Christianity ‘close to extinction’ in Middle East – Telegraph

A troubling article in the Telegraph via Harry’s place: Christianity close to extinction in the Middle East Regardless of what you may think about the power structures of any of the Christian sects this is persecution of ordinary people trying to live ordinary lives. Apart from a few blogs and newspaper articles like this the level of persecution is getting very little attention, the cynic in me wonders if that’s due to the faith of the persecutors or the persecuted. +1-1

A stirring ditty

Via the Anglo Saxon Chronicles a stirring ditty with which I’d hope few would argue. Though I wouldn’t make an exceptionn for Tony Benn myself +2-1

The Olympics ™ (c) Pat Pending

This blog would like to make it clear how very proud it is not to be an Olympic sponsor for the London 2012 games this summer. Following what must surely become known as chip gate the level of paranoia exhibited by the official sponsors turns out to exceed that of our security forces. Though of course they haven’t tried to put missiles on to nearby tower blocks to pre-emptively remove any unauthorised advertising, t-shirt, snack. The 300 purple capped brand police will be enforcing special legislation brought into protect the corporate interest of the big sponsors making sure no small … Continue reading