Monthly Archives: December 2012

TweetSlim Dusty got to Number 3 in the UK charts in 1959 with “A Pub with no beer”. It was also an international hit. You can hear it on YouTube below. When we visited Queensland last summer, we drove from … Continue reading →

TweetThe Blaze reports: Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) on Sunday said he wished the principal of Sandy Hook Elementary had been armed so she could have protected the school when a gunman burst in and started spraying bullets. “I wish to … Continue reading →

TweetIt is worth watching this YouTube video. It is a programme called “Is this your life?” made by Open Media for Channel 4 in 1995. In it, Andrew Neil quizzes Jimmy Savile on a whole range of topics. In hindsight, … Continue reading →

TweetChannel 4 News/Dispatches/Michael Crick revealed some astonishing facts concerning the Andrew Mitchell cycle incident, now known as “Plebgate”. You can read a summary of the revelations on Channel 4′s website here. It is reasonably fair to say that the whole … Continue reading →

TweetToday, the members of the US Presidential Electoral College cast their votes in state capitols around the country. The ballots will now be sent to Washington where they will be counted by congress on 6th Jnuary. It has to be … Continue reading →

TweetI’m fascinated by the prospect of the Queen attending cabinet tomorrow. Will she wear a hat? Her white gloves? Will she put her elbows on the table? Or sit back from the table? Will she ask questions? So many questions… … Continue reading →

TweetWhenever I have money I give to people begging in the streets or even not begging (some fellows in Newbury just sit on the side of the street with a blanket over their bodies). The Independent reported this week: Giving … Continue reading →

TweetI am usually a Today man on the way to work, but occasionally I need light relief and try something else. This week I tried Chris Evans (who Gerard Butler had difficulty in understanding last night on the One Show. … Continue reading →

TweetAfter blogging about a double yoke egg last Saturday, I discovered that my wife had already opened two double yoke eggs – presumably from the same box. Then yesterday I opened another. So, eight yokes from four eggs so far! … Continue reading →

TweetHere’s a double yoke egg I just had for breakfast. There’s a 0.1% chance of that happening. It last happened to me 1008 days ago and 10,760 people have viewed my photo of that occasion. I don’t think I’ve had … Continue reading →

TweetAs a Republican one of my biggest hang-ups with the monarchy is that members of the Royal family are forced to do unnatural and demeaning things. No mother should be forced to announce that they are pregnant at eight weeks. … Continue reading →

TweetIt’s funny, but before two weeks ago, I can’t remember the last time I heard the phrases “slippery slope” or “crossing the Rubicon”. In the run up to, and immediately after, the publication of the Leveson report we have heard … Continue reading →

TweetImagine. You are governor of one of the hottest places on the planet. Arizona. Hotter than hell. It is surely not unexpected for a reporter to ask you about climate change. – Not if you are Jan Brewer. Watch the … Continue reading →