in England […]
Posted in Humour, Modern Culture by: Martin Hale
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23 Oct
From the stupid nanny-state files comes this:
Boy, 16, loses out on cleaning job after health and safety rules he’s too young to use a Hoover
By
Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 2:56 PM on 23rd October 2008
Karl Walker was told by a cleaning company that he is not allowed to use a hoover because he is too […]
Posted in Current Events, Humour, Modern Culture by: Martin Hale
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22 Oct
Word comes to us from Greenpeace spokesperson Bridget Woodman that
“Nuclear fusion has all the problems of nuclear power, including producing nuclear waste and the risks of a nuclear accident.”
this is an incredibly ignorant statement and it clearly points out the anti-progress nature of this well-known group of eco-weenies. It’s not that Bridget Woodman is stupid […]
Posted in Energy by: Martin Hale
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