Mein Kampf becomes an ebook bestseller Digital editions of Adolf Hitler’s fascist screed, in less public format, attract surge in readers The Today programme (08:24) reports, with a shudder, that interest in Hilter’s Mein Kampf has risen…it is number one bestseller in its Amazon category. We are told….It’s an important book because it influenced millions of people…and post war it still does…on the Far Right. We are told … Continue reading
OK folks, here is a new fracking approved Open Thread. Anyone spotted Barbara Plett crying about Ariel Sharon? Nope? What a shocker. The floors is yours….
Watched Sherlock last night…His Last Vow. Who was the evil mastermind, Sherlock’s new nemesis? Rupert Murdoch…the Australian newspaper owner. No sorry, it was in fact someone called Charles Augustus Magnussen, a newspaper proprietor…and as the BBC call him…‘The King of Blackmail’….using his newspapers and information gathering power to influence government policy…allegedly….not meant to be anyone we know at all. The show opened with him up before a … Continue reading
I see that the BBC is hoping to use the ‘soft power’ of the Teletubbies, Top Gear and Doctor Who to …cough…break down North Korea’s hardline regime. Foreign Secretary William Hague has revealed the Foreign and Commonweath Office is working with BBC Worldwide to provide programmes ‘that could be shown on Korean TV’. Negotiations are also on-going with Pyongyang to strike a deal to broadcast a range of shows on the state-run Central … Continue reading
Did you read this? “The BBC has spent tens of thousands of pounds over six years trying to keep secret an extraordinary ‘eco’ conference which has shaped its coverage of global warming, The Mail on Sunday can reveal. The controversial seminar was run by a body set up by the BBC’s own environment analyst Roger Harrabin and funded via a £67,000 grant from the then Labour government, which hoped to see … Continue reading
James Delingpole under threat: @JamesDelingpole Hey scumbag, just remember they hanged Lord Haw Haw. #Haiyan This post is just something to suck on and give you pause for thought before I look at the BBC’s recent bit of climate propaganda…Is there a Green Hush? The BBC has maintained a constant narrative that climate scientists are ‘under attack’ from sceptics and therefore such pressure explains the scientist’s … Continue reading
The first installment with my own mission statement is here. Zurcher’s next topic was inevitable, so here goes. Again, I’m doing this without having read any of it other than the title and the first sentence. Chris Christie’s Bridge-sized Headache Somebody has leaked or stolen some emails by the popular and prominent New Jersey Governor detailing and gloating about deliberately blocking traffic on a vital commuter conduit in order to … Continue reading
Here you go folks, a new Open thread for you to complete!
The IPCC’s study into deaths in police custody in England and Wales between 1998 and 2010 shows: Those who died in custody were mostly white (75%), male (90%) and aged between 25 and 44. An invitation to Mark Duggan’s aunt from the BBC’s Nicky Campbell: ‘I’m going to give you two minutes to be open and honest about the cancer in our society…say honestly from the heart … Continue reading
Sugar is apparently: Toxic and detrimental to society…in fact it is worse than tobacco as tobacco isn’t introduced into food. The BBC tells us that: Nearly two thirds of people in the UK are overweight or obese – leading to other health problems such as type 2 diabetes and heart disease. Really? You have to ask firstly is that true? Not sure I believe the figure….looking around … Continue reading
