Haven’t we done April 1st already?

One of the staff showed me her copy of the Daily Wail just now. There’s an article on page 32 about a company which has stuck a USB port on an old-fashioned typewriter (allegedly) so it can be used with a computer, pad or whatever. What a load of utter tripe!

Consistent performance, anyway.

I’ve just finished reading “The Man Who Made Lists”, a biography of the creator of Roget’s Thesaurus by Joshua Kendall, who announces that he’s an American in the style of his writing, making a trip to the end flap of the jacket unnecessary. One thing that struck me was that the information that the Royal Institution went from hero to zero in Roget’s lifetime (in the 19th century) – just as its older brother, the Royal Society, did in the 20th century. The R.S. used to be very highly respected 20 or 30 years ago. Now, it’s just a temple to the Great Global Warming religion and as discredited as the R.I. was 150 years ago.

Wrong Target

I see the Royals have upset the Daily Disaster by taking advantage of the Great Windmill Subsidy Bonanza. But if you’re looking for someone to blame, and the government insists on wasting our money on such crazy scams, then it’s the out-of-touch Liberal millionaires who pushed it through Parliament who are responsible for the scandal, not the people getting some of OUR OWN MONEY back by taking advantage of the scam.

Hang on a minute . . .

Am I alone in thinking there’s something a bit off about Liverpool “celebrating” (to quote a lady on the BBC’s North-West Today) the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic? Or are they just celebrating all the profit people are making out of the souvenirs?

Justice still doesn’t work

Why doesn’t Britain chuck out Alky Ida terrorists like the Frogs and the Eyeties? Basically, because the average British burrocrat is a petty-minded, dick-headed bungler, who delights in enforcing stupid rules in the most obstructive way. And because the dick-heads at the Home Office and the Min. Of Justice thrust zillions of pounds of taxpayers’ cash into the pockets of lawyers, who deserve to be deported along with their clients. Sorted.

Justice doesn’t work (like that).

Will Tony B. Liar really be sued for rendering a Libyan on the terrorist list to the Gadaffy regime for torture? Will Jack Straw end up in the dock beside him? Sadly, only in a TV movie.

British Enterprise!

The nation’s aircraft carriers are a fine example of government in action. We won’t get any until about 2020, British labour isn’t getting a look-in, and when we do get them, only one will be brought into service (the other will be mothballed) and it won’t have any planes. Until now.
    The government's latest BIG IDEA is to dig up 20 Spitfires, which were buried in Burma after the war to stop the natives getting their hands on them, and give the new British fleet some purely ceremonial fighters. If they’ve been refitted into Seafires by the time the aircraft carrier opens for business.