There’s A Lot Of Skyfall About
Skyfall seems to be everywhere and especially on the buses.
Usually, lots of bus adverts indicate that a film isn’t as good as it might be.
I shall go, as I once bought a house from Daniel Craig‘s stepfather.
CrossRail Will Raise House Prices
Today’s Standard also reports that CrossRail will lead to house prices going up along its route.
Perhaps, this explains why no-one seems to be complaining about CrossRail.
Or have people noted what has happened to house prices around Dalston Junction station, after the coming of the Overground.
Has Gwyneth Got The Zip Undone?
There’s something strange about the picture of Gwyneth Paltrow in this article in the Standard.
Look under her left arm, at the cut out in the dress. It looks like she’s got the zip open. Or is it one of those straps to put the dress on a hanger?
Great Balls Of Ire
I don’t know New Addington, but this article makes me want to go.
From the picture in the article, I feel I ought to go and get my camera out.
Theresa May Does The Right Thing
Theresa May has done the right thing in my view and also that of several eminent legal minds. Read about it here on the BBC’s web site.
Especially, as it appears it is all covered by Article 3 of the much-derided Human Rights Act.
But why did Gary McKinnon have to endure ten years of hell?
Only because Tony Blair was sucking up to Dubya.
Smoking In The Car Isn’t Good For You
Any sensible person knows that smoking anywhere is not a good idea, but now scientists have shown that you can exceed toxic limits in a car. It’s all here on the BBC.
As I rarely go in a car and certainly not one that ever gets smoked in, if smoking was banned in cars, I wouldn’t bother personally. Although, I believe if smoking stopped in this country, we’d all have a better standard of living and the NHS would see less cancer.
According to this article, we raise about £12.1 million from taxes related to tobacco, so we might have a budget hole to fill.
But then every action has an equal and opposite reaction. How many people have changed their evening habits because now all pubs and restaurants are smoke free? And how many jobs has that created.
Will Theresa May Do The Right Thing Over Gary McKinnon?
Theresa May is due to announce today, if Gary McKinnon is to be extradited to the United States. The decision is laid out in detail in this article on the BBC.
She is also due to announce different procedures for extradition to the United States. As I said here over three years ago, it’s about time we normalised our extradition arrangements with the United States.
What puzzles me most about the McKinnon case, is that a man in his bedroom working alone was able to hack into the Pentagon’s computers. How many others have done this, but with more sinister objectives. I would argue that McKinnon has done the American military a service by showing that their computers were built by the Colander Corporation.
Sad to say, but there is an awful lot of the Monty Pythons about this case.
Lawyers Attack America’s Big Food Companies
This story from the BBC tells how the lawyers who made billions of dollars fighting tobacco companies have now turned their guns on the Big Food companies.
Given America’s obesity, I can’t say that I’m against their tactics, but I do wonder if the lawyers are motivated by money. Although, the lawyer interviewed says at 68, he doesn’t need the money.
I did notice the foods he was targeting, which did include canned fruits, tinned tomatoes and tea. Canned fruits, I can understand, although I haven’t knowingly eaten any for perhaps fifty years, except for possibly a pineapple-upside-down pudding, that C occasionally made before I went gluten-free. But canned tomatoes and tea. Admittedly, the canned tomatoes in my cupboard are organic, but the only additive is citric acid. My tea is organic too. so how do these get adulterated in the United States?
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