Coffee, as is alcohol and cigarettes is banned to Mormons. However this didn’t stop Mitt Romney from having a scoop of coffee flavoured ice-cream.
August 20, 2012
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The Sunday Times said today that there was a bit of controversy over the hair of Gabrielle Douglas in the women’s gymnastics. It was in the caption of a marvellous picture of the gymnast.
I didn’t see the gymnastics, as it’s not a sport that I like, but surely in gymnastics how a woman wears her hair is about as important as the way she paints her nails. Surely her movement, balance and skill are much more important.
There’s a video here of what black Londoners think.
August 19, 2012
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I don’t really know, where I stand on WikiLeaks. I think that the content that has been disclosed shows how ill-advised so much of the United States and our, excursions into the Middle East have been. But we knew that anyway!
Whether Julian Assange did sexually assault the two Swedish women, for which that country is seeking extradition, is up to the Swedish courts to decide. I think that even if he is found guilty, he has nothing much to fear. Even in the UK, he’d probably not face a sentence of more than a few years, if found guilty for a similar offence.
His problem though is the United States, its courts and punishment system. They are so out of line with other countries like his own; Australia, Canada and most of Europe. He would probably get a total life sentence for disclosing the US diplomatic cables. Even in this country, I suspect he would get a sentence, but it wouldn’t be that long, as no-one is actually accusing him of stealing the information in the first place. In fact, it could be argued that he did the same as the Daily Telegraph did with MPs expenses. Was anybody prosecuted for their part in that affair? Only a few MPs, who had done wrong.
But then the United States is vindictive with a vengeance rather than a justice system in many instances.
So the Assange case is a bit like trying to make a reasoned decision in a room with a vicious bully outside. Remember too, that Obama has a difficult election coming up, and he would not want to appear soft. Ask Mormon Mitt on the right day and he would say that US troops should invade the embassy, if the British won’t do it.
As it stands at the moment, whilst he is in the Ecuadorian embassy, it’s all a bit difficult. Let’s face it, if Assange had been a citizen of that country and had published some of their secrets, he’d at least be in jail by now. Ecuador doesn’t come across to me, as a beacon of democracy
The only thing we can do, is persuade Assange to go to Sweden and face trial there. If we use force, then we’ll put all our diplomats around the world in danger.
I think there’s a fair chance, that when we have the next General Election, Assange will still be where he is now!
August 19, 2012
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Mormon Mitt seems not only to have a lack of diplomacy, but also the common sense, one needs to avoid trouble. Just read this piece by the respected BBC correspondent, Mark Mardell. Mark also questions whether his wife’s horse will go down well with blue-collar Republicans.
It is safe to say that dressage does not have the same place in the heart of the American blue-collar worker as Nascar racing or baseball.
It would appear though that the wags out there are already having great fun. Just type “moron Mitt” into your preferred search engine.
I particularly liked this one.
The size of the hole gets bigger every minute.
So make sure you’ve got a few hours or even days to spend. It will be an ideal pastime for sport-phobics in the next couple of weeks.
July 27, 2012
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This statement of Barack Obama is very easy to say after the massacre in Aurora.
If America is thinking then they should change their culture and attitude to firearms. I read this article by Rod Dreher on the BBC’s web site. He is an American Conservative and makes some strong and well-thought points.
It shows how the problem is a lot worse than anybody in the UK thinks.
I do think though that spillover from American culture is behind some of the gun crime in the UK and other countries.
July 23, 2012
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Jimmy Carter has attacked Barack Obama over human rights and especially assassination of possible terrorists using drone attacks. It’s here in the Independent.
I’ve always felt that Jimmy got a bad hand, when he was US President and is seriously underrated. On the other hand, Barack Obama is proving one of the most disappointing Presidents, I have witnessed. And I go back to Ike!
July 4, 2012
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And it would appear everything else!
Accordiung to a report on BBC Breakfast Time, a third of the obese people in the world, live in North America. But only six percent of the world’s population live there!
I think that the answer is a no brainer!
June 18, 2012
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Then he shouldn’t have beaten his wife. It’s here in the Telegraph.
June 14, 2012
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This was said by Boris Johnson on American television, when he was promoting his book. There’s a video of it here.
Have we ever had a politician like Boris before?
Boris hints that he could be President of the United States as he was born in New York.
I suspect, he’d make a better fist of it, than some of second-raters, who’ve held the job in my lifetime.
June 7, 2012
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This article on the BBC web site, discusses the problems of California. Theirs may not be as large sums, but because of the way their political system works cutting the state’s $16billion deficit is going to be very difficult, due to American’s complete aversion to the raising of taxes.
I wonder how many other states are in a similar states.
June 5, 2012
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News | California, Politics, Tax, United States |
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