Stephen King vs some guy
Thursday, May 15th, 2008Stephen King’s taking some flak at the moment for comments he made about the US education system and how it’s failing its students. He suggested that many leave with barely enough education to function and have limited career options. He goes on to suggest that, because of this, many end up in the armed forces [...]
“Ridiculous overuse of Council power” story of the week
Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008Found this story on the BBC website and just had to share it with you, as it’s so amazingly stupid.
A man now has a criminal record because he over-filled his wheelie bin and the lid wouldn’t shut properly. The council decided that this was obviously the work of a unreconstructed scum-of-the-earth type and sent the [...]
“All I said was, that piece of halibut was good enough for Jehovah”
Monday, November 5th, 2007I need to ask a question that has been raised by two related news articles I’ve just read (here and here).
A young woman has died after giving birth to healthy twins when her faith as a Jehovah’s Witness forbade her from having a blood transfusion. There is some speculation that she may still have died [...]