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PMQs 30th June

Comment from Goodnight Vienna, videos below.

I don't think there's much to write home about this week except that it was notable for there being no roll of honour from Cameron.

When Labour was in government it was evident that they didn't listen to any views other than their own; their heads nodded, their mouths said yes but their actions proved them liars and manipulators. It's interesting to see them in Opposition after 13yrs because they're just the same but more vocal and aggressive. They still have their fingers in their ears, Read more...

 
PMQs 23rd June

Comment from Godnight Vienna: It was another good one. This is what PMQs should be; it's what we've missed for so many years and is a sharp contrast to the dirge of Labour. It was sparky, energetic, confrontational and revealing. I could go on but I'm in danger of sounding like a PMQs groupie. The truth is I'm just so delighted at the raised standard of debate,

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Question Time 17th June

There is nothing printable I could write about this bunch of IRA apologists.

That's you Kennedy and you Hain.

Just to be clear, there may have been a case to answerfor unlawful killing at the time but nearly forty years on even the possibility of political show trials is a national disgrace. If the government isn't aware of the consequences of such actions, they are fools. Read more...

 

Columnists


PMQs Live Chat 7th July

 

Llive chatting PMQs from 11:30am UK time, a link will be available in the live chat so you can watch PMQs on the web, from anywhere in the World!

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PMQs Live Chat 30th June

 

Llive chatting PMQs from midday UK time, a link will be available in the live chat so you can watch PMQs on the web, from anywhere in the World!

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Football Crazy, Football Mad

Hiya! Just sweeping up the chicken bones, cigar butts and beer tins. My Guv'nor, Mr Screwtape had a few too many and is snoring at his retro desk, his horned head resting on his traditional-style blotter.

The Boss, His Satanic Majesty, came down to watch the football with Mr Screwtape down here in Reception.  We can get it on the Contracts and Arrivals screen, the giant HD plasma over the reception desk.  Mr Screwtape explained that the combined subscriptions saved us the cost of going topside. The Boss asked about 'adult channels' and my Guv'nor looked baffled, Read more...

 

Blogs


Absence

Been a little busy the last couple of days and can't turn down the offer of a free lunch. I shall be sitting in the sunshine, scoffing oysters gazpacho and crab while quaffing some vino, followed by Irish coffee and some kind of digestive.

After that I'll watch Mexico thrash SA and the ensuing riot, if I don't nod off, which I will.

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ZeroHedge and Infectious Greed: 'I Would Recommend You Panic'

There's nothing more annoying than having content ripped off without so much as a reach around. The worst case? CBS embedded a video from my YouTube channel giving credit to the website that had kindly linked to me (thanks Marc Morano of Climate Depot), CBS News had 100,000 views on THEIR website, the bastards, which equates to hundreds of £/$ worth of scarce income.

The latest case, these tools at ZeroHedge (Tyler Durden)

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Updates to Menus etc

Dear all,

I've updated the menus (Sections/Categories) and consolidated our columnists into just the one category, click on the menu option as the 'widget' on the home page is slightly flaky in these circumstances, use the menu options to see all content for any particular category.

I have removed the 'Cartoon' category as Mr Forward appears to have gone AWOL/is pursuing other blogging interests, I have added 'Plod' as they are such a rich vein of humour and stupidity to mine.

 

Plod


Man arrested for impersonating a peace officer, Charlie Veitch, 29

Prison Planet is sometimes difficult to take seriously but as I've reproduced the news release from Toronto plod it isn't much in doubt.

It is claimed by Veitch that when first arrested on a trumped up charge during the G20 that he said that the name of his group was “The Love Police” (see video).

Update: I should have added that as with the UK police, the Toronto police made up the law and falsely arrested Veitch. The law they were talking about was never passed.

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Dorset Tax Collectors Ramp Up Operations

NO EXCUSES ACCEPTED

After four months of operations, the ‘no excuse’ team have detected taxed nearly 7,000 traffic related offences on Dorset's roads.

Failure to wear seatbelts accounted for 17 per cent and 14 per cent for using a mobile phone whilst driving. Read more...

 
Plod on Plod

A traffic policeman handed a fellow officer a speeding ticket as he rushed home to be with his 'seriously ill' newborn son.

Christopher Walker, an officer for Northumbria Police, was pulled over by Pc Sean Garwood travelling at 68mph in a 30mph zone, just after midnight on March 16. Read more...

 

Video


US Navy T45 Trainer Flying Laps

Going round, and round: Read more...

 
Red Bull Racing's Matt Hall, Windsor, Ontario

Red Bull Racing's Matt Hall recovers from touching the water while racing in Windsor, Ontario:

h/t for all aerial lunacy: NepLex

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Top 10 Biggest and Best Jumps Ever

This made me feel ill. I don't know when I started to suffer a little vertigo but it never bothered me as a child.

I've also added in some 'Wingsuit flying' found while trawling around which follows on from the last scene in the first video. I would do this:

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Cuisine


elufood: Misto Legumi e Cereali

Having received some complaints this weekend about the lack of posting I thought I'd better get back to work. It wasn't my fault, I was made to go out and party all Saturday night and spent Sunday and Monday recovering, I'm not as young as I used to be.  .    .

Among the goodies I received from elufood was the 'Misto Legumi e Cereali' which roughly translates as 'Mixed Pulses and Cereals', I can't seem to find it on the elufood website, so I can't provide a link except to the Misto Legumi, I will update.

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elufood: Pasta, Olive Oil, Cheese, Sauces

There was a bit of a mix-up in the transport (no fault of elufood/Stefano) so I've only just received my 'red cross' package from them. Six litres of wine, pasta, pasta sauces, olive oils and 'misto legumi e ceriali' (you work it out), not forgetting the cheese, which I did in the photos. Read more...

 
Café du Centre, Geneva

Since arriving in Geneva many years ago this restaurant has been one of my first choices to eat lunch, especially on a sunny day. Tables and chairs are out spring, summer and autumn which until five or six years ago meant eight or nine months a year. Too much snow now. Read more...

 


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