Archive for May, 2011
An interesting Exchange
Saw this exchange on twitter, and thought I’d lay it out in a post. It’s quite revealing of the way some people try and argue – and let’s be clear, I’ve seen this on both sides of the aisle. Stranahan should be familiar to regular readers (both of you!), he’s a lefty who works for conservative [...]
Standards or Equality?
Peter Hitchens blogs: More than eight years ago I wrote in this newspaper warning of the foolish sex quotas being imposed on Fire Brigades. I have nothing against any fit, strong women who want to work as firefighters. Good luck to them. What I warned against was a lowering of standards to raise the quota [...]
World’s Deepest Bin
This is a brilliant idea. Perhaps Bill should have included some sound effects in his budget speech? Maybe next year.
Photo Fail
May be tomorrow’s side-swipe might show this screenshot? Hm.
It’s turned off
Michele Hewitson reviews Big Fat Family Challenge: Why they wanted to breed (no doubt a really raving rampant right-winger would say they did it for the benefit) is a mystery. Why they wanted to go on the telly is also unfathomable, beyond wanting to achieve what passes for fame. Did they think people would love [...]
Magnitude
Apparently some people don’t understand the difference between a paper cut and being shot in the head. Or in this case, nailing a sign to a tree, and cutting it down. Mind you, Side-swipe do have a habit of posting things that are obviously wrong and then using the next several columns to argue about it.
Quote of the Day – “That happens a lot” edition
This seems to be a pretty common occurence IMHO. Although I give Nyhan him props for admitting his mistake, he seemed blinded to the reason he made a mistake in the first place – his initial broad assumption was wrong. If he’d been open to the idea that Republicans weren’t crazy lunatics making an unreasonable request, [...]
