The most unAmerican person in America

I am no expert on Niger – far from it – but given that the leader of the coup in this poor, isolated country is nigh-on unknown, I feel justified in making some comment.
The facts, such as are available, are at the BBC News website. The article mentions the extraction of uranium at the Arlit [...]

But I think it’s justified.
A couple of days ago, I saw this tweet from John Prescott:
Good idea. Anyone? RT @Johnny_Seven not sure if its been done yet but a Go Fourth twibbon for followers would be a fantastic addition
So I made one. You can add it to your Twitter profile by visiting twibbon.com/join/Go-Fourth.
And JP has [...]

How do you feel about the burka?
France is more than a little negative.
To be perfectly honest, I don’t know. I see the argument that some women are being forced to wear the burka, directly or indirectly, and that this is an affront to our sense of liberty and justice. I also see the argument that [...]

Well, I had haggis (didn’t like it much) and whisky (please, sir, can I have some more) for Burns supper last night. It only seems appropriate:
Address to a Haggis:
Fair fa’ your honest, sonsie face,
Great chieftain o’ the puddin-race!
Aboon them a’ ye tak your place,
Painch, tripe, or thairm:
Weel are ye wordy o’ a grace
As lang’s my [...]

As we all know, the London Borough of Barnet has dubbed itself ‘easyCouncil’ after taking a leaf out of budget airlines’ book and providing a very basic service as standard and charging for all manner of extras.
Let us look at another budget airline, as reported in the London Evening Standard, as it copes with a [...]

Just over a year ago, I posted some predictions for MMIX. They were, with results,

There will be an attempt to ‘test’ Obama militarily within his first year of office
Not as I expected
There will not be a General Election in the UK
Correct
There will not be a go-ahead for the third runway at Heathrow
Incorrect
Al Franken will win [...]

and a peaceful new year.
xD.