Cllr Ian Lewis (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
What do these Labour MPs: Hilary Armstrong, Margaret Beckett, David Blunkett, Nick Brown, Mark Fisher, Kate Hoey, Huw Irranca-Davies, Tommy McAvoy, Alun Michael, Austin Mitchell and Dr Tony Wright have in common with Conservative MPs: David Amess, David Atkinson, Roger Gale, John Taylor, Sir Teddy Taylor and Ann Widdecombe? Answer tomorrow…
Cllr Dick Cole (Free subscription) | yesterday
It has been a restful day. I am taking it easy after a busy week and yesterday's Party Conference. The AGM went smoothly, there was an inspiring talk on modern campaign techniques from two Plaid Cymru members and the speeches in the afternoon were well received. Overall it was a very positive day, with many members reporting evidence of growing support across Cornwall. We are certainly looking forward...
Seeker Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
I find it interesting that most Wall Street economists (that I hear/read) credit the Q3 GDP rise to “stimulus”. But I have not heard from any of them why they believe that to be true. Here’s John Taylor on the data: Along with the news that real GDP growth improved from -0.7 percent in [...]
man with black hat (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Taylor Mali is a forty-four-year-old slam poet, teacher, and voiceover artist. A native of New York City, he is also the great-great-grandson of the founding president of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, John Taylor Johnston. But that's not why he's here. To put it in his own words, “I'm just, like, inviting you to join me on the bandwagon of my own uncertainty.” It is a critique of the...
Incentives Matter (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Bob McTeer explains in this post and John Taylor in this post how central bank independence to conduct monetary policy is under attack here in the US. It's also under attack in many other countries right at this moment. Take the Central Bank of Brazil, (which has never been too independent anyway) as an example: it has been steadily losing its small share of decision power to the Brazilian Ministry...
John Rentoul (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
How much do the "progressive" Conservatives care about poverty? Reading Tim Bale's book about which I enthused on Sunday , and which can be pre-ordered here , reminded me of one of David Cameron's early U-turns. (His most recent was to insist on all-women shortlists and then to back off .) Do you remember when in February 2006 Cameron announced a statement of the party's aims and values,...
Karen Leakey Blog (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
BROADGREEN TASKING GROUP Wednesday 11th November 2009. A G E N D A 1. Welcome and introductions. 2. Apologies for absence. 3. Approve minutes from meeting 30/09/09 4. Matters Arising from minutes 30/09/09 The Police Team has undertaken surveys with residents to find the 3 priorities: · LITTER Hi Visibility patrols to identify and deal with offenders and to target litter hotspots. · SPEEDING...
Cincy Jungle (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
by Gene J. Puskar - AP about 20 hours ago: Cincinnati Bengals' Bobbie Williams (63) leaves Heinz Field after a 18-12 win over the Pittsburgh Steelers in an NFL football game in Pittsburgh, Sunday, Nov. 15, 2009. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar) View full size photo » It was a bar in Dayton that an odd fellow, let's call him William, struck up a conversation with me that began with typical fantasy football...
The e-Astronomer (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
I was trying to decide whether to start learning the piano or finish that paper. So of course actually I dipped into Facebook and wasted some time. How else will I know what my kids are doing ? When I got there I found that ex-AstroGridder John Taylor had posted a link to a web [...]
Valencia Sailing (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
[Source: Asian Match Racing Championship] In the 2009 Asian Match Racing Championship, 22 year old Auckland sailor Phil Robertson finished the first round robin with a perfect 6-0 score on the Pulau Duyong basin course in Kuala Terengganu this morning and then went out and repeated the dose in the afternoon, with another four wins and no losses. It was postcard sailing conditions for the championship...
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
A number of public officials and organizations are acknowledging Veterans Day in the followay ways: * State Rep. John Taylor, R-Phila., is sponsoring a winter-coat drive for homeless veterans in the Philadelphia area. Taylor is asking people to donate winter coats, jackets, hats, scarves and gloves at his offices on Thompson Street near Cambria, in Port Richmond; Richmond Street near Jenks, in Bridesburg;...
Spinner.com (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
Filed under: The Chum Bucket With all these aging bands reforming, finally someone has created a how-to guide. [ Vice ] Here's video of Death Cab for Cutie performing in a Hot Topic store. Yes, this really happened. [ Stereogum ] Fitz and the Tantrums do their thing in the KCRW studio. [ KCRW ] Wrap your brain around this: the top ten top ten music lists from a book of top ten music lists. [ Earfarm...
The Daily Swarm (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
BBC : When artists today are asked to Twitter their every thought, their every action, to record on video their every breath, their every performance, I believe they’re diluting their creative powers, their creative potency and the durability of their work. And in the long run I believe they’re also diluting the magical power and the magnetic attraction that they can or will ever have...
The Green Changemakers (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
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BBC News (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
Online access to recordings and artists' inner thoughts may not be all good news, says Duran Duran's John Taylor
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