In September 2012, Salman Rushdie made a speech stating that novels like “The Satanic Verses” would struggle to be published today because the violent fallout and fear would be too great for publishers. He’s right. One only has to look at the Charlie Hebdo firebombing in 2011 to prove this. The attack on the Paris
Month: June 2013
The Austrian Way: Why we hate cash in the bank
In the last article we looked at how depositors across the world have been falling asleep these last few decades, due to chill pills being dished out by the regulators. The favourite medication for dishing out by the financial Feds being deposit insurance. Make that joint favourite, beside QE. We mentioned that by putting money
Russell Taylor – In praise of adulthood
A couple of weeks ago, a hundred or so rabble-rousers descended on London’s West End for a ‘carnival against capitalism’, which coincided with the G8 conference taking place in Northern Ireland. By all accounts, it was a lacklustre affair, involving a few tatty banners, some naff chants and a distinct lack of deodorant. For all
The Austrian Way: Why the Czechs actually caused the financial crisis
Since 2008 we’ve all heard explanations for why the Great Financial Crises (GFC) occurred and how to solve it. Most of the solutions from the talking heads are BS. We think one of the main reasons we are in today’s financial straits is due to excessive meddling that caused some of the greatest enforcers of
Marx on Monday – Obama – The Food Stamp President
Of all the maliciously libellous charges laid at the feet of our great President Barack Hussein Obama II, surely the most iniquitous is the claim by right wing idiot Newt Gingrich that Obama will go down in history as the “food stamp president.” This ridiculous myth was given credence recently by the outrageous claims of
Delingpole at the Weekend: Charles Saatchi and Nigella Lawson – a leftist hater’s wet dream
Turning down an opportunity to put the boot in to Nick Clegg is a bit like living Lost In Translation for real and turning down a night of passion with Scarlett Johansson. But this, pain me though it enormously does, is what I’m going to have to do in this column. It concerns
Thatcher on Thursday: Divide and Conquer
I was a Guide for about 3 weeks. It clashed with Girls Brigade on a Monday night though so I had to choose. I went for the one with the better hat and remained with Girls Brigade until I was 16. Anyway, I digress… News came out yesterday that under the new “Chief Executive” Julia
Russell Taylor – In praise of our green and pleasant land
I’ve just returned from a short break in Devon, which has to be one of the loveliest places on earth. If there is a God, then He can surely be seen in Devon’s rolling patchwork of fields and flowering hedgerows. It’s a landscape that stirs a pride of country as great as that evoked by
How the BBC blew £100 million of your licence fee
Introducing Bogpaper’s Techno Geek James Eadon Resident Bogpaper Geek, Eadon shall be reporting weekly on the dark side of techie stuff, with an emphasis on the scandalous and digital FAIL horror stories. What better horror story to start with than a BBC TECH DISASTER FROM HELL? The BBC splashed 100 million pounds on a failed
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