Yes, an SAS team was captured by Libyan farmhands how interesting. I've met one or two SAS headbangers; "They've lost the plot," was the opinion of a regular Army captain I met in the nineties.
But I'm more interested in the presence of a British spy on a remote farm in the desert 30 miles south of Benghazi, ready-placed to rendezvous with them six months before they arrived - and three months before even the unrest in Tunisia had begun.
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Friday, March 11, 2011
Wisconsin News
For those of you following the union-busting moves in Ohio and Wisconsin:
Breaking news: Wisconsin has immediate openings for 250,000 serfs. Must provide own smock.
Breaking news: Wisconsin has immediate openings for 250,000 serfs. Must provide own smock.
Tuesday, March 08, 2011
Extrapolation
Going to pick up the paper yesterday, I found a penny on the pavement and put it it our collecting-box at home. Today, 10p (two five-pence pieces). So tomorrow I expect to find a pound, and Thursday a £10 note.
After that, it'll have to be cheques.
I think I have discovered in Nature an economic model for our times.
After that, it'll have to be cheques.
I think I have discovered in Nature an economic model for our times.
Overentitled scribbler juggles smoking petard
Headline of an article by Max Hastings in today's Daily Mail: "How very different it might have been had someone spanked [Prince] Andrew's bottom when he was young."
Just wait until the age of the death of deference turns its attention to you, you po-faced toerag.
I have also submitted this as a comment to Mr Hastings' article; I am not hopeful that it will be allowed through by the flappers.
Just wait until the age of the death of deference turns its attention to you, you po-faced toerag.
I have also submitted this as a comment to Mr Hastings' article; I am not hopeful that it will be allowed through by the flappers.
Monday, March 07, 2011
Bartender update
Until further notice, Harvey Wallbangers will be made with vodka and orange juice only.
Sunday, February 27, 2011
'Global Credit Warfare': China Preparing for a Treasury Bond Sell-Off?
See my "Seeking Alpha" exclusive here.
INVESTMENT DISCLOSURE: None. Still in cash, and missing all those day-trading opportunities.DISCLAIMER: Nothing here should be taken as personal advice, financial or otherwise. No liability is accepted for third-party content, whether incorporated in or linked to this blog.
INVESTMENT DISCLOSURE: None. Still in cash, and missing all those day-trading opportunities.DISCLAIMER: Nothing here should be taken as personal advice, financial or otherwise. No liability is accepted for third-party content, whether incorporated in or linked to this blog.
Friday, February 18, 2011
People are a problem
The traditional European education systems are brutally exclusive. Students (except children of the rich) are not allowed to progress unless they can perform at the necessary level.
This puts pressure on students.
The US education system (and the English one for the past 30 years) is inclusive. Very little expense or effort is spared to have every student reach their 'full potential'.
This puts pressure on the teachers and the rest of the system.
The US and English systems should be producing a better 'yield' of the STEM (Science, technology, engineering and mathematics) people that we need, yet they are not.
A possible reason is above.
This puts pressure on students.
The US education system (and the English one for the past 30 years) is inclusive. Very little expense or effort is spared to have every student reach their 'full potential'.
This puts pressure on the teachers and the rest of the system.
The US and English systems should be producing a better 'yield' of the STEM (Science, technology, engineering and mathematics) people that we need, yet they are not.
A possible reason is above.
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