May
27
Martin Hayes - notebook full of crap
Short story and comic writer. A place to keep interesting things found on the net.
Main site - www.paroneiria.com
May
17
“Many so-called “serious” people believed the conventional wisdom that the Euro could not break up and they don’t want to look very silly when it does. They are driven by this fear of failure. If something, which they have staked so much of their reputation on, changes or succumbs to the redoubtable gravity of economic logic, they will fail. The worst thing that can happen to people who take themselves very seriously is being wrong.”
David McWilliams » Premature Vote
1952
Two Los Angeles policeman and a skeleton named “Mr. Statistic” attempt to warn drivers about traffic fatalities during Labor Day weekend.
(via mothgirlwings)
May
7
“And it is not just policy that is being set in Europe. Governments too are being determined by EU technocrats. This is extremely dangerous. Lest we forget, in the past six months, two legitimate national governments have been deposed by the EU. The democratically elected leaders of Italy and Greece have been thrown out and replaced by technocrats. These are now EU puppet governments. In Ireland, the government’s job, to use the words of one of our senior Labour politicians has been reduced to “policing” EU agreements.”
David McWilliams » The Isolation of Germany
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Specks of unexplained DNA were found on the holdall containing the curled-up body of MI6 spy Gareth Williams, his inquest has heard.
The body of Mr Williams, 31, originally from Anglesey, was found locked in the bag in the bath of his London flat.
” BBC News - ‘Unexplained’ DNA on bag containing dead MI6 spy Gareth Williams
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The Ministry of Defence is considering placing surface-to-air missiles on residential flats during the Olympics.
An east London estate, where 700 people live, has received leaflets saying a “Higher Velocity Missile system” could be placed on a water tower.
” BBC News - London 2012: Missiles may be placed at residential flats
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