Monthly Archives: December 2004

Every death is a death, but Comparing the death count from the Tsunami to the deaths at the World Trade Center gives a sense of perspective. (via Manic who has loads of links about the horror) The Premier League Chairmen … Continue reading →

When the Coalition of the Willing declare their intention to spend as much on helping the victims of the Tsunami as they have spent on waging war in Iraq… I might start to believe their motives.

“To The People Of Islam: Just think: If we’d invaded your countries, killed your leaders and converted you to Christianity YOU’D ALL BE OPENING CHRISTMAS PRESENTS RIGHT ABOUT NOW! Merry Christmas” No… not a sick joke… these people believe this … Continue reading →

Fantastic news tonight. Apparently the odious Blue Chip Casinos have decided not to convert one of our local pubs into an all-night gambling den following protests from residents in the area. The people of Bearwood could not have had a … Continue reading →

A satirical portrait of George Dubya composed of monkeys swimming in a marsh has been placed on a billboard at the entrance to a Hudson river tunnel used by thousands of commuters, a week after it was removed from a … Continue reading →

Guardian photographer of the year Dan Chung selects his favourite pictures of 2004 and explains why… Looking out…Zainab Hamid, now 10, lost her leg and 17 family members in the Iraq war.What Dan said: “This girl was one of the … Continue reading →

Thank heavens it is not just Sandwell that suffers from this assault on good taste and light pollution. Still, as Howlingspoons reminds us… its downhill all the way from today until Summer.

I can remember the ridicule heaped on the head of busy-body Mary Whitehouse when she wanted Python’s Life of Brian banned on the grounds of blasphemy. Well frankly, these people deserve the same. There are so many people who want … Continue reading →

Over the last few weeks Lib Dem Watch has been succesfully exposing Birmingham City Council’s Deputy Leader, Lib Dem millionaire John Hemming, as a total opportunist. My beef, however, is with his coalition Leader, Conservative Councillor Mike Whitby. You see, … Continue reading →

With apologies to Comrade Hallam (who used to be an MEP) for looking at the bigger picture, but can there be anybody, outside of the most Eurofanatical Lib-Dems, that is the slightest bit surprised by this story about our European … Continue reading →