The news of this morning was that Saddam Hussein has been executed for crimes against humanity. While I am in no way sad to hear this news, instead I feel for the many people who were affected by his brutal rule that have not had full justice. He was tried for just one crime…
On November [...]
Posted on Saturday 30th December 2006 in Politics tagged Iraq, UK, USofA, world_politics, with no comments.
George Monbiot, a journalist and activist, has proposed a 10 point plan to help us limit climate change by rapidly reducing our greenhouse gas emissions. While this will involve some changes in lifestyle, it will not be as radical as those changes that will be required if we don’t act now.
The general ideas can be [...]
Posted on Friday 10th November 2006 in Engineering, Politics tagged climate change, construction, energy, Engineering, environmental, future, Politics, technology, transport, UK, with no comments.
As reported on the BBC News website, MPs(Members of Parliament) are to get an opportunity to veto the decision to waste £20bn plus on the hypocritical proliferation of nuclear weapons.
Blair and his cronies in the so called “opposition” think they have enough support to easily win, so start lobbying your MP now to get as [...]
Posted on Tuesday 5th September 2006 in Blog, Politics tagged cnd, Politics, UK, WMD, with one comment.
Another scheme to overcomplicate the charging of services in the name of promoting recycling is being discussed on the BBC News website: BBC NEWS | UK | Bugged bins to promote recycling.
This is wrong for many reasons.
The main one being that the worst materials to landfill, plastics and polystyrene packaging, weigh next to nothing, so [...]
Posted on Tuesday 5th September 2006 in Engineering, Politics tagged Engineering, environmental, landfill, Politics, recycling, UK, with no comments.
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An amusing (although possibly true) post on Concurring Opinions puts forward the idea of template copywriting for news articles on the endless list of “anti-terrorism” government initiatives…
NSA warrantless wiretaps. NSA collection of phone records. CIA gathering of financial records.
The stories are endless. To help out reporters, I thought I’d just write [...]
Posted on Sunday 25th June 2006 in Blog, Politics tagged humour, Links, Politics, war-on-terror, with no comments.
