1000 Brussels (Page 59)

Sign in Subscribe

More issues

Human rights in Delaware

The ever-excellent slacktivist discusses the public response to a prison scandal in Delaware (summary of response: they were in prison, they deserved what they got). Slacktivist comments: The attitude expressed in such letters is as popular as it is morally repugnant. This popularity is both dismaying and baffling. Letters like

The Religious Policeman

I’m enjoying The Religious Policeman, a blog by a cricket-loving Saudi living in the UK, which casts the eye of a cynical moderate Muslim over Saudi Arabia and the wilder shores of fanaticism.

People versus Mandarins

Simon Parker comments on democratisation, and whether there is a need for a mandarinate any more. On a related note, interested readers of this blog shouldn’t forget the meetup on Wednesday – first meeting of the London and Brighton Democracy group, at the Mitre, off Hatton Garden. Details through the

Canaries devour Seagulls

To Withdean for Brighton v Norwich, without great hopes of winning. Unfortunately, we fail to turn up for the first half, and go in 0-2 down. The second half is much better, though, and we peg them back to 1-2 before they score a third and finish the game off

Komm on du Reds

I thought this was very clever. The Goethe Institut – Germany’s answer to the British Council – are offering courses in ‘German for football fans’, in the run-up to the World Cup there next year.

The Ubykhs have a word for it

BBC News’s magazine section has a piece on foreign sayings that could come in handy.

Peter Hitchens - intellectual acrobat

Right wing buffoon Peter Hitchens is on Newsnight on the topic of capital punishment. He has been talking for perhaps 4 minutes in all, and his arguments have been, in chronological order: 1. Capital punishment is humane and cheap, and therefore should be introduced for murder. 2. The Government aren’

Which zip code is which?

A Google Maps zip code decoder.

Very intelligent design

The New Yorker riffs on “intelligent design”: And the Lord God said, “Let there be light,” and lo, there was light. But then the Lord God said, “Wait, what if I make it a sort of rosy, sunset-at-the-beach, filtered half-light, so that everything else I design will look younger?” “I’

Southern advert

Southern have started running a new TV ad (3Mb mpeg) about the benefits of commuting by their trains. It’s not too bad – though the slogan following your train of thought is dire. I expect the advert’s glossy presentation will get a few bitter chuckles from regular commuters, but