Hacker loses extradition appeal

A Briton accused of hacking into secret military computers has lost his appeal against extradition to the US reports the BBC here.
The unemployed man could face life in jail if convicted of accessing 97 US military and Nasa computers.
The 42-year-old admitted breaking into the computers from his London home but said he sought information on [...]

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Are you worried about crime

After all, you have every reason to be worried. The common perception of the police is that they are the politicised jack booted thugs of the labour party ever ready to do their masters bidding by ignoring ordinary peoples fears over burglary and focusing on ridiculous and nonsensical targets for gay and lesbian equality and [...]

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The reality of the eco freaks

We already know that enviroMental organisations and supporters will knowingly and deliberately lie at the drop of a hat as they are so caught up with the religious fever of their cause that they no longer think that the ordinary rules of common decency apply to them, for example Greenpeace and the Brent Spar.
But just [...]

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Council perverts in bedroom sex secrets shock

I am not making this up.
The times reports that:-
The sex lives of council-tax payers are being secretly monitored by local authority inspectors to establish whether residents claiming single person’s discounts are really living alone.
OK, so I understand why the councils do this even if I don’t agree. They are so wastefull and strapped for [...]

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Mary leaves me Hacketted off

Does anyone watch ‘Mary, Queen of Shops’ on BBC2.
This is another business series like ‘Dragons Den’ and to a lesser extent ‘The Apprentice’. Anyway, it stars Mary Portas who clearly knows what she is on about and what she does is go into independent clothes retailers and point out all their mistakes.
Whilst her advice might [...]

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Peter Roberts response

Following on from a previous blog post here, Peter Roberts
has responded.
Here it is in full.
Dear Mr Hunt,

I’ve just had a quick read through the Wisbech
Standard and Cambs Times (always worth a
read when you are up late supporting the GB
Olympic team!), my reply to you is online,
but did not make the paper edition. So, seeing
that you [...]

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labourite still whining

Tamsin Dunwoody, the labour candidate at the Crewe and Nantwich by election is moaning that she cant get a job.
Oh dear, what a shame. Not.
She says I’ve not been able to find a job since losing my seat in the Welsh Assembly a year ago and I don’t have a pot of gold, so I [...]

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How good is the Russian Military?

So Putin the polunium poisoner has sent his army into Georgia, but are they any good?
1. The Russian Air Force lost a number of aircraft to Georgian anti-aircraft defenses. This is something of a big deal since the Georgian equipment is mainly older models of Russian equipment which shows that the Russians aren’t good enough [...]

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More Olympic skulduggary from the chinks

According to the rules at the olympics all the gymnasts have to be at least 16 years old.
So what happens?
Yes, thats right, the chink authorities have been up to their old tricks again, one of their competitors is only 14. They have given her a passport which gives her age as 16 (as if that [...]

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More education failure

Reform, the independent, non-party think tank whose mission is to set out a better way to deliver public
services and economic prosperity has a rather interesting report out recently.
In 1990 the percentage mark on the Higher Tier for a grade C was just over 50 per cent. However, in 2000 and 2006 the required percentage mark [...]

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Gary Glitter vs Jacqui Smith

The gutter press have excelled themselves recently by reaching new depths on their tittilating and depraved reporting on Gary Glitters jailing and release from prison. Jacqui Smith, the loudmouthed oaf who is the Home Sec, junmped on the bandwagon saying that she thinks Glitter should be banned from ever travelling out of the country again.
In [...]

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It’s time for sandals

One thing we British men aren’t very good at is dressing for the summer. When it gets hot we simply remove a layer of clothes, unlike our mediteranian cousins who can casually sling on a polo shirt. But lets be fair, with decent summer weather a very unusual event, what can you expect.
This phenomenen can [...]

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Zara takes over

The Spainish retail chain Zara has taken over from Gap in terms of world wide sales.
So how did they do this? Firstly, they only spend 0.3% of turnover on advertising, like all successes they are careful with money. Secondly, a lot of stuff is made in their own factories and they aim to go from [...]

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More proof that A-levels dumbed down

With the pass rate now being something like 97%, researchers at Durham University have come up with more proof of the dumbing down of what was once a gold standard.
A-level students who would have been rewarded with C grades 20 years ago can now expect to gain As, researchers have said.
Academics from Durham University found [...]

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UN warns on civil rights

As a rule I don’t have much time for the UN, but I suppose that they might have a role in putting the spotlight on countrys which scimp on civil rights.
Indeed, they have just issued a new report which condemns a banana republic for it’s abuses here.
These abuses include
· A Terrorism Act which provisions covering [...]

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