God Save Our National Anthem

Good thing we won the Battle of Britain.

Otherwise, people might be forced to join in singing patriotic songs to prove their loyalty to the regime.

Ukip talking Turkey

Who are, or were, the UKIP Women’s Board? They were a Facebook group that existed briefly and seems to have deleted itself.

Here’s what they did.

There’s a Facebook group called Women Against UKIP. They joined earlier in 2014, and they now have upwards of 5000 Likes.

At the end of May, Women Against UKIP had upwards of 3000 Likes, as I recall.

As you can see from the screenshot at the top right, taken on 4th June, in four days UKIP Womens Board had 3153 Likes. Quick work in four days! A lot of women must support UKIP!

Yes. 3185 women support UKIP. Aged between 18-24. In Istanbul.

Mary Moriarty is a BEM

Well, it’s all a load of royalist imperialist hooey, of course, but once in a while the Honours List does light on someone who you think “Yeah, she deserves it!”

The Virtual Inglenook said of Mary Moriarty in 2009 that even she “only retires once”. He did not predict that Moriarty’s idea of “retirement” involved the Leith Festival (Gala Day yesterday, continues to the 20th, enjoy!)

Christmas post

I meant this post to be a compilation of a few pleasant links to celebrate Christmas, but then I got a dose of norovirus for the solstice, and if you have ever had norovirus you will understand, but if you haven’t yet: I spent Sunday feeling like complete crap, and the next couple of days recovering.

My best gift to myself was remembering that oral rehydration therapy would both be good to drink and do me good:

• 30 ml sugar : 2.5 ml salt : 1 liter water
• 2 tbl. sugar : 0.5 tsp. salt : 1 quart water
• 6 tsp. sugar : 0.5 tsp. salt : 1 liter water

ORT – simple solution of sugar and salt in water – is reckoned to be one of the biggest medical discoveries of the 20th century, which has probably saved more lives than any other. I wouldn’t have died of 24-hour norovirus: I am a strong healthy well-nourished adult. But people can die of prolonged vomiting/diarrhea due to dehydration and sodium depletion: and ORT both helps replenish fluid and the sugar solution helps the gut absorb the salt it’s losing. Although packets of ORT salts are manufactured under the supervision of WHO / UNICEF, anyone with access to water, sugar, and salt can mix up an ORT solution at home, and if you are even slightly dehydrated, it’s much safer to drink than plain water.

So, having cheered you all up: who’s going to watch The Bishop’s Wife? (BBC iPlayer til 30th December.)

It’s OK, MI5: we’re only punning

-“I do sometimes wonder if we’d have to entirely demolish Labour to build an actual left wing party.”
-“You’d also have to wipe the memories of their core voters.”
-“Aye. @EyeEdinburgh mentioned the utter lack of worthy left wing alternatives.”
-“Frankly I’d just be in favour of a politician cull (not a threat, MI5, a joke about politicians).”
-“A politician cull? Oh. Deer.”
-“Stop badgering me about it, okay”
-“that’s the quota the day.”
-“We seem to be in a bit of a rut.”
-“That has the seal of approval…”
-“this has been fun but I’m off clubbing.”
-“I think you’re foxed.”

The Mayan Apocalypse

Will the world come to an end on 21st December 2012?

It better not. I’m having my carpets cleaned that afternoon.

We could all die of plague! There’s one sweeping the land at this moment. (True, but not lethal, unless you are very old, very young, or otherwise very frail – and also very far from any hospital.)

God will smite us – Ireland is going to pass legislation that will give girls and women whose lives are threatened by pregnancy a clear if limited right to access abortion.

Glenfiddich and Sugar

…if Donald Trump hates them, they can’t be all bad!

How can George Osborne reduce UK debt while spending billions to subsidize Scotland’s garbage wind turbines that are destroying the country?

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 6, 2012

You’re all wrong—check the facts! UK is massively subsidizing Scotland’s wind turbines & the people don’t want them.

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 6, 2012

And by “the people”, Donald Trump means himself.

@realdonaldtrump RT Scottish don’t want wind turbines……..I think you have that wrong . The Scottish don’t want you !

— Lord Sugar (@Lord_Sugar) December 6, 2012

.@lord_sugarIf you think ugly windmills are good for Scotland you are an even worse businessman than I thought…

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 6, 2012

@realdonaldtrump Donald, you don’t care about Scotland. You care about your golf course. Do you think we are idiots?

— Alan Holliday (@Tigers2iron) December 6, 2012

jobsearch.direct.gov.uk HACKED

Who do you think you are, poor man’s James Bond?

Committed to Parkview

Things I love about America, right now.

Your singers.

(Some of them are dead.)

So You’re Staying Up To Watch The US Election.

Of course, we may not know the results til next October. Or not for years. (Jill Stein will not win, but if Obama loses, is as likely to be blamed for Romney’s “victory” as Ralph Nader was blamed for George W. Bush’s “win”.)

It might be President Obama’s biggest broken promise: closing the prison at Guantanamo Bay.

But it might be former President Obama’s biggest regret: not cleaning up US elections in 2009.

Art by food

If you ever wanted your lunch to look too good to eat, bento.