Sunday morning catchup

1) The Blaze spots that scientists have discovered a planet with a Death Star revolving around it...

2) The Mail wonders at the labour party's definition of equality.


3) Richard Littlejohn wonders how history would have differed had the IRA not bombed The Grand hotel in Brighton. Would Norman Tebbitt have succeeded Margaret Thatcher as Prime Minister rather than John Major. I wonder what that would have done to the UK's dalliance with the EU.


4) Watts Up With That isn't falling for thE LINe that Arctic ice is reducing and has the figures to prove it.


5) Max Farquar is not impressed with Anthony Richardson's 'apology' for that video - I remember blogging about the incident at the time.


6) The Anger of a Quiet Man is not happy that he cannot say what a representative of an ethcic minority can say:

'It comes to something when we have to rely upon a representative of an ethnic minority group to say in the MSM what all the rest of us are thinking and occasionally saying to our friends about certain ethnic minority groups. Such is the hold of political correctness and not saying the "bleeding obvious" on our political representatives that for your average (white) politician to say what Baroness Flather did say would be tantamount to political suicide complete with ritual disembowelment from certain sections of certain sections of the media lead no doubt by politicians of the left.'

The subject?

'BRITAIN’S first female Asian peer has stirred up a storm by claiming that some immigrant families have large numbers of children simply to milk the benefits system.'

7) Christopher Booker is still pointing out the absurbity of wind farms in the UK. Christopher Booker talks more sense about thissubject than almost anyone else I read, and certainly more than Chris Huhne.


8) The Globe & Mail have some ideas for alternativeafternoon teas in London. Here's my favourite from their list:

'Men’s Afternoon Tea
TWIST: Men are invited to a tea of their own, complete with more “manly” fare – mini-cheeseburgers and steak sandwiches instead of egg mayonnaise with watercress – and an optional glass of single-malt whisky. Diversions such as backgammon are also offered.
BIGGEST PLUS: Steak and whisky – what’s not to like?
ADDED BONUS: One table may order from multiple tea menus, choosing from the Men’s Tea, the Fashion Ladies Tea or the Gluten-Free Tea.
REASON TO RETURN: At $9.50 (£6) a dram, the selection of whiskies offered is not only broad, but also economically priced.
NOT SO GREAT: Finding the hotel on foot based on the woefully inadequate map available at the website is a frustrating task.
DETAILS: 1 to 5:30 p.m. at The Mandeville Hotel, 8-14 Mandeville Place; West End; mandeville.co.uk. From $42 (£26.50, £32.50 with a glass of whisky or champagne).'

9) Israel National News report that 'Clinton Adviser Greenberg is Behind Israeli Protests'. An interesting article that you won't hear of on the anti-Israel BBC.


10) Watts Up With That also have some facts and figures to show that reporting of Antarctic ice levels are often misleading and alarmist.