admin | September 30, 2008
Read the latest in this sad saga here – http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jifLXbH7DgW0mM35YtyY7EgWw-Jw.
Earlier this week, Robert asked the UN to apply pressure for the lifting of sanctions (yes those sanctions mainly applied to him and his colleagues). I feel for him, there must be a few hanger-ons needing shopping or banking trips to Geneva, London or Paris!
Anyway [...]
admin | September 26, 2008
A Swiss man has become the first person to fly solo across the English Channel using a single jet-propelled wing.
Isn’t this just a fanatatic story …. of a nutter!?
see http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7637327.stm
Honestly I love it.
Original post blogged on b2evolution.
admin | September 25, 2008
So Ireland is officially in recession after 2 quaters of negative growth, 0.3% in the first quarter and by 0.5% in the second. 0.8% in a six month period and the dreaded word ‘recession’ comes up? Try Zimbabwean type recession if you really want to worry people for God’s sake. I wish [...]
admin | September 23, 2008
On the BBC news Site http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7630578.stm. The markets are apparently rising on bail-out hopes. Now just wait a minute, I though the whole idea of business was to take a risk and therefore have the potential to make more money than if you left you money in some safe bank account (not [...]
admin | September 17, 2008
Applaud Lord Robert Winston, professor of science and society at Imperial College London when he said: “I fear that in this action the Royal Society may have only diminished itself. This is not a good day for the reputation of science or scientists. This individual was arguing that we should engage with and address public [...]
admin | September 16, 2008
The article http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7617103.stm raised the question as who exactly wants to ban the hunting and eating of bushmeat? This is just another example of us in the West trying to enforce our ways of life on other people, especially those who can ill affrod to follow our so called advice. We don’t have [...]
admin | September 5, 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7595884.stm tells us Housing dip ’slows divorce rate’. Someone is pulling my leg. have we got so bad that even fights with our spouses are subject to ‘economic’ conditions?
Original post blogged on b2evolution.
admin | September 3, 2008
This is the kind of story that warms the cockles of my heart. It shows that despite some leaders (especially those in power) continue postering and plundering, there is a wind of change blowing through Africa – a change that will encourage the millions of the disporia enriching First World nations, to return and [...]
admin | September 2, 2008
Article at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7592050.stm.
Could this not be a sign of the times where it is now known that we in the Western world – whilst getting ‘richer’ are becoming more miserable with our lot?
See :
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/health/article1381571.ece
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6562463.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/happiness_formula/4771908.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4211413.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/1723770.stm
Need I say more….
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