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It’s all Thatcher’s fault…
We have Margaret Thatcher to thank for today’s Global Warming theory.
The original theory was from a fringe scientist and when it surfaced nearly all mainstream scientists found it laughable. Man’s contribution to CO2 in the atmosphere is so small when compared to the contributions from volcanoes, plants and especially the oceans, it’s doubtful man could [...]
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Deleting a Facebook account
How to remove a Facebook account permanently.
Most people would choose the Deactivate link from the Settings menu, but this doesn’t actually delete the account, it just archives it – in case you change your mind!
However you may not like the idea of your details being kept on file.
To completely delete an account use the following [...]
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New Doctor Who for 2010: a changeling?
After sitting through the much trumpeted Doctor Who Confidential programme on BBC1 tonight I was disappointed to learn that the new Doctor is to be a young actor named Matt Smith, who is 26 and looks about 16, with the boy-band hair in the eyes look. He also has the look of “Odo” from Deep [...]
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J Ross & R Brand
As far as I am concerned these two made an obscene phone call, which is a criminal offence and should be prosecuted under criminal law. The fact that it was supposed to be “comedy” is neither here nor there – neither is it a defence.
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Sarah Palin
I watched the televised debate with Joe Biden expecting that Ms Palin would be hilariously lost for words, but I was disappointed. There was a lot of down-home folksy verbiage from Ms Palin, acres of it that included the buzz words “change” and “maverick” at every conceivable opportunity, but very little of substance. I was [...]
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Time for cyclists to obey the law?
Congestion, soaring fuel prices and more designated lanes are some of the reasons given for a huge rise in cycling across UK towns and cities. But it has led to rising tension between drivers, pedestrians and those on two wheels.
Cyclist Jason Howard was fined £2,200 following the death of a pedestrian he had collided with [...]
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The way we were.
Congratulations to all the kids who were born in the 1930s, 40s, 50s, 60s and 70s!
First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they carried us. They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a can, and didn’t get tested for diabetes.
Then after that trauma, our baby cribs were covered [...]
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Magna Carta
There is a lot of chatter these days about the loss of our civil liberties and mention is always made of Magna Carta…
What are these civil liberties that I am supposed to have lost? The only thing that remotely affects me is no longer being able to donate blood because I have MS. So the [...]
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Burma: we are watching and hearing
The world IS watching your struggle and admire people like you who take great risks to let us know what is happening.
The UN and the EU are trying to pressure your government with threats of sanctions but China and Russia say that it is not for them to interfere with internal problems.
In the UK we [...]
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Supercharged CPN?
Scientists have shown how bacteria in space can gain virulence.
“These bugs can sense where they are by changes in their environment. The minute they sense a different environment, they change their genetic machinery so they can survive,” Professor Nickerson said.
Space bugs become more dangerous
Just wondering about cpn – MS appears in the Faroe Islands after [...]
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