Just lie down and die?

For ages, we’ve been warned that too much sitting around leads to obesity, cancer, a bum the size of all outdoors and an early death. So it comes as no surprise to learn that a new “study” would have us believe that too much standing up causes back problems, permanent muscle damage, arthritis, heart disease and early death.
    Which just goes to show that you can’t win.
    Or maybe, you’re not supposed to.

Scottish votes for Scottish issues; but not the same for England

The Scottish Nasty Party, a.k.a. Wee Burney’s Band, claimed in February that it had a policy of not voting on matters which affect only England. Well, what a load of hogwash that turned out to be, and the promise has turned out to be something which can be junked when the Nasties are after revenge for not having every little demand satisfied.

Wheels and wheels

Big day of motorsport today – three MotoGP races then IndyCars at the end of the day. Everyone is going to end up with widescreen eyes, as opposed to the traditional square ones, by the time we’ve consumed it all.

To the other extreme

After all the bollocks we've had about man-made global warming, we now have a prediction that the 17th/18th century mini ice-age will be repeated in the 2030s due to a drop in the Sun's output. Let's see the EU stick a tax on that.

Surprise! EU “resolve” crumbles

The European Council boss has gone soft on Greek debt to avoid the humiliation of that country’s exit from the euro. The EU’s management conspired with the Greek regime at the time to lie about the state of the economy to get Greece into the euro. Letting Greece tumble out of the euro would expose the lack of morals at the top of the EU, and we could never have that! So what if BILLIONS of euros go down the Greek bog-hole? Appearances is all that counts in Europe, now and forever more.

Charities do bad

Charities used to be institutions which helped the unfortunate and the feckless. Not any more, according to the current news. They exist to pay fancy salaries to the bosses and pursue left-wing political agendas using cash raised for good causes. And, the Daily Mail has found, they have the same approach to extracting money from their victims as any criminal high-street bank. And they were warned a year ago about the tactics used by their favourite call-centre operator.
    Which leaves the rest of us asking what the Charities Commission (or whatever it’s called now) was doing whilst all this was going on? Clearly, the time is ripe for some tough legislation on the conduct of charity operators and life bans from the public and charity sectors for the management of the ones named and shamed by the Daily Mail; the British Red Cross, Oxfam, the NSPCC and Macmillan; for starters.

A winner every time or “we’re here because we’re here”

“God made all this.”
    “How do you know that?”
“God told me.”
    “Isn’t that a bit self-fulfilling?”
“No, it’s a Mystery.”
    “And you know that . . . because God told you?”
“Right.”
    “Hmmm.”