The start of the Glasgow Fair Fortnight and as usual the weather is anything but fair *G*

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It's always lovely to start the day with a cup of stupidly strong coffee and the newspaper. Especially on a Bank Holiday when you've got nothing much else to do *G*

What is not so lovely is opening the paper to find out that Dubbya is being ( Read more... )

It now seems that - beyond any shadow of a doubt - the world has gone slightly mad.

A fresh wave of terrorist activity and car bombs seem to be the device du jour. You'd think, after the grandiose horror that was (and still is) 9/ll & 7/7, they'd be a wee bit more... original ( Read more... )

*frantically catches up with LJ happenings* (thanks to theantijoss)

Bloody fundamentalist Christians!!!
This is my major problem with the BIG religions - this imposition (usually by an ignorant minority) of their religious sensibilities and doctrines upon others. The unwavering belief that they are right and to Hades with everyone else. No give whatsoever ( Read more... )

I'm glad(?) to hear that the powers that be have come to the conclusion that the so-called War In Iraq is kinda like the Vietnam debacle. This is what most right-thinking people thought would happen even before the country was invaded. Once again I'm completely underwhelmed by the intelligence of our leaders and not at all surprised by this. ( Read more... )

The reason for said admiration of large 'tashe... Jesse "the devil" Hughes, frontman of the Eagles of Death Metal... who I saw play at The Garage in Glasgow on Sunday night.
I don't usually appreciate the flame haired men (not that I'm Gingerist or anything) but... Goddamn!
He seems to be one of those people who just exude positive energy and he's ( Read more... )

Simon Starling won the Turner Prize with his over-Conceptualized (yes, I think there is such a thing as Conceptual Art gone too far and this is it) Shedboatshed (2005 ( Read more... )

Poor Tony has felt the sting of his first defeat in a Commons vote *sniggers*
But he won't resign *boo hiss*

I'm so glad that as many Labour MPs rebelled as they did. I certainly was not at all comfortable with the thought that the Police/ Government would be able to hold people they suspected of terrorism for 90 daysMy little sarcasmo-rant ( Read more... )

Tony Bliar is at it again.
Horrible little man! [aside: and he suddenly looks much better/ healthier/ tauter than he was. I think he's had 'work done' a la Silvio Berlusconi *G*]
Now he wants to introduce measures that would allow the police to hold a terrorist suspect for 90 days90 days without charge, access to legal representation or visitation ( Read more... )

Well, the whole Scotland-is-the-most-violent-country-in-the-Developed-World thing lasted all of two seconds. There has been no follow-up articles in our Press (for shame hacks!) and as for the national news *pft* it's all England-centric anyway.

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*does wee dance of joy* P.M. Tony Bliar has finally given in to public opinion (i.e. that no one ( Read more... )

Oh no! The U.N. says that I live in the most violent country in the developed World.

I'll use that as a valid excuse not to go to work today then. I'll surely be assaulted as soon as I step out the door *snarc*

Good grief. What an utter load of b*****ks!

The survey was based on phone interviews. I'm sure that's the most reliable way to guarantee ( Read more... )