There’s been a bit of news recently regarding same sex marriages, both here in the Disunited Kingdom, and in the United States. On Wednesday, Elizabeth the 2nd, the Queen of England (and other places), gave her annual “Queen’s Speech” in which she outlines the main legislation “her Government” will attempt to bring into law in [...]
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Los Cretinos (The Cretins)
Posted in History, News, Politics, World affairs, tagged Bill Clinton, Cuba, Fidel Castro, George W Bush, revolution, Ronald Reagan on 26/04/2012 | Leave a Comment »
As my last post mentioned, I was recently on holiday in Cuba. The first public building I visited, on my 2nd day in Havana, was the “Museo de la Revolucion”, which is in the grand colonial splendour of the former residence of Fulgencio Batista, the Cuban dictator removed from office by the 1959 Communist revolution [...]
Happy Chinese New Year (农历新年)
Posted in Astronomy, History, Nature, World affairs, tagged Calendar, Chinese New Year, Lunisolar, Moon, New Moon, New Year, Sun on 23/01/2012 | 2 Comments »
Today (23rd of January 2012) is Chinese New Year, so happy Chinese New Year to all my Chinese friends and students. Today, over 1 billion Chinese will be celebrating the start of the year of the Dragon (龍). From what I heard yesterday on the radio, many Chinese couples await to have children in the [...]
Gay marriage
Posted in History, News, World affairs, tagged Bronski Beat, Civil partnerships, gay, lesbian, transgender on 03/11/2011 | 2 Comments »
Yesterday (3/11/2011) I read in the Metro newspaper that “gay marriages” (more correctly known as “civil partnerships” in the Disunited Kingdom) are now going to be allowed in places of worship. From what I understand, once they are allowed in places of worship, they will also change to being called marriages rather than civil partnerships. [...]
The death of a clown
Posted in Music, Politics, World affairs, tagged Australia, Clown, Gaddafi, Rugby, The Kinks, Wales, World Cup on 21/10/2011 | Leave a Comment »
A quick post following the defeat of Wales by Australia in the 3rd/4th place Rugby World Cup playoff match. I may have time later to post a match report, but I thought I would quickly post this – in reaction to the news of Colonel Gaddafi’s death at the hands of the so-called rebels in [...]
