Post Apocalyptics...

He walked ahead, trying to put one foot in front of the other. It was hard. He had been wandering through the desert for the last four days, and knew that he was running on close to empty. It was horribly hot, with a dry atmosphere. There was no sign of life anywhere in the last two days, and he was beginning to think that he had made the last mistake in his life. He had his backpack and the rifle strapped across his back, and in his pocket was the very small - but nonetheless lethal - six shooter. He would be able to take out anyone - or anything - that tried their luck. His mind flashed with the twenty or so that had tried, over the last five years. He was the sole survivor, but it didn't make him happy. Humanity was into a spiral downwards, and he knew it, and many millions around the globe also knew it. The atomic wars had been the least of the problems. That had been very short, and very decisive. Israel had made it's situation clear for the ten years prior, but the United Nations was already hijacked, and ignored everything that Israel could come up with. The UN, in contrast, was actively going after Israel, and they would not take 'No' for an answer. They wanted it gone. Into the Mediterranean, and with no survivors. Israel accommodated only so much, went so far, and then they had had enough. Late on a Tuesday evening, Cairo, Baghdad, Damascus, Ankara, Tehran, and Mecca all vanished into dust. Owing to their close work between Israel and Jordan, over many years, Amman remained, but Jordan instantly cut all ties with Israel, and expelled all diplomatic staff within twelve hours after the first mushroom clouds were seen. No, it was what came afterwards...The societies that all but collapsed. What were sophisticated, modern countries descended into anarchy, almost overnight, with civil war being the 'norm'. Towns fell out with their neighbours, in the USA states declared Martial Law and took themselves out of the collective known as the United States. California was the first but within three days eighteen further states had taken themselves out. The Middle East went into melt-down, and every single country went through another 'Arab Spring', but this time the existing leaders were all ousted, in most cases by leftist socialist organisations. The world reeled, and those that could fought hard to stay alive - most failed, and went into total chaos, with anarchy and revolution being the average. Country refused to talk to country, and gradually continent refused to talk to continent. That was around thirty years ago...and now, here he was. That was all a long time ago, and it had - sort of - stabilised during the last three years. At least it hadn't got any worse...apart from the stories, and there were hundreds of them...all about the nuclear fallout, and how a new generation was being created, but showing signs of the radiation. There were supposed to be real-life mutants out there...but it was all rumour. Nobody had any facts to go with. He was walking through a flat area, where he could just about make out a few hills, probably five miles away, and then he saw them, the people. He stopped - well, what else was he supposed to do? He recalled a tale that he had read - so many years ago, now - called Shalako. The moment touched a nerve, and he recalled that Shalako stayed still for ages, watching and waiting for the others to move. He chuckled, but it came out as a dark laugh. He waited, and over the next fifteen minutes he saw that these people were coming towards him. He stayed motionless, knowing that any wrong move now would jeopardise his future. They came up to him, and stopped at least two hundred feet away from his position, and they all looked at him, and he looked at them. He could see six, and assumed that another two or three were out of sight, somewhere, with their instructions plain. Any wrong move, take him out. And so he waited. For a few minutes nobody moved, and then one of the crowd slowly advanced towards him. He saw that all of the others had their guns raised, if not directly at him then pointing very closely to his position. Now is when you are to be very careful. As the other person approached, he saw that it was a woman. She came up about twenty feet away and stopped. "My name is Jessica. Would you like to explain who you are, and what you are doing here?" He tried to smile, but his lips were very cracked and dry. "My name is Phillip Kingston. I am a traveller who is passing through. I mean no threat to anyone." He stopped and dry coughed. "Do you have a little water? Mine ran out ten miles back." She lifted one eyebrow, wondering just who this person was. "Ten miles back? And you are still alive? Impressive." She smiled and wasted no time in advancing to him and dropping her water bottle and offered it to him. He took it from her and took a small sip. He was well aware of the politics in the desert. Because you are offered a water bottle does not mean that you should abuse it and drain the thing! "Phillip Kingston. Take more - it looks as if you need it more than I do. Are you from England?" He started to drink more, and then choked. Slowly...don't throw it away. "Yes, I am. My accent must give me away, I suppose." "Sort of. Can you walk? We are a few miles away, and I think we are too exposed here. We need to be in our main camp." "Yes, I can walk." He made to return the water bottle with a "Thank you. I much appreciate it." but she said "Keep it. I have another." His brain took this in, but couldn't understand it. This was unheard of. What hell is going on here? "Thank you. Thank you very much." "I need you to walk between our two leads, Frank and Greg." She duly pointed them out and he fell in between them, the whole party then starting to walk, at a fast pace. "Can you handle this pace?" she asked. "Yes, it's OK, so far. If I need to change then I'll tell you." "Good." The entire journey was done in silence. When you are in the desert, and with the temperature reaching these ridiculous numbers, it didn't do to waste your breath - literally. All conversation expelled warm air, moist air, and you only took in the very dry air, so most people just walked, often for hours, with no chitchat or 'polite' conversation - it could kill you! An hour later he could see that they were headed for...something, but he couldn't make it out, not at this distance. The party stopped and Jessica came up to him. "Are you armed?" Feeling more than a little peeved, he managed a "Yes, of course I'm armed." "When we get there, I will instruct the security to take possession of what you have. If you have any doubts then you need to keep them to yourself. We do not cheat or threaten our guests, and we demand the same in response. Is that acceptable?" Too tired to entertain a long conversation, all he could manage was "It is." She smiled at him, and he relaxed a little. "Good. Let's go, then." After another half an hour they got up to the buildings, and he was shocked to see that the access routes lead underground. Most of this is not on the surface, but underneath the ground? Fantastic! They continued to walk down a system of what he came to understand as tunnels - he had no idea of how long they were, or where they lead. It's just that he had to put one foot in front of the other, and continue onwards...downwards. How long this journey took, he never knew. All he recalled was stopping at a huge gate - a massive steel door - and being interrogated. It was pleasant, of a sort. They weren't interested in torturing you, as such. They asked you questions and he instantly understood that he had better be honest with his answer. He felt the hairs go up on the back of his neck, anticipating that 'this is real, this is now, this something that you simply don't mess around with'. "Ask of me what you will. I have no secrets to hide." became his staple answer, even though he knew that it was not quite correct. Let's see where this leads... He remembered that, after what seemed like a long interview/interrogation, he was lead into a room. He had not seen this before, so all of this was knew. "And what happens now?" he asked. "We will wait outside, and you will be shortly interviewed by our leader." was the response. Really? The leader - The Leader? Hold on, get a grip. Try to understand this. This statement was something that most people would not even understand. If someone says that they are putting you into a room, and that you will be interviewed BY THEIR LEADER, then you should really pay attention. It is not given away lightly. You need to understand this. And yet...so few actually do. They all left, and he then noticed a small child at the far end of the room - perhaps 4 or 5 years old? He took the last of the water from the bottle, remembering that he should have thanked Jessica and returned the bottle. He went to a chair and sat down, exhaustion hitting him, finally. I could sleep for a week! He spotted that the child was standing up, and she then walked carefully over towards him. "Hello. My name is Dawn. What's yours?" He forced himself to be nice, while he waited for the Leader to join them. Why was he admitted to the room, and left with a young child...? That made no sense... "Hello Dawn. My name is Phillip. I am visiting here." "Yes, I knew that. I hadn't seen you around before." She is remarkable for one so young... "I am what we would call a traveller. I walk from camp to camp, helping out with what I can when I get to the new locations. I have a few specialities - that means I can usually help somewhere." "What sort of specialities? We have quite a lot of people here, and they do lots of things every day." Just how much can I explain to this little girl...and then a thought flashed though his mind. There were lots of tales, stories of the damages done to the gene pool, the strange mutations that had developed... "Well, since we have all had so much trouble, it means that we have lost a lot. We lost a lot of people, over the last few years, and along with that we lost a lot of skills. Part of what I am trying to do is re-introduce some of those skills back to people, so that we can start to grow again, to build." "Oh, while I think of it, would you do me a favour, and when I have finished here, I need to find the lady that gave me the water bottle." "Why?" "I need to return it to her. She was very kind and let me have some water when we met. I would like to thank her, and make sure the bottle get back to her." "That's nice. Do you like her?" Taken aback, all he could say was "Like her? I don't know, I've just met her. She was very good to me, so I certainly would like to see her again. And thank her for the water. Now, Dawn, I wonder if you can help me out here -" "What specialities?" "What - ? Um, Astronomy, physics and chemistry. Along the way I have a very good understanding of computers but also I am quite competent in medicine. I am not a professional doctor, or surgeon but I have had a lot of medical training. Dawn, I am quite old, by your standards, and I learn things very quickly. I am supposed to be meeting the Leader here, so I am surprised to see you. I am confused as to why I am left in a room with a little girl, even though you are a little sweetie." He smiled - she really was sweet. Her questions put her as very intelligent, which, for all that Phillip knew was the norm for this location. The little girl put her head back and laughed, which Phillip found unnerving. "Phillip, you said you were here to meet the Leader. Well, you just have." She came to him, and extended her hand. "Phillip Kingston, you have been talking to the Leader for the last few minutes. Welcome to Camp Arizona." In a daze he extended his hand to the girl and they shook, gently. He didn't want to hurt her. "You...? You are the Leader?" He sat back in the chair, looking at this small child. "OK - I am confused. Would you care to tell me what's going on here?" "Relax. We don't know you, and we are very wary of visitors. We have had many, over the years, and all but a few have caused us major problems. We are very good at surviving, but these people came here, telling us that we were doing this wrong or that wrong. They were very busy telling us that we should be doing things their way. We got fed up with that, and now we vet anyone who comes by." Stunned, but finding his voice, he managed to say "Whoa! Hold it - hold on. You are the leader? But...you are a little girl...!" "Phillip, calm down. Calm down, and watch." He couldn't take his eyes off her, and yet he still couldn't believe what he saw. This little girl grew, she changed shape, right before his eyes. She grew taller, and filled out. She stopped after a few seconds, and Phillip could see someone who looked about thirty years of age, and was very attractive. "Is your name even Dawn...?" "Oh yes. That's all true. Everything that we spoke about is true. The lady you met - she is true, and I am sure that you will get on well. Phillip, welcome. Truly, welcome to Camp Arizona."

Global meltdown!!!!

Well, that aside.. how are you? Are you coping with the utter nonsense (oh, yes - it is!) of the NFL? Have you survived the notion that AfD has returned into Germany's 'Parliament' (I use that term VERY loosely...) and they have already been labelled as far-right (or worse - the Nazi's)? Junk alert!!! It's a sick joke, that the world keeps on revisiting upon itself. If someone - anyone! - dares to say something that you don't agree with, then you (in your convoluted other-universe-thinking world) must be right, so they must be wrong! Sad. Really quite pathetic, but still very sad. Colin Kaperwhatever...well, what can I say? You are...astonishing. And that is not an admission that you are - in any way - correct! The NFL farce/fiasco is going to run for some time (until lunch, this time next week...?) Oh, and the NFL is set to lose, MAJOR big time! (oooh, I Love it!) UK???? Oh...we have just had the ending of this Labour Party farce...yes, go on it's a damnable farce! and he is pleading his case (weak, at best) that Lab is the way forward. No. It frikkin' isn't! Labour=Socialism. Socialism. Does. Not. Work! Why do you still not understand this? Is it the numbers? Are they too high? Can you only count in double digits, which is your pathetic excuse for ignoring the 10's of millions (that is 10s of 1,000,000) who dies under that regime? That, I proudly lay at your sad feet, is your problem. Do not try to lay your issue/problem/panic attack at my feet - we move on; you are (it seems) still in the previous year, if not the previous century). Oh, and we learn, and move on - you...not so much! The future is what you want it to be! Grasp it! Seize it, as if there is no tomorrow, because there isn't. Tomorrow becomes today, in the blink of an eye! What you seriously choose to make of it...well, that is, in all seriousness, up to you!

July 12 2017

I am having a few days off, due to that ailment referred to as 'manflu'. I watched some telly, and the last part of LOTR - Return of the King, and thought it was such a fine send off. Quite emotional, really.... The battles, the heroes, the baddies, etc. And then I was wondering... There is, in the film, a massive invasion of all of the lands, with the all-too-real threat to everyone's life and society. It was all going to change, and none of it for the better, unless that Ring was destroyed. This news article caught my eye... http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/isis-leader-reported-dead-latest-updates-abu-bakr-al-baghdadi-syrian-observatory-for-human-rights-a7836066.html At the same time that I will admit I do not like the idea of anyone dying, I thought - well, if anyone deserves it, this MF does! Which brings me back to LOTR. They have a full-scale invasion, they have 'leaders' (and I use the term very loosely...) who simply deny the invasion. They must have this 'multi-culture' mentality... and it brought home to me what is going on around the world, right now! Since the lunacy of open doors has been foisted upon us, we have seen a large part of Europe descend into tribal ghettos, we have seen violence on the street, we have seen the rise of far-right groups who object to this 'change' - and seriously, can you blame them? We are seeing the seeds of open civil war rising up in most of Europe, and yet those in office are still with their heads stuck in the clouds (or the sand - you pick). We have seen the last 8 years of Obama make the situation at least 10 times worse than it was before he came into office. Although the man is clearly a brilliant public speaker, he has more 'agendas' than I can count! He has followed Chancellor Merkel in opening his country's doors to an unknown number of aliens - and they keep coming! Trump has, at least, decided which side of the bed he wants to lie in, and I can only agree that common sense must prevail, or we are all lost. Talking of lost...Sweden. This does not look good, no matter how you may phrase it or look at it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_in_Sweden Really? What took you so frikkin' long! http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/768733/Sweden-migrants-latest-refugee-policy-demos-report This just reads like a CNN (FakeNews!) report: http://www.government.se/articles/2017/02/facts-about-migration-and-crime-in-sweden/ How can you take most of this at face value? This was known, nearly a year ago! Did anything change? DIF...:( https://www.spectator.co.uk/2016/09/how-sweden-became-an-example-of-how-not-to-handle-immigration/ http://drsircus.com/world-news/the-end-of-a-nation-losing-sweden-forever/ One major point here is - do not accept, at face value, ANYTHING that appears in the news, and least of all on the Internet. It may well be someone's idea of sarcasm, but which you may interpret as 'truth' (and that is a negotiable feast...) Cross-check it all. If you don't check them, then you are just forwarding on a link that started out as fiction, and then grew so big that people had to start believing it... Yeah, it's not original... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_lie http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4396224/Sweden-never-mass-immigration-PM-says.html

May 2017...

Oh dear me...the lefties will be out in force, the middle of the roadies will be bleating on about this and that, the righties will be making their claim for putting things right, and few will listen... So, nothing will change then! http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/0 We have yet another slaughter within British shores, and - you know what? - the politicos will not change at all! The ones that we currently have are all too far up their own elbows, and the 'major' players who want to replace them are too far lost in History to make a rational suggestion, even if it came up and blew up in their sick faces! Seriously, how do people sleep at night, knowing that they have voted for this IRA supporter? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2017-39807055 or http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08swc6y Are you sleeping peacefully? How...? Or would you rather vote for this creature...? http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/theresa-not-drop-failed-tens-10263861 I'd say laughable, but the laugh is at my expense (and yours if you were wondering...) Do you want an expert opinion? You know, all those 'experts' that told you that Brexit will fail, at huge cost, yawnyawn, blahblahblah...http://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2017/05/19/theresa-may-setting-out-to-fail/ You know what - all of the murders in the last few decades won't change anything, thanks to you, the voting plebs, the electorate. You are so damnably boring in your blinkered views that you actually refuse to see what is rapidly approaching. Well, I would say that it serves you right, but your lunacy is going to affect me and my family - and for that you earn my immediate anger - and eternal distrust. You are the cause of this, as much as the lunatics actually doing the killing. They are in this country, free to walk among us, thanks to your pathetic voting (or lack of it) in recent years. http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/manchester-arena-bombing-live-attack-13075807 How. Many. More!??? You had a choice, a little while ago, to start to put things right. Oh, no. You voted for this fruitcake: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/sadiq-khan-london-mayor-terrorism-attacks-part-and-parcel-major-cities-new-york-bombing-a7322846.html No, it is NOT at all acceptable to be 'living' with the threat of this madness, especially when you had the chance to stop it! And yet, you voted him in... We in the UK have only a few days now until a MAJOR General Election. It's sad to think that so many people will simply not bother - 'my vote won't make a difference', or 'I don't know who to vote for'. Bollocks. Find out! One party, amongst all of the others, stands out recently. It created the Brexit referendum, and is labelled as far-right. Even extremist! Given the current in Manchester (by far-right Religious extremists) then I think that label is some Fake News idea of 'spin' - it's rubbish. It's also confusing and directly misleading. Make your vote in 2017 count - who knows, if you don't do this right then you may not get another chance to vote! 2022 is a long way off. UKIP is my way.

2017 is one shite kind of year...

so far... If, like me, you thought that 2016 was the pits, the worst - like, for ever! - then, like me, it isn't. 2017 seems, for various reasons, on a par with 2016, and in certain circumstances seems set to exceed all of the crap that 2016 threw at us (and yes, there was a LOT of crap...) The list of the obituaries is quite shocking, really, and then you begin to realise that, at this age, it just happens that way! People get old - and some people aren't allowed that luxury! If you explore the beginning months of 2016, you see that icons came, and they went. Bowie perhaps being the major one, Rickman, et al. It was crap! Would you just stop with the dying, damn it! Oh, no. We ain't done yet.... 2017 has already seen a few very famous faces drop off the radar, and, yes, it's an age thing, but that doesn't make it any easier. I will make a quoted example - my family (and, yes, other animals...) has a pretty good gene pool (or so I thought). I am one of 4 - 2 older sisters and a younger brother. We have 3 first cousins, and all being well (which it isn't...but I digress...) then I thought that we would all be set for seeing in the century - each of us/all of us/whichever. Why so? I hear you ask... Well, my mother died just before her 80th birthday, years ago. My father, however, not only saw my mother die (literally...don't go there...) but then, a year to the day, phoned me up and told me that he was remarrying! Say what? Hold the front page, here you are 82, and you are telling me that you are about to marry - again! - someone who is about 15 years younger than you are...WTF? Anyway, after I had pulled myself up from the floor, I and my siblings accepted this and got on with things (you know, that LIFE thingy...). As it turned out, they were good for each other. We got on pretty well with the new step-mother, and it was a few years of my dad coping with all that was thrown at him. The fact that he actually outlived his second wife...well, nobody saw that coming. Anyway...I digress...my idea/concept was that, since my dad lived to 98, and the general gene pool was looking good, going back through the years, then I thought that all 4 of us would see in a century apiece, all the while missing the bleedin' obvious - just because the stats say one thing then it does not make it so! We now find that my brother has been diagnosed with an incurable ailment called Motor Neurone Disease - the one that basically makes you waste away. And not only that, but he has to go and 'get' (no-one actually knows how anyone 'gets' this damn thing - it's not a virus...so WTF is it?) this tricky ailment. All of that means that he has written his book (https://www.amazon.com/How-Die-Well-Without-God/dp/0995579008) on how to approach the end, with none of that 'religious' clap-trap. This is written for anyone who, like him, has been given a death sentence announcement, but is not, per se, a believer in the whole 'god' thing. He explores much of his growing up in the church, and how, along the way, he grew up. He is at pains, during the book, to explain his reasoning for the story, and that (reasoning) is sadly lacking in so many parts of the world today. And tomorrow. And certainly yesterday! I would recommend the book, to anyone who is dying (news flash - we all are!) or if you may have a relative who is dying, and that person may (or may not) be of a religious persuasion. It does not have to end here - there is life after death - it's just that the person that you have lost won't be around to be part of it; not directly, at least. But their legacy, their memories - they will all live on, in you and the rest of the family. I'd say LLAP, but that isn't going to happen. Not this year, and not for my brother...:( Hopefully, his family and the rest of us will pick up the pieces and continue to grow... PK

2017...I do have to wonder...

What do you want? For you, for your children...? What are you ...even looking for...? Do you want your name to live on, in the future (what kind of future...? Your kind of future - their kind of future...?) Come on, face it. What are you even on this planet FOR! Do you have some kind of 'existence' or God-given divine right to do...whatever that means? Oh come on! Get just a little bit real! Do NOT quote the Bible or the Koran as some vague point of reference - or a point of 'accuracy'. I mean...come on! If I went down that path, Harry Potter would be World President!!! Yes - he would!!!!

January 1st, 2017...

Well, that all got off to a great start, especially in Istanbul... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-38481521 I thought 2016 was not (as some pundits are insisting) the worst year - like for EVVA! Clearly these people have little or no imagination (or brain power), and have no sense of History. Without dwelling on it, you will find a LOT of episodes in History that make 2016 seem like a walk in the park, on a sunny day. 2016? Yes, we had a lot of VFC (Very Famous Celebs) who died. I recall being shocked that DaviBowie was 69 - and had died! How dare he! Then they just kept on coming...or going...or passing...whatever. Oh yes, we had...BREXIT! Yay, BrExit - the greatest thing that May (geddit) or may not happen, depending on how much the losers want to tie up the legal system (do you not understand democracy? Really?) http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-37861888 Clearly we should have another Referendum, to see which way the wind is blowing, and then a third one - best of three seems sensible, after all, apparently, all those who voted to leave are the Dumbest people. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/commentisfree/2016/may/31/brexiters-eu-leavers-remain At best, this was not a 'landslide majority' - it was about 52/48 split - the Leavers got in by the skin of their teeth! If we re-did the Referendum then I am sure that the percentages would be different, and perhaps a lot of people who are fed up with the political in-fighting just won't bother to vote, but so what? Best of three...? Anyone would think that a by-election needs to be rerun...go on, admit it; this was funny, in a sad, pathetic sort of way: http://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2016/12/listen-julia-hartley-brewer-trolls-sarah-olney-second-election/ So. We have BrExit. Watch this space... And then we had the USA elections! Wow - just...wow! There isn't going to be a president Donald Trump... Sorry, can you speak up a bit? I'm not sure that I heard that: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/may/12/george-clooney-donald-trump-jodie-foster-money-monster-cannes-2016 You idiot! You, and it seems a lot of you Hollywood...actors...think that you know better than the American people - and boy, did they mess up your silly little world! Tim Allen (honesty!): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMZ0GuMWkGE Robert DeNiro (pillock): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Q-ZyW9bz5c And while we are on the subject, what is it about the current President that makes him such a 'success' story? How do people make him out to be 'the greatest President ever' and other weird titles? Based on what...? This is just mindless drivel...http://www.gq.com/story/obama-greatest-president-legacy This is just jaw-dropping ignorance: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/55-reasons-obama-will-go-down-as-one-of-our-best-presidents_us_57a1ffe5e4b0e2e15eb7f5f9 I really don't see that there is any way for this ...person...to crawl away from this. Such tactics are indefensible. Unless you are on their side...? http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2016/12/worst-president-ever-obama-gives-billions-to-the-worlds-leading-terrorist-state-iran/ What? How is this even possible? http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2016/12/worst-president-ever-obama-increases-debt-to-20-trillion/ Just pathetic: http://edition.cnn.com/2016/12/29/politics/russia-sanctions-announced-by-white-house/ The end game here is that Obama is behaving like an 8 year child, throwing a tantrum - I didn't get what I want - WAAAAAH! USA - grow up! This person, your current President - is showing his soft spots - and the major players - the ones that he wants to upset - are NOT BITING! Trump is too sharp to fall in to this nonsense, and Putin (Leader of the 'enemy', if you believe the mainstream media...I'll get to that soon) simply isn't buying in to this utter crap! http://www.naturalnews.com/048714_mainstream_media_propaganda_lies.html and this - you should watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uap0GwBYdBA ARE YOU PAYING ATTENTION? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uap0GwBYdBA SO essentially, we have been lied to for years by what we thought was reliable media, we are being lied to by the POSTUSA, and our own UK Prime Minster will most likely have agendas to keep BrExit off the table! And you seriously wonder how it is that the 'far right' is on the rise. You are soooo part of the problem! LLAP!