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The sub is a pussy cat.

By the end of the second par., I'd've snatched up the copy and marched to the writer's desk and demanded a re-write with a five minute deadline - 'this ( Read more... )

 ok, let's try . . . Obama and Gitmo . . . ? Obama and Health Care . . . ? Brown and Britain's nuke deterrent . . . ? The Aussie how-to jihadist . . . ? No, wait, WAIT! . . the White Dragon and photophobia ? Nah, mebbe not . . .

So it looks like Abdelbaset Ali al_Magrahi is to be freed before the weekend. Compassionate grounds - he has less than 12 weeks to live. In Scotland, as elsewhere, the decision by Scottish Justice Minister Kenny MacAskill will be greeted with a mixture of outrage and "not before time".

We should not conflate the release on compassionate grounds ( Read more... )

 These reviews, always imaginative and opinionated, are now becoming just plain silly.

Judge for yourself ( for those unfamiliar with the Society's numbering system, they are Glencadam and Longmorn in that order):

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It's early summer, but the tourists are already here. Edinburgh is hoatching. Orthopaedic shoes and Dacron raincoats abound. And that's just the Japanese. But it's the Americans that attract interest. It is totally empirical impression, but it seems to me that those few Americans with passports are 'travelling' much better than their erstwhile ( Read more... )

 My Political Views
I am a left moderate social libertarian
Left: 5.79, Libertarian: 2.17

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OK. Pay attention at the back . . .

Nikon stumble at the end of an impressive year in which their bodies leap well ahead of Canon's offerings. Many Nikon systems were spotted at the Beijing Olympics. But lenses still remain an issue - a relatively skimpy range at quite silly prices.

Nikon now introduce a new flagship bring out the D3X to widespead ( Read more... )

I am socially liberal, and proud of it. I like the NHS and the basic safety net afforded by Benefits and Pensions Agency. I fear for our education system, but it's still not half-bad. I'm prepared to pay more in personal taxation to get the services I want. But when it comes to Governent and its control over the voters, I veer towards ( Read more... )

From Juliet via Milo ( Read more... )

I've just posted to an LJ regarding the work of a sheriff officer. That's the Scottish equivalent of a repo man, only much more classy, professionally trained, and a formal officer of the courts. I came across them quite often in my working life and always wondered what took them into a profession that dealt with such personal misery close up ( Read more... )