Thu, 27 Feb 2003
I'll take mine with milk, no sugar, thanks
This is just too bizarre to be a joke:
a USB-powered electric teacup from the Dreams Come True Co., Ltd, of Japan.
(No, I don't want one. Apart from being a great way to drain a laptop
battery in about five milliseconds and probably burn out your powered
USB hub transformer, it's far too small -- and says nothing about Linux
compatability, either. And now whenever someone says their PC's
cup-holder is broken we'll have to check the USB bus as well as the
CDROM drive ...)
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Three-line whip
Looks like nearly a third of the parliamentary labour party rebelled
against Blair's three-line whip on policy over Iraq. (I'm pleased to
note that my MP, Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North & Leith), was one
of the rebels.) It's worth noting -- for non-UK readers -- that
under a three-line whip party officials tell MPs how to vote, on pain of
punishments up to and including suspension from the party.Blair won,
but largely
because the entire Conservative party voted with him -- which probably
signifies something important about the state of British politics
today, if I wasn't too depressed to think about it.
The shooting hasn't even (officially -- if you ignore the bombing raids
the UK and USA have been carrying out for the past decade) started yet.
If this is a reflection of the situation before the start of hostilities,
then if it goes pear-shaped I really think there'll be a new face at 10
Downing Street within a month or so.
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