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Monthly Archives: June 2011
Letter of Approval to Planning Authority
The decision of the local planning authority to grant permission for a development to be built near the beach has driven some residents to kick up a bit of a fuss. The building will be just about the only building … Continue reading
Gary Johnson: Doesn’t Create Jobs
Hold onto your hats, I’m going to say something nice about a Republican. In a tongue-in-cheek yet wonderfully true statement, presidential candidate Gary Johnson says: “I didn’t create a single job,” said the former Governor of New Mexico. His statement … Continue reading
Ayn Rand and Personal Responsibility in The Commentator
For The Commentator, Charles Crawford (former British Ambassador in Sarajevo, Belgrade and Warsaw) writes an article comparing the desire of people to “have the lights without the generators” in the Eurozone crises, so to speak, with the famous train-crash scene … Continue reading
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Compassionate Taxation
A brief observation: Today, somebody was watching a TV show from the USA called“Extreme Makeover: Home Edition”. Essentially, they find someone needy, tear down their house and rebuild them a nice one. Afterwards, American people cry while saccharine music plays. It’s not … Continue reading
Ayn Rand or Jesus: Absolutely
The latest fuss in religious right politics is representative Paul Ryan and his apparent devotion to the godless, selfish philosophy of Ayn Rand. Ryan is, despite the fuss, a devout catholic who enjoys Rand’s work. An article by Mark Hemingway … Continue reading
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On Immigration, The Freedom Association is Wrong
Jonathan Jones, in a blog post for The Freedom Association, makes some reasonable points about immigration, but also fails to grasp the wider concepts and misses some basic information. In his article, he states that: The debate is polarised between … Continue reading
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Generating Revenue
Liam Byrne MP just stated on the BBC news that a tax on banker’s bonuses would “generate revenue” to fund a back-to-work program (which includes compulsory employment workshops for the unemployed). Liam just doesn’t get it. Taxes don’t generate revenue … Continue reading
Altruism Towards Islamic Radicals
A column in today’s Telegraph makes several allegations which, if true, represent a terrifying indication of egalitarian altruism in the Metropolitan Police. The article claims that police in Tower Hamlets, London, have “ignored or played down hate crimea – or … Continue reading
X-Men: First Class – Review
All I can say is that Hollywood’s tried and tested script writing method, asking four year old children to cut up older scripts and rearrange them on a page using PVA glue, continues to be utilised. Gold star for effort.
Operation Neptune
Today is the anniversary of the allied landings at Normandy, still the largest amphibious assault in history. It has been suggested that Operation Overlord may have represented poor strategy, diverting too many resources from the Pacific and Italy. Yet, regardless … Continue reading
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