SONG FOR SATURDAY 31/10/09

TABLOID TV

Does anyone else remember when the term ‘tabloid TV’ was considered a large insult? Difficile est saturam non scribere

NEXT BLOG

I am behind the computer times as usual. For the first time in about 3 years today I thought I would indulge in a bit of random blog surfing, just to see where I ended up. I failed miserably at it. Either wordpress doesn’t have the facility or I couldn’t find it and blogger was [...]

THIS IS DELIBERATE [REPOST]

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MOONSHINE

The Vatican is hosting a Galileo exhibition and while this may cause a great deal of mirth about the hypocrisy of it all we have to remember that institutions do change and this is a change for the better. Or is it? You see, the thing with the Galileo story is that the Church did [...]

THE YES MEN DO THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

The Yes Men strike again in fine style. The video is a bit quiet so if you have speakers then turn them up.

IT HAPPENED AGAIN

The man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, Is fit for treasons, stratagems and spoils; The motions of his spirit are dull as night And his affections dark as Erebus: Let no such man be trusted… The Merchant of  Venice, Act 5, Scene I Something very [...]

BLOODY NORA – 2

How about something churchy since it is Sunday? I have just watched this documentary. Seen bits of it before but it really is one of the most appalling things I have ever seen. I wouldn’t give these people the controls for the TV never mind positions of power or temporary custody of your children… JESUS [...]

MISDIRECTION

I found this quote and when I saw the first few words I thought there was no way it could have been Carl Sagan but then the pay off is fantastic… A celibate clergy is an especially good idea, because it tends to suppress any hereditary propensity toward fanaticism. Carl Sagan

NOT TO WORRY

The North Pole could be completely free of ice in the summer in less than 10 years time…but banking profits are up so all is well and good. It is easier to rob by setting up a bank than by holding up a bank clerk. Bertolt Brecht.