Underpaid MPs, Libel online, motivated bikers and some aliens

[matgb]

• 10 pt test for bloggers on defamation | Liberal Conspiracy
  A few assists and pointers on writing about real people online and how to avoid being sued for libel. My legal consultant talls me it's fairly accurate...
  (tags: blogging writing law libel)
• Motivational Posters for those who love bikes
  Not a bad little selection - reposted for those bikers not already reading Jennie (you should be, damnit)
  (tags: humour bikes posters)
• Why the Eurovision bloc voting theory is bogus « doctorvee
  Duncan does his whole 'look, the most popular song won' analysis (again) with good reasoning (again). Pretty sure he's right as well, yes, there are blocks, but El Tel's predictions came next to bottom.
  (tags: Europe politics eurovision)
• MPs' falling pay - Stumbling and Mumbling
  Pay peanuts, get monkeys. That's why most British MPs are useless apparatchiks (well, that and the voting system). While they get way above median, they get way below what the most talented 0.001% of us should earn.
  (tags: MPs parliament)
• davegodfrey: Unimaginative aliens.
  Paleontologist SF geek isn't happy with CGI SF aliens - even Dr Who and Trek did weird better, let alone nature.
  (tags: science scifi aliens)
• Al Qaeda Training Manual - US Air Force
  Um, yeah. Having a copy of the contents of this can get you thrown into jail. Well, if you've got brown skin or you attend a mosque. But the US air force is free to host it on a public website, right? GAH!
  (tags: terrorism USAF Al-Qaeda)

Comments

[tiredstars.livejournal.com]

Hypothesis: MPs will not be paid commensurate to their status and responsibilities because the majority of people don't really think people should be paid that much.

[matgb]

Oh, sort of agree in some respects—it's one of the reasons I want it as part of an overall settlement, but I doubt that'll ever happen.