Writings

Wandering through a place I cant remember leaving though I know I must've been there
Waiting for this day in February

Searching empty streets the clouds are shivering
Kneeling at my feet the ground is aching
Praying for some sleep in February

I'm gonna take my time across the finish line
Gonna change my world one piece at a time
And I cant stop the rain from falling

Down again

Standing sitll and alone I watch the churchbells frozen in a spell that cant be broken
Dreaming of a change in February [node:read-more:link]

Time creeps up on me but there's nothing it can do

Cuz Im nearly there

Lifes been shit before but it dont matter anymore

Cuz Im nearly there

Hey what did mama say

What did Daddy do

Well he has to do what he has to do

Nearly there

He can look at me but his smile wont get nowhere

Cuz Im nearly there

They can laugh at me with their foul words in the air

But Im nearly there

Hey what did mama say

What did Daddy do

Well he has to do what he has to do

Nearly there

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If there are lessons to be learned from Covid19, it's that we need more transparency when it comes to public health.

One way to tackle this would be a worldwide public blockchain database where qualified medical professionals could input anonymized data about patients and their treatments.

Patients would contribute information about the outcomes of their treatments such as side effects, whether they got better, etc.

This database could also include detailed information from drugs and other trials. [node:read-more:link]

Angie and Johnny from Atrocity Girl and GEARFANATICS interview Meg Lee Chin

https://gearfanatix.com/2021/02/27/meg-lee-chin-live-chat/?fbclid=IwAR3M...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=131&v=QUT1AXEr67Y&feature=emb_imp_woyt [node:read-more:link]

It’s the summer of discontent….but has anyone learned the lessons for our times yet?

In the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, the self-appointed globalist authority known as the WHO told us;

Coronavirus will not spread from human to human.
It does not hang in the air.
Masks are unnecessary.
Staying indoors is safer than being outside.

We now know; [node:read-more:link]

I was one of the very few back in 2001 to question the official 911 story. This lead to a lot of ridicule and personal attack. It made my career as a recording and touring artist extremely uncomfortable. Because despite the rebellious image of industrial music, to think outside of the herd was to break the number one sacred rock and roll commandment;

THOU SHALT NOT BE UNCOOL. [node:read-more:link]

Instead of spending £330 billion (and escalating) to bailout business and property owners, Rishi Sunak could have spent a lot less simply sheltering those most vulnerable and reinforcing the NHS.

With an estimated 10 million people at risk in the UK, £10,000 per person could provide food deliveries, testing and PPE for care workers, the modification of living space, deep cleaning services, and technology such as webcams for social contact. This would come to about £100 billion. [node:read-more:link]

Dear Celebrities,

Please save our species.

As you make a living in the public eye, you're a role model to many who want to be just like you. Therefore what you do is more important than what you say. So please, urge the world NOT to follow your example.

Here are three core demands as a guideline to the #CelebrityRebellion (CR); [node:read-more:link]

MIT and Harvard Professor of Atmospheric Physics Richard Lindzen, warns about the danger of reducing science to a contest of pop consensus.

For myself, I say YES to clean air, energy, modest lifestyles, healthier diets and more trees. But NO to an energy austerity imposed upon the world's poorest. NO to an energy apartheid where only celebrities, royals and Instagram stars enjoy the good things in life. [node:read-more:link]

The XR campaign have handed a free pass to unelected, self-appointed globalist organizations to satisfy their long-held lust for a worldwide carbon tax. This would mark the start of an energy apartheid and an increase in global inequality.

Perhaps this explains how XR managed to "crowdfund" a near-instantaneous massive global campaign? For anyone aware of the ongoing sequestering of the internet, knows that the days of worldwide viral campaigns on a shoestring are over.

So why have the globalist establishment bent over backwards to accommodate them? [node:read-more:link]

Growing up in the US, Americans like me felt powerless every time our government trotted off to kill innocents in faraway lands. After all, I was just one voter in an overwhelming sea of voters.

For whenever power concentrates, ever-fewer hands make blanket decisions for ever-larger groups of people. This diminishes the sense of responsibility for each individual. It's a situation which left me feeling trapped. I watched helplessly as power was transferred from the states to the federal government over my lifetime. [node:read-more:link]

Has anyone else noticed a strange paradox when it comes to political ideology? It's almost as if one's stated political view is 100% opposite to what they themselves are;

Climate change activists like Megan and Harry have huge energy footprints.
Conspiracy theorists like David Icke are control freaks.
Trump haters are bullies like Trump.
Marxists like Corbyn grew up privileged.
Racists discover they have the DNA of their hated.
Remainers are bigoted toward leavers and feel superior.
Anti-Fascists act like fascists. [node:read-more:link]

Anyone who has wandered past Parliament Square toward Millbank can see the giant media fair cordoned off to members of the worldwide remain press. With their slick graphics, state of the art equipment and satiny EU flags, one could gag on the whiff of big money behind these unabashed machinations. This living testament to the might of the media industrial complex should bring fear to the heart of every British citizen. For it is here in front of our own eyes we can see what we are truly up against. [node:read-more:link]

Please copy, paste and email this to your MP or local councilor;

Dear {My MP or Councilor},

In order for councils to acquire affordable property at a discounted rate, please enact the following plan;

1. An elderly person may opt to buy a property on a sliding scaled discount (30-80%) based on age and expected longevity.

2. The government pays the discount.

3. Upon the person's death, the property goes toward government council stock.

4. The cost of the property to the government is the price of the discount (30-80%. [node:read-more:link]

As the new darling of all upright and pious Remainers, Carole Cadwalladr rose to fame for her Ted Talk replete with misty-eyed exhortations against the alleged sins of the Brexit campaign. Striding the stage like a paperback guru, marshaling the forces of positivity and light, Carole seems convinced she is on a crusade against the forces of evil. [node:read-more:link]

Is there anything to be done about the housing crisis?

Let's think about this... Too much of the UK's GDP is based on inflated property prices and this ever so slippery trick of the light is nothing short of deceptive. The awful truth is, the property economy provides merely an illusion of wealth. For in reality, though it may pose rather prettily on paper, property adds little real value to the productive economy. [node:read-more:link]

Hollywood gave us a culture of excess and lavish overconsumption. They taught us to believe "I'm worth it." So isn't it a bit hypocritical for Emma Thompson to fly in from LA to scold us over energy use?

Though we'd all benefit from a cleaner environment, I'm not convinced that government regulation is the solution. Research shows that the richest use energy at a rate exponentially higher than average. So any tax imposed is likely to cripple the poorest whilst the rich burn energy like Caligula at a banquet. Guilt would be alleviated for energy hogs who can simply afford to pay. [node:read-more:link]

The March to Overturn the Democratic Vote looked like armoured globalist super-tanks camouflaged with flowers and peace signs.
By contrast, the March to Leave looked like indigenous people hurling sticks and rocks back.
Will superficiality kill democracy? [node:read-more:link]

Britain was once a great empire with the pound sterling being the reserve currency of the world. Money flowed freely through the financial hub known as "The City of London". But as the Empire fell, The City had to re-invented itself in order to survive.

Through deregulation of it's remaining offshore colonies, the UK emerged as the money laundering capital of the world. Dirty money from dictators, despots, paedophiles and drug traffickers flowed discreetly into London through financial backdoors such as Jersey, the Isle of Man and the Caymans. [node:read-more:link]

There is research which shows that decisions made by a large group are more accurate than those of a small panel of experts. This is called the “Wisdom of the Crowd”. The findings state that the group must be diverse and draw upon a wide spectrum of the population with people from all walks of life.

I suspect that where the opposite is true, namely that the crowd is not diverse and instead shares a uniform and homogenized worldview, that not only does collective wisdom suffer but also the decision-making abilities of the individual within the group. [node:read-more:link]

When I moved to London in the eighties, I felt immediately at home. The humorous cynicism reminded me of the small East Coast, American town where I grew up.

I had been living in California which is perhaps the New Age capital of the world and centre of positive thinking. So the more down to earth attitude of the English was refreshing.

On the surface maintaining a positive attitude seems to be a no-brainer with numerous benefits. [node:read-more:link]

Just like fresh produce, laws are best when locally sourced. Allowing the rules to be decided by those they impact makes for a fairer society.

Globalization is a top-down movement by the 0.001%. The aim is to consolidate decision-making into fewer hands - their own.

But a monolithic governance imposes one-size-fits-all rules. This creates a lowest common denominator situation where nobody is happy. Instead of tolerant diversity, we get polarized strife - the opposite of what they tell us. [node:read-more:link]

Our leaders believe nuclear weapons will keep the peace through a principle known as Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD) The theory is that nobody will launch the first strike because to do so would mean suicide. This prevents direct wars between superpowers.

Instead tensions are relieved by proxy wars. This is where conventional wars are fought using smaller countries, but with nuclear powers behind the scenes, pulling the strings. [node:read-more:link]

Some dismiss the Bible, Koran and Torah as fairy stories. But I reckon fairy stories have a lot to tell us about our collective unconscious. As they filter through the generations, certain themes endure. I suspect this longevity signals a spark of truth. Those myths and legends which survive the test of time, may offer insight into the human experience.

In the Garden of Eden story, Adam and Eve lived in Paradise. But they tasted forbidden fruit from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. This opened their eyes. They saw they were naked. [node:read-more:link]

Banks are allowed to print money from nothing.

This practise evolved from medieval times where people stored their gold in the vault of the local goldsmith and got a paper receipt. The goldsmith was allowed to loan the gold out and charge interest. This was the birth of banking.

Over time everyone started to trade their receipts for goods and services. This was the birth of paper money. [node:read-more:link]

The biggest danger facing us today is not guns, bullets, bombs, global warming or even a group of lizards calling the shots. The biggest danger is the inability of our citizens to engage in civilised debate with those whom they disagree with. [node:read-more:link]

As a teenager I worked at Burger King. On slow days I was given random stuff to clean. Once cleaned, the manager would make me clean everything again...and again...and again. So I sprayed and scrubbed stuff that was already spotless and clean. This was utterly unneccessary toil. But Burger King wanted to get their moneys worth. Hence they made me do pointless things which made my life feel cheap, meaningless and worthless. [node:read-more:link]

There is talk about replacing Obamacare. Some believe there isn't enough money to provide healthcare to all.

But "money" is merely a symbol for energy which is either stored (property, goods) or dynamic (services).So instead of asking whether we have enough "money" the better question is "Have we got enough energy?" [node:read-more:link]

Some believe globalization to be a humanitarian movement of peace, love and unity. These good people imagine that globalization will create a world with no borders. They hope it will end world hunger and poverty. They assume that globalization is a movement by the people to bring power to the people. [node:read-more:link]

In the final months before leaving office Barack Obama approved a 10-year, $38 billion package for military aid to Israel (the largest deal between the two countries in history). Then at the very last minute he sent $221 million to the Palestinians.

So I wonder, did Obama suddenly feel guilty and try to make last minute amends? Does it reveal his true feelings? The amount given to Palestinians is only half of one percent of the amount Israel is getting. So it seems a rather feeble gesture... [node:read-more:link]

There is a coup going on right now in the United States of America.

Few of the liberal class seem to have noticed when Trump stated "We will stop looking to topple regimes and overthrow governments" or "Wouldn't it be great if we could be friends with Russia?"

http://www.counterpunch.org/2017/01/19/the-trump-speech-that-no-one-heard/ [node:read-more:link]

Does anybody else find the "Gove stabs Boris who steps down" story to be far fetched?

Gove's version goes like this: He wanted to start work immediately after the Brexit results. But Boris wanted to toodle off to celebrate down the pub. This lead Gove to conclude that Boris was not up for the job. So Gove decided there and then to withdraw his support and put himself forward instead

But Gove had known Johnson for about 30 years. He must know what Boris is like. They had just finished working side by side in a successful campaign. [node:read-more:link]

Those in the EU Remain Camp are preaching love, untity, compassion, tolerance and humanity as if they have a monopoly on these things. Meanwhile they dismiss the legitimate gripes of working people.

Throughout this campaign the working people of this country have had to endure being patronised by experts, academics, intellectuals, multi-national corporations, bankers, politicians and celebrities. They are told if they are unhappy with uncontrolled immigration they are "racist".

The entire Remain campaign has rested upon two logical fallacies; [node:read-more:link]

Some believe by voting to remain in the EU they will be voting;
Against the Tories - But although we can always vote the Tories out, a vote to stay in the EU is permanent. The EC is a non-transparent, un-accountable body serving the interests of multi-national corporations. Far from being a vote against the Tories - It is a vote against democracy. VOTE LEAVE and Cameron will be finished. [node:read-more:link]

Are the Canal and River Trust's charitable obligations getting in the way of their responsibility to maintain the canals?

The rationale behind the Canal and River Trust (CRT) as the replacement to British Waterways was that as a charitable trust they could reap the advantages of extra sources of charitable income along with a voluntary workforce. But the CRT appear to be spending more pretending to be a charity than the proceeds are worth. Hence they may be failing as a charity with Richard Parry sparing no expense continuing the ruse. [node:read-more:link]

Many think that we boaters are scroungers with little power and should be grateful for what we have. But far from being scroungers we boaters have more power than we realize, both politically and financially.

The current canal situation has much wider implicatons. CRT are a private company masquerading as a charity. They are the pilot program which governments are watching very closely. If successful this model will be rolled out to other public services in the UK. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18806261 [node:read-more:link]

As Continuous Cruisers we are at a pivotal point in history. Our actions today will have repercussions for years to come. How we choose to act will determine not only the future of liveaboard canal boating for our successors but will also affect the shape of public services in Britain as a whole. [node:read-more:link]

To a socialist, capitalism is the root of all evil. Likewise capitalists believe socialists eat babies for lunch. But what each group is demonizing is merely the extreme version of the other. In reality socialism and capitalism are merely the opposite points along a continuum. This type of black and white thinking is an error in logic which polarizes the population into opposing groups. Psychologists call this type of black and white thinking "splitting". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Splitting_(psychology). [node:read-more:link]

The concept of punishment is philosophically immoral and should be replaced with a more pragmatic philosophy of protection and prevention. We are endlessly complex creatures. We live endlessly complex lives. No two of us share the exact same experiences. This unique set of circumstances makes us unfathomable to each other. We are not Gods. We are only human and limited in our scope. As such no human being is qualified to pass moral judgement upon another. Therefore moral judgments should be replaced with pragmatic judgments. [node:read-more:link]