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This is rather lovely

Also, a Halloween joke: brain-eating zombies stormed the BNP national conference. Sadly, they died of starvation. (via Jim and B3ta, respectively)

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October 31, 2009everyone's least favourite Family Guy character2 Comments
Gimpy internet nonsense

What I’ve been up to, week ending 2009-10-25

Weird lurker Cruise, you are wrong: the Lulu & The Lampshades song is properly lovely, and you have no sense of joy or sweetness # is now departing London Heathrow on British Airways Powered by Lufthansa - http://myskystatus.com/ # Forsaking night out in Hyderabad with former colleagues (now vaguely-sister-company types) in favour of work and … Continue reading What I’ve been up to, week ending 2009-10-25

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October 25, 2009Twitter roundupsLeave a comment
Bit of politics

A quick note on free speech

As far as I can make out, "the right to free speech" means something like "the state will not take action against you for voicing your opinions, no matter how vile, and people who commit illegal acts against you for voicing your opinions will not avoid prosecution just because your opinions are deemed vile". If … Continue reading A quick note on free speech

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October 24, 2009free speech, matthew parris, question time9 Comments
The generic nonsense you love

Being away

I'm sitting in the 18th floor of a tower block somewhere subtropical, overlooking the sea. Currently I'm inside, but with the large bay windows open, getting some evening sunshine - I may shortly head out to the terrace for full-on last rays action. On the minus side, I've been working today, but it hasn't been … Continue reading Being away

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October 24, 2009abroad, bnp question time, bored1 Comment
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What I’ve been up to, week ending 2009-10-18

now using MySkyStatus - http://MySkyStatus.com/ # Duncan Bannatyne: prick - http://bit.ly/FkAyr # "I agree with C Hitchens that champagne among 4 most overrated things in the world, with lobster, picnics and anal sex" http://bit.ly/1pD6n8 # (note to self: do not go on a champagne and lobster picnic with C Hitchens) # New rule of thumb: … Continue reading What I’ve been up to, week ending 2009-10-18

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October 18, 2009Twitter roundups1 Comment
The generic nonsense you love

Saturday loveliness

In honour of all the mean-spirited twattery that's been going on this week, here's something that's the opposite:

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October 17, 2009lulu and the lampshades, musical genres that are hard to describe5 Comments
The generic nonsense you love

…and while I’m on the ‘tort law’ topic

What's the point of injunctions in cases of breach of civil law? If someone breaks the criminal law, they should be punished. That's why we have criminal courts. But if someone's planning to do something which might, if they do it, be against civil law, what on earth is the justification for turning *that* into … Continue reading …and while I’m on the ‘tort law’ topic

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October 15, 2009gross unfairness, injunctions, libel law7 Comments
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Libel law reform

It's clear from this week's events, and indeed to everyone with access to either eyes or a braille reader, that English libel law is a disgrace that needs reformed. As far as I can make out, the only objection to libel law reform is that in countries like the US with a sensible (i.e. unenforceable … Continue reading Libel law reform

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October 15, 2009libel law, modest proposalsLeave a comment
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What I’ve been up to, week ending 2009-10-11

Inbound plane has finally landed. So if nothing else goes wrong we'll only be 5 hours late # Something else went wrong, so we were 5h45m late despite some heroic high-speed flying. Better get some bloody compo # Poor red pandas, destined forever to disappoint people who click headlines about them # like lionel blair, … Continue reading What I’ve been up to, week ending 2009-10-11

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What I’ve been up to, week ending 2009-10-04

Much left-web sillyness re Polanski. If you think 'rejected prosecution accusation' = 'fact it's reasonable to assert', go read the Mail... # Joy in heaven over 1 sinner who repents? RT @antonvowl Sun Hillsborough disgrace was before it backed Labour. They should've complained then # It's amusing, for some values thereof, to know that most … Continue reading What I’ve been up to, week ending 2009-10-04

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October 4, 2009Twitter roundups2 Comments

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