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Hypocrisy from Gordon Brown

March 31st, 2009 by mike

From a recent speech: “Bankers must obey right and wrong like children”

Just like MPs do, eh? Unbelievable…

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MPs’ expenses - yet more shenanigans

March 30th, 2009 by mike

Apparently, MPs will be able to redact (look it up) parts of their expense claims before they are published later this year. What part of honourable still applies to this sorry shower? We have a Home Secretary who, whilst filddling her second home allowance, claims porn for her husband and we pick up the tab. Mr & Mrs Balls also “have done nothing wrong” on their second home allowance, but that doesn’t mean it’s right, does it?

And now this, allowing the very people who fought tooth and nail to keep their expenses secret will be allowed to edit them before publication? It’s a joke, and not a funny one. When will they wake up and see how deeply disillusioned (i.e. pissed off) the voting public are of them? Do they not realise the exceptionally low esteem they are now held in? Incidentally, this isn’t a Labour thing, too many MPs of all parties have their snouts in the trough, and it’s got to stop. At least Brown is doing the right thing by bringing the inquiry into MPs’ second home allowances forward, he’s gone up a notch in my estimation - he’s now on notch -2,176,287 ;)

HT The Telegraph (not the great Tory bastion it once was, sadly)

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Iron Man vs Bruce Lee

March 25th, 2009 by mike

Patrick Boivin is a genius at stop-motion animation, here’s the proof:

Courtesy of The Movie Blog

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Daniel Hannan rips Gordon Brown a new one

March 25th, 2009 by mike

Holy crap, Daniel Hannan (MEP for South East) totally eviscerates Gordon Brown in the EU. What a speech…

UPDATE: According to Guido Fawkes, Daniel Hannan’s speech made the front page of Drudge AND is the most viewed world-wide video on Youtube today - outstanding! Maybe now the MSM will run it…

Also, Nigel Farage had a good go as well:

Interestingly enough, this isn’t being reported in the mainstream media (especially the BBC) - I wonder why?

Via Guido Fawkes and Iain Dale

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Kill Bill parts 1 and 2, in one minute

March 23rd, 2009 by mike

Some talented folk here :) It encapsulates the whole of Kill Bill 1 and 2 and contains comic violence:

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Redundancy is not fun

March 23rd, 2009 by mike

Well, a couple of weeks ago I became a statistic - one of the 2.03 million unemployed. After a great couple of years at Northcliffe Electronic Media / Associated Northcliffe Digital, a cost-cutting exercise led to a number of people being made redundant, me being one of those people.

Obviously it gives me more time to blog, but I’d rather get back into work as quickly as possible. In between applying for jobs, I’m working on a new stretching program (Paul Zaichik’s Elastic Steel), decorating the house (well, intending to), walking our son to school and jogging back, keeping my hand in with C# / ASP.Net development, etc.

A fun time, but not really - getting kinda desperate to obtain a new position, and in the current environment, it’s all a bit quiet.

Now I’m off to do the hoovering ;)

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Watchmen on the Wii (comic)

March 13th, 2009 by mike

A humourous look at what a Watchmen game might play like…

Hat-tip to Cinematical’s Those Wacky Kids with their Watchmen… post (check out the I’m Marvel / I’m DC Youtube clip)

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What’s the difference between…

March 13th, 2009 by mike

Q: What’s the difference between Bernard Madoff and Gordon Brown?

A: One has drained fortunes from gullible victims, plundering their income and savings to create an illusion of prosperity. The other is going to jail. :D

From Jeff Randall’s article in The Telegraph, worth reading in its entirety.

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Stasi RBS

March 13th, 2009 by mike

Disturbing news, this: the (almost) nationalised Royal Bank of Scotland (bailed out by Labour with our money) is now asking people about their political affiliation, under some crap about anti-fraud via the (oh-so-useful) FSA. You can see it now:

Bank: So you need a loan?
Me: Yes please.
Bank: Ah, I see you’re a conservative sort of guy - we don’t appear to have any products for you…

Here’s Fraser Nelson’s post at Spectator’s Coffee House about it, it’s a rather worrying read…

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The Daily Show on Gordon Brown’s US visit

March 11th, 2009 by mike

Here’s Jon Stewart’s humorous take on The Man Who Saved The Banks and Maybe The World ®:

Ah, Jon Stewart - pointedly correct as usual. He calls Gordon a nerd, which is quite tame…

Hat-tip to Guido Fawkes

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