A person's personality can sometimes be radically and permanently altered by brain injury, disease, emotional trauma, drugs and alcohol. This is an established fact. If we also accept as fact the...
The Danish scientist, mathematician, inventor, designer, author, poet Piet Hein created many wise small poems. Here is one: The road to wisdom? Well, it's plain And simple to express: Err and err and...
Is this a sincere case of Altruism , that's caused this damascene moment http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-26051519 I dont suppose a loss of $1.22bn revenue against sales of $125bn will be an...
The LibDems have some novel ideas. Any thoughts on expats' MPs or job sharing MPs. If someone has emigrated for over 15 years, have they not distanced themselves from voting ? [Below: The Times]...
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/tube-strikes-february-2014-mayor-boris-johnson-says-union-boss-bob-crow-is-holding-london-to-ransom-9103398.html Strikes start today, Crow is on a beach...
what next , boss i can't play today it is raining
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2550824/Heat-greet-Citys-pampered-stars-flash-cars-cleaned-warmed-delivered.html...
Scientific skepticism is healthy. Scientists should always challenge themselves to improve their understanding. Yet this isn't what happens with climate change denial. Skeptics vigorously criticise...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/10613504/Make-state-schools-as-good-as-private-says-Michael-Gove.html Will we now see a return of discipline, along with an academic improvement to...
A number of times over the past month we have seen on the news that the fire brigade is pumping massive amounts of water from certain areas so that the flood waters might recede a little quicker. My...
Bob Crow, the transport union leader, has been spotted living the high life on a cruise. The Daily Mail is, I think the word is, outraged. Now, had he been a QC he would be on as good or better money,...
Not unexpectedly, The farce that was the EU Referendum Bill has run of time in the Lords meaning it will not become law - yet. If was stopped by Labour and LibDem Peers who the Conservatives have...
David Cameron was humiliated in parliament last night by a rebellion of his own MPs. A motion by a back bench MP attracted 85 rebels to defy the party. The motion was easily beaten but only after...
Some years ago one of my best mates was sent to prison. Before the sentence he gave all his money to a friend of mine. I stood close to him because I needed to know the truth ( all his other friends...
I am looking to help my sister in buying a house with a loan of £40k. I am not asking for interest just the money back when she has disposed of her current abode. What implications does this have, if...
First please forgive my ignorance, I know very little about plants and gardening. I bought some branches of pussy willow (with the lovely furry bits) and put them in a vase with water. I have had them...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2546180/Perversion-faith-cause-21st-century-wars-battle-against-just-beginning-says-Tony-Blair.html
And I wonder how he thinks that this can be achieved?...
