Archive for February, 2007
International Liberal News
Wednesday, February 28th, 2007 Posted in liberal international, liberalism, russia, senegal, yabloko | No Comments »
It looks like Abdoulaye Wade, leader of the Liberal International member party, The Senegalese Democratic Party has won another term in the presidential elections in Senegal. He has claimed victory ... Read more..The EU gives €9.6 million to sponser pollution
Thursday, February 22nd, 2007 Posted in BPL, EU, amateur radio, internet, pollution | 2 Comments »
The EU has given €9.6 million to fund a trial of Broadband over Power Line (BPL). This technology pollutes the radio spectrum as has been shown by numerous trials. It emits ... Read more..Why I do not cheer for The Democrats
Thursday, February 22nd, 2007 Posted in US, US predential race 2008, democrats, liberalism, libertarianism, republicans | 1 Comment »
Whilst I share many people's intense dislike for George W Bush and his allies in the Republican Party, I do not see the Democrats as saviours as many do. Whilst ... Read more..Road Useage Pricing
Wednesday, February 21st, 2007 Posted in blair, humour, road useage pricing | No Comments »
I shall forgo any commentary :) Read more..The oldest kibbutz is going capitalist
Tuesday, February 20th, 2007 Posted in Israel, capitalism, freedom, kibbutz | 3 Comments »
The Guardian reports that Israel's oldest kibbutz, Degania, has voted, 85% in favour, to abolish the traditional method of contributing all your earnings into a community fund and to replace ... Read more..In the service of the state
Tuesday, February 20th, 2007 Posted in BBC, devils kitchen, the state | No Comments »
I've been alerted by Devil's Kitchen of this article on the BBC news website. It concerns M. Maurice Papon, who in 1998 was convicted of crimes against humanity for his role ... Read more..More on REAL ID
Thursday, February 15th, 2007 Posted in ID cards, REAL ID, US | No Comments »
Rather predictably, the big government loving states of New Jersey and California (its not a coincidence these are Democratic strongholds for the most part) have expressed support for the US ... Read more..Glorifying Terrorism in SciFi
Wednesday, February 14th, 2007 Posted in censorship | No Comments »
SpyBlog alerts me to a new anthology of Science Fiction stories which glorify terrorism. Costing £15 from the publishers (or £20 from Amazon) this really highlights the absurd restriction on free ... Read more..Things which really annoy me part 42
Monday, February 12th, 2007 Posted in insults, liberal, pet peeves, tory | No Comments »
The way, that many on the left use Tory as an insult to someone they disagree with and many on the right use Liberal in the same way. Both are flung ... Read more..Blogwars continued – The Revenge of the Sith?
Monday, February 12th, 2007 Posted in blogwars, guido fawkes, iain dale, tom watson | 7 Comments »
Wow, I didn't realise that there was such a load of vitriol being spouted by members of the left-wing and Labour blogging community. Tim Ireland leads the charge with his ... Read more..