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The Seven Habits of Highly Ineffective Terrorists

Thought-provoking article in Wired. Most counterterrorism policies fail, not because of tactical problems, but because of a fundamental misunderstanding of what motivates terrorists in the first place. If…

Stupid Things I Have Heard (Part 6,801)

So the Large Hadron Collider got switched on this morning (and we’re all still here!). I was watching it on BBC News24; after the switchon, the presenter began…

When Poets Attack…

The AQA exam board has withdrawn a poem from its anthology for GCSE English, after receiving a grand total of three complaints that it encouraged knife crime. The…

Stupid Things I Have Seen Part 947….

All this week, BBC TV News has been congratulating itself on exposing an illegal immigration ring bringing in Pakistani workers, supplying them with fake documents and putting them…

Idiots Damage Castlerigg

Pictures of New Age idiots digging a hole and lighting a fire in a Scheduled Ancient Monument. Anybody else feel like shoving some suitably energised crystals up the…

Is it me…?

So, the other week I joined an LJ community. People often post questions for debate there – abortion, politics, society etc. So today, I thought I’d post my…

The Devil came to Jersey……

In February / March, the newspapers were full of horrified speculation about the uncovering of decades of abuse at the Haut de la Garenne childrens’ home, with former…

Scamming the McCanns….

In an earlier post, I related how I got so peed off with the ignorant credulity of the Independent on Sunday’s science writing that I switched to the…

Say It Loud…

This is the logo of the Out Campaign; if you’re an atheist, you display this on your blog or website. I don’t define myself as an atheist –…

It Ain’t No Fun…

Since turning down the Elfin Diary job, we haven’t got a lot of money to spare. The bills are never-ending and now there’s never quite enough to go…