Oh what NOW!

Wednesday, 7 July 2010

Computers

picture below describes my computer till I cleaned the crap out of the fan duct.

I don't think I'll go to the USA.

These are some of the questions you'll be asked when you go to get a visa.

Are you coming to the United States to engage in prostitution or unlawful commercialized vice or have you been engaged in prostitution or procuring prostitutes within the past 10 years?

Have you ever been involved in, or do you seek to engage in, money laundering?

Do you have a mental or physical disorder that poses or is likely to pose a threat to the safety or welfare of yourself or others?

Do you seek to engage in espionage, sabotage, export control violations, or any other illegal activity while in the United States?

Do you seek to engage in terrorist activities while in the United States or have you ever engaged in terrorist activities?

Have you, while serving as a government official, been responsible for or directly carried out, at any time, particularly severe violations of religious freedom?

Have you committed, ordered, incited, assisted, or otherwise participated in extrajudicial killings, political killings, or other acts of violence?

Have you ever committed, ordered, incited, assisted, or otherwise participated in torture?

Have you ever ordered, incited, committed, assisted, or otherwise participated in genocide?

Have you ever or do you intend to provide financial assistance or other support to terrorists or terrorist organizations?

What is the point of asking these questions? If you're a terrorist or other criminal you're hardly likely to say Yes. Are you?

Don't you hate holidays. At least the booking of them. I'd arranged for ten of us to travel to Lake Garda for a wedding this month. After the wedding we were all going to split up and go our separate ways. (FE and his wife are going on to Rome as we've never been there). All parties were asked to book their own travel arrangements after the Lake Garda stay. Simple.

Oh Noes.

One party forgot.

FE has spent the last hour trying to extend their stay till the party's flight date. God knows what my phone bill will be after an hour on the phone, ringing Italian hotels. The upside is that my Italian is a tad better than it was an hour ago.

Tuesday, 6 July 2010

The whining goes on.

Schools this time.

Headteachers condemned “devastating” spending cuts today after the Government axed plans to rebuild 170 run-down secondaries in London.

Teachers warned that children would be left in “Dickensian” conditions in crumbling classrooms while fears grew that the construction industry would also be devastated by the cuts.

Two pleas used there. Dickensian and the Construction Industry.

Now your Blog Host had to put up with far worse when he went to school.

Our sleeping quarters were onboard a rusting hulk moored in the middle of a river. The roof beneath which we slept was made of corrugated tin with no insulation and wasn't particularly waterproof.

Pic: HMS Gannet as restored in Chatham Dockyard

To get to breakfast and the school buildings we had to row ashore in a leaky old boat. If it rained, tough titty.

And believe it or not my parents paid for me to live in conditions that would have your average member of the prison population, in full scale riot.

Sir William Atkinson, head of Phoenix High School in Shepherd's Bush, said: “It is devastating news.” He added that children faced an unfair, “two-speed” education system with some pupils in dazzling new facilities while others were condemned to “antiquated, inadequate buildings”.

It's not the quality of the bricks and mortar that count. It's the standard of teaching and discipline that's important. And that seems to be sadly lacking these days.

A Policeman's lot is not a happy one.

My saga continues.

Parts one and two if you missed them.

That's it folks.

Monday, 5 July 2010

Another fake charity

I'm quite happy to donate to charity if I so desire. But why should the government donate for me without my permission?

Here's another example of the last government trying to hide their agenda by paying a fake charity to act to support their Multi-Culti social experiment. The ConLib coalition needs to stop this sort of funding now.

British Refugee Council

UK Charity Number: 1014576

Website: www.refugeecouncil.org.uk

Stated Aims

THE REFUGEE COUNCIL'S FOUR MAJOR AREAS OF ACTIVITY ARE ASYLUM SUPPORT AND REFUGEE INTEGRATION, CAMPAIGNING AND POLICY, EDUCATION AND TRAINING, AND CAPACITY BUILDING

Summary

The British Refugee Council currently campaigns for failed asylum seekers/illegal immigrants to receive state benefits and to be given the right to work. As a member of the Get Fair coalition, it calls for the government to spend a further £4 billion on benefits and an increase in benefits for jobseekers and asylum seekers.

Failed asylum seekers/illegal immigrants to get benefits? Surely a plane ticket is all that should be paid for? And to be repaid.

Details

Its 2007/08 accounts show a total income of £18,820,000, of which:

Border & Immigration Agency: £12,881,000
Leeds City Council: £221,000
Barnsley City Council: £175,000
Norfolk County Council: £138,000
Dept. of Health: £50,000
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Total £13,465,000 (71.5% of all income)

It received a further £163,000 from the Lottery.

This gravy train is firmly welded to the platform.

Some things you may hear on the London Underground.

1: "Ladies and Gentlemen, I do apologize for the delay to your service. I know you're all dying to get home, unless, of course, you happen to be married to my ex-wife, in which case you'll want to cross over to the Westbound and go in the opposite direction."

2: "Your delay this evening is caused by the line controller suffering from E & B syndrome: not knowing his elbow from his backside. I'll let you know any further information as soon as I'm given any."

3: "Do you want the good news first or the bad news? The good news is that last Friday was my birthday and I hit the town and had a great time. The bad news is that there is a points failure somewhere between Stratford and East Ham, which means we probably won't reach our destination."

4: "Ladies and gentlemen, we apologize for the delay, but there is a security alert at Victoria station and we are therefore stuck here for the foreseeable future, so let's take our minds off it and pass some time together. All together now.... 'Ten green bottles, hanging on a wall.....'."

5: "We are now travelling through Baker Street ... As you can see, Baker Street is closed. It would have been nice if they had actually told me, so I could tell you earlier, but no, they don't think about things like that".

6: "Beggars are operating on this train. Please do NOT encourage these professional beggars. If you have any spare change, please give it to a registered charity. Failing that, give it to me."

7: During an extremely hot rush hour on the Central Line, the driver announced in a West Indian drawl: "Step right this way for the sauna, ladies and gentleman... unfortunately, towels are not provided."

8: "Let the passengers off the train FIRST!" (Pause .) "Oh go on then, stuff yourselves in like sardines, see if I care - I'm going home...."

9: "Please allow the doors to close. Try not to confuse this with 'Please hold the doors open.' The two are distinct and separate instructions."

10: "Please note that the beeping noise coming from the doors means that the doors are about to close. It does not mean throw yourself or your bags into the doors."

11: "We can't move off because some idiot has their hand stuck in the door."

12: "To the gentleman wearing the long grey coat trying to get on the second carriage - what part of 'stand clear of the doors' don't you understand?"

13: "Please move all baggage away from the doors." (Pause..) "Please move ALL belongings away from the doors." (Pause...) "This is a personal message to the man in the brown suit wearing glasses at the rear of the train: Put the pie down, Four-eyes, and move your bl**dy golf clubs away from the door before I come down there and shove them up your a**e!"

14: "May I remind all passengers that there is strictly no smoking allowed on any part of the Underground. However, if you are smoking a joint, it's only fair that you pass it round the rest of the carriage."

Useless Plod

Raoul Moat

It makes you wonder whether we should just disband the police and start again.

Police were warned that a gunman who shot his ex-partner and killed her new boyfriend might have been planning the attack.

Temporary Chief Constable Sue Sim said that prison authorities alerted them to the threat the day after Raoul Moat was released.

Hopefully her appointment will be very temporary. This is a real life parody of my ladybird saga. More......