What Has 2010 Got In Store?

Been thinking about this a lot obviously recently.  Apart from hoping that this is the year that I finally crack the 13 stone target and keep under it, I do think that we will see significant social and political change around the world in the coming year – which will affect how we all see the world in decades to come.

First of all, I fear that we will get entrenched in Afghanistan well and truly next year – it seems that the full realisation of what we have got ourselves into is only beginning to be appreciated in the last few months, particularly as we have moved ourselves away from Iraq and Dubya’s private war – to the main reason why we were in the neighbourhood in the first fucking place.

In that same region I predict that we could see some momentous scenes in Tehran, Estafan, Tabriz and across Iran as the Green Revolution takes hold and eventually takes down the entire Theocratic regime in Iran – it will be interesting to see whether or not Obama can continue to resist the urge to openly support the protesters.

Some things won’t change – the government will still be in power – even if it’s a different fucking hue of government – the bastards will still keep on churning out the same old, failed – fucked up policies which have not worked for the past 25 years and have allowed the ordinary person on the street get alienated with politics in this country.

and no doubt England will dazzle in the group stages in South Africa…and lose in a penalty shoot-out to Portugal…again.

Going Out For The Night...

Evening,

Used to love doing it, every week going out on one aiming to survive the night without throwing up. making a complete cunt of myself or both.

Just doesn't excite me as it did.

I'll be out tonight, but more than likely I'll be the one being all sensible whilst others make twats of themselves...


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Memo To Paul Dacre

Hurry up and put Leo McKinstry and Jan Moir to pasture.

Seriously, they are fucking deluded cunts.

And I thought Richard Littlejohn was a cunt.


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They Didn’t Listen…

What did we expect?

It was pretty fucking obvious pretty early on that regardless of whom tried to get some clemency for Akmal Shaikh, that it was always going to fall on deaf ears.

Akmal Shaikh was murdered by the Chinese State sometime after 2.30am this morning.

Because that is what it was, and the Prime Minister should not be kow-towed into saying anything but that.

What we need to do now is to punish China in the harshest way possible.

• We need to help get rid of the China friendly governments in Burma and Iran, where repression is dealt with by using weapons produced by China.
• We must actively support the autonomous regions in Western China, Tibet in  particular in their continuing struggle for independence.
• We must actively support those within China and Hong Kong who are looking for the country to move towards democratic reform.

There must be consequences – even if our government’s too scared to do it themselves.

Not The Sales Again!!!

Evening,

Since being off for the holidays, I have been looking online for any great bargains pretty much since I got home from work on Christmas Eve. One of the things that I have noticed this year in comparison to previous years is the lack of great offers in the major retailers and I had to go to some different places this year.

I was going to head to London, yesterday however on Saturday evening I bought two Lyle and Scott jumpers for the same price as I can in the store in Covert Garden - as well as a pair of Onitsuka Tigers.

This evening I have been toying with the idea of getting this Argyle diamond jumper, again from Lyle and Scott as well as this Peter Werth wool jacket - however we've gone for two graphic tops from All Saints - their shirts are amongst the most beautifully designed around.

Think we've got about £160 left in my sales allowance so we might give it a few days and see what happens from there.

Also off topic, after much quibbling with my sister, I've finally have got back my barometer and temperature sensor which if you haven't see the weather forecast for the next week or so, might be rather useful...

Mind how you go.

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Raging Against The Machine

Oh yeah.  Cracking little title for this post!

It seems that every day there is some tyrannical cunt somewhere in the world, trying to make themselves as popular as Pork Stew being served at a Barmitzvah.  Today that prized cunt – or cunts to use the adjective term is the people of the Communist Party of China.

It seems the term Mentally Ill has not arrived in the corridors of power in Beijing, because they are in the process of putting to death someone who was only found guilty of some 4kg of heroin. 

So he wasn’t found guilty of massacring innocent protesters (ala Tiananman Square) or passing on weapons to be used against demonstrators (eg, Saffron Revolution, Burma 2008) or for that matter, launching widespread population change in places such as Urumqui (where the unfortunate Briton is on death row) or Tibet.

In comparison to some of the acts of pure genocide that China has initiated in recent years, this is rather minor.

Executing such a man is not going to do your standing any good whatsoever right now in the world.  There are a lot of people in the world (me included) who want you to stop financing arms deal to such countries as Burma (or Myanmar as you love calling it) or for that matter Iran, scene of recent protests.

Do yourself a favour.  Release Akmal Shaikh now.

Long Time…

And so I apologise again for a lack of posts during these past few weeks, I have been thinking in recent months about the way that I want this blog to go and whether it should be a blog in which I air my opinions purely of global events or whether I should take it down a more personal route and the way it affects my life.

In the end I have decided to go for a smuch of the two if you will.  A combination of the above – in other words, what I am thinking at that moment in time.

A new concept, I know!  But in these momentous times that we live in, it is important that people the world over can see what like-minded individuals are thinking – it is when those like-minded form a coalition, a united front against authority for whatever reason, that real change can come about and come about it does. 

We are continuing to see amazing pictures coming out Iran this very afternoon, of young people rising up against the theocratic system forced upon them.  Uprisings like these can and do inspire others throughout the globe to join as one to make the world a better place. 

To make those in authority accountable for their actions, that is in the end all we want.

Unelected and Unwanted

That should be the message that our masters in Brussels should be thinking to themselves this evening as they self-congratulate themselves over electing themselves some new fucking leaders including one person who has got to where she is right now even though she has never in her political career EVER once been elected into office by those whom she is supposed to represent nowadays.

Democracy?  Fucking joke that.

What Is That Smell?

In amongst all the furore surrounding the Prime Minister’s somewhat poor attempt to apologise to the family of Guardsman Jamie Janes for the appallingly bad letter which was sent to them in the aftermath of their son’s death in Vietnam Afghanistan, there has been little apart from certain friendly commentators about the conduct of a certain rag’s part in the whole sordid affair.

But then it is the Scum at work, so no level of boundaries for that shite of a rag to get down to…

In Memoriam

At 11am this morning, the country will fall silent for two minutes to remember the fallen of past wars and conflicts.

Whether they died at in the mud covered horrors of Ypres or the sun-stroked heat of Helmand, we will remember them.

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This Might Be Painful...

But for the troops in Afghanistan it is a very different sort of pain as they cope with losing another five comrades at the hands of a supposed lone assassin in Helmand province.

It does bring into question the very reason that we are over there, for whilst there are some deluded fanatics who want to take Afghanistan from the Middle Ages to the Stone Age - there is a whole generation who want and demand change.

Perhaps Twitter can do something, the protests in Iran are continuing thanks to it...

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If You Have Nothing To Say…

Then say fuck all.  It will do you no good for your future prospects.

Seriously, in recent weeks we have seen various examples of people saying what they think and get round upon by their rivals, enemies, critics.

Whether it is Roberto Martinez, the newly installed Wigan manager who criticised Taggart’s boot boys for bowing down to the whisky soaked cunt every time they play the Corporation…

Or there is the Professor who was sacked for telling the truth about drugs…

There is no point in telling it like it is, because otherwise you make your own life that bit more difficult, that there is no point in doing so.

Make your life easy.

Say Fuck All..

Mind how you go…

Compare And Contrast

Evening,

Something that I have seen on PoliticalBetting this afternoon, showing the difference in leads that the Tories have got at the moment in comparison to the sort of lead that Labour had prior to their landslide in 1997.  And it makes for extremely bad reading for Chairman Brown.

The above is the poll that ICM/Guardian ran at the start of November 1996, some six months prior to the subsequent landslide that bought Blair into Downing Street.  Now although Labour had a commanding 13 point lead, look at where the Tories were back then.  Fuck, Chairman Brown would probably kill to be anywhere near the sort of figures that the Tories were on, at their Nadir. 

Which opens up any number of questions, primarily just how bad could the scale of defeat could be for Labour whenever they announce the date of the election, and what would be the consequences of such a dire result for Labour.

I get the feeling that just like 96/97 voters have made their minds up. They might not like the Tories but they just want the election to happen so they can put Brown in his place. It is said that it is not oppositions who win elections, it is governments who lose them.

Rob :)

To Lose One Is Bad, But To Lose Two…

…and the fallout from the sacking of Professor David Nutt for telling the unpalatable truth on drugs seems to be getting from bad to worse.

Afternoon all and news reaches me via Sky News that another eminent scientist has resigned from his government advisory role in protest of the above mentioned sacking.  Fears are growing within government circles of further resignations, or possibly an en masse decapitation scenario with every scientist on the Drug advisory Board resigning in support of Professor Nutt. 

From sacking someone for telling people how it is, it would be seen as summing up the ineptitude with the Labour Government right now.  But like all embattled governments, they will not admit that they, like all governments before them have been wrong in this regard.  And this resignation being forced upon Professor Nutt by someone who is supposed to represent the Progressive Left. 

The bottom line remains this:  Alcohol and cigarettes are far far more likely to harm and eventually kill its addicts, than drugs such as Cannabis and Ecstasy, but too many influential people in high places have got too much to lose by admitting that.

Corruption Kills.

So Here We Are…

Evening all,

Well as promised I am writing now on my new laptop, reduced from £480 down to £330, with Norton thrown in for an extra £10 which I don’t think is a bad day’s return.  Naturally, some of you are going to be wondering how it is that I am able to be writing and sending these directly from my laptop at this time of night….

I have been able to get some form of file onto my beloved iPhone which allows me to tether my 3G network into a form of Ethernet cable which is plugged from the phone to the laptop.  Which is fucking fantastic.

Which should mean more posting and more concise and better posts.

That is no bad thing I think you will agree!

Onto tonight’s news, and as we head into November it seems that Chairman Brown’s woes continue with Labour continuing to be languishing further behind the Tories than they have been for a while – which is saying something.  Noted in the poll that the Lib Dems are now only four points behind Sorry labour, which however you try to paint is a very sorry situation for any Prime Minister to be heading into the last few months of the year.

Mind how you go…

Rob :)

So It Wasn't The End...

Afternoon,

After much pontificating and soulsearching (actually that's bollocks!) I've decided that this is in fact not the end of BBB. In fact more a departure in the way that the website goes. BBB will stay the same, whilst spilling over onto other issues, such as Football and Music, the other two passions in my life.

Against mother's wishes I have gone against her hopes and got myself a new laptop today, pretty good as well, 2.2 Celeron, 3gb memory and the fuck off massive 500gb hard drive which for a laptop is phenomenal. I've also found a way to get online via the laptop without using the broadband which is in my sister's bedroom. God bless the tether! More about that this evening.

I've also made a somewhat controversial decision over where I go from here - in regard of the bottom line that my life seems to be going nowhere and quickly! Here's a clue, it isn't here.

So here I am in a cafè, engulfed in the smells of my youth, awaiting my bangers and mash, oh they've arrived so I'm going to have this and we'll speak later...

Rob :)

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The End...or The Beginning.

I have been doing this website for the past few years and in that time it has evolved from being a website for my own personal thoughts, constant slagging off of politicians and those around my life.

However, today changes that.

With the end of BBB, comes the start of a new side of me. Getting back at the bastards which are the bain of my (and probably your) life.

So come abroad. It's going to be a fucking free-for-all.

The Unwanted Children..

Evening,

About two years ago I watched a remarkable and sad story regarding Bulgaria's unwanted children.  The director Kate Blewett went to what was in other words a institution in Mogilino for those children who were unwanted.  Unwanted by their parents, unwanted by their community and hidden away by the establishment.

Now after a campaign of support and solidarity towards the children from across Europe - with ambassadors and foreign ministers coming face to face with the horrors of Mogilino - the director has gone back to Bulgaria to see what has happened in the intervening two years.  And the transformation in the children's lives has been nothing short of amazing.

They are treated like the humans that they are and that is all that should be expected.  They were treated in a way that people would be rising up, if cattle was treated in such a way.

Shows what can happen when politicians get their arses into gear...

The Gamechanger

Morning,

Apologies for the lack of posting in recent days, I will give a comprehensive reason over what has happened in the next few days when hopefully it is all cleared up.

Onto more concerning matters and following the Scum's inevitable decision to withdraw it's support for Chairman Brown, Labour has reacted in probably the worse way possible, it could almost be described as being as even more ignorant as the Scum itself, and that is saying a lot.

There can be no doubt that this has been coming for some time. It is well known in political circles that George Osborne is paddy with James Murdoch the owner of News International and Andy Coulson, ex editor of the Screws is best buddies with the current Scum editor, Dominic Mohan - both have the dubious honour of having both co edited the pathetic 'Bizarre' column in that rag.

So for Labour to react in that way, shows that they have not just lost the media battle but that they do not have the nous to react to such developments like this. One of Alistair Campbell's main attributes was his ability to be able to strike down any story that rubbished Labour or Tony Blair - that is not there in Downing Street anymore and yesterday showed that up badly.

Whether the Scum, changing the support from the Red Tories to the True Tories remain to be seen, but if the paper goes for the jugular like they do with underperforming England managers, then it could be the start of eight months of torture for this administration in the build up to a potential landslide sometime in the Spring of next year.

Rob :(

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A Rather Revealing Picture…

from skynews