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The logic of joined up thinking.... or the foolhardiness of believe consultation

Wed, 10/02/2010 - 1:00am — Carol

So, in the cost-cutting programme which saw 140 Post Office branches closed, Carharrack was deemed unviable as it wasn't busy enough.  But not to worry, the locals were told there would be a mobile 'replacement' service....

But this week (as reported in the Western Morning News Wednesday 10th January 2010), 'The Post Office has rejected calls for a mobile branch to call at Carharrack in Cornwall'... apparently telling Julia Goldsworthy that an outreach service would struggle to cope with demand and threaten the long-term viability of alternative branches...

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Oh FFS religionists again...

Fri, 12/02/2010 - 1:50am — Russell

I nearly choked on my old man's sherry recently when I read about a 'science' teacher in the USA (where else?) who liked to add christian commentary to his science lessons basically saying the science he was teaching was wrong and that his religious view was correct.  He had been sacked it seemed and there was a 'reinstate him' movement from the concerned kids who were praying for him because they now believed science was unreliable.

 

What do 'others' think - and who are 'others'?

Tue, 16/02/2010 - 3:52pm — Carol

From The Guardian

Angarrack Sixth Anniversary already

Thu, 15/04/2010 - 9:24pm — Carol

Decided to celebrate the sixth anniversary of moving to Angarrack with a meal in the Angarrack Inn - now run by Alan and Sam.

We had a lovely meal on a beautiful sunny evening, listening to the birds singing.  Delicious Cauliflower soup, Calamari, Steak and Ale Pie with wholegrain mustard mash and Whole Megrim Sole.

Fabulous day ;)

Coriander and A4

Thu, 03/06/2010 - 4:20pm — Carol

So, the items on the Gaza embargo list are there as a matter of Israel's national security?

Then, how come when Egypt opened its crossing:

Many had taken the opportunity to stock up on supplies in preparation for their return to a space where items such as coriander and A4 paper are blockaded by the Israelis.

The reason was revealed in Court documents:

Bin Henry VIII clauses, Ken Clarke told The lord chief justice used the lord mayor's annual dinner to give Ken Clarke a firm t

Fri, 16/07/2010 - 8:43pm — Carol

Law

Bin Henry VIII clauses, Ken Clarke told

  • guardian.co.uk,
    Thursday July 15 2010
  • Joshua Rozenberg
Although the Lord Mayor's annual dinner for the judiciary looks like a
scene from a Savoy opera, nobody should be distracted by the
anachronistic pikemen and musketeers, by the strikingly tall city
marshal in his red and gold uniform or by the swordbearer wearing his
fur shtreimel.
In reality this is the judiciary's works outing. However magnificent
the Mansion House banquet m

(...)arcane but highly significant power that ministers are taking increasingly often. "Henry VIII clauses should be confined to the dustbin of history," the (...)

 

Extracts from Baroness Manningham-Buller DCB testimony to Iraq Chilcot inquiry

Tue, 20/07/2010 - 6:53pm — Carol

Couple of exchanges from  Baroness Manningham-Buller DCB (Deputy Director General, Security Service until 2002  Director General, Security Service, 2002 to 2007)'s testimony to the Chilcot enquiry

SIR LAWRENCE FREEDMAN: Were you given sight of some of the material produced by the Pentagon?
BARONESS MANNINGHAM-BULLER: I don't think I was. Probably a good thing; it would have made me cross.
SIR LAWRENCE FREEDMAN: Thank you.

on the Pentagon

Comments on Don't let the phoney melanoma scare keep you out of the sun

Wed, 21/07/2010 - 12:00am — Carol

Commented on Don't let the phoney melanoma scare keep you out of the sun.

21 Jul 2010 9:27pm

I thought the article was very interesting

The incidence in the UK has risen from about 1.2 per 100,000 of population in 1971 to 3.1 in 2007. In Australia and New Zealand the incidence was nearly 38 per 100,000 in men and over 29 per 100,000 in women.