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Goldman: Recession? What recession?

  • 14. At 3:54pm on 14 Jul 2009, MarkofSOSH wrote:

    Anyone calling for ’strong regulation’ now would have screamed blue murder had Gordon Brown introduced such a thing at the time he made his ‘light touch regulation’ boast a few year years ago.

    And anyone who denies this is a liar.

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    I am surprised that anyone can make such a bizarre statement.  Even if I hadn’t always believed that the financial sector needs strong regulation, I would still feel compelled to comment about this type of stupidity.

    Dear MarkofSOSH, you are wrong.  There are many people who have always thought there should be strong regulation - and I doubt they are going to change their minds just because you incorrectly accuse them of lying.  Grow up, think, then post…  *sigh*

    BBC shows education still in great demand

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    UK academic staff ‘getting older’

    One in five UK academics is now aged 55 or over and the average age of university staff is increasing, figures show.

    Male academics still considerably outnumber their female counterparts - there are approximately 25% more men in academia than women.

    This equates to 100,355 men and 74,590 women.

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    OK, I know I could make some useful comments about the age changes, the increase in part time academics or the gender gap, but I couldn’t really base them on this piece of reporting…

    Given the figures for the number of male and female employees in academia, dear BBC, I think you will find there are 35% more men than women 100*(100,355-74,590)/74,590 was the sum you were looking for.  There are 25% fewer women than men in academia.

    UK days found to be 1hr 23 mins long

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    Cabinet expenses to be published

    A spokesman for Ms Blears said she had done nothing wrong and the furnishings she had bought were “reasonable”.

    “Hazel is honest as the day is long,” he said.

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    Or thereabouts…

    UK ID cards…

    So, if I undestand the spokesman right, they don’t have any money for implmenting the ridiculous system in the first place (otherwise, scrapping the idea would mean there was spare money).

    What I think we really need is a system by which the government and its agents can prove that it is who, and what, it says it is (or they are).  I know who I am and seldom have to prove it to anybody else.  I very occasionally have to prove that I have the right to come back in to the country I have always lived in, and even more occasionally have to prove who I am to a bank - but they normally seem keener on knowing that I pay bills than anything else.

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    Blunkett seeks ‘end to ID cards’

    Former Home Secretary David Blunkett says the government should scrap plans to introduce ID cards for all in favour of mandatory biometric passports.

    A spokesman for the Home Office said the government was still committed to ID cards.

    He said: “There is no large fund of money to spend if ID cards were cancelled.

    “ID cards will provide the public with a single, simple and secure way for individuals to prove their identity and safeguard their personal details - protecting the community against crime, illegal immigration, and terrorism.”

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    Could be twins!

    Sorry.

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    Ubiquity + amplify = spoof heaven

    This is, I have to say, a spoof I thew together using two excellent tools - Ubiquity (a Firefox plugin which lets you edit web pages and save them so that is the version you see on your local machine) and Amplify.

    Mischief may ensue… but personally I will always give a disclaimer! Clicking the links on the clip below should take you to the real story.

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    Home Office website links to porn

    The Home Office has removed a link from its website after being alerted by the BBC that it linked to what appeared to be a Japanese pornography site.  Officials said they were hoping nobody would notice, but the eagle eyed Mike has left them panting with exasperation.

    The link was on a page providing information about the Office for Security and Counter Terrorism.  Nobody is quite sure how counters can be terrorists, which leaves half the department at a loose end.

    A link - that was supposed to go to a body called the Technical Advisory Board - actually went to a porn site. Officials said “The internet was made for porn”.

    A Home Office spokeswoman said there would be an investigation into the matter.

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