A seal has boarded a Royal Navy amphibious-assault ship as it was about to carry out military exercises near Carnoustie. HMS Bulwark was making preparations for the multinational training exercise Joint Warrior when the seal swam up the ship’s landing dock. The animal sat and watched the crew for about half an hour. It was [...]
Three priests and a former priest have said that they felt “vindicated” after Scotland’s Cardinal Keith O’Brien admitted sexual misconduct. The group had accused the senior Roman Catholic clergyman of “inappropriate behaviour” towards them in the 1980s. Catherine Deveney, the journalist who broke the story in The Observer, said she had spoken to the four [...]
By DeusExMacintosh
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Also posted in Britain, Fark!, Funnies, Popular culture, Religion, Sexuality, Society
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Tagged archbishop of glasgow, archbishop of st andrews and edinburgh, cardinal keith o'brien, cardinal tartaglia, homosexuality, Roman Catholic Church
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February 6, 2013 – 4:55 am
Facebook. Besides being invented for the social glue that is the ‘poke’ (who do YOU poke and how often and can anyone explain why) it’s for sharing cool stuff like this 1930s aerial photograph of Edinburgh, the legendary city where I live. Originally by Alfred Buckham, I nicked it off SL’s page where it was [...]
By DeusExMacintosh
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Also posted in Art, Britain, History, Internet, Personal, Politics
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Tagged alfred buckham, Edinburgh, eye candy de heir, eye candy du jour, Facebook, photography
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January 28, 2013 – 2:12 am
In one of those eccentricities of time and date, Burns Night in Scotland (January 25) shades into Australia Day (January 26), especially for anyone using social media. This made for a very odd Friday evening this last week while I was working late. I saw Scots cheerfully celebrating their country’s greatest poet and the bonhomie [...]
December 24, 2012 – 8:01 am
The above was an oft-repeated observation of my mother’s, whenever some of what a Buddhist would probably consider karma landed in my lap after I’d been a bit of a shit. Among Europeans, the phrase (and the reaction) seems to be commoner in Celtic cultures, although I’m sure it has its residues elsewhere. To that [...]
November 29, 2012 – 10:22 pm
The cost of sending a delegation led by First Minister Alex Salmond to the Ryder Cup golf tournament in America was almost £470,000, the Scottish government has said. The trip in September was part of a plan to “maximise the economic benefits” of hosting the cup in Scotland in 2014. The government estimates the event [...]
November 21, 2012 – 6:36 pm
Passengers on Edinburgh’s new tram system will face fines of up to £1,000 and year-long bans if they break any of the rules on a new list. A set of bylaws including drinking alcohol, playing music too loudly and wearing offensive T-shirts are to go before councillors on Thursday. Under the rules explosives are banned [...]
November 2, 2012 – 11:20 pm
‘We are lawyers, words are our tools’ was one of my pupil-master’s favourite lines, and if anything, lawyering has made me even more careful with how I speak and write than literature and publishing ever did. Yes, I know, the way lawyers parse a statute or a case can seem like mindless pettifogging. There are [...]
By skepticlawyer
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Also posted in Britain, Personal liberty, Politics, Sexuality
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Tagged Alex Salmond, Barclays, Bigot of the Year, cardinal keith o'brien, Coutts, equal marriage, LIBOR, Ruth Davidson, Stonewall
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September 25, 2012 – 4:00 am
About 200 Muslims have staged a protest outside the Scottish Parliament. The group were demonstrating against the anti-Islam film, Innocence Of Muslims, made in the US, which has caused offence across the Muslim world. The rally was attended by Muslims from across Edinburgh who were demanding action to curb religious hatred. Demonstrators waved banners [...]
By DeusExMacintosh
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Also posted in Britain, Free Speech, Funnies, Immigration, Law, Media, Middle east, Politics, Religion
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Tagged alec salmond, anti-islamic film protest edinburgh, film protests, Holyrood, islam, nicola sturgeon, Scottish National Party, scottish parliament, SNP
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September 5, 2012 – 5:53 pm
The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there. (L.P. Hartley, The Go-Between) I was forcibly reminded of the truth of Hartley’s statement while undertaking some legal research today. I have been conducting research into the doctrine of specific performance, which is when a court orders a party to a contract to perform [...]
By Legal Eagle
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Also posted in Academia, England, History, Human/Civil rights, Law, Personal liberty, Society
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Tagged abolition, Equity, History, James Somerset, Joseph Knight, Lord Hardwicke, Lord Mansfield, pearne v lisle, serfs, slave labour, slavery, slaves, Somersett's Case, specific performance
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