Archive for July, 2009
Politicians Won’t Go Green…
… it’s our job to slow climate change
As the global warming tipping point looms closer, The Nurse becomes increasingly pissed off with politians.
They’re procrastinating like people possessed. All over the planet.
On reflection she acknowledges that politicians will never be willing to sign up to strict environmental targets. Unless we make them.
Politics is all about popularity. Strict environmental policies require big cultural changes. Fundamental things that hit almost everyone where it hurts most. Not necessarily [...]3 Things to do When the TV News Gets Too Serious
The Nurse sometimes gets fed up with everything on the TV news being so intense. So she’s dreamed up three things to do to lighten up even the most serious piece of TV news reporting:
If a pompous politician is getting on your nerves, imagine him or her naked except for socks and sandals. A neat trick which makes [...]
All You Need to Make a Tune
Just a quick little post from me to big-up my pals shed diddley bow. It goes to show how very little equipment is needed to knock out a tune.
Snap a Copper Today
Back in June (when the sun was shining) a group of protesters gathered at the EDO MBM factory to express their views on the arms trade and EDO’s involvement. The protest descended into what was described as a riot with police struggling to keep the crowds under control, resorting to using dogs, batons and strong-arm [...]
Cosmetics, anti-ageing and ‘beauty’ products ‘hit and miss’ science
The Nurse wonders how many women realise that the claims made by skincare manufacturers are utter bollocks.
Cosmetics companies have always relied on subjective assessments of the improvements their products make to women’s skin. Why? Because until very recently there’s been no scientifically valid way to test their claims.
So skincare advertising is all pretty words with no substance. Or - as The Nurse’s Mum would [...]
