I am delighted to report our most successful year ever. We made more progress to achieving our twin goals of increasing our losses and building up our levels of debt than ever before. Indeed, I am especially proud to be able to announce that in just two years we will […]
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The Credit Crunch Explained
An explanation of the financial crisis for everyone: Linda is the proprietor of a bar in Cork. In order to increase sales, she decides to allow her loyal customers – most of whom are unemployed alcoholics – to drink now but pay later. She keeps track of the drinks consumed […]
Read MoreTory Bear T-shirt: Who is Dan Han?
Evoking “Who is John Galt?” a phrase popularised by the cult novel “Atlas Shrugged”, Tory Bear makes available a new T-shirt: “Who is Dan Han?”: Tory Bear – right-wing political gossip: Who is Dan Han?. Get yours here.
Read MoreKeep Calm and Carry On
The Guardian reports on the poster sweeping the nation in these difficult times: Nowadays, of course, it would be farmed out to an expensive communications agency. Back in the spring of 1939, it was an anonymous civil servant who was entrusted with finding the slogan for a propaganda poster intended […]
Read MoreCheer from Noel Coward
Free music – There Are Bad Times Just Around The Corner (1999 Digital Remaster)
Read MoreFirst Windows 7 beta puts fresh face on Vista – The Register
Everyone expects release later this year. A leaked briefing paper for OEM vendors suggests that the date when buyers of Windows Vista machines qualify for a free upgrade begins “for planning purposes” on July 1, 2009. via First Windows 7 beta puts fresh face on Vista • The Register. Hold […]
Read MoreNoel Coward – “There are Bad Times Just Around The Corner”
Sarah Kennedy cheered us this morning with Noel Coward’s “There are Bad Times Just Around The Corner“: There are bad times just around the corner And the outlook’s absolutely vile, You can take this from us That when they Atom bomb us We are NOT going to tighten our belts […]
Read MoreCarmakers plead for $34bn US handout – Times Online
From the Times Online: Rick Wagoner, the chief executive of General Motors, today expressed remorse for asking for a $18 billion hand-out from Washington but warned that without immediate assistance the car maker would run out of money by Christmas. And from my spam filter: read more | digg story
Read MoreWe’re all doomed
As Gordon Brown condemns free markets and therefore by extension freedom itself, I learn of Alistair Darling’s early days as the ‘bearded Trot’ who ‘wanted to nationalise the banks’. Despite having read Boris Johnson’s cheering Have I Got Views for You, I feel the only solution is to throw myself […]
Read MoreBail out blogosphere round up
The root cause of the credit crunch (video) Where’s an icepick when you need one? The Big Lie This Morning Labour to Implement 1983 Manifesto Pledges So, They’ve Finally Achieved Their 1983 Election Manifesto Exclusive to Rob’s Blog: Gordon Brown to Guarantee Everything FTSE crashes — I hope you’ve learnt your […]
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