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My new LD Blog: February 2010
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My new LD Blog. Wednesday, February 24, 2010. The ethics of prescribing placebos. Homeopathic medicine is no more effective than a placebo. But does it follow that it is unethical. For a doctor to prescribe it? Personally, I think homeopathy is ridiculous and I'd never use it, but I ask the question because homeopathic medicines are not the only drugs which doctors prescribe which only have a placebo effect. Links to this post. Thursday, February 18, 2010. The release of the UK UFO files. I was travellin...
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My new LD Blog: June 2010
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My new LD Blog. Tuesday, June 22, 2010. No, not a comment on the budget. Links to this post. Sunday, June 6, 2010. Nick Clegg and Canadian Cuts. Nick Clegg contrasts the savagery of Thatcher's cuts with those carried out in the nineties in Sweden, by Clinton in the USA, and in Canada by the Liberal government under Jean Chrétien. He believes that those governments did better than Thatcher. In 1998, the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights maintained that Canada’s failure to implemen...
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My new LD Blog: The latest CAPP ad.
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My new LD Blog. Tuesday, January 18, 2011. The latest CAPP ad. Regular readers of this blog will know that the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers. Regularly places advertisements defending the tar sands, and I like to comment on each one. They deserve serious attention, after all this is CAPP's bid to make a case for the sustainability of this much reviled industry. Today's tar sands beefcake is Garrett Brown. Maybe it's because I'm British, but the words farmer. Tailings Reclamation (src: www&#...
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My new LD Blog: Snow-Drops
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My new LD Blog. Saturday, January 15, 2011. I listened to Radio 4's Book at Bedtime: Snowdrops. By AD Miller. It's a very bleak novel. I've read reviews that compare the book to Chandler's crime novels, but actually Chandler was a lot more positive about human nature. Chandler's hero is endowed with the values of a British public school, Miller's only has the opportunist amoral greed of the Thatcher/Blair generation. According to Miller, snowdrops. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). In exile in Canada.
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My new LD Blog: March 2010
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My new LD Blog. Tuesday, March 30, 2010. Talking about my generation. So Andy Burnham has decided a 10% death tax won't fly. I'm sorry about that. As a 57 year old with an 84 year old mum, funding care for the elderly is an issue that affects me personally, and of all the solutions on the table the 10% tax seemed the best deal. Oh, and I don't take the Tories proposal for a voluntary £8,000 levy seriously because the figures don't add up, but it was probably unnecessary for me to say that. View my comple...
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My new LD Blog: August 2010
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My new LD Blog. Tuesday, August 31, 2010. Led me to the YouGov poll. On Britain's Finest Year. Apparently Liberal Democrats tend to choose a year of social or democratic advance rather than military. I find the choice difficult. That leaves one "social" year and one military: The Bill of Rights - 1689, and 1940, but I can't decide between them. Links to this post. More on the Tarsands. Levis's, Gap and Timberland have joined the tarsands campaign. The Alberta Enterprise Group. Links to this post. This is...
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My new LD Blog: The Archers 60th anniversary episode
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My new LD Blog. Friday, December 31, 2010. The Archers 60th anniversary episode. My money is on Elizabeth and Nigel Pargetter both getting killed in an horrible accident. Maybe they both fall into the ha-ha. My prediction is Lizzie dying of a heart attack and Pip driving into Helen bump! January 1, 2011 at 9:09 AM. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). In exile in Canada. View my complete profile. Days left to end of exile:. The Archers 60th anniversary episode. The problem with Michael Ignatieff. Cameron&...
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My new LD Blog: The Consumer Society -- Not
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My new LD Blog. Sunday, January 30, 2011. The Consumer Society - Not. When we came to Canada, we had to replace many of our electrical devices, including our bread-maker. I wanted a Panasonic, which is an American brand, so I was surprised that I could not find a Canadian distributor. In the end we bought a Cuisinart. Labels: living in Edmonton. Canadian shop-assistants are excessively solicitous, without actually being helpful. See above comment, and add inept social skills to the list. Day 5714: Brexit...
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My new LD Blog: Snow
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My new LD Blog. Sunday, January 9, 2011. If you think you've had a lot of snow in the UK, you have no idea. We went to an Edmonton Symphony Orchestra concert yesterday evening by bus, because the car was snowed in. Despite the blizzard the bus arrived on time, and so did the bus to take us home. Snow ploughs and gritters were keeping the main roads clear. The way the city copes with the weather is impressive. After the concert we went to the Fairmont McDonald Hotel. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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My new LD Blog: January 2011
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My new LD Blog. Sunday, January 30, 2011. The Consumer Society - Not. When we came to Canada, we had to replace many of our electrical devices, including our bread-maker. I wanted a Panasonic, which is an American brand, so I was surprised that I could not find a Canadian distributor. In the end we bought a Cuisinart. Links to this post. Labels: living in Edmonton. Tuesday, January 25, 2011. Caroline Lucas on Economics. Now, you would have thought that these figures would be welcome to a Green politician...
