THE BIG ONES – MY UNABASHED POST

Where are we? – A question that has been ever more accurately answered by a long stretch of people from Aristarchus of Samos to Edwin Hubble and many many before, between and after. Suffice to say we have a very good idea now. Who are we and what are we? – I would posit that [...]

AN EXEMPLARY ACTION

A couple of posts ago I posted the excellent poem by Gil Scott-Heron Work For Peace. That piece talks about what we all know – that the military and the finance sectors work together whenever it suits them. However, at the moment there seems to be an interesting little schism in the UK which could [...]

ESSENTIAL VIEWING

This documentary, from BBC Alba, is essential viewing for anyone from the UK or Ireland but particularly Scottish people. It is also essential viewing for anyone with an interest in politics in general and constitutional issues. It catalogues the history of obstacles placed in the way of the Scottish Independence movement over the years by [...]

THE MILITARY AND THE MONETARY

This piece from Gil Scott-Heron is well worth the listen, particularly today when there will be so much other political theatre with the Milliband thing. This type of theatre is often designed to obfuscate what is really going and has been going on for centuries. Lyrics are below if you need them. Back when Eisenhower [...]

TWO GOOD ARTICLES

These are worth the time. First is the open letter by Hans Von Sponeck (former UN humanitarian coordinator) to Tony Blair. Second is Monbiot’s latest.

EAT MEAT, WHALE MEAT

This is my latest video offering which I made last night. It uses an audio clip from episode 9 of the Chris Morris Music Show. I believe Chris Morris is the greatest satirist of his generation. I just got a hold of Four Lions too, though I haven’t watched it yet. I have added some [...]

PARENTAL ADVISORY

Have you ever read the parental advisory bits for films on IMDB? It is worth a laugh and you will discover that there are some extraordinarily sensitive people out there. Let’s take a relatively calm film like Meet the Parents. Sex & Nudity Numerous moderate references. Pam and Greg prepare to have sex two or [...]

ROLL AND CHOCOLATE

Had a somewhat eventful week and therefore not been posting much. Was involved in a small crash on a bus from Glasgow to London. Luckily no one was hurt but the guy in the car that drove into the bus was extremely lucky he wasn’t hurt. The other thing of note on the journey was [...]

CHRIS MORRIS INTERVIEWS MICHAEL MOORE

Found this little rarity of Chris Morris interviewing Michael Moore in 2000. One satirist interviews a supposed satirist who is really a polemicist. Actually, I have been listening to the old Chris Morris radio shows and they are extremely funny. Going to put a couple of the better bits on youtube later on and then [...]

PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION

This is a video from 1987 with John Cleese explaining Proportional Representation (well, one form of it) in a party political for the SDP/Liberal Alliance. Whilst it must be abundantly clear that I am no fan of the con-dem coalition I should point out that only that it is quite a decent video and he [...]