Licence to mug?
Following in the same spirit as the last post, Paul Stott, a Hackney libertarian I briefly corresponded with a few years back, suggests that where laws are being routinely broken then this is evidence...
View ArticleSome Manx jokes
I saw this today (seehttp://www.iomtoday.co.im/news/isle-of-man-news/should-isle-of-man-work-permit-holders-be-made-to-speak-english-1-6474791)and cracked up laughing.It's not just the idea of Peter...
View ArticleWe are not serious
Thanks to clicking, out of idle curiosity, on a chance link to a vaguely familiar name that came up in a computer search this week I had a vision of what might have been.As I've mentioned once or...
View ArticleWhen two myths collide
Even without my cultural academic hat on, I would roll around the floor laughing at this nonsense (see...
View ArticleManx democracy, a contradictatorship interned
If you owe your Manx political appointment to an unelected cabal in another country, shouldn't you have the common decency to butt out of the democratic process?I only ask because of this...
View ArticleNecromancy considered as a subsidised performance art
See http://www.iomtoday.co.im/what-s-on/manx-entertainment-news/manx-passion-play-to-be-performed-around-isle-of-man-over-easter-1-6552955for the latest episode in “Year of The C Word”. Sorry to go on...
View ArticleDavid Nutt talk - be there or stay misinformed
A couple of weeks back I hit a particularly rich and interesting research seam for another project. For that reason alone I cannot blog much until I find time to read through and start processing...
View ArticleTwo hours of Nutty-slacking
Well, Monday night was fun. I spent it at this (see http://www.iomtoday.co.im/news/health/relaxing-cannabis-law-could-benefit-isle-of-man-claim-1-6589370) and, as I said elsewhere, enjoyed the rare...
View ArticleClosure by cake
You might have seen my obituary for an old friend in the Examiner a couple of weeks back (see http://www.iomtoday.co.im/news/isle-of-man-news/bernard-caine-a-man-of-principle-1-6664211). No, I have no...
View ArticleOh, OK then....
OK, in the last week alone several people have asked if I've given up on blogging. Of necessity, I did have to stop for a while to attend to other things, which took longer than I expected. But...
View ArticleSlaveheart
“Management” found a new game at her workplace on Friday – taunting exiled Scots who, if they had a chance, would have voted No anyway. As she so aptly put it, “I hear Mel Gibson's making a modern...
View ArticleThe real public health menaces
I had the, um …... interesting(?) experience of meeting some people who either already are or shortly will be indirectly employed to tackle the island's so-called substance abuse problems last week....
View ArticleOf honours and bombers
An old habit from my full time journo days has just paid off again. Before recycling I routinely check through old local papers and magazines for stories and tip-offs I might have missed. Today I found...
View ArticleRead up, wise up and join in
Next Sunday afternoon I will be at the Isle of Man Freethinkers AGM. This year I have a more than usual interest in proceedings (more on that after the event). Sadly, though, it means that I will not...
View ArticleLazarus - raised and reburied with the living
For reasons some readers might know about, but which I won't go into here, I was otherwise engaged last weekend so could not share this (see...
View ArticleTantrums in Toytown
I don't know who comes out looking sillier in this story(see http://www.iomtoday.co.im/news/isle-of-man-news/historians-told-you-re-not-welcome-1-6901578), the busload of visiting style nazis who were...
View ArticleAlcohol Concern Concern
A couple of weeks ago I noticed this (see http://www.isleofman.com/News/details/67320/island-to-assess-anti-alcohol-pill) and noted it as of possible interest, but thought no more of it on the day.Then...
View ArticleToilet training
This story (see http://www.iomtoday.co.im/news/isle-of-man-news/campaigners-urge-us-to-twin-our-toilets-1-6912826 ) breaks my heart.I have known the One World Centre, its staff and committee since its...
View ArticleNow we are sick
How many pathetic white flighters are there on the island, and how much would they pay to listen to a drunk they cannot even vote for? The answers are 700, and £17.50. What sad lives some people must...
View ArticleManx Kippers
Well, as promised, I and a few pillars of the community were outside the Gaiety on November 11thdistributing anti-racist leaflets to blue rinse bigot groupies.It was an eye opener. A real losers...
View ArticleThe art of cronyism
The real world has prevented me posting for a while, but I had to point out the latest tat Ramsey Commissioners have dumped on us under the ongoing town degeneration scheme (see...
View ArticleNot a prayer?
I had a bit of a giggle recently at http://www.isleofman.com/News/details/68672/ramsey-company-answered-our-prayers-says-beach-buddies.Why?Well firstly, I doubt if anyone had to pray about it, given...
View ArticleNo room at the inn?
About a month ago, I was made aware of an apparent case of religious prejudice against people trying to help the homeless. I was reminded of it again when I saw...
View ArticleManger danger
There are days when you worry about the state of the Manx NHS. And then there are other days when you really worry about it - especially when it caves in to pitchfork-waving simpletons stirred up by...
View ArticleMoving on
Today is a significant day for me, which I am spending at home where I can shut the world out. It is also the day I stop writing this blog for good. No ‘maybe’ or ‘perhaps if’; I’ve thought about it...
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