Scottish Blogs.com

An audience of 1,100 at a charity dinner in New York paid $1,000 per head to hear Tony Blair compare radical Islam to Nazi Germany and warn that the war on terror was “far from over”, especially with regard to Iran.Blair said: “Analogies especially with the rise of fascism can be misleading but, in pure chronology, I sometimes wonder if we’re not in the 1920s, if not the 1930s.”He continued: “This ideology now has a state - Iran.” Cardinal Edward Egan of New York called Mr Blair a "great and effective warrior."The hypocrisy of the religious seems to know no bounds.The deluded Blair with the blood of thousands on his hands and God on his side, who never was in the military in his life, being congratulated by a Catholic Cardinal for his crimes.Or should that read his...

So, Tony Blair is shocked, astonished and appalled at life, at discrimination on the West Bank. Taken aback at the exploitation of resources by the rich Jewish agricultural settlements at the expense of Palestinian farmers. Angry at the devastating effects of Israel's security barrier, settlements and checkpoints on the lives of Palestinians in the occupied territories.After ten long years as UK Prime Minister it is surprising that the true plight of the Palestinian people seems to have come as such a shock to Blair, when all these facts have long been freely available to any Tom, Dick or Harry in the street who may be interested enough to care.Indeed many people in this country do care, and have been angry for years at the barbaric and murderous treatment of the Palestinian people by the...

Hmmm! As UK elections and a severe ‘kicking’ for New Labour approach, as the neocons rack their brains to come up with more excuses to attack Iran, with Blair’s backing, no doubt.......A convenient and nicely timed ‘leaked document’ was never to be expected, was it?One like Al-Qaeda‘Planning Big British Attack.Not that you could ever accuse me of being cynical, of course.......See all recent...

The final file has been submitted to the Crown Prosecution Service after the 13-month police investigation into the 'cash for honours' scandal.Police are calling for charges to be brought against at least two of Tony Blair's closest aides.Scottish Nationalist MP Angus MacNeil, whose complaint triggered the police investigation, said: "This is an enormously significant development. It confirms the scale of the case to answer in the 'cash-for-honours' scandal, and we now await the CPS recommendations. The police are to be congratulated for resisting political pressure and conducting such a thorough inquiry at every stage."See all recent...

“I think the evidence on the ground in Baghdad is that progress is being made........“As the BBC and other news channels in Britain continue to give blanket coverage of the killings at Virginia Tech University in the US, a limited amount of airtime was grudgingly given on Wednesday to the horrific events of the day in Iraq where more than 190 were killed and over 200 injured in the series of bomb attacks.That was only for the major coordinated bomb attacks in Baghdad.The true figures for the day, if the media could have been bothered researching and reporting, actually added up to 313 killed and 302 injured throughout the country.The Herald today reports (they too only quote the lower numbers) the comments made by Blair’s Downing Street spokesman yesterday that...

Britain's international development secretary, Hilary Benn, said in a speech in New York that the government has stopped using the phrase "war on terror" because the expression strengthens terrorists resolve by making them feel part of a larger struggle.Somebody better explain to George.See all recent...

Prime Minister Tony Blair talks about his legacySee all recent...

Scotland on Sunday report that the Ministry of Defence are drawing up plans to move the UK's nuclear missiles south of the border - a further indication of the panic in London at the mere thought of an SNP victory at the polls in May.Three locations in England and one in Wales are being considered by the MOD, but most Scots consider the final destination of these weapons of mass destuction is a no-brainer.......And the sooner they're sailing south out of Scotland for the last time the better.See all recent...

Prime Minister Tony Blair, visiting Scotland ahead of the May elections, has pleaded with Scots voters to resist the temptation to give him one final “kicking“ when they cast their ballots two days after the 300th anniversary of the Union with England.With the Scottish National Party consistently ahead in the polls, Blair has thrown away what was traditionally Labours heartland during his ten years in office.Blairs policies such as new nuclear power stations, the illegal and disastrous war in Iraq, the upgrading of the Trident nuclear deterrent (based in Scotland, of course) and his one-sided 'special relationship' with George Bush are deeply unpopular north of the border, not to mention the 'cash for honors' scandal and ID cards.Labour is fighting a panic-stricken negative campaign...

General Sir Michael Rose, former head of the elite SAS Force and Commander of UN Forces in Bosnia, warns that Prime Minister Tony Blair must be impeached before he leaves office over the Iraq war because of the damage caused to the country's armed forces during his ten years in office.The politicization of the army was one of the most damaging developments under Blair. "If Blair had been a director of Enron (the American energy firm which spectacularly collapsed in 2001 after massive accountancy fraud), he would be doing 40 years in jail,“ he said. Rose, who retired from the military in 1997, underlined his opposition to the invasion of Iraq from the start, by saying that if he had been chief of general staff, he would have resigned. "I would not have been prepared to sign up to that...

Released sailor Arthur Batchelor has complained that the goody bags given to the 15 prisoners as they left Iran contained a "load of junk."He is also displeased at the quality of Iranian tailoring, and extremely miffed at the capture of his iPod for propaganda purposes.See all recent...

Pensions Secretary John Hutton says lie detectors are to be used to help root out benefit cheats.“This technology aims to tackle fraudsters while speeding up claims and improving customer service for the honest majority.”In other words the “honest majority” will be treated like fraudsters until proved otherwise.See all recent...

"I ask Mr Blair instead of occupying the other countries, I ask Mr Blair to think about the justice - to think about the truth and work for the British people not for himself".......Prime Minister Tony BlairSee all recent...

This is a cool addition to your blog, a visitor map and not just a voluntary guestmap thingy but a counter map for all visitors. Just added this to the blog the other day so not too many red spots yet but someone from Asia popped by ClustrMaps - Hit counter map shows locations of all visitors to your site - free(Link) ''See at a glance where your site's visitors are located: instantaneously, even when the numbers are enormous! ... (92 words)Software Internet General map visitor clustrMaps Asia blog guestmap...

Last night I had the interesting experience of being interviewed by Graeme of the ValuesHacker Podcast. I was all about my BBC Backstage project MoodNews and was good fun. ... (147 words)Podcast MoodNews Python ValuesHacker Values Hacker Python Podcast MoodNews BBC backstage...

BBC NEWS Scotland Highlands and Islands Downpour delays solar car park (Link) ''Bad weather has hampered the laying of a new system designed to transform roads into giant solar panels. The Road Energy System RES uses heat absorbed by tarmac to warm water piped through the mid-layer of a road. ... (60 words)Energy solar power energy scotland tarmac road rain downpour...

Aggdraw is another gem from the people who brought you PIL. It is everything a graphics library should be. Easy to use with high quality output. ... (81 words)MoodNews Python Graphics Library WCK effbot PIL...

Dundee has recently seen two windmills go up to power the Michelin factory. They look great and I look forward to my roof mountable domestic version This blog post covers the details and the economics very well. ... (73 words)Energy Angus Dundee Windmill Michelin Scotland Limelight farms environment...

A Strange Loss of Face, More Than Embarrassing - New York Times(Link) ''LOS ANGELES, June 23 Philip K. Dick has gone missing, and now Hollywood finds itself an android short. ... (49 words)Fun General PhilipKDick android holywood head...

I had hoped to get a full 'first release' online tonight but time/energy is against me! At least the docs made it online tonight so you can checkout what LDBackup is all about (I have blogged about it in the past). ... (150 words)Internet Python Software Python Backup Vista Windows Linux...

I feel I must explain the title of my previous blog entry! I was using Aggdraw to update the Mood News charts - a trend and a Pie Chart. ... (187 words)MoodNews Python IronPython Pythoncard Bugfix bug microsoft kirbybase...

What is the best free virtual Linux that I effortlessly get wxPython, Wax and Pythoncard running on? Ubuntu? The reason I ask is that LD Backup is finally out the door and cross-platform support is high on the TODO list. ... (163 words)Internet Python Software Python Backup...

Energy has greatly shot up the news agenda recently but this one is a good news story (no wars, planning issues, oil or nuclear waste involved!). BBC NEWS | Scotland | Highlands and Islands | Offshore turbines go on display(Link) ''Offshore turbines go on display Two turbines for a prototype offshore wind farm were to be showcased at a former oil fabrication yard in the Highlands on Tuesday. ... (125 words)Energy Politics nuclear morayfirth blair tonyblair nuclear turbines offshore oil Scotland highlands farm...

Energy has greatly shot up the news agenda recently but this one is a good news story (no wars, planning issues, oil or nuclear waste involved!). BBC NEWS | Scotland | Highlands and Islands | Offshore turbines go on display(Link) ''Offshore turbines go on display Two turbines for a prototype offshore wind farm were to be showcased at a former oil fabrication yard in the Highlands on Tuesday. ... (125 words)Energy Politics nuclear morayfirth blair tonyblair nuclear turbines offshore oil Scotland highlands farm...