Archive for May, 2009
Raise UK Driving Age to 25 and Retest Every Five Years
A report in last week’s Guardian newspaper highlighted how an alarming number of drivers on Britain’s roads don’t know the meaning of various common road signs. Motorists fail to recognise road signs.
Apparently around two thirds (67%) of drivers were unable to identify the sign indicating a zebra crossing. Apparently only 12% of the 2000 motorists [...]American atheists ‘come out’
As the marvellous Mr Obama and his science men chip away at a decade’s worth of Bush inspired anti intellectualism, The Nurse is delighted to find a corresponding hike in atheism taking place over the water.
As reported in the New York Times, unbelievers are coming out of the closet in droves. So much so that [...]MPs Expenses Claims are Not Trivial
The latest revelations regarding MPs expenses claims have been the most shocking yet in this erupting scandal. The Daily Telegraph revealed details of Tory MPs’ expenses claims which put many of those made by Labour MPs in the shade.
For example Douglas Hogg, the former agriculture secretary, submitted a claim that included over £2000 to have [...]Swine Flu Panic Unnecessary – Just Use a Hanky
So Egypt has begun mass slaughter of pigs and Ghana has banned the import of pork as a precaution against swine flu. Both are pointless as the swine flu virus is transmitted human to human and cannot be caught from pork meat. I think they just don’t like pigs.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has now [...]
