(Stupid) bastards. The CIA have been right at the centre of abusing other people's human rights (including things such as dropping them out of helicopters) since the 50's.

CIA Holds Terror Suspects in Secret Prisons
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/01/AR2005110101644.html?nav%3Dhcmodule&sub=AR

Use bugmenot for an access ( Read more... )

I only follow one soap ... but I have to admit that the Emma/Ed/William thing does rather have me tenter hooks right now :)

Joke:

Q: What's George Bush's position on Roe v. Wade?
A: He really doesn't care how people get out of New Orleans.

Michael Howard was on The World at One this lunchtime, pontificating about his support for ID cards. He said he favoured them because the police say they will help them combat "terrorism, international crime and immigration." He said the same thing about immigration later. Note that he did not say illegal immigration. Well, we all know what he's ( Read more... )

Watching the U.S. election. Beginning to hope. Must stop. It would be good though...

No, time to stop and go to bed.

Hooray! I just heard a BBC journalist use the word "concomitant." Not only that, but his entire segment was succinct, concise and informative. Not only that, but this was on the TV news, not Radio4.

Hmm. I'm sure I put that "Old Fogey" woolly jumper somewhere....

J's school's Ofsted inspection has just come to an end and her head has received "interim feedback."

Basically the report is FANTASTIC! They have got full marks for pretty well everything. This in spite of - actually because - their head refuses to kow-tow and do everything she's "supposed" to do. She's child-focussed and the pupils there are ( Read more... )

Today's Friday, and Joe's "stag day" was last Saturday, but I want to write something about it anyway. There were about thirteen of us.

First of all: O you were a wimp not to go: no marks out of ten! And it wasn't at all bad either...

W started off with twin-engined go-kart racing. Went by train from ( Read more... )

Lovely weather today. So we went shopping. Good to pick up some sci-fi titles which aren't in the UK. Principally Octavia Butler ( Read more... )

Jenny and I watched "Stepmon" for the first time. I think Sarandon's fantastic, and I can generally stand to watch Julia Roberts. All the trailers have them screaming at each other, so you can be pretty certain that after a couple of hours of minor fun, everything will come out all right ( Read more... )