January 31, 2011 – 1:49 am
Downing Street has apologised to Gerry Adams after the prime minister said he had accepted a Crown title. David Cameron told the House of Commons Mr Adams had accepted the title in order to resign his Westminster seat. This was disputed by the Sinn Fein President who said he had not applied and had received […]
By DeusExMacintosh
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Posted in Britain, Fark!, Funnies, Law, Northern Ireland, Politics, Religion, Society, Terrorism
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Tagged gerry adams, HM treasury, house of commons, irish republican army, provisional IRA, sinn fein, steward and bailiff of the manor of northstead, UK parliament
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January 25, 2011 – 10:08 pm
Godwin’s law (also known as Godwin’s Rule of Nazi Analogies or Godwin’s Law of Nazi Analogies)[1][2] is a humorous observation made by Mike Godwin in 1989 which has become an Internet adage. It states: “As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches 1.”[3][2] In other words, Godwin […]
By DeusExMacintosh
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Posted in Blogging, Britain, Economics, Fark!, Funnies, History, Human/Civil rights, Law, Media, Personal, Personal liberty, Philosophy, Politics, Public Policy, Society, Welfare
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Tagged #ombh, #TBoB, ATOS, black triangle, Chris Grayling, Department for Work and Pensions, disability, disability living allowance, employment support allowance, godwin's law, Iain Duncan Smith, incapacity benefit, nazi euthanasia program, nazi germany, one month before heartbreak, personal capability assessment, personal independence payment, T4, the broken of britain, work capability assessment
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January 25, 2011 – 9:26 am
There have been a few stories in the news lately about surrogate parents. Elton John and his partner became parents via a surrogate mother at the end of last year. Of course, as they are gay men, the child was conceived with the use of a donor egg. Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban recently became […]
By Legal Eagle
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Posted in Children, Law, Motherhood, Parenthood, Public Policy, Society
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Tagged Baby M, David Furnish, Elton John, ethics, families, family law, gestational carrier, Keith Urban, Law, medical ethics, Motherhood, Nicole Kidman, parenthood, surrogacy law, surrogate mother, surrogate parenthood
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January 23, 2011 – 1:00 am
…All belong to the people upstairs. Well, that’s the theory, anyway, at least in England. Middle and upper-class people (and all the fine and subtle gradations in between) are known for their politeness. This is not merely anecdata, either — the phenomenon has been extensively documented by anthropologists such as Kate Fox (I do recommend […]
By skepticlawyer
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Posted in Animals, Britain, England, Equity, Human/Civil rights, Law, Politics, Religion
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Tagged Americans with Disabilities Act, Baroness Warsi, civil rights, david cameron, dinner-party test, islam, Kate Fox, manners and morals, Martyn Hall, stereotypes, Steven Preddy, UK conservative party, University of Leicester, Watching the English
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January 21, 2011 – 4:57 am
[To be cross-posted at the Fortnightly Review in the coming week or so] Who enjoys reading spy fiction, or watching spy movies? I do. There’s something interesting about espionage. Perhaps it’s the secrecy which makes it so fascinating. People love to know secrets: it reflects the broader idea that if something is scarce, it must […]
By Legal Eagle
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Posted in Law, Literature, Media, Privacy, Public Policy, Society, Technology, Terrorism
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Tagged Anthony Blunt, breach of confidence, Britain, double agents, John Le Carre, Julian Assange, Malcolm Turnbull, margaret thatcher, MI5, Peter Wright, Robert Armstrong, Roger Hollis, secrecy, spies, spycatcher, spying, WikiLeaks
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January 19, 2011 – 3:58 pm
I don’t know if anyone else has seen a deliberately provocatively titled piece by Amy Chua, Yale Law Professor: ‘Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior’. I’ll give you a flavour of the piece: A lot of people wonder how Chinese parents raise such stereotypically successful kids. They wonder what these parents do to produce so many […]
By Legal Eagle
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Posted in Education, Motherhood, Parenthood, Personal
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Tagged academic achievement, Amy Chua, Asia, Australian education, Chinese mothers, Education, immigrants, intelligence, Motherhood, parenthood, success, teaching
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January 18, 2011 – 12:06 am
From The Torygraph… Mandrake has cheering news for the nation: Martin Amis is to campaign for the laws on assisted suicide to be reformed. The author, who caused an outcry last year when he called for euthanasia booths to be installed on every street corner, says that he now regards euthanasia as nothing less than […]
By DeusExMacintosh
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Posted in Britain, Economics, Funnies, History, Law, Literature, Politics, Religion, Welfare
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Tagged #ombh, #TBoB, david cameron, euthanasia, health, Martin Amis, medical ethics, medicine, nazi euthanasia program, one month before heartbreak, T4, the broken of britain
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January 15, 2011 – 7:05 am
In December the UK coalition government announced that as well as reducing the bill for Disability Living Allowance by 20%, they now intended to abolish the benefit meant to help pay for the additional costs of being disabled and replace it with a harsher ESA-style “Personal Independence Payment”. A foreshortened public consultation over Xmas and […]
By DeusExMacintosh
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Posted in Britain, Law, Personal, Philosophy, Politics, Public Policy, Religion, Sexuality, Society, Welfare
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Tagged #ombh, #TBoB, access standards, accessibility, ATOS, butyoudontlooksick, damages, Department for Work and Pensions, disability, disability living allowance, disabled access, emergency budget 2010, employment support allowance, fractally wrong, further education colleges, George Osborne, invisible disabilities, jobcentreplus, one month before heartbreak, pain and suffering, public transport, spoons theory, the broken of britain, UK treasury, welfare reform, work capability assessment
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January 14, 2011 – 8:49 pm
In December the UK coalition government announced that as well as reducing the bill for Disability Living Allowance by 20%, they now intended to abolish the benefit meant to help pay for the additional costs of being disabled and replace it with a harsher ESA-style “Personal Independence Payment”. A foreshortened public consultation over Xmas and […]
By DeusExMacintosh
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Posted in Blogging, Britain, Economics, Internet, Law, Media, Personal, Politics, Public Policy, Society, Welfare
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Tagged #ombh, beveridge report, Department for Work and Pensions, disability, disability living allowance, employment support allowance, Iain Duncan Smith, infames, milton friedman, one month before heartbreak, personal independence payment, Roman law, the broken of britain, vituperatio
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January 13, 2011 – 9:05 pm
Among the startling images emerging from Queensland’s south-east, the sight of the iconic Suncorp Stadium ground covered by murky flood water was just another reason for heads to shake in wonder. Its freshly laid turf, completed after concerts by U2 and Bon Jovi last month, is ruined. Of course, that damage pales into insignificance when […]
By DeusExMacintosh
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Posted in Australia, Economics, Environment, Fark!, Funnies, Personal, Religion, Sport
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Tagged cane toads, cockroaches, emperor of lang park, king wally, maroons, queensland rugby, rugby league, state of origin, wally lewis
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