Quite a lot of solar activity, not a jot of atmospheric movement
and a dribble of lack of cold stuff at the Castle this morn, I am hoping to do
a bit of vandalism on the garden and try to stop his Maj from kidnapping frogs.
And the interweb thingy seems to have gorn tits up-again.
The caller, whose name was given as Anna from Finchley, told
shit for brains Dave that her local health authority is "begging charities
for money" in order to pay for the drugs she requires.
According to knob head Cameron “One thing we've done over
the last couple of years is invest in vaccines and immunisations for children
in the poorest countries in the world.”
"That act alone has probably saved the lives of about
3million children.”
"We are having a tough time at the moment but we must
keep promises to the poorest countries in the world."
The Prime Monster then said that health service funding had
been increased and initiatives to help cancer sufferers afford new treatments
had been put in place.
And like all the other piss poor policies it’s not working
is it....
To cope with the expected Armageddon Chinese inventor Yang Zongfu has built himself a 13ft diameter spherical Ark complete with room for three people a year's worth of food and water, three weeks worth of oxygen when sealed, and 75 airbags.
To test his gyroscopic savior sphere — which took two years
and $1.5 million Yuan (approximately $236,000) — the inventor claims he slammed
it with motor vehicles at speeds of 60 miles per hour (the would-be wasteland
warriors inside barely noticed, he says).
And then he boarded Noah's Ark and launched himself down a
164-foot slope emerging triumphant and unharmed, his mouth bloody from a
"seatbelt cut."
What a load of old spherical dangly bits....
Seth Horvitz ordered a nice new TV, a Westinghouse 39-inch LCD, for
about $320 from a third-party electronics seller on Amazon.
On Tuesday evening, a large, oblong box arrived
at his doorstep via UPS Ground.
“When I saw some metal parts inside the box, I
thought, ‘Maybe this is a TV stand or mount or something,’” Horvitz said in a
phone interview with Wired.
“When I realized it was an assault rifle, it was
pure shock and disbelief.”
Not being
one to want a personal “shock and awe” arsenal of his own, Horvitz contacted
the D.C. police. They immediately confiscated the box, which contained a
semi-automatic Sig Sauer 716 patrol rifle. The police informed
Horvitz that the gun was illegal in the District of Columbia.
More bang for your Bucks?
A massive section
of the centuries-old Great Wall of China has collapsed after bungling workmen
in northern China dug up a city square in front of it.
Tons of bricks and
rubble crashed down from the 100ft section of the ancient wall running through
Zhangjiakou, in Hebei province, in the early hours of the morning.
Locals say the
collapse happened after weeks of torrential rain combined with major road works
in front of the wall's foundations.
"There is an
investigation into the causes of the collapse. A number of things may have
contributed, including the building work," said one city official.
"But we have a
conservation and rebuilding plan and it is already underway," they added.
Good job it wasn’t a new one....
And finally:
Thames Town, in Shanghai, is a
replica of small English town complete with everything you might expect, except
the people.
The buildings of Thames Town copy
the real ones in England so closely that complaints have been filed by English
pub owners, and this genuine British look was exactly what was supposed to draw
people to this place.
Only, like many other ambitious
and expensive Chinese projects, Thames Town failed to impress a lot of people
and is now virtually a ghost town in Shanghai, the city that drive’s China’s
economy.
Located near the last stop of Line 9, Thames Town opened its gates in 2006, as part of Shanghai’s One City Nine Towns project, as a satellite settlement designed to house around 10,000 people in low-rise apartments and classic English houses. As the name suggests, it was supposed to be a piece of London right in China, complete with cobbled streets, red telephone booths, street names like Oxford or Queen, a Gothic cathedral, and of course, a fake Thames river.
Located near the last stop of Line 9, Thames Town opened its gates in 2006, as part of Shanghai’s One City Nine Towns project, as a satellite settlement designed to house around 10,000 people in low-rise apartments and classic English houses. As the name suggests, it was supposed to be a piece of London right in China, complete with cobbled streets, red telephone booths, street names like Oxford or Queen, a Gothic cathedral, and of course, a fake Thames river.
Thames Town really looks English,
but with all the money invested in marketing, the place never really took off.
Except for a handful of people who actually live there and the visitors who
come to take their picture taken with the English surroundings, Thames Town is
a ghost town.
After Shanghai Hengde priced the villas and houses at between $600,000 and $750,000 for 307 – 377 square meters, there weren’t very many takers. Apartments are a little cheaper, but at $750.
After Shanghai Hengde priced the villas and houses at between $600,000 and $750,000 for 307 – 377 square meters, there weren’t very many takers. Apartments are a little cheaper, but at $750.
That’s nearly as expensive as the
real thing…
That’s it: I’m orf to catch
some smog
And today’s thought:
Too much information Olympics
Angus
