London riots 2011: Where were police? Shopkeepers mystified as they’re left defenceless | Mail Online
Angie Bray, MP for Ealing Central and Acton, said policing could be ‘more robust’ but added that it was difficult because officers were ‘damned if they do, damned if they don’t’. Nonsense. They’re damned if they use violence unnecessarily or use a greater force than required, such as in the case of Mr. Tomlinson or [...]
The Commentator – London rioters are the pampered children of the welfare state
What is all the rioting in the UK about? The rioters probably have various motives, but here’s one commenter’s point of view. Click the link below to read the article joe is commenting on. joe get Says: 09 August 2011 This is not a protest against government. It’s a protest in favour of government. More [...]
Initial London riots / UK riots – Google マップ
At-a-glance map of where the rioting is in London. Tho it’s been superceded, apparently, see the links below. M/T to Ryuichi Kino. Initial London riots / UK riotsVerified affected areas from Saturday 6 August until 06:00 Tuesday 9 August.http://james.cridland.net/blog/mapping-the-riots/T HIS IS NO LONGER BEING UPDATED. A continually updated map of verified incidents is being run [...]
Book Notes – Liar’s Poker
Cover via Amazon Michael Lewis, freshly graduated with a Master’s degree in economics from LSU, got a job working for investment bank Salomon Brothers in 1984 (how he got the job is a story to itself; as encouragement to read this witty book, I’ll just tell you it involves the late Queen Mother). Salomon Brothers [...]
