Irish Insanity

Well, this one is an absolute corker of a story. Someone had what they likely feel was a terribly Good Idea. The sort of Idea that wins oneself promotions, pay rises, and a nice pat on the shoulder from the boss, that sort of thing. The National Newspapers of Ireland (NNI) is an organisation of various newspapers found within the nation. He or She perhaps an employee of the NNI itself. Anyway, presumably after a great deal of Blue Sky Thinking whilst sitting bored in the cube farm they excitedly identified a new revenue stream.

A new way of making more money has been devised. So what if the odd Charity has to be leaned on, there be Euros to earn! So, what was this cutting edge idea? What had this Suit and his or her bosses getting all worked up? Well… they have decided that they can charge people for daring to put links to member newspapers online articles on their own websites. You know, like everybody does and has done since teh internets was created. So, if I put a link to a story from the Daily Bollocks, say, then I should pay them a fee. Even though this here blog is… well a blog, just a silly place for publishing silly thoughts and pointing out the lunatic actions and ideas of others, not for profit, not a penny have I made from this

More info on the story:

http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/newspapers-charges-linking-ireland-740093-Jan2013/

Merry Christmas

2012 is finally ending. Much of the year has not been too bad, but that shit in January coloured much of the following months. Still nearly getting knifed by 8 armed people trying to break into my flat tends to irritate me. The halfwit magistrates only giving them community sentences annoyed me more though. The poor little darlings didn’t get enough hugs as kiddies or something.

2013 is looking to be much better though. This is a good thing

 

Annoying Phrases & Words

There are are words, phrases and sayings that irritate and annoy me. Sometimes I feel very sorry for my poor Goat as the poor little bugger is often getting “got”

Like many dislikes, there is of course, not necessarily a logical, or indeed any reason for a particular target to raise my ire.

“That Film made me cold” – I find this an absolutely infuriating and pointless way to suggest that one didn’t enjoy a film. WTF. No it bloody didn’t make you “cold”. Turn up the heating you Swit.

“Looking for a Genuine Man/Lady” – A phrase often used by people wanting a romantic partner. I spent a long time assuming that most of the “men” who contact these girls on meeting turn out to be a girl called Mary wearing a fake moustache, and the poor guys were turning up on a date to find that “Sexy Sandra” is actually Frank from down the road in a wig and dress.

The intent behind the real meaning of this annoying phrase is in fairness no less daft though. Do people really think a faker/liar will look at those words and think “oh, I better not message him/her then, I shall keep looking till I find someone advertising that they want to be lied to, cheated on and generally mistreated”

“Mom” Now this is a perfectly acceptable spelling and word to say. If your American. It is standard American English. What is annoying the absolute hell out of me, are the morons in the UK now spelling it like that. You live on a nice estate in Leeds sweetie, not Los Angeles.

Umbrellas

It is time that a Personal Licence was made a legal requirement for the owning and usage of an Umbrella. Granting of the Licence would be conditional upon completing mandatory Umbrella Handling and Etiquette lessons, and most importantly of all, upon proving to the Licencing Authority that you are not a complete fuckwit.

Whilst the fuckwittery component of this new legislation will of course mean a severe decline in the numbers of people who will be lawfully entitled to own and carry an umbrella, the benefits to increasing the safety of citizens out shopping will more than compensate. And, in all fairness, if you have failed the fuckwit component, then you deserve to get wet instead of risking the eyes and heads of passing innocent pedestrians, you selfish fuckwit.

Slumlord!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-18892925

So, Aberystwyth Slumlord, Emyr Davies has been done again for, well, being a Slumlord!

 

He has in the last few years had properties, including homeless hostels seized by the County Council due to the horrific conditions people were being forced to live in. Sadly, Emyr is not alone, he seems to be typical of an Aberystwyth Landlord, however, most manage to remain “Faceless” and its a mystery who owns a large swathe of rented property in the town.

 

He actually had the Gall to claim that he did not understand what “Newly refurbished” due to Welsh being his first language. Firstly, if that was true, then WHY did he put in words he did not understand? Secondly, I used to do business with him in an old job, he speaks English just fine, and being a Landlord and Hotelier will of course fully understand what Newly Refurbished means FFS.

 

What an Idiot.

Ian Tomlinson

So, once again, the Metropolitan Police have quite literally gotten away with Murder.

The Officer who caused the innocent passerby Ian Tomlinson’s death by striking him with a Baton has been cleared by the Jury.

The problem is, the Jury were not shown important evidence. Such as the fact that the Dr who performed the original Autopsy was under GMC (General Medical Council) investigation for either intentionally botching autopsys for the Met and others, or was simply unfit to carry them out. 2 further autopsys were then carried out, by I believe 2 different Pathologists, and both found the cause of death to be “Blunt force trauma as caused by a Police baton”

 

It turns out that the Officer in question actually has a history of violence and road rage offences, and actually left the Met in 2001 to evade a Disciplinary Investigation by the Police Complaints Commission after he was prosecuted. And was then, amazingly let back into the Met in 2004. A History of Violence is apparently no barrier to joining or rejoining the Met.

 

Ian’s family are looking at pursuing civil action, though it’s unclear whether they will be going after the Officer, or the Met, or both. I wish them the best of luck and hope they can at some point achieve Justice for Ian’s Murder.

 

This finding of not guilty is the result of a long line of botched attempts to hinder the investigation, delay proceedings till it was too late, and applying the wrong charges by the Met and the Crown Prosecution Service to protect the Officer from justice.

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/jul/19/simon-harwood-not-guilty-ian-tomlinson

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18900484

NHS “Reform”

If you are wondering what the NHS will look like after the “reforms” as Cameron is busy selling of vital services and departments to private companies, then take a look at the Olympics.

 

Look how well G4S is fulfilling its contract to provide security. Look at ATOS, and the fraudulent medicals they perform. Look at the Mandatory Work Programme, and the mass fraud that is endemic, especially the likes of A4E who look like they may be committing fraud in every region they have a contract, not just the one they lost the contract for.

 

Look at all them. That is how the butchered NHS is going to be run. Profit and Targets before Lives and Safety. Take a look at the recently privatised Out of Hours GP Service in Cornwall, during Jubilee Weekend, peoples lives were put at risk because the service provided is so poor, they have also been caught.. yes, you guessed it, committing Fraud, fiddling the books to appear as though they are performing better.

 

That sadly, is how Cameron wants the entire NHS to be run.