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http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/20194738
I like Arsene Wenger. He comes across as a passionate but very nice man. But I’ve no idea what game he was watching yesterday.
Sieve
I’ve just read this with some astonishment. It appears to show that the Leveson Inquiry, a celebrity video-box set up in a moment of panic by our half-witted Prime Minister to enquire into phone-hacking, bungs to policemen, leaking and anything else that take Leveson’s fancy, has itself started to leak. If so, will Dave set up an inquiry into the inquiry?
I commend, to those who have not seen it, the sixth episode of the recently concluded fourth series of ‘The Thick of It’ and to Malcolm Tucker’s tirade at the end, which encapsulates quite brilliantly the crazy ‘Inquiry culture’ in which we are now living. Sadly it has now gone from iPlayer, but should be out soon on DVD.
Let’s make some noise
When we were in Barcelona a couple of weeks ago, a demo by striking Metro workers passed our hotel. In Spain, the term ‘Peaceful protest’ means only that they do not throw things at the police. It does not mean that it is quiet.
Imaginary
You see some odd things in shop windows. This one is in Barcelona; I was reminded of it by a discussion with my stepdaughter who reckons John Lennon’s ‘Imagine’, is one of the best songs ever written. While I understand that view, I don’t buy into it, for two reasons. One, I find the lyric naive and simplistic. Two, I am of Lennon’s generation and I don’t recall him putting into practice any of the things he preached, in his dealings with his first family, his band mates and even for a time, Yoko Ono.
Camping out
A few days ago, several people on my wife’s email list had a message from her with a link that referred them to this website.
Today I received the same link from someone on mine. Problem being, Eileen didn’t send that message, and I am quite sure, neither did Jean. When Yahoo and AOL allow our email addresses to be camped on and abused in this way, there can be no clearer demonstration that that there is no such thing as internet security.
Quote for today, and every other
‘Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who put us on, or by imbeciles who really mean it.’
– Mark Twain
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