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That's probably the real issue. However, to be fair to Amadeus, English isn't his first language and although he clearly has an excellent grasp of it, I suspect the nuance of the original post was lost on him. You mean that he hasn't completely managed to comprehend the subtlety of the underlying bitterness in your posts about road racing?

How wonderful! You've learned how to 'Google' crashes! Pillock!

Hitler phones Gaddafi

Kneck\, n. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Naut.) The twisting of a rope or cable, as it is running out I can sort of see what you're saying.

LINK Baines Admits Huge Theft Douglas man Trevor Baines has admitted stealing £779,000-worth of credit balances from Hermitage Securities Ltd. He's pleaded guilty to five theft offences at his latest appearance at Douglas Courthouse. The offences occurred between July 2008 and June 2009. He's been remanded in custody until January 10.

Optical Illusions

Errmmm.... not exactly! CLICK

That is actually superb - and, as one of the posters says, it really should be the Christmas No1.

Energy Link "The Chief Minister doesn't think this is the end for the Steam Packet." That's it! They're doomed!

Its probably best if you keep off the 'White Lightning' for a while, anyway.

Stand again next year - please.

No one appears willing to address this point.

Catch it, bin it, kill it. Congratulations, you scored 66%!

The Milky Way's Big Brother

Public scepticism prompts Science Museum to rename climate exhibition The Science Museum is revising the contents of its new climate science gallery to reflect the wave of scepticism that has engulfed the issue in recent months. The decision by the 100-year-old London museum reveals how deeply scientific institutions have been shaken by the public’s reaction to revelations of malpractice by climate scientists. The museum is abandoning its previous practice of trying to persuade visitors of the dangers of global warming. It is instead adopting a neutral position, acknowledging that there are legitimate doubts about the impact of man-made emissions on the climate. Even the title of the £4 million gallery has been changed to reflect the museum’s more circumspect approach. The museum had intended to call it the Climate Change Gallery, but has decided to change this to Climate Science Gallery to avoid being accused of presuming that emissions would change the temperature. This doesn't do anything to prove who's right or wrong - but it does provide further evidence that the climatologists have failed to convince the public.

MORE GENUINE DOUBTS ABOUT WARMING

Almost exactly what we've been saying! The impact of global warming has been exaggerated by some scientists and there is an urgent need for more honest disclosure of the uncertainty of predictions about the rate of climate change, according to the Government’s chief scientific adviser. Professor Beddington said that climate scientists should be less hostile to sceptics who questioned man-made global warming. He condemned scientists who refused to publish the data underpinning their reports. He said that public confidence in climate science would be improved if there were more openness about its uncertainties, even if that meant admitting that sceptics had been right on some hotly-disputed issues. He said: “I don’t think it’s healthy to dismiss proper scepticism. Science grows and improves in the light of criticism. There is a fundamental uncertainty about climate change prediction that can’t be changed.”

Either way, that doesn't invalidate the whole of the science. True, of course... but it does serve to provide more ammunition for detractors and to undermine the confidence of those who are not entirely convinced by the extent of humankind's contribution to climate change. For others, it just provides a feeling of uncertainty about what else may have been 'overlooked' in the fine print.

Or, perhaps, an example of the IPCC being so anxious to present it's case that it includes 'information' that has not been properly checked and about as reliable as a Manforums rumour?

And is THIS an example of the kind of 'scientific expertise' that we're supposed to genuflect to?

Good fun. 6/10.

...the death penalty is popular in China, where it is viewed as a successful deterrent to serious crime. But the Chinese people are gradually becoming more sceptical, and many new judicial rules are aimed at stopping the police extracting confessions by torture. The Chinese media reports that the Supreme People's Court overturned 15 per cent of death sentences handed down in 2007 and 10 per cent in 2008. SOURCE

A decent overview in The Independent