2007 October | digitaltoast

Sylvia Browne - evil witch.

October 31, 2007 10:26 pm

Just another evil witch playing on people’s emotions…
Guardian Story Stop Sylvia Browne

Obesity ‘not individuals’ fault’

October 17, 2007 7:30 am

BBC NEWS | Health | Obesity ‘not individuals’ fault’

Individuals can no longer be held responsible for obesity so government must act to stop Britain “sleepwalking” into a crisis, a report has concluded.

Really? Is this report a joke?? Just don’t eat the pie!

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Migration ’causes pressure in UK’

6:31 am

BBC NEWS | UK | Migration ’causes pressure in UK’
From the “no shit, Sherlock” school of reporting…

Almost every UK region has difficulties in housing, health, education and crime because of increased migration, according to an official report.

[...] in a first review of the regional picture, a presentation prepared for the impacts forum warns that pressures are being felt across five key areas: crime and disorder, community cohesion, health, education and housing.

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RICS report claims Solar Thermal energy takes 208 years to pay back

October 13, 2007 6:54 pm

I saw a report in today’s (Saturday 13/oct/2007) Times, Mail or Telegraph that Solar Thermal energy takes 208 years to pay back. In fact, ALL of the figures in the report are drastically wrong - the figures and costs quoted are 5-8 times greater than “real world” quotes, and the figure for solar energy is completely incorrect. As member of the Solar Trade Association (STA) , Solar Powered Services abide by the strict ethical guidelines for both marketing and suitability of solar products. I’ve contacted the STA and RICS for explanation, and look forward with interest to see where they go the figures from. Click the image below and you’ll quickly see just how wrong the figures are.

See the Solar Powered Services blog for more information

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Worker suspended over Jesus image

October 10, 2007 9:41 am

According to http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/7037803.stm

A Catholic worker at Manchester Airport was suspended after hanging an image of Jesus on a staff room wall.

Gareth Langmead, 40, was sent home from his job as a car parks supervisor after a complaint from a Muslim colleague.

He was off work for three days while an investigation was carried out and later reinstated with a clean record.

http://www.arabnews.com/?page=1&secti…
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comm…
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news…

Pat Condell has something to say about it!

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Labour steals Tory tax plans and more on death tax

9:38 am

So, Labour hinted at an election, bottled it when it looked like they’d lose, then nicked everyone else’s tax plans for the budget.

Nice. Par for the course.

Heard an interesting discussion on death tax (rather mysteriously called “inheritance tax”) which everyone like to pretend affects the rich. Have a listen:

And here’s chancellor Alistair Darling explaining himself:

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Mattel apologises to China

October 3, 2007 9:36 pm

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/22/business/worldbusiness/22toys.html

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/21/AR2007092100330.html?hpid=sec-business

Thomas A. Debrowski, Mattel’s executive vice president for worldwide operations, apologized to China for harming the reputation of Chinese manufacturers.

American politicians and others reacted in turn with criticism that Mattel was kowtowing to China, where the company manufactures 65 percent of its toys, many in partnerships with Chinese vendors.

Now we know that Mattel is corrupt!

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