Still tediously crawling through Francis Parkman’s The Oregon Trail (Kindle), and, god, it’s dull. As far as I can see there was no reason for this ill-equipped and ill-considered expedition other than Parkman’s obsession with the Plains Indians, whom he tended to regard as rather lethal children. I’m amazed he survived. Pretty sure he was [...]
Archive for November 23rd, 2010
What I’m reading today, November 23…
Posted in Ron's Rants reading list, Ron's Reading List, tagged Corum, Moorchock's Eternal Champion, Reading list, The Oregon Trail, What I'm reading on November 23, 2010 |
Housing Benefit – we were misled…
Posted in Housing Benefit lies, tagged David Cameron, Disability benefits, Extent of Housing Benefit, Housing Benefit cuts on November 23, 2010 |
Thanks to TaobhCle on Twitter for the information that Cameron was challenged in the Commons over his lunatic Housing Benefit figures (see this post). Turns out
Chronically sick? This government wants you dead!
Posted in Cut hospital admissions, tagged Death by government edict, Health, Purging the sick, Reducing hospital admissions on November 23, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Not only does this government want to reduce the chronically sick and disabled to penury, they now appear to want us dead, too, based on this, from Pulse magazine:- GPs told, cut unplanned admissions by a fifth GPs are to be told they must reduce unscheduled hospital admissions by a fifth by the end of [...]
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