Month April 2005

From BOPNews The UK economy has slowed almost too a halt, and yet, the Bank of England wants to raise rates to fight inflation. The Eurozone is, likewise, on the brink of recession. Rob Portman, another one of the good…

From Sue’s dad regarding the Shiavo matter: “If every American who existed in a vegetative state were allowed to die, who would be left to vote for the Republican Party?”

The most comprehensive survey yet completed of glaciers in the Antarctic has discovered widespread movement, especially in the past five years. The findings, published today in the journal Science, indicate that the rate of sea-level rise could increase if ice…

From Wood at The John Heron project in Wales, commenting on my post, The Question of Nonviolence My mate Bob thinks nonviolence is a mug’s game. Hmm. Dunno about that. Sometimes I agree with Bob, sometimes I don’t. Here, I…

From Slugger O’Toole, the excellent Irish blog about Northern Ireland politics. Weighing the pen and the sword Jude Collins and Ed Moloney have ended up in a bit of a public barney about an almost blog style debunking of Anthony McIntyre’s…