Fried Brains: Anti political correctness blog with cartoonsInternational and New Zealand editorial and political cartoons, promoting free speech, opposing political correctnessUK: Christmas banned by PC college chiefs- September 17, 2008 Daily Express Paul Jeeves SCRAPPED: Christmas is now an &8216;end of term break&8217; CHRISTMAS and Easter have been scrubbed from a colleges calendars in case they offend non-Christians. Holidays at these times will now be referred to simply as end of term breaks. The move will increase inclusion and diversity, claim bosses at Yorkshire Coast College in Scarborough, ...http://friedbrains.com/?p=2549 UK: Woman, 82, broke Asbo 10 times- September 17, 2008 Comment from Tezza: This is so typical in the nanny state; wasting tax payers time on an old lady while letting real criminals go free. I think the UK could well do with someone like Palin. BBC Dorothy Evans outside court on Monday An 82-year-old grandmother broke an Asbo 10 times by abusing her neighbours and putting ...http://friedbrains.com/?p=2548 UK: Abandon the victim mentality, Labour MP tells Muslims- September 17, 2008 Daily Mail James Slack British Muslims must take responsibility for their own lives and abandon their &8216; victim mentality&8217;, a Muslim Labour MP declares today. Sadiq Khan, a Government whip, warned that the Muslim community must &8217;step up to the plate&8217;. Writing in a pamphlet, he said it must be accepted that &8216;all&8217; Muslims should learn English, ...http://friedbrains.com/?p=2547 US Commentary: Let government mind your own business- September 17, 2008 Boston Globe Jeff Jacoby OUT IN the Pacific time zone, the nanny-statists have been busy. In California, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger recently signed a law banning restaurants from using trans fats when preparing food. In Seattle, city councilors passed a measure requiring shoppers to pay 20 cents for every plastic or paper bag they use in grocery, drug, or convenience ...http://friedbrains.com/?p=2546 Denmark: City targeting Ramadan fasting- September 17, 2008 UPI.com ODENSE, Denmark &8212; Officials in the Danish city of Odense say they want to limit the number of schoolchildren fasting for the Islamic month of Ramadan. Children and Youth Committee Chairwoman Jane Jegind said officials want to discourage children from fasting from sunrise to sunset for the annual holiday as they are concerned with the potential ...http://friedbrains.com/?p=2545 UK Commentary: Palin by comparison- September 15, 2008 MalaniePhilips.com Are ordinary people beginning to fight back at last against the forces which, over the past halfcentury, have turned their world totally upside down Across the Atlantic, Americans have been convulsed by the overnight sensation of Sarah Palin. At a stroke, this hockey-mom pitbull with lipstick has galvanised John McCains presidential ticket and given the Obama Democrats ...http://friedbrains.com/?p=2544 US Commentary: The gospel according to Joe Biden- September 15, 2008 Comment from Tezza: And here is the underlying problem that comes from all liberals &8212; double think &8212; and this is why they always fail. They simply cannot commit to an opinion; they hold two conflicting opinions and believe in both of them, and all pragmatic people know this. National Review Online Father Thomas D. Williams Pro-choice Catholics ...http://friedbrains.com/?p=2543 UK: Wanted: Pretty woman flatmate who will cook and clean- September 15, 2008 Telegraph Nick Allen A finance worker has been disciplined after sending an email to female colleagues asking them to recommend a lady flatmate who would cook and clean for him and be &8220;reasonably nice to look at&8221;. Paul Eley, 30, told colleagues he was looking for a woman to share his apartment rent free as long she ...http://friedbrains.com/?p=2542 UK: Revealed: UKs first official sharia courts- September 15, 2008 Times Online Abul Taher ISLAMIC law has been officially adopted in Britain, with sharia courts given powers to rule on Muslim civil cases. The government has quietly sanctioned the powers for sharia judges to rule on cases ranging from divorce and financial disputes to those involving domestic violence. Rulings issued by a network of five sharia ...http://friedbrains.com/?p=2541 US: Idiot Biden asks guy in wheelchair to stand up- September 14, 2008 Share Thishttp://friedbrains.com/?p=2540 |