Archive for February, 2006
Saturday, February 25th, 2006
im off on travels. and when i return hopefully there will be plenty of material from my trip to Dhaka, Bangladesh.
in the meantime, here in London this weekend no doubt there will be plenty of rumination on Ken Livingstone's latest mishap - press headlines across the world are already screaming ...
Posted in London, News & info, Newspapers and Magazines, Politics, Thoughts, Travel, british politics | 2 Comments »
Wednesday, February 22nd, 2006
The power of rhetoric is undeniable. after all who ever was interested in facts anyway? ha ha as if..
Found a very amusing site: American Rhetoric: the power of oratory in the United States
Posted in News & info, Rhetoric, USA | No Comments »
Wednesday, February 22nd, 2006
Press Coverage -John Reid- Secretary of State for Defence - on the 'war against evil' in the Daily Express:
"Britain is waging a 'war against evil' - John Reid in an interview with the Daily Express expounded the following views:
"This is a war against evil, make no mistake," he ...
Posted in Globalization, International Relations, Irony, Newspapers and Magazines, british politics | 6 Comments »
Thursday, February 16th, 2006
you may have noticed a new addition to my links over on the sidebar - my del.icio.us
I've just started it recently, so it's very short and sweet - but watch the space as it will be growing exponentially, i'm having lot's of fun with it.
Posted in Internet, News & info, Technology, semantic web | No Comments »
Thursday, February 16th, 2006
Everyone!! - Please note that this site is optimized for Firefox not Internet Explorer. Sorry about that - but i'm using WordPress and it does appear to have a few glitches when viewed through IE6 for example. Thanks to Ju for pointing that out. Please download firefox for the ultimate ...
Posted in Blog software, Blogging, Technology, Thoughts, WordPress, browser, firefox | No Comments »
Tuesday, February 14th, 2006
Some more warbling on my pet subject: the social. I have 'ranted' on this here and elsewhere. in fact sometimes people do think im a silly old so and so for going on about something that they all take for granted. But this is where i always say - what's ...
Posted in Diary, London, News & info, social, socialism, society and sociology | 11 Comments »
Friday, February 10th, 2006
O-I-L presents: RECLAIM LOVE , 2.30PM @ EROS STATUE, PICCADILLY, SATURDAY 11TH FEB 2006
"The 3rd Reclaim Love Party will take place, at 2.30pm at the Eros Statue, Piccadilly Circus, London. In the same tradition as before, the Samba band, bicycle sounds system with funky love beats and free on ...
Posted in Cool Stuff, Events, London, News & info | 5 Comments »
Wednesday, February 8th, 2006
the ZenPundit blog has a great quote:
" The great majority of mankind are satisfied with appearances as though they were realities" -- Machiavelli
Yup Machiavelli you clever old thing you were certainly right, no wonder you were a master of statecraft..ha you realized that this meant the great majority ...
Posted in Quotable Quotes, machiavelli, society and sociology | 4 Comments »
Tuesday, February 7th, 2006
February@ the Getty Museum:
don't miss..( it's free!)
The Mediaeval Bookshelf: From Romance to Astronomy - ( on from January 29th to April 9th 2006)
A collection of illuminated manuscripts and books from the 13th to the 15th centuries on a wide range of subjects - including chivalry, fables, science and philosophy. Bibles ...
Posted in Books and Literary Things, Diary, Events, Galleries and Exhibitions, Los Angeles, News & info | No Comments »
Friday, February 3rd, 2006
"PM promised to be 'solidly behind' US invasion with or without UN backing"
Bush and Blair: what a pair of smirking faces..
Posted in Bush Administration, News & info, Politics, World Affairs: politics and news, british politics, iraq war | 1 Comment »