Prince
Harry Apologises
for
Not Wearing Nazi Uniform |
Shocked paparazzi yesterday
snapped Prince Harry in normal working clothes, minus any sign of
swastikas or iron crosses.A Palace spokesperson
immediately issued an apology. The statement
said "It is well known that the Royal Family has a
history of Nazi sympathies going back generations
and the Prince recognizes that it was in poor taste to
appear in public as if he was a normal person. He
hopes that no Nazis were offended by his careless
act and promises to keep up the family tradition in future. |
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Huygens
Probe Sends
Back First Titan
Images. |
The Huygens probe has sent back the first images
of Saturn's moon Titan, showing a long dark shape resembling
an International Communist Current.
One stunning black and white image reveals what seem to be
discussion forums on permanent revolution leading out into
a remote island of sectarianism. Another shows a flat surface that is
apparently strewn with impenetrable position statements.
Scientists said Huygens captured more than 300 images of the ICC
and that no activity has been detected. The Cassini spacecraft continues
to the edge of the solar system where it will eventually
establish whether
the dark planet Militant actually exists.
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Tougher
laws on
defence of property
ruled out |
The law on the amount of force owners can use
against workers will not be changed, Home
Secretary Charles Clarke has announced..
A review has concluded the current law,
which allows the capitalist class extreme violence"
against strikers, protesters and communists is sufficient.
"We've got all the laws we'll ever need so I don't
think we have to be greedy", he said onTuesday.
But Mr Clarke added that there will be a publicity
campaign to ensure workers understand they can
protect themselves from capitalists too.
"Do as you're told and we'll leave you alone', he said . |
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Thatcher
fined over
'coup
plot' |
Sir Mark Thatcher, the son of former UK Prime
Minister Margaret Thatcher was fined £265,000 and
given a four-year suspended jail term for his
involvement in an alleged coup plot in Equatorial
Guinea. Sir Mark protested afterwards "I'm
innocent, you know. If there
was any plot, I lost it years ago,
and so did my mum."
".Wanna buy a
helicopter?"
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Torturers
R Us
Can belief in God help to nullify the effects of pain? This is the
objective of an experiment to be carried out at Oxford University and
funded by the US (where else?) John Templeton Foundation, which will
subject volunteers/victims to painful experiments in an effort to
determine whether faith in a deity will make pain more bearable.
The report (Times 12 January) goes on to say how the two-year study,
headed by neurologist Susan Greenfield, will be undertaken at the
Oxford Centre for Science of the Mind (well, they could hardly call it
“Torture R Us”). It will measure people’s neurological responses as
they are exposed to religious symbols while being tortured in order to
“determine the efficacy of their faith in helping them to cope”. The
aim of this is apparently to develop new approaches “for promoting
wellbeing and ultimately maximising individual human potential”,
although how this can be achieved by torture is (pun intended)
mind-blowing.
Now far be it for socialists to advocate torture in any form; however,
purely in the interest of science and more importantly, since these
people are actually volunteering for this experiment, may we suggest
that these sanctimonious bible-bashing nutters be strapped down and
subjected to a continuous playing of Cliff Richard’s abominable
“Millenium Prayer.”
Should these volunteers be heard screaming “Jesus Christ” at the top of
their voices, this should not necessarily be interpreted as an
exaltation of their faith in some alleged god.
Tone
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 The Acehnese had
betrayed Allah. They were not true
to their faith…Allah always looks
after his faithful followers…If they
don't become true Muslims they will
be struck down.”
Salman al-Farizi, commander of the
radical Islamist group Laskar
Mujahadin, on the cause of the
tsunami.
Guardian, Jan 8th
The sum
required to
establish an early warning
system now looks pitifully small
compared to the cost in terms of the
tens of thousands of lives lost and
the billions of dollars in damage
caused.
Professor Calestous Juma, of the
Kennedy School of Government,
Harvard University, US. UN
Millennium Project's report chief
author, on tsunami wave. BBC
News Online Technology, Jan 6th.
It would
be one of the
biggest breakthroughs mankind has
ever experienced if we pooled our
wealth in order to look after the
poorer people of the world. Sadly, I
don't think it will happen.”
J G Ballard, novelist, Independent,
Jan 4th
If I go
for a walk through
large parts of the South-east, I am
liable to be lynched”
Alistair Darling, Secretary of State
for Transport. Independent, Jan 3rd
A poison
has entered the
system. And it is beginning
to harm us all.”
The Daily Mail on the Blair/Brown
rift. Jan 7th
Politics
is one of the few
professions that you can enter
without any training whatsoever and
suddenly become an expert.
Allen Carr, anti-smoking 'expert',
Independent, Jan 5th
I was told
in my last
'appraisal' that I wouldn't be getting
a promotion or pay rise until I proved
to the company that I was "worth it".
I was told further that could mean
"working through lunchtimes or
staying an extra couple of hours in
the evenings". I get raised eyebrows
if I leave on-time or am the first to go
home, and have chosen to ignore
the pointed looks as I leave for my
lunch hours.
Reader's comment re. article on
unpaid overtime, BBC Online
Magazine, Jan 7th
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