Sunday, 06 May 2012 13:05
'A senior Army officer has warned that unmanned drones carrying deadly poison could be used in a devastating terrorist attack during the Olympic Games.
Lieutenant Colonel Brian Fahy delivered the grim warning at a meeting intended to allay the fears of residents worried about the Army’s plans to place missiles on the rooftops of flats.
He said it was ‘feasible’ that remote-controlled aircraft filled with poison and small enough to fit into a backpack could be used as a biological weapon in the capital.'
Sunday, 06 May 2012 12:47
Sunday, 06 May 2012 12:31
'If you needed any further proof that the political class inhabits a different moral universe to normal human beings, look no further than this morning's analyses of yesterday's elections. "It was a good night for Labour," chirp Ed Miliband's delusional cheerleaders. "It shows that Cameron must re-engage with traditionalists," say Tory desperadoes. "It confirms the British public's rejection of the mayoral system," intone deathly dull political studies lecturers. All of these yawn-inducing attempts to decipher what message the British electorate was trying to send to the political class yesterday overlooks what the majority of us chose to say to them: absolutely nothing. Zilch. Diddly squat.
Sixty-eight per cent of eligible voters did not vote in the elections, a bloc of people so big it could be described as "the vast majority", or certainly "most people". Most people chose not to take part in these elections, and in doing so they implicitly rejected the political class in its entirety; its ideas, its policy proposals, its representatives – all were very publicly and humiliatingly cold-shouldered.
What we witnessed yesterday was a silent, withering rebellion against the political elites of this country. A good night for Labour? Are you kidding me? Labour got roughly 39 per cent of the vote on an estimated turnout of 32 per cent. This means around 12 per cent of the eligible electorate voted Labour. To put it another way, 88 per cent of us – the heaving mass of society – did not vote Labour. If that's a good night for Labour, I'd hate to see a bad one.'
Read more: The Electorate’s Silent, Withering Rebellion Against the Political Class
Sunday, 06 May 2012 10:47
Sunday, 06 May 2012 10:43
'Be Worried, Be Very Worried is not a typical title for a Wall Street research report, so you have to take note when that's what UBS is saying about tomorrow's Greek election.
Now to understand the stakes of the Greek election, you basically have to understand one thing: There's been a big austerity/reform/bailout package agreed to, but full implementation is a long way off.
While the mainstream parties support ongoing implementation, there's growing support for more radical parties that don't support the current path. If they do well enough to prevent the mainstream parties from having a clear majority problem, the whole deal may be thrown into chaos.'
Read more: UBS On The Greek Elections: 'Be Worried, Be Very Worried'
Sunday, 06 May 2012 10:33
'Previously I reported on the New York school system’s move to not only ban words but entire topics and concepts from their tests as if that would somehow make facts of life like poverty disappear.
I found this especially insane since it was essentially based on the assumption that if an incredibly impoverished child didn’t have to answer questions that included poverty on a test, they would somehow forget about the empty dinner table they have to go home to.
Obviously this is so absurd that it is truly hard to believe that anyone is actually imbecilic enough to believe such a thing makes any sense whatsoever.'
Read more: The Obsession with Controlling Speech is Soaring to Unbelievable Heights
Sunday, 06 May 2012 10:31
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