Monday, 3 October 2011
Number four...?
I am number four. Having read the book, I thought that I would see the film, to compare them. I suppose that if you have not read the book, then you would be none the wiser that the film had....changed a few things. The opening sequence was a waste. Utterly a waste. The film had an essential book-plot, but went off on too many tangents. To me, the main characters guardian, if he is called Henri, then it is on-ree, as per the French (this may be an American thing; I don't know), but not Henry, which a hard 'H'. The main points from the book were skipped over entirely (they were ignored in the film), such as how the characters met, and got to know each other. Much better in the book. All in all, the film was watchable, but not close enough to the book.
Saturday, 24 September 2011
The UN fiasco
In view of the activities currently underway at the UN, it is clear that most people (me included) are more confused than ever about who started it, why this or that will not work, who the good guys are, who the bad guys are, so having stumbled across this little gem, I thought I'd let you all have a look at a summary of history. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7ByJb7QQ9U&NR=1
Saturday, 10 September 2011
9/11
OK, so it's the weekend, and in a short while it will be ten years since the world realised that there are a whole bunch of certifiable nutters out and about. And not just in the USA. Or anywhere else. They are all over! They are a fifth column, that has been allowed to infiltrate all countries, and all manner of jobs and positions, with the sole aim (so it seems) of bringing down the West. I live in the West, and I object to being 'brought down'. Since I consider myself to be reasonably intelligent person, not very rich, working hard to keep the bills at bay, why should I be expected to tolerate this group of too-keen-to-die-hards?
Because of international agreements, and wholesale lies on the part of not a few people, we have had our hands tied most of the time. The USA lied to everyone else about WMD in Iraq, so we pooled the resources, and invaded. Why, when there was so much else going on in the world? The troops must now be sick of Afghanistan, and it seems that we STILL can't sort that mess out, either. So we have been dragged into another Vietnam - a war that no-one wanted, no-one wants, but no-one knows how to stop. And then we have the post-war stuff - PTSS. The troops came back from Vietnam and could not adjust to civvy street - why should we expect the survivors of the current wars to be 'perfect', and get back on a Wednesday, and then be down the job market, looking for a job, as if 'nothing happened'? Ticking timebombs...:(
During the last 10 years, what have we learned? I suppose that we, the public, can still be lied to by a whole load of people, much as we have been lied to for centuries. A sort of 'vested interest' mentality. I am in charge, and I do not need to tell you anything at all, and I can mislead you any time I feel I need to. The have learned that we are close to meltdown - financially we can all just fall apart overnight. If the main financial institutions cannot be trusted, then we should all take our money out, and keep it under the mattress. It's probably just as safe.
We have learned that there are a lot of different people out there, some of which just cannot be 'got along' with. These are the people that you would not turn your back on, because you will probably get stabbed - literally.
Since we started the new millennium on such high expectations, it very quickly soured, and to be honest, I think a lot of people are still scarred from the antics of 10 years ago. It's hard not to be. Having personally been very shaken by that insane day, 10 years ago (although I was nowhere near any of it) I have gone through a painful separation and divorce, as she seemed to decide that she couldn't stick around. Washed her hands of me. Ran away. Her entire family have had no contact since. Even to see if I'm still here. Not a phone call. Well, their choice, but it still hurts, as I'm sure a lot of people will be, this weekend. My best wishes to those hurt by the craziest day I hope to ever experience, 10 years ago, and although it is difficult some days, try to build a better future for yourself.
Because of international agreements, and wholesale lies on the part of not a few people, we have had our hands tied most of the time. The USA lied to everyone else about WMD in Iraq, so we pooled the resources, and invaded. Why, when there was so much else going on in the world? The troops must now be sick of Afghanistan, and it seems that we STILL can't sort that mess out, either. So we have been dragged into another Vietnam - a war that no-one wanted, no-one wants, but no-one knows how to stop. And then we have the post-war stuff - PTSS. The troops came back from Vietnam and could not adjust to civvy street - why should we expect the survivors of the current wars to be 'perfect', and get back on a Wednesday, and then be down the job market, looking for a job, as if 'nothing happened'? Ticking timebombs...:(
During the last 10 years, what have we learned? I suppose that we, the public, can still be lied to by a whole load of people, much as we have been lied to for centuries. A sort of 'vested interest' mentality. I am in charge, and I do not need to tell you anything at all, and I can mislead you any time I feel I need to. The have learned that we are close to meltdown - financially we can all just fall apart overnight. If the main financial institutions cannot be trusted, then we should all take our money out, and keep it under the mattress. It's probably just as safe.
We have learned that there are a lot of different people out there, some of which just cannot be 'got along' with. These are the people that you would not turn your back on, because you will probably get stabbed - literally.
Since we started the new millennium on such high expectations, it very quickly soured, and to be honest, I think a lot of people are still scarred from the antics of 10 years ago. It's hard not to be. Having personally been very shaken by that insane day, 10 years ago (although I was nowhere near any of it) I have gone through a painful separation and divorce, as she seemed to decide that she couldn't stick around. Washed her hands of me. Ran away. Her entire family have had no contact since. Even to see if I'm still here. Not a phone call. Well, their choice, but it still hurts, as I'm sure a lot of people will be, this weekend. My best wishes to those hurt by the craziest day I hope to ever experience, 10 years ago, and although it is difficult some days, try to build a better future for yourself.
Friday, 26 August 2011
Thursday, 18 August 2011
Still crazy, no matter how old you get...
http://uk.autoblog.com/2011/08/18/the-120mph-chase-the-wrong-way-down-the-motorway/?icid=maing-grid7|uk|dl6|sec1_lnk1|74718
This makes no sense; whoever this nutter is, they clearly thought they would get away with treating the British roads like a F1 circuit. Don't. I don't really care if you kill yourself (no, really - I don't - you are simply not worth it) but I do care about the others that you put at risk. You deserve to have your privilege to drive removed forever - banned for life.
This makes no sense; whoever this nutter is, they clearly thought they would get away with treating the British roads like a F1 circuit. Don't. I don't really care if you kill yourself (no, really - I don't - you are simply not worth it) but I do care about the others that you put at risk. You deserve to have your privilege to drive removed forever - banned for life.
Saturday, 13 August 2011
wefightanyclaim.com
Has anyone dealt with these people? I've had a very high-pressure phone call (I can't call it anything else...I wish I had recorded it) they were all busy assuring me that they can get me thousands back from this PPI fiasco. If I cough up some dosh up-front. It sounds like a big scam to me - sort of pyramid-selling? A Bernie Madoff-type arrangement, and then it all comes down about your ears. Anyone know any details about them?
Crazy week, huh...?
Just when you thought it was safe to go back into town, we get someone shot (and we still don't have an accurate, clear picture over that) and then, like Vesuvius, the place erupts! Riots, and then, predictably, people killed. How all that stuff happened and no-one got hurt on the first night is a miracle. Protest over Police stupidity, if you want to, but to take apart the town that you live in...? What possible reason can there be for that? There are hundreds of thugs out there - and the silliest part was watching someone smash in a shop window, and all these creeps standing around with cameras on their phones going mad, taking it all in! And then they are really crazy, and post it on YouTube? Nutty planet....
And then the USA, trying to fend off going bankrupt? USA - with no money...? how did that happen?
And then the USA, trying to fend off going bankrupt? USA - with no money...? how did that happen?
Tuesday, 26 July 2011
July, 2011
What a crazy month! We have some moron in Norway who decides that he is God, and takes the life of others into his hands; what a big-time loser! In fact, words cannot describe what I think of this animal. No-one with half a brain should ever go down this path. It is clearly insane. He should be assigned a dark cell, and lost in it. With no reprieve. Or shot at dawn. Or worse... what a grade-A shit!
Friday, 13 May 2011
Welcome back to 'normal service has been resumed': http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/05/12/pakistan.explosions/index.html?hpt=T2
http://ireport.cnn.com/open-story.jspa?openStoryID=604487#DOC-606356
http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/europe/05/13/canary.islands.supermarket.beheading/index.html?hpt=P1&iref=NS1
Smile!!!!
http://ireport.cnn.com/open-story.jspa?openStoryID=604487#DOC-606356
http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/europe/05/13/canary.islands.supermarket.beheading/index.html?hpt=P1&iref=NS1
Smile!!!!
Tuesday, 10 May 2011
Monty Pythons flying cir....CUS!!!
and finally, this just sums up all that is so ridiculous in the world today...and yesterday, and more worryingly tomorrow...
Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!
Can you beat it? Priceless!!!
Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!
Can you beat it? Priceless!!!
Whinge and moan...
Half-way through the week (alright, it's Tuesday...) and lots of things to catch up with. I have never really understood the excitement over football, so this story of bribery and corruption didn't really bother me too much - I don't care about the game, so it's something for all the millions of idiots who follow hopelessly over-priced wanna-be George Bests...
I was interested in the MP and expenses scandals (still running, you know...). Those crooks get elected (by us mugs) and they then proceed to gravy-train it for years, ripping even more out of the public coffer!
And then I came across the very tragic news of Milly - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-13343915. We shall find out much more from the court case, but what is it that make some very strange people do these crazy things?
The on-going mess in the middle east is sad. Very sad, and very dangerous. Whatever happens now Gaddaffi knows that he has few friends. This will alter the Europe politics, whichever way it turns out.
And perhaps a little bit of sanity, after the nightmare of the last few weeks? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-13346537
I was interested in the MP and expenses scandals (still running, you know...). Those crooks get elected (by us mugs) and they then proceed to gravy-train it for years, ripping even more out of the public coffer!
And then I came across the very tragic news of Milly - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-13343915. We shall find out much more from the court case, but what is it that make some very strange people do these crazy things?
The on-going mess in the middle east is sad. Very sad, and very dangerous. Whatever happens now Gaddaffi knows that he has few friends. This will alter the Europe politics, whichever way it turns out.
And perhaps a little bit of sanity, after the nightmare of the last few weeks? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-13346537
Tuesday, 3 May 2011
Ozzy was unarmed!!!
Who cares, really, that bin Liner was unarmed when he was shot (if he was shot...if he is not alive, and living on some island, somewhere, with Elvis, and co.). When you think of all those people who this man (this animal!) has destroyed, and virtually all of them were unarmed, then it's no great loss.
All that Ozzy has done is destroy. The people around him have been torn from whatever life-style they had, into one of fear and intimidation. The world has been on Red Alert for the last 10 years, and I have no doubt that it will continue for some time.
They simply don't get it. The idea of spreading fear and doubt, in the modern world, simply has no place. We build, they destroy. They put people off the idea of freedoms, we encourage. I suppose the arguement may be that we don't have it quite right, just yet, but we have to be the better alternative!
So, leading up to 9/11 will now mean that all the Security types are on hot-standby - so watch out if you are in south London, with a bag over your shoulder, and look suspicious. Watch out if you are actually daft enough to be carrying any bomb, with a view that you will be in Heaven, enjoying all those virgins. Ask yourself this: how did the virgins get to Heaven? And what if they are all gay...?
All that Ozzy has done is destroy. The people around him have been torn from whatever life-style they had, into one of fear and intimidation. The world has been on Red Alert for the last 10 years, and I have no doubt that it will continue for some time.
They simply don't get it. The idea of spreading fear and doubt, in the modern world, simply has no place. We build, they destroy. They put people off the idea of freedoms, we encourage. I suppose the arguement may be that we don't have it quite right, just yet, but we have to be the better alternative!
So, leading up to 9/11 will now mean that all the Security types are on hot-standby - so watch out if you are in south London, with a bag over your shoulder, and look suspicious. Watch out if you are actually daft enough to be carrying any bomb, with a view that you will be in Heaven, enjoying all those virgins. Ask yourself this: how did the virgins get to Heaven? And what if they are all gay...?
Monday, 2 May 2011
Ossie bin Liner...
So, finally, we are told, the legendary Bad Man of the Millenium (so far) is no more. The demise of this Mr Nasty will be viewed by many as an excuse for a party, and some as an excuse to be nasty - again. The problem with this announcement is that they have not proved it; we have not seen details - and we have not seen the stiff! There are too many rumours and conspiracy theories around, but there will be another one soon - was it him? It wasn't him, but someone who looked like him. And so on...
It would have been nice (in a strange way) to have the chance to put him on trial, like Sadman Hussy, but then that was USA-concocted. They invaded another country, because of weapons that he didn't have, and executed him for a crime he didn't commit?
My trust in the USA is running thin...............
It would have been nice (in a strange way) to have the chance to put him on trial, like Sadman Hussy, but then that was USA-concocted. They invaded another country, because of weapons that he didn't have, and executed him for a crime he didn't commit?
My trust in the USA is running thin...............
Saturday, 30 April 2011
Normal service has been resumed...
After the really nice 'day off' yesterday, when a fabulous couple had their Big Day, and the clocks of the world stopped, just so that we could all watch, we are now back to normal. Now we catch up with what we missed, where it happened, and such... the trouble is, most of the news is, well, trouble...
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/04/30/afghanistan.nato.insurgents/index.html?hpt=T2
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/US/04/30/severe.weather/index.html?hpt=T2
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/meast/04/29/syria.unrest/index.html?hpt=T2
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/04/29/morocco.blast/index.html?hpt=T2
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/US/04/29/missouri.judge.levee/index.html?hpt=T2
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/04/27/misrata.scene/index.html?hpt=T1
I suppose that there is some good news out there, somewhere, but it's like looking for a needle in a haystack - without a magnet!
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/04/30/afghanistan.nato.insurgents/index.html?hpt=T2
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/US/04/30/severe.weather/index.html?hpt=T2
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/meast/04/29/syria.unrest/index.html?hpt=T2
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/04/29/morocco.blast/index.html?hpt=T2
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/US/04/29/missouri.judge.levee/index.html?hpt=T2
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/04/27/misrata.scene/index.html?hpt=T1
I suppose that there is some good news out there, somewhere, but it's like looking for a needle in a haystack - without a magnet!
Friday, 29 April 2011
Royal Weddings...
All in all, young Kate looked lovely today. Wills is clearly going thin on top. The rest of the Firm was (mostly) there. I think that it is long overdue for the Royal Family to marry into good stock; perhaps this has happened today? I wish them well, and perhaps Kate can bring some sense of ...well, sense, to the Royals. Their performance over the last few decades has not won them any awards.
Best wishes to the new couple.
Best wishes to the new couple.
Wednesday, 27 April 2011
The voice of sanity...?
I am sure that there is one, out there, somewhere...? That person is just doing a very good job of hiding, that is all. I used to think that sanity, and basic common sense, was all around, and we used it every day. Not too difficult - quite easy really, when you think of it.
Then I start to read the news - the Real IRA, who ignore the announcement of the IRA, that there would now be peace in NI (I never believed it; not really - too much hatred, to much blood...call me again in 50 years, when it is proven!).
And then this 'fiction' that Hamas and the PA are now bestest buddies? Oh come on - who are you trying to kid? You have spent so much time (wasted, more like...) trying to get rid of Israel, you have bred hate and fear for decades, so that no-one will really believe you...will they? And just today a newscaster actually had the cheek to be hurt that the Israelis were not really buying into the announcement. It said a lot about the newscaster - none of it good!
This planet is all we have, and the poor people in Libya and Saudi Arabia are now being killed (murdered) by the forces in power, in their last-ditch effort to stay in power. What a mess! I'm thinking of voting Greens in the up-coming elections.
Then I start to read the news - the Real IRA, who ignore the announcement of the IRA, that there would now be peace in NI (I never believed it; not really - too much hatred, to much blood...call me again in 50 years, when it is proven!).
And then this 'fiction' that Hamas and the PA are now bestest buddies? Oh come on - who are you trying to kid? You have spent so much time (wasted, more like...) trying to get rid of Israel, you have bred hate and fear for decades, so that no-one will really believe you...will they? And just today a newscaster actually had the cheek to be hurt that the Israelis were not really buying into the announcement. It said a lot about the newscaster - none of it good!
This planet is all we have, and the poor people in Libya and Saudi Arabia are now being killed (murdered) by the forces in power, in their last-ditch effort to stay in power. What a mess! I'm thinking of voting Greens in the up-coming elections.
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