Am I alone in thinking the anti-Arab/anti-Islam hysteria has gone a little too far in the US when a company selling coffee and doughnuts (donuts) has to pull an advert because it shows an actress wearing a scarf that looks a bit too Arab?
Apparently the Dunkin Donuts ad was pilloried by right wing bloggers for [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Blogs'
The United States of Hysterica: Burn your pajamas now!
May 30th, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: Current Affairs
Open Letter to Ann Keen, MP
May 25th, 2008 · No Comments
Ms Keen, MP… unless you have paid tax on the expenses you received, you could be guilty of tax evasion.
Tags: Current Affairs
UK Ministers’ expenses a disgrace.
May 25th, 2008 · 3 Comments
The Inland Revenue should send a team of inspectors to go through all MP’s expenses and demand back taxes in every instance where the “wholly, necessarily and exclusively” rule cannot be applied…
Tags: Current Affairs
Brown needs a reality check…
May 16th, 2008 · 1 Comment
You can almost hear them in number 10, yakking over their champagne cocktails and caviar – “Never mind all that Gordon. Let’s just toss them another trashy reality show. They do love their telly. That’ll win us loads of votes…”
Tags: Current Affairs
When is a terrorist a terrorist?
May 11th, 2008 · 5 Comments
‘Why do they hate us?’ …it’s not jealousy or hatred of our ‘way of life’, our wonderful freedoms, our democracy, or even Christianity. It is because of our actions.
Tags: Current Affairs · Leader of The Free World
Quiz: Don’t misunderestimate Dubya…
May 10th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Ok, George Dubya is not famous for his intellect so it is a little unfair of me to keep picking on him - or it would be if he was not the self-appointed Leader of The Free World. Makes him fair game, don’t you think?
Tags: Fun stuff · Leader of The Free World
Howlers - Unintentional Literary Comedy
May 8th, 2008 · No Comments
These days it seems every person on the planet thinks they’re a gifted writer.
The internet allows us all the opportunity to bash away at a keyboard and post our innermost thoughts for the world to see – for better or worse!
This means that any reader with a connected pc has access the ramblings of millions [...]
Tags: Fun stuff
Torturing Syntax: Spin vs Propaganda
January 28th, 2008 · No Comments
Allowing ourselves to be lulled into a cosy debate about the legitimacy of waterboarding – and then pretend it is anything other than torture – is to defy modern western moral standards.