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Entries Tagged as 'The UK'

Climate chief says give up meat to save the planet

October 28th, 2009 · Comments Off

From the UK Times Online:

People will need to turn vegetarian if the world is to conquer climate change, according to a leading authority on global warming.
In an interview with The Times, Lord Stern of Brentford said: “Meat is a wasteful use of water and creates a lot of greenhouse gases. It puts enormous pressure on [...]

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Tags: Global Warming · Government · The Left · The UK

Brits Told To Roll Over And Play Dead

October 15th, 2008 · Comments Off

Found at DailyIndia.com and Yahoo and UK Daily Mail:

Bristol City Council is urging people to leave their sheds open because padlocks could lead to thieves forcing their way through doors and windows of the council-owned sheds to steal garden equipment.
The council said that its new initiative could save taxpayers’ money because fewer sheds would have [...]

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Tags: Absurd · Crime/Law · Government · The UK

Old Man’s Walking Stick Is “Offensive Weapon”

October 7th, 2008 · Comments Off

From The Daily Mail (UK):

They must have known he was a troublemaker the moment they saw him.
With his white hair, wax jacket and glasses, 78-year-old Philip Clarkson Webb clearly ticked all the boxes any eagle-eyed policemen would mark as ‘danger’.
And as he shuffled along the pavement towards them there was one thing above all they [...]

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Tags: Absurd · Crime/Law · Government · The UK

British Businessman Decapitates Himself in Sports Car Suicide

August 20th, 2008 · 1 Comment

From FOX News:

In a grim attempt at revenge against his estranged wife, a British businessman committed suicide by decapitation in his Aston Martin sports car, the U.K.’s Daily Mail reported Friday.
According to the Mail, Gerald Mellin, 54, had been consumed with dark thoughts surrounding his 34-year-old wife’s decision to leave him.
The day before his [...]

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Tags: Strange/Funny · The UK

Rapist Was A Man Of Good Gharacter

June 4th, 2008 · Comments Off

From the Washington Post:

After Linda Davies reported to police that her 15-year-old daughter had been raped, it took three months — plus two dozen phone calls and a threat of legal action — before police questioned the suspect, a 28-year-old neighbor.
“I gave police his name, address, mobile phone number, car registration — everything but his [...]

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Tags: Absurd · Crime/Law · Government · Guns · Terrorism · The UK · The US

Nanny State Government Socialism

June 1st, 2008 · Comments Off

From the UK Daily Mail:

For nearly a quarter of a century, Lourdes Maxwell has celebrated the arrival of summer by putting a paddling pool in the garden.
This year, however, her two grandchildren and the children of her neighbours may have to find another way to cool off in the heat.
Miss Maxwell’s local council has decided [...]

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Tags: Absurd · Crime/Law · Government · Socialism · The Left · The UK

We’ve Never Asked For Anything

April 7th, 2008 · Comments Off

During an address to the World Economic Forum, the US Secretary of State, Colin Powell, was asked a somewhat long and involved question by the former Archbishop of Canterbury, George Carey, which ended with the following interrogative:

And would you not agree, as a very significant political figure in the United States, Colin, that America, at [...]

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Tags: Military · The UK · The US

Archbishop Of Dhimmitude

February 8th, 2008 · Comments Off

From the BBC:

The Archbishop of Canterbury says the adoption of certain aspects of Sharia law in the UK “seems unavoidable”.
Dr Rowan Williams told Radio 4’s World at One that the UK has to “face up to the fact” that some of its citizens do not relate to the British legal system.
Dr Williams argues that adopting [...]

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Tags: Christianity · Dhimmitude · Government · Muslim/Islam · The UK

Universal Health Care Update: Parasites & Leeches™

February 1st, 2008 · Comments Off

It’s hard to open a newspaper, listed to the radio, or read a blog today without seeing another pronouncement of a new solution for universal health care from Capitol Hill to the state capitols. It’s also of huge interest to the neo-Socialist wing of the Democratic Party in their quest to make all Americans [...]

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Tags: Absurd · Election · Health · The Left · The UK · The US

More Appreciation Of Life From The Religion of Peace™ Vol. #948657

January 11th, 2008 · Comments Off

From Islam Online via Americans Against Hate via FrontPageMagazine via blonde sagacity:

Of all the crimes committed by extremist Muslims, the one that is arguably the most horrifying is the act of beheading. This month, Islam Online (IOL), a website that has mass popularity throughout the Muslim world, published a gruesome poem detailing how to [...]

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Tags: Al Qaeda · Crime/Law · Islamofascism · Muslim/Islam · Terrorism · The UK

Gun Control Success In The UK

January 6th, 2008 · Comments Off

Semi-automatic weapons were banned in the UK in 1988 and handguns in 1998. A five-year mandatory minimum term for possessing an illegal firearm came into force in 2004 and in May of this year it was extended to include 18-to 20-year-olds.
So how is their refusing to allow law-abiding citizens the right to self-defense working? [...]

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Tags: Crime/Law · Guns · The UK

Wedding Night In Pakistan

December 30th, 2007 · 1 Comment

From the UK Daily Mail:

When Aisha Salim marries her finance in Pakistan next March, it will be the wedding of her dreams.
Wearing a veil and gown, she will be every inch the fairytale virgin bride and as befits her strict Muslim religion, after the ceremony, she will hand her blooded wedding-night sheets to her in-laws [...]

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Tags: Absurd · Muslim/Islam · Pakistan · The UK

Britain Paying For Islamic Women’s Hymen Replacements

December 17th, 2007 · 3 Comments

From This Is London:

Women are being given controversial “virginity repair” operations on the NHS, it emerged last night.
Taxpayers funded 24 hymen replacement operations between 2005 and 2006, official figures revealed.
And increasing numbers of women are paying up to £4,000 in private clinics for the procedure apparently under pressure from future spouses or in-laws who believe [...]

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Tags: Absurd · Dhimmitude · Government · Health · Muslim/Islam · Taxes · The UK

Moonbats On Parade In The UK

November 28th, 2007 · Comments Off

From the UK Telegraph:

Injured soldiers who lost their limbs fighting for their country have been driven from a swimming pool training session by jeering members of the public.
The men, injured during tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, were taking part in a rehabilitation session at a leisure centre, when two women demanded they be removed from [...]

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Tags: Absurd · Military · The Left · The UK

The Pride Of A Moral Relativistic Society

October 3rd, 2007 · 1 Comment

From BBC News:

A Hartlepool man is facing jail after he urinated on a disabled woman who lay dying in the street.
The 27-year-old shouted “this is YouTube material” as he degraded Christine Lakinski, 50, who had fallen ill, magistrates heard.
Miss Lakinski, who suffered a number of medical conditions, died from natural causes, an inquest found.
Anthony Anderson, [...]

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Tags: Absurd · Crime/Law · The Left · The UK