2003

You will no doubt have noticed the Ranter Coverage RSS feeds on the sidebar on your right. I’ve also just transferred those Blogs of Distinction that have RSS/XML capability to the Coverage section, so we now get their latest stuff. BeirutCalling, however, isn’t RSS equipped, so you’ll just have to click on the link. Isn’t…

Billy Hayes – the weblog We are proud to link to Communication Workers’ Union leader Billy Hayes’s blog. Better yet, you’ll notice that it’s been added to the news feed under Ranter Coverage.

USS Clueless Well, here we are, at one of Blogstreet’s “most influential blogs”. It’s a routine truth that this usually means a propaganda slot for Bush, but we may as well pay some attention to the ‘tothersiders for a while. 1. We may note that they share an obsession with Yasser Arafat as the root…

They’ve appeared on my new RSS feed (NEW TOY!). Thanks to Blogstreet.com

So, almost exactly 24 hours after I posted the last three items to this blog – Blogger still hasn’t motivated itself to publish them. Push-button publishing, my arse.

Alistair Campbell’s resignation last week was universally considered a key moment in British politics. The reason why, was this: he provided a number of personality traits that Tony Blair never had and never will have, with the advantage that being an appointee rather than a civil servant or minister, he could be disposed of more…

A sample of Professor Beer Having read Andy Beckett’s article about Chile yesterday, I thought I’d look up the British cyberneticist, management expert and Marxist on the net. Here is one of his papers, World in Torment.

Reserve Tours Are Extended (washingtonpost.com) The Washington Post reports that US Army reservists and National Guardsmen in Iraq will have their mobilisation extended to a year. Well, it’s one way of filling up those gaps. Meanwhile in Ukland, the British force is to be reinforced. 1 Royal Green Jackets and 2 Light Infantry to go…

Alleged Army LSD test video Sorry no updates lately..I’ve been working…promise to do better…

Link to BB “Yep, a soldier walked into what I assume to the main EFI, saying he was buying cigarrettes for his unit, appro 50,000 or 250 packets! And promptly cleared out the EFI of stock and then left the country!”