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According to the news this morning, the weather bods in London reckon that Devon will hit highs of 41 degrees Celsius. In 2018.
Now hang on. These are the same people who can’t reliably tell me if it’s going to blaze with sunshine or chuck it down and hurricane within the next 24 hours. Especially if I happen to be any further north than the inner edge of the M25.
Who sold them a crystal ball?
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There are three, that I know of, things to commemorate today – June 6th. Well, four if you include the fact that 6am on the 6th of the 6th is a good time to draw pentagrams and balance up how much you reckon your soul could be worth on the black (and I mean black) market.
First up, Tetris is 25 years old today. This scares me as I thought it was younger, partly as it means I’m even older than I thought I was. Google are in on the celebrations as they’ve given their title page a little facelift for the occasion.
Secondly, the first YMCA was opened in London this day in 1844. Not only a cheap (well, they were) place to stay and work out with oily young men, if it weren’t for these establishments then we’d be missing out on one of the greatest party dances of all time. Plus one of the funniest segments in Wayne’s World 2.
Finally, it’s the 65th anniversary of the beginning of the D-Day landings, back in 1944. Were it not for this one then you could have waved goodbye to the YMCA. Wayne’s World would never have been filmed. Forget Tetris – the Russians making computer games? As if.
There’s no doubt we could live without them. Who plays Tetris much these days? And when was the last time anyone who reads this stayed in a YMCA? But think how different the world would be had it not been for the successful campaign begun by Operation Overlord on the beaches of Normandy 65 years ago.
This is, without a doubt, one of the most important days in recent human history and it should be remembered as such. More important than Armistice Day – this is the day that most of the men fighting for your freedom and mine laid down their lives. The surrender of Germany would, quite probably, not have occured had it not been for this huge invasion.
Certainly a day to remember. Most certainly not a day to ever forget.
It’s European Parliamentary election day in the UK tomorrow. If you’re thinking you won’t bother voting, I’m begging you – at least pop down to the local centre and pop a piece of paper in the box to help prevent the BNP gaining any territory.
With the mess the incumbent government have made, it’s easy to want to get rid of them. The Tories and Lib Dems have also had their fair share of dodgy MPs as far as the expenses thing is concerned. But that’s no reason to turn to fascism, racism and – eventually – a divided nation and a divided Europe.
Think before you cast a protest vote. Think not about who you’re protesting against but also who you could be lending your support to. And then think if they really deserve it.
My grandad fought so that Hitler wouldn’t take over our country. It would be an insult if you supported a party comprised of many little wannabe Hitlers.
I don’t care who you do vote for. Just don’t vote for this filth.
Don’t believe they’re racist? Then check out the following:
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nBiCymtchA
Don’t believe they’re cunning, and that they haven’t changed despite their slightly glossier new look? Check this one – at least they’ve learned how to use “spin”:
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfwdNAT8sWU
There are loads more videos on YouTube and plenty of other sources out there.
Clear Channel are an advertising company. They have chosen to accept money from the BNP and provide advertising space for them in the run-up to the European Elections. I would urge anyone to get in touch with them via the email addresses, snailmails and phone numbers on this page and inform them that you will be boycotting any and all other companies who use Clear Channel as their advertising partner.
I note that the name of the PA to the Regional President is somewhat non-British. I wonder how they feel about their employer providing advertising for the largest group of organised racists in Britain?
While I am all for free speech, any company has the right to decide where they want to get their money from. In a way, that’s them using their freedom of expression. A publisher doesn’t have to print a book decrying Islam should they choose not to. Likewise I’d not expect a printers run by and for Christians to print copies of Anton LaVey‘s Satanic Bible. In the same way, Clear Channel did not have to accept the BNP’s cash in exchange for advertising space.
All it takes is a quick email to let Clear Channel know that people aren’t exactly pleased.
I did get a (form) reply back regarding this so it seems they must have had a few emails already. I do thank them for the response, and I can accept their viewpoint that every party has a right to be heard and advertised at the standard rates. Where my view would differ, though, is that a party is not a normal customer. It has certain viewpoints and beliefs which it stands for. To help them express those beliefs shows either some agreement by the advertising company(I am not saying this about Clear Channel)Â or – alternatively – an attitude whereby they don’t mind as long as money’s coming into the coffers.
While all political parties have a legal right to be heard, no company is obliged to accept that advertising. By refusing to be a part of the BNP’s campaign, Clear Channel could have made quite a statement.
If Clear Channel had not accepted the advertising budget, I’m sure someone else would have. It’s business after all. I just find it sad that cash is coming before principles, as is all too common in the world today.
If you’re not aware of the BNP, how about the following as some recent zingers from their membership?
“Rape is simply sex. Women enjoy sex, so rape cannot be such a terrible physical ordeal… [it] is like suggesting force-feeding a woman chocolate cake is a heinous offence.” – Nick Eriksen
“I honestly don’t hate asylum seekers – THESE PEOPLE ARE COCKROACHES and they’re doing what cockroaches do because cockroaches can’t help what they do, they just do it, like cats miaow and dogs bark.” – Mark Collett
“This wicked, vicious faith has expanded from a handful of cranky lunatics about 1,300 years ago, to it’s now sweeping country after country before it, all over the world. And if you read that book (the Koran), you’ll find that that’s what they want.” – Nick Griffin on Islam
“A FRIENDLY DISEASE because blacks, drug users and gays have it.” – Mark Collett on AIDS
“WHITE WORKING CLASS SCUM will be swept away by a future BNP government.” – Simon Smith
Actually, if the last one means “chavs” or “BNP members” then I can kinda see the appeal.
I won’t rant. I just won’t. But check out this story on the BBC regarding a sick piece of **** who raped his two daughters over a period of time – he was found guilty of 25 incidents. They were made pregnant 19 times between them, gave birth to nine children (two died at birth) and miscarried or aborted the rest.
He systematically abused his own children, then used their own feelings for their own incestuous offspring to threaten them into not telling about it all.
A judge gave him a lengthy sentence, ordering he serve a minimum of 19½ years. Harsh by our pathetic standards, nowhere near enough but well done to the judge in question.
Only he’s appealed and had that minimum sentence dropped by five years in line with those imposed for “serious murder“.
I won’t get into how rape compares to murder. How removing one’s life can be worse or not as bad as destroying what remains of it. How 19½ years isn’t long enough in the first place. How any murder can’t be “serious”. How raising the minimum for “serious murder” would be a better idea rather than lowering other sentences to match.
I just won’t. Because I don’t need to. Because any right-minded person knows all this already.
What galls me is how the system doesn’t seem to be run by right-minded people.
