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2011 Comment Archive (October - December) |
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21/12/11
Still looking for Christmas presents? Why not buy the ECB's latest cook book? 1% down and nothing more to pay for three years.
18/12/11
From Southhaven in Mississippi comes the news that mayor Greg Davis billed the city for his sex shop purchases. Now that really is screwing
the taxpayer.
13/12/11
Still looking for Christmas presents? Why not buy the ECB's latest cook book? 1% down and nothing more to pay for three years.
18/12/11
From Southhaven in Mississippi comes the news that mayor Greg Davis billed the city for his sex shop purchases. Now that really is screwing
the taxpayer.
13/12/11
David Cameron in the House of Commons yesterday... wide-eyed and Cleggless.
12/12/11
One potato, two potato... Nick Clegg in decision-making mode.
10/12/11
Reports from Thursday's eurozone meeting of Sarkozy's petulant behaviour towards David Cameron indicate that the French leader's bazooka is not as big as he'd like us all to believe.
9/12/11
Reports from Thursday's eurozone meeting of Sarkozy's petulant behaviour towards David Cameron indicate that the French leader's bazooka is not as big as he'd like us all to believe.
9/12/11
Sarkozy and Merkel in action at yesterday's EU Nosepicking Championship...
... while the Big Chief keeps Cameron guessing with the Portuguese two-finger shuffle.
01/12/11
So Apple is going to launch a fully-fledged TV, known as an iTV, in time for Christmas 2012. Oh wow. Oh wow. Oh wow. Whatever next? An iRON? And perhaps they can go into the virtual travel market and run trips to such countries as iRAN and iRAQ.
01/12/11
In an interview on American television, Bono says that he's tired of his voice and rarely listens to U2 songs when they're played on the radio. Get to the back of the queue, sonny boy!
27/11/11
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/8901151/Taliban-paid-100-a-month-to-stop-fighting.html
The first beneficiaries of Nick Clegg's revamped YTS scheme?
23/11/11
Having last week declared that drinking water doesn't prevent dehydration and that it would be illegal for bottled water manufacturers to claim so, the European Commission has now conceded that water can help regulate the body's temperature and help it carry out its normal physical and cognitive functions. This approval will allow bottled water manufacturers to make those last two claims on their products. Perhaps the EC should also carry a label: may contain nuts.
14/11/11
Angela Merkel said, " Europe is in one of its toughest, perhaps the toughest hour since World War II." OMG! She mentioned the you-know-what, but I think she got away with it!
14/11/11
Later this week, Dave is apparently off to Germany to confront Angela about the lack of German action in solving the Euro and world economy crises. Let's just hope that when he returns he won't be waving any bits of paper around at the airport.
10/11/11
Pint-sized Bernie Ecclestone has admitted making payments to a German bank executive to avoid a tax investigation. A banker acting corruptly and taking bribes? Who on earth is going to believe that?
10/11/11
I see that the delightful Liam Gallagher is courting headlines again. Commenting on his equally charming brother Noel's new album, he says, "It's boring. I've heard it all before." Just like Oasis, then.
10/11/11
So Greece now has a new prime minister - an unelected bankster, who is arguably the man that started the current crisis. Lunatics, asylums, anyone?
04/11/11
Luxuriously appointed hotel suites stayed in, fine wines drunk and choice expensive foods consumed; all at zero cost to the participants. And so another successful G20 meeting comes to a close. I wonder why teleconferencing has never caught on?
04/11/11
What a week it's been! Pit Bull Merkel snarling all kinds of threats at the Greek PM, while her pet French poodle Sarkozy nipped him round the ankles. And all because the Greeks are not sure that they want to take up the offer of another loan. I wish my bank manager was like them.
31/10/11
Nice to see the Sarkozys taking their baby for a stroll in the autumn sunshine of Paris. And even nicer that Nick will have plenty of time on his hands to change her nappies after next spring's presidential election.
28/10/11
News today that Barack Obama has declared a record-breaking 89 disasters so far in 2011 - and that number doesn't even include his presidency!
27/10/11
Canon Giles Fraser of St. Paul's Cathedral has resigned from his post in a row over anti-capitalist protestors occupying the churchyard. With his title, I'd have thought he'd have been fired!
27/10/11
While the EU leaders feast on yet more sumptuous banquets, they continue to force baloney sandwiches and fudge down the mouths of the electorate.
27/10/11
After the latest round of horse trading, Greece's debt to GDP ratio will be reduced from a predicted 180% to 120% in 2020. Thank goodness for that. For a moment, I thought things were looking bad.
24/10/11
Appropriately enough, down under, a man has been charged with exposing himself and being a public nuisance after 'mooning' at the Queen on
her latest tour. Welcome to Arsetralia, Your Majesty!
21/10/11
So Apple is going to launch a fully-fledged TV, known as an iTV, in time for Christmas 2012. Oh wow. Oh wow. Oh wow. Whatever next? An iRON? And perhaps they can go into the virtual travel market and run trips to such countries as iRAN and iRAQ.
01/12/11
In an interview on American television, Bono says that he's tired of his voice and rarely listens to U2 songs when they're played on the radio. Get to the back of the queue, sonny boy!
27/11/11
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/8901151/Taliban-paid-100-a-month-to-stop-fighting.html
The first beneficiaries of Nick Clegg's revamped YTS scheme?
23/11/11
Having last week declared that drinking water doesn't prevent dehydration and that it would be illegal for bottled water manufacturers to claim so, the European Commission has now conceded that water can help regulate the body's temperature and help it carry out its normal physical and cognitive functions. This approval will allow bottled water manufacturers to make those last two claims on their products. Perhaps the EC should also carry a label: may contain nuts.
14/11/11
Angela Merkel said, " Europe is in one of its toughest, perhaps the toughest hour since World War II." OMG! She mentioned the you-know-what, but I think she got away with it!
14/11/11
Later this week, Dave is apparently off to Germany to confront Angela about the lack of German action in solving the Euro and world economy crises. Let's just hope that when he returns he won't be waving any bits of paper around at the airport.
10/11/11
Pint-sized Bernie Ecclestone has admitted making payments to a German bank executive to avoid a tax investigation. A banker acting corruptly and taking bribes? Who on earth is going to believe that?
10/11/11
I see that the delightful Liam Gallagher is courting headlines again. Commenting on his equally charming brother Noel's new album, he says, "It's boring. I've heard it all before." Just like Oasis, then.
10/11/11
So Greece now has a new prime minister - an unelected bankster, who is arguably the man that started the current crisis. Lunatics, asylums, anyone?
04/11/11
Luxuriously appointed hotel suites stayed in, fine wines drunk and choice expensive foods consumed; all at zero cost to the participants. And so another successful G20 meeting comes to a close. I wonder why teleconferencing has never caught on?
04/11/11
What a week it's been! Pit Bull Merkel snarling all kinds of threats at the Greek PM, while her pet French poodle Sarkozy nipped him round the ankles. And all because the Greeks are not sure that they want to take up the offer of another loan. I wish my bank manager was like them.
31/10/11
Nice to see the Sarkozys taking their baby for a stroll in the autumn sunshine of Paris. And even nicer that Nick will have plenty of time on his hands to change her nappies after next spring's presidential election.
28/10/11
News today that Barack Obama has declared a record-breaking 89 disasters so far in 2011 - and that number doesn't even include his presidency!
27/10/11
Canon Giles Fraser of St. Paul's Cathedral has resigned from his post in a row over anti-capitalist protestors occupying the churchyard. With his title, I'd have thought he'd have been fired!
27/10/11
While the EU leaders feast on yet more sumptuous banquets, they continue to force baloney sandwiches and fudge down the mouths of the electorate.
27/10/11
After the latest round of horse trading, Greece's debt to GDP ratio will be reduced from a predicted 180% to 120% in 2020. Thank goodness for that. For a moment, I thought things were looking bad.
24/10/11
Appropriately enough, down under, a man has been charged with exposing himself and being a public nuisance after 'mooning' at the Queen on
her latest tour. Welcome to Arsetralia, Your Majesty!
21/10/11
Archaeologists are claiming that the discovery of a piece of ceramic vessel dating back 2,600 years is the earliest representation of childbirth in western art. I don't know about you, but it looks like a bad case of piles or the morning after a particularly hot curry to me.
21/10/11
The relationship of F1 racing driver Lewis Hamilton and Nicole Scherzinger has taken a wrong turning and the couple have decided to apply the brakes to the affair. From now on, Lewis will be steering clear of Nicole as they avoid driving each other to distraction.
21/10/11
Catherine Tate and Take That singer Jason Orange have been dominating a lot of gossip columns this week. Is anyone really bovvered?
11/10/11
So Nick and Angie, aka The Baldricks, have come up with yet another cunning plan; this time to protect the eurozone banks. In common with
all their previous plans and those of the turnip-loving character in Black Adder, it’s light on detail (non-existent) and won’t work. The irony is that if the real Baldrick devised a plan to deal with the current crisis, it couldn’t possibly be any worse than any of theirs and prbably would work!
The relationship of F1 racing driver Lewis Hamilton and Nicole Scherzinger has taken a wrong turning and the couple have decided to apply the brakes to the affair. From now on, Lewis will be steering clear of Nicole as they avoid driving each other to distraction.
21/10/11
Catherine Tate and Take That singer Jason Orange have been dominating a lot of gossip columns this week. Is anyone really bovvered?
11/10/11
So Nick and Angie, aka The Baldricks, have come up with yet another cunning plan; this time to protect the eurozone banks. In common with
all their previous plans and those of the turnip-loving character in Black Adder, it’s light on detail (non-existent) and won’t work. The irony is that if the real Baldrick devised a plan to deal with the current crisis, it couldn’t possibly be any worse than any of theirs and prbably would work!
