Had It in Holland Park

"FA Say Chelsea Captain 'Is Not A Racist'"
Uh oh. They told the truth. Won't they get in trouble for that?

What absolute nonsense! A contractor has an obligation to pay tax on income just as any other citizen. The fact that the BBC is not acting as an unpaid government collection agency has NO impact on the obligations of the contractors. To suggest that BBC is hereby assisting tax avoidance is like saying you are assisting retailers in tax evasion if you do not report every purchase you make to the government.

Hey, he is 78 or Pete's sake. I blame the selectors, not the old man.

"Glencore owns more ships than the British Royal Navy"
       I bet it has fewer Admirals though.

Ain't government wonderful: first talk you into taking over a bank to rescue the economy.  Then say: AHA, now you own it, we can sue you for damages from their actions before you agreed to our request that you buy them. 

Any con man would be proud.

"In this way we may be able to predict the location of planets around far-flung stars millions of years before they have formed."

That'll probably come in handy someday. For now, I think I'd rather use the approach to predict where planets are in systems that have already formed.

Why aren't these policies racist? Tricky question. The answer is: because it was thought to help rectify the effects of racist discrimination before the applicants ever get to college age.

The real question is: how many generations after the 1964 Civil Rights Act such preferential treatment should be carried on. It has been two generations since that legislation began to even things out. Is that enough, or do we need another generation? There are plenty of opinions on this, though not much agreement

The issue is similar in requiring approval for changes to voter laws in some districts. Some of the draconian so-called anti-fraud laws currently in vogue indicate there may still be a need, though the court may find that there are other (and perhaps better) ways to achieve the end of ensuring that every citizen who wants to vote can do so. Especially since some of the worst throw-the-baby-out-with-the-bath-water voter-fraud laws have been promulgated in districts that are not affected by the law that the court will consider.

“Obama's biggest mistake:" Agreeing to take the job?

Of what was he suspected? He was actually in a so-called car chase and he actually did shoot himself. Why are you calling him a suspect?

The scandal is that the couple were arrested. That they were incarcerated, even if only for two days, demands not only an apology but compensation for false imprisonment.

Well, of course he will not get an apology. With 20-20 hindsight, we now know that NO pockets were picked at the stadium on the day (any so-called victim who says he lost his wallet is part of the cover-up) - and that no police were EVER assaulted at that ground (the banning of Liverpool fans from international competition was part of the cover-up too).

Well, that's a step in the right direction then