Underrated

And that is an understatement.
Sometimes one wonders.
One looks around at the talentless eejits who carve out a glittering career in music, selling out huge stadia and concert venues, to be blindly (and deafly) followed by millions of fans. (can’t deny I’m thinking U2 here)
Then there’s the Trashcan Sinatras
Last night amidst the rain and howling gales, [...]

The Weekend Waits – Heart Attack and Vine

Liar, liar with your pants on fire
White spades hangin’ on the telephone wire
Gamblers reevaluate along the dotted line
You’ll never recognize yourself on Heartattack and Vine
Doctor, lawyer, beggar, man, thief
Philly Joe Remarkable looks on in disbelief
If you want a taste of madness you’ll have to wait in line
You’ll probably see someone you [...]

Scottish police relaunch investigation into Lockerbie bombing

As it says on the tin……….I think………….clicky

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Amazing

I hope you were impressed. I mean I predicted one of the numbers. Predicting six is fourteen million to one,  so predicting one must still be over two million to one!
How silly did I feel having the man in the local shop showing me how to mark off the numbers on the ticket?
Very.

Craigendoran

This excellent photo of the pier from the 1890’s features the steamers Dandy Dinmont, Red Gauntlet and Lady Clare. The photo comes from Helensburgh Heritage Trust.

Compare with my own photo of the now derelict pier taken a couple of years ago (notice the Waverley in the distance)

Straws in the Wind

The Lockerbie issue is still high on the agenda of the Sunday papers and the rest of the media.
I am more convinced than ever of two things (just an opinion mind you):
1) The release of Megrahi by Kenny MacAskill was not part of any ‘deal’
2) The UK government has for many years been trying to [...]

Yet More Lockerbie

Interesting stuff from the Scotsman from a few years ago.
New Scotsman, Sun 28 Aug 2005
A FORMER Scottish police chief has given lawyers a signed statement claiming that key evidence in the Lockerbie bombing trial was fabricated.
The retired officer – of assistant chief constable rank or higher – has testified that the CIA planted the tiny [...]

What’s the Truth?

I haven’t done too much “serious” posting recently but I’ve been involved in discussion elsewhere on the stushie currently going on in Scotland over the status of the “Lockerbie Bomber” Abdel Basset Ali Al Megrahi who is currently serving his sentence in Greenock Prison. In July the Libyan Government applied to have Megrahi transferred to [...]

A Warning to All Conspiracy Theorists!

This is Delores Kane.
Who she?
Well you may know her better as David Shayler former M15 officer who was prosecuted in 1997 for giving a story to the Mail on Sunday* about his former employers being paranoid about socialists.
in the following years his proclamations and views seemed to progress from the surprising to the truly incredible.
Ten [...]