Had It in Holland Park

Thursday, 7 July 2011

on Texas defies calls to delay execution of Mexican

"requests for a delay from ... the White House and the State Department."
If I ran Texas, I'd tell the White House and State Department: "Sure, as long as you pay for all costs from here on out." Question: does the law require that the consulate in question also meet with the relatives of the raped, battered and murdered girl?

on White House's New Anti-Terror Strategy: Kill the Suspects? 2 days ago
Capture them, question them, chip them and release them.
Then track them and blow them up when they meet up with their friends.

on Third of women have taken anti-depressants 2 days ago
Three ways to look at this:
1) We are over-medicating for people feeling down in the dumps a bit.
2) Huxley's Soma was really a good idea.
3) Liberation has its costs.

on Is smoking still defensible? 3 days ago
Are candy bars, alcohol and sugary drinks still defensible?

on HSE boss slams 'daft' use of rules 4 days ago
One basic mistake: Ms Hackett apparently thinks the government serves (or should serve) the people. Almost no one in the government bureaucracy believes this - they think the people of this country are there to do as they are told.

on 'Gender-neutral' pre-school accused of mind control 4 days ago
Good idea. And they should not refer to themselves or their charges as Swedish, or even European, to avoid stereotyping. Indeed, they should be soft-pedaling the use of "human being" - never know what damage that kind of stereotyping might do.

on Take child payments direct from fathers' accounts, say MPs
Sounds like a good idea.
Just one point: it 85+% of all sole-custody arrangements went to men (as opposed to women as they do now), do you think there would be an outcry?

on Charles 'summons' senior ministers for private talks on his pet subjects
Well, "summoned" sounds much better than "invited", doesn't it.
Do I hear an agenda ticking?

# posted by Had It in Holland Park @ 16:49

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