Time, Gentlemen, Please!

An MP has apologised for being "too drunk to vote".

How amazing. Given what comes vomiting out of Westminster, I thought that being soused to the gills was a requirement for voting.

Update:It's the only way to explain how this sort of drivel get's a look in.

A call for national suicide

A Scots bishop rails against the laws of succession forbidding the heir to marry a Roman Catholic. The BBC is there to give the Hibernian Spacey-Trellis a pulpit to vent from without a word from the opposition to this bit of insanity that would mean the repeal of the Act of Settlement. Never mind that doing so would dissolve the United Kingdom and knock the the monarchy itself into the hazard. It's prizes for all in the Brave New World and that's all that matters.

This being the Beeb, they also take a gratuitous shot at primogeniture, which is "icky", but not a word from anyone with an once of integrity who sees this folly for what it is.

Of course, thre isn't even a peep about the real story of a Conservative party that responds that it is "considering" reform instead of taking a firm grasp of the Mace and loudly declaring that what isn't broken does not need to be mended.

Bitter

Bitter: nicer than lager, more democratic than wine, and not in the least bit creamy.

Meerkats?

Betelgeuse Bridge

Click title link to listen.

The Green Hornet: Chapter 12 - Panic in the Zoo

The Deadly Mantis

Friday fry-up

It's been another miserable heatwave day at Chez Szondy spent running errands and chucking the dogs in the river so they don't die of heat exhaustion. All in all, a bit of a write off on the writing front, so I'll let Jodi Miller take it from here.

Beer-me

At last! A robot that fetches Guinness and makes sure no one else nicks it on the way.

Pet sale ban

Pet lover? San Francisco hates you.

Sleep tight, America

A quote from Mr Barack Hussein Obama's new head of Medicare and Medicaid:

Cynics beware, I am romantic about the National Health Service; I love it. … The NHS is one of the astounding human endeavours of modern times.

Having lived under the NHS, I would advise everyone not to panic. Just keep calm, take a deep breath... RUN!

Commander Koenig, call your service.

In keeping with the Mr Barack Hussein Obama policy of posturing without actually doing anything, Nasa announces completion of Moonbase Alpha–the computer game, not an actual moonbase.

But how will this make Muslims feel better about themselves?

Five years on

The fruits of barbarism

It's the fifth anniversary of the 7/7 atrocity.

Given the number of attacks and near misses since then, that we have Jihadists that we can't deport living on benefits, an Afghanistan campaign in disarray, anti-terrorism laws still in place that inconvenience everyone except the Jihadists, a de facto and de juri invasion of Britain that continues unabated, another government that is reluctant to even name the enemy, and a general attitude of grovelling in front of the Faithful instead of standing up for moderate Muslims* and demanding concrete proof from the rest of why they should be trusted an inch, I'd say that we have a very long, hard road still ahead of us.

Meanwhile, to the victims of 7/7, our continued prayers.

*And by moderate I don't mean desiring a new caliphate in Britain, but are circumspect about it. I mean those who reject the goals as well as the methods of the Jihadists, swear allegiance to the Crown, recognise Britain as a Christian/secular state in which Sharia has no place, and intend to assimilate to British society rather than for that society to accommodate them.

The hair shirt

The standard operating procedure of governments faced with a shrinking budget is to deliberately make the cuts as painful as possible for the general public in order to induce panic. Faced with the choice of postponing new computers for the LGBT outreach centre and laying off policemen, it's almost certain that there will be fewer cops in the beat.

Case in point: the city of Everett, WA says that it will make schoolchildren walk up to a mile to school in an effort to save $400,00. Pace that kids need the exercise, it's interesting that the city government isn't going for the alternative of simply sacking five paper pushers.

That's the reason why I prefer most day to day government decisions to be as local as possible. When a borough councilman does something as cynical as this, I take comfort in knowing that I'll probably run into him in the queue at Starbucks tomorrow where I can give him a good bollocking.

The dog that didn't bark

Byron York looks at how the MSM are covering the Nasa Muslim outreach controversy:

From a Nexis search a few moments ago:

Total words about the NASA Muslim outreach program in the New York Times: 0.

Total words about the NASA Muslim outreach program in the Washington Post: 0.

Total words about the NASA Muslim outreach program on NBC Nightly News: 0.

Total words about the NASA Muslim outreach program on ABC World News: 0.

Total words about the NASA Muslim outreach program on CBS Evening News: 0.

If you were to receive your news from any one of these outlets, or even all of them together, and you heard about some sort of controversy involving the Obama administration redefining the space agency’s mission to feature outreach to Muslim countries, your response would be, “Huh?” Among all the news these distinguished outlets have seen fit to cover in recent days, the NASA story has not made the cut.

I was going to say that bias is more often about what's not said than what is, but "bias" is too mild a word for what's going on here.

Update: Beyond parody.

I'll huff and I'll puff...

An interesting reproduction of Second World War German technology.

A few points: The presenter should learn to speak properly, get himself a jacket and tie, and not be so ludicrously demonstrative. Second, the music should be expunged and the composer lightly shot. And third, I would expect a house of bricks to involve mortar.

Good Lord, what childish rubbish. How the BBC has slid downhill.

A female condom with barbs

The design is described as "controversial".

I can't imagine why.

Smile-sensing vending machine.

I hate everything about this machine down to its very principle.

Share and enjoy.

The New World

Now that the Barack Hussein Obama administration has effectively cancelled the US manned spaceflight programme, what are Mr Obama's priorities in outer space: According to Nasa director Mr Charles Bolden, is it:

1. "Re-inspire children to want to get into science and math"
2. "Expand our international relationships"
3. "Third and foremost, to find a way to reach out to the Muslim world and engage much more with predominantly Muslim nations to help them feel good about their historic contribution to science, math, and engineering."

If you chose "all of the above, congratulations, you've just achieved insight into what Mr Obama really thinks about the space programme, his country's achievements, and how he sees the war against the Jihadists.

Another nail

An "expert" wants to ban rugby scrums at schools.

In other news, experts hate rugby, boys, childhood, and all of us in general.

Update: No doubt the "expert" would prefer rugby replaced by something along the lines of this gooey kumbaya moment.

It's for your own good

From autobloggreen:

UK committee says fuel prices must stay high to force drivers into efficient cars

Apparently the committee never considered the alternative consequence of keeping petrol prices artificially high will be for the long-suffering people to chuck the committee and anyone in government who supports them out on their collectivist ears.