UK suffers worst double-dipstick chancellor in 50 years. (satire) Britain’s chancellor George Osborne’s economic competence collapsed by 0.7% in the second quarter of 2012 as the country’s double-dipstick chancellor of the exchequer’s ineptitude extended into a third quarter. A unique combination of across-the-board weakness in ability and proficiency coupled with a weakening of rational output right across Mr Osborne’s activities were responsible for the setback, according to data from the Office for National Statistics. Analysts in the City had expected a 0.2% drop in gross economic negligence from the government in the three months to June but were stunned by the scale of the fall in ministerial competence.
The decline followed the 0.3% fall in common sense in the first three months of 2012 and a 0.4% decline in savvy in the final quarter of 2011. This is the first double-dipstick chancellor the country has seen since the mid-1980s – when the UK was beset by high levels of arrogance under the chancellor Nigel Lawson. Like this: Like Loading... Constable Chaos – UK Police Blog. Cumulo Cirrus. Mac an Cheez plz! I have been healed! Yes, that's right, healed! Well, according to the person who ever so 'kindly' did the healing I have. Skeptical? You should be. So, how did this miraculous healing event come about? A couple of weeks ago I met a friend of a friend, a delightful American lady. It was only when I arrived that I realised it was a dinner party. Without exception they were grolies, I was particularly mystified and revoltedimpressed by the earnest, white, middle class, male African drumming instructor.
Dinner was lovely if you like lentils and tofu. Having Ehlers Danlos Syndrome means my disability is pretty much invisible and it's not something I tend to bring up unless asked about it or most commonly, when I'm asked what I do for a living. I was struggling to get up from the sofa which was noticed by MLC who commented that I could 'probably do with some healing'.
So, lacking in enough self confidence to leave I allowed the 'healing' to continue. Eventually though, I was declared cured. Dr Grumble. "Like blood, health care is too precious, intimate and corruptible to entrust to the market" Woolhandler & Himmelstein "When Money is the Mission –The High Cost of Investor-Owned Care," New England Journal of Medicine. 1999 The full text of the speech in case you prefer to read it (and it is quicker to read) is below.
Thank you for all your support over the last year. I’d like to tell you a story about a GP, a radiologist, a pathologist and a psychiatrist. Sounds like the first line of a joke, but it isn’t. The GP was me. We were having dinner with our children at an open-air opera in Germany. Everyone was having a good time – when the dreaded happened.
Out of the corner of my eye, I saw an elderly man fall headfirst into his plate. The four of us looked at each other. We knew our meal was over – and we swung into action. Each working to type. The psychiatrist tending to the man’s wife. The radiologist searching for a defibrillator. The pathologist pounding on the poor man’s chest. "Do what? " No. The Banks are more powerful today than they were before the crisis. GERALD CELENTE BLOG. Amplified.
Pushnote. Some of you may have spotted that I recently tweeted the existence of a new service called Pushnote. In the interest of transparency, openness and the general calming down of doubting Thomases and cynical Susans everywhere, I shall declare right away that I do have shares in this new venture. It may be in my interest for you to use Pushnote, but I am not lying when I say that the only real interest for me is the personal one of watching an idea take flight (or not). The service is entirely free, we have no IPO plans, no ambition to get a quick valuation and sell out, nor will we host advertisements or track your comings and goings and sell those on.
I have no expectations of making money from this. For me it’s a little like gardening. I don’t do the real thing, but I can see the pleasure in planning out, digging, drilling, seeding, watering, tending and watching the first sproutings of new growth. That’s probably enough metaphor. Enjoy… Science, Reason and Critical Thinking. Politics. Dave has been talking about religion. Speaking during a question-and-answer session in Darwen near Blackburn, the Telegraph reports, he described the Bible as "not a bad handbook", but admitted struggling with some of the sayings contained therein, such as Jesus' instruction to the rich man to sell all he possessed and give the proceeds to the poor.
"But what I think is so good about Jesus’ teachings," he added, "is there are lots of things that he said that you can still apply very directly to daily life and to bringing up your children. " So I thought I'd help the prime minister out by offering him an edited version of the Gospels which might be of more use to him. 1. And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Gideon, that all the world should be taxed. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. Amen (Any additions will of course be gratefully received) Read the rest of this article. The Ordinary Cook. G-Kirk Flying Vet My local character Rofl. I decided to deliver my urgent letter to HRH Prince Charles, personally, but was thwarted by two burly policemen at the entrance to Highgrove House, Tetbury, Gloucestershire. I was originally going to deliver it by 1943 Piper Cub, registration G-KURK and land her just outside the prohibited zone to walk the short distance to his Royal Highness's residence.
Kirstie suggested that that was not such a good idea, bearing in mind my recent protracted stay in Texas State Lunatic Asylum, in Austin and subsequent deportation. This followed my failed attempt just to leave a 'thank you letter' at the front gate of President Bush's Crawford ranch, for saving my life. [US Coast Guard helicopter after my ditching in Caribbean near Haiti]. Anyway, I did not leave empty handed. It was then a drive down to Hampshire to continue work on the Cub for the flight to Cape Town or Mount Everest? HRH Prince Charles, The Prince of Wales Highgrove House Tetbury Gloucestershire England 1st January 2009 For example: 1. 2.