Chance and Coincidence [and some random notes]

Minecraft is being bought by Microsoft?

Friday, September 19 is Huntrodds' Day - A beautiful explanation of chance and co-incidence.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04gyqtg 
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250 years of the Gothic ...most think the genre was started by Horace Walpole but in fact it was Ann Radcliffe.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Radcliffe
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Syrian Kurdish refugees fleeing IS 'grateful' to US for air strikes by Paul Wood
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-29337266
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Michael Mosley - Should we eat meat? [Horizon BBC 2 - 18 August 2014]
Unfortunately no longer available on iPlayer. 

The Finance Minister of Italy,  Pier Carlo Padoan says that [7 years on] Italy is back in recession.  There is 40% youth unemployment.  They will pursue a policy of encouraging inflation?


Lord Rothschild says that there is a risk of assets being over valued.  Stating the bleedin' obvious?


Lambing live is on Ewe Tube!






Rip Off Grocers [ROGered again!]

The Moth - story telling collective.

Inside Science
http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/inscience 
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FEM

The Zone of Interest by Martin Amis sounds like a book I might not read.  Just too chilling! 

Badger Cull
Wales has increased testing and they have reduced TB by 50% in a short time.  Why do we continue to shoot badgers in England, it is a nonsense!  Policies MUST be evidence based and this one clearly isn't.

Where are all the wasps this year? [mentioned on BBC Radio 4 September 2014]

MPs' Pay
Wages have declined since the Crash by a tenth except MPs' wages.  Thieves!

The Post Office's Horizon computer system made mistakes.  No really? A result around 150 sub-postmasters were wrongly convicted and some ended up in prison.  This was without doubt "callous and inhumane".  Computer systems are NOT infallible, as they are designed by people.  Duh!  I found this story deeply saddening as my Dad used to work behind the counter.

House prices still rising stupidly.  Look, Osborne, if it looks like a housing bubble, it's a housing bubble, idiot!  This will mean more debt and so we'll all be poorer in future.