The Islamophobe’s favourite Muslims
Following on from Saraji’s exposé of “Muslims for Bush” and the Hasan clan behind it a few weeks back, has anyone seen the grovelling “apology” for 9/11 posted on the “Free Muslim Coalition Against...
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Gordon Brown’s ambitions
Listening to the recent speculation about Tony Blair’s recent “cabinet reshuffle” (i.e. hiring, firing and moving of politicians in his cabinet), one hears a lot about the tension between Gordon Brown and his supporters,...
Don’t appease Putin
Simon Heffer of the London Daily Mail has written a piece in this week’s Spectator, in which he calls for western politicians not to play into the hands of the Putin régime, which besides...
The train service here stinks
The title says it all. I just hate the train “service” to New Malden. Especially in the evening. When I lived in Croydon the nearest station was East Croydon, and there were fast trains...
Zia’s fallen into the “change” trap
In this week’s New Statesman, there’s an article by Ziauddin Sardar, entitled Can Islam Change, which approvingly documents how Muslims everywhere are abandoning traditional Islamic law in favour of various kinds of “modernity”. The...
Students use lectures to sleep, eat and text
The Guardian today reveals that more than one in four students admit to sleeping during lecture times, 63% have sent text messages, and 25% were dissatisfied with the standard of teaching, according to an...
London buses!
Last month I blogged a bit about the ridiculous situation of the local buses here in New Malden – the K1 bus which goes off just before the people off the train from London...
Beslan and the servile Russian media
A report from today’s Guardian, on how the Russian media, much of it owned by establishment figures who are trying to curry favour with Putin’s gang. The author of this report was the victim...
Dennis Prager on shooting children
I don’t know how many of my readers regularly read Townhall.com, a site by the Heritage Foundation which contains an archive of articles by various right-wing columnists. Dennis Prager is one of them. The...
Tories scrapping tuition fees … but there’s a catch
The BBC just reported that the Tories have announced a policy to scrap university tuition fees when (or if!) they next get to power – and they intend to replace it with loans on...
About Robert Spencer
I’ve just been looking for info on Robert Spencer, the dishonest bigot behind the “Jihad Watch” blog, and found this post on the “Democratic Underground” forum: The threat of Robert Spencer and the danger...
eWeek: Linux Doesn’t Make Sense for Desktops
An article on the eWeek website opines that Linux isn’t viable for the desktop – anyone who wants to get away from Windows to a decent desktop should get a Mac, says David Coursey....
Review of What’s the Matter With America?
I’m not one for reading books cover to cover; I hardly ever read novels, most of my reading matter is nowadays computer related (and most of my bookshelves are dominated by religious and travel...
High death toll after Beslan siege
The BBC reports that at least 200 people have died at the school in Russia which was occupied by suspected Chechen separatists earlier this week. This is, of course, the second time the Russian...
Further to “The Two Sides of Yusuf Qaradawi”
Note to Al-Muhajabah: the new trackback is because of the new blog. Al-Muhajabah, in her blog “veiled4allah” links to an article by anti-Bush blogger Juan Cole attacking Yusuf al-Qaradawi for endorsing attacks on Americans,...
Abortion sob story in “Mother Jones”
The September/October 2004 edition of Mother Jones has hit the shelves of Borders here in the UK (I don’t know how many other outlets stock it), and on page 50 there’s a story by...
Of Africa, ex-colonials and ex-slaves …
George Monbiot has an article in today’s Guardian (link is now to his site) about why there might be suspicion about the British government’s recent moves to get involved in the Darfur situation –...
I’m going off tech blogs
The last year or so, my web surfing habits have changed somewhat. Before, the first place I went, usually, on starting up my computer was to head over to the Yahoo groups I subscribe...
Bullying is in the news again
The British charity Childline, which runs a helpline for children in need, has reported a 42% increase in bullying-related calls this year over last. An increasing number are from children 11 years old or...
Microsoft warned over anti-Linux ads
Microsoft, an American company which makes an office package for the Mac and also a useless “operating” system for the PC, has been reprimanded for the British Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) for a misleading...