Mark Willis

Archive for the ‘Govenment’ Category

Tax on Chocolate…

Thursday, March 12th, 2009

Some scottish bloke [an MP, and alleged Doctor] is saying there should be a tax on chocolate, much like there is on alcohol and cigarettes - to cut down on obesity. This is stupid - tax on alcohol doesn't stop people drinking, the news is also on about kids binge ...

HMS Daring’s (D32) on it’s way home, for the first time.

Wednesday, January 28th, 2009

So, the first of six new Type 45 Destroyers, HMS Daring, has completed it's sea trials (stage 1) and so has been handed over to the Royal Navy (Dec 2008). Three more ships are currently undergoing stage 1 sea trials, with two more in production. One of the first ...

Safe.

Thursday, November 6th, 2008

"We must work together...."

Obama wannabe tramp wants change too!

Friday, October 17th, 2008

I just thought I'd leave this here.... :)

Putin accuses US in Georgia war - report

Friday, August 29th, 2008

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin suggested in a CNN interview Thursday that the United States pushed Georgia toward war and said he suspects a connection to the American presidential campaign, the network said. :O Russian news agencies said Putin told CNN that the US seemingly encouraged Georgia's leadership to use force to ...

Oh Dear, Mongolia.

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008

1st July 08: The president of Mongolia has declared a four-day state of emergency in the capital amid violent protests over claims the general election was rigged. Crowds torched the HQ of Mongolia's governing party - the former Communists - and attacked a police station. Over 60 people were hurt - around half ...

Iraqi Oil…

Tuesday, July 1st, 2008

Now that the COALITION countries are bidding for the Iraqi oil fields (which could have over 115 Billion barrels of oil ($17,250,000,000,000 USD worth).... [CNN] The cost of War Everyone is always moaning about the cost of the Afghan/Iraq war, for example it's cost the U.S. about $3 Trillion. But if only half of ...

India monkey god idol for Obama

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008

A group of Indians are planning to present a statue of the revered Indian monkey God, Hanuman, to Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama. The group decided to order the idol after they read a magazine report saying that Mr Obama carried a good luck 'monkey king' charm. They say that a Barack ...