One of the least attractive features of the current presidential campaign in the USA has been the scaremongering around Barack Obama. There have been allegations, which are just about understandable, if asinine, that he is some kind of dangerous socialist. What I have found rather more worrying is the branding of Obama as a Muslim. [...]

to my readers from the US of A.

xD.

TfL have responded to my Freedom of Information requests about bendy buses, specifically the 507 and 521 routes. The questions and their responses follow below the fold, but the key points are:

The proposed replacements for 18m bendy buses are 12m single deckers. Operators have been asked to submit bids for 12m single deckers and 18m [...]

The Thunderdragon doesn’t care who is a BNP member; I’d like to explain why TD should.
TD says, in short, that the BNP is a legitimate political party and membership of a party should, therefore, not impact on what job you can have. I think this is patent rubbish; some jobs have to take account of [...]

I’ve just returned from the Atlantic Treaty Association’s General Assembly in Berlin. It was my first visit to Berlin and I wish I’d had more time to have a look around; from what I saw, it’s a lovely city. I’d very much like to be able to stroll down Unter den Linder during spring; indeed, [...]

We’re now at fifty-eight.
Further to my earlier post on the issue, the Democrats have moved closer to sixty senate seats with the victory of Mark Begich over incumbent Ted Stevens for the Alaska senate seat (source: AP). As ever, it’s not quite that simple, as not quite all the votes have been counted and, if [...]

I’m not going to go over it in fine detail, although I recommend the posts and comments at Pickled Politics, Liberal Conspiracy and these two at the Wardman Wire. The second one deals with legal implications for blogs; look, listen and take heed. I commented on the subject at PP, and it pretty much sums [...]

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years contemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.
- Laurence Binyon

In the US Senate, sixty votes can stop a filibuster. The Democrats aren’t quite there yet, holding fifty-five seats. Two independents, Joe Lieberman of Connecticut and Bernie Sanders of Vermont, caucus with the Dems, taking them to fifty-seven, just three away from a filibuster-proof majority.
Amongst all the celebrations around Barack Obama’s victory, people haven’t really [...]

And it’s Obama.
Dixville Notch, an unincorporated village in New Hampshire, opens its polls, every time, at 0001 EST. As there are only 21 voters, it doesn’t take long to count.
Barack Obama received fifteen votes to John McCain’s six. It voted 19-7 for George W Bush in 2004 and, just in case anyone is confused, has [...]