From Guestposter Amfortas on the smoking situation downunder, showing this PC phenomenon is not just over here: BAN on smoking could be the death knell for Tasmania’s agricultural shows, the chief of the Hobart Show says. Royal Agricultural Society of Tasmania chief executive Scott Gadd says his staff will not police the new rule at the Hobart Show in October. The former top public servant is angry at the smoke-free…
By Amfortas: The raging of Global Warmists against the doubters, calling them ‘Deniers’ and worse, often much worse, seems not matched by the doubters’ considered and more instructive observations about them. There is something deeply psychological about the disconnect in GW fanatic’s minds which, although I spent 25 years as a psychologist, frankly I just cannot be arsed figuring out. In Oz we have an arch-GW apologist/defender/advocate who is also…
At the Conservative Party Conference in 1983, at the Winter Gardens in Blackpool, Margaret Thatcher famously reminded the audience that there “is no such thing as public money; there is only taxpayers’ money.” The economic reforms that she introduced were based on a simple idea: You should be allowed to spend your own money supporting yourself, your family and your community. Instead of seeing it handed – thanks to taxes…
By Amfortas: The horrendous ‘victim’ stories about the Magdalene Laundries in Ireland added to the voluminous ‘evidence’ of the wickedness of the Catholic Church and its Religious staff. The stories were as quick to be believed as the speed of condemnation heaped on the Church. It had to be investigated, by popular demand. That popular perception behind the demand is as manipulated and distorted by ‘agendas’ as any Gramscian plot.…
From Amfortas: That most common phrase in the Bible, itself full of arab shepherd magnates prophesying this and that. “And it came to pass that….”. The prediction bizzo continues but like the ‘clutter’ on the British radar used in Hawaii as the Pearl Harbour attack was in full swing, no-one believed what was being seen on the screen. The Japs then were as thankful as the European elites today that…
By Wiggia: Not my usual stuff but I was incensed – the more I delved the worse it got. Above is all that is wrong in one picture of the organisation she headed, Dame Jo Williams saying ‘sorry’ for suggesting a whistleblower had mental health problems at select committee hearing, though what good that did is still debatable. The ongoing drip drip of investigations and stories of malpractice in the…
by Ken Craggs of Panopticon The following are excerpts from a document published by the ‘EU Commission’ on 28 February 2013. See pages 4 & 5 – points (1) & (7). “What are the defining features of the [Internet of Things] IoT?” (1) “Ubiquity and pervasiveness. The user is engulfed and immersed by IoT and there are no clear ways of opting out of a fully fledged IoT, except for a…
by Nick Drew [original at Broad Oak] When it comes to energy policy-making in the 21st Century, for most developed economies it is built around a ‘triad’ comprising these elements: environmental – reducing the detrimental impact of obtaining usable energy economic – delivering ‘affordable’ energy security of supply – delivering energy reliably To state them as briefly as this is to skate lightly over huge complexities, but let us accept…
by Ken Craggs U.S. cyber-security strategist Donald “Andy” Purdy joined Huawei after a U.S. congressional report raised concerns that Huawei might be spying for the chinese government. A White House-ordered review of the report, which was completed in 2012 “found no clear evidence” that Huawei had spied for China. Another report released in 2012by the U.S. House of Representatives Intelligence Committee raised concerns about spying by Huawei and ZTE, but the report did…
Last in the current series by Nick Drew at Broad Oak: Denmark has demonstrated to the world that a substantial amount of wind generation capacity can be supported in an electricity grid operating feasibly - provided there is ready access to large quantities of hydro-electricity. Germany has yet to demonstrate the feasibility of its own unique mix of wind power and solar generation with the damaging impact these have in combination…
High Court to decide whether to pursue Barnet Council judicial review Charlotte Jee Published 29 January 2013 Landmark case on consultation may have implications for other councils considering outsourcing A senior judge is to preside over three days of legal argument at the Royal Courts of Justice from March 19 before deciding whether to approve a full judicial review into ‘One Barnet’, an umbrella term for various outsourcing projects running…
Another from Ian: There are various components to NHS Care Records: http://www.thebigoptout.com/?page_id=30< http://www.thebigoptout.com/?m=201301 The NHS is selling off your medical records Filed under: Campaign News — helen at 12:00 pm on Saturday, January 5, 2013 The NHS is selling off your medical records see here for how much they are charging for it! From April it will include GP data. We discovered this in 2008 when we got the story…
A guestpost from Amfortas When Chaos comes,it can be triggered by unexpected, tiny things being in the wrong place at the wrong time, even minding its own beeswax. The largest and most complex machinery can suddenly and catastrophically grind to a halt in a shower of sparks and loud groaning noises as gantries shear and collapse. It just takes one cotter pin to fail, allowing a nut to unscrew and…….…
The Russian emergency ministry said Monday, Jan. 21 that it is sending two planes to Beirut to evacuate 100 Russians from Syria – the first such effort since the uprising against Bashar Assad began in March 2011. Moscow also announced contingency plans to lift 30,000 Russian nationals from the embattled country. This evacuation of Russian nationals starting Tuesday was decided after the Syrian high command received orders from President Assad…
IPJ writes: Following the Slogpost of a few days ago predicting imminent arrests in relation to the Elm Guest House paedophile scandal, I understand that three people will initially face charges. I also have two corroborations of a rumour that the newly-named full-scale criminal operation ‘Fernbridge’ has powerful evidence against former Conservative ministers, a royal household member, and three other politicians – one BNP, one Irish, and one Labour. A…
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