There is no such thing as Islamophobia.
The fear of radical Muslims is entirely rational.
Now fundamentalist Pakistan is threatening Paris
(or they are imbeciles).
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Idiocy (or terrorism)
January 16, 2025A spectacular sunrise on Christmas Eve
December 24, 2024A light smattering of snow last night. It won’t last but there is enough for it to be white Christmas,
A spectacular sky just 15 minutes before sunrise.
Season’s greetings to all.
Woke rebranding – Disney/Jaguar mishmash
December 4, 2024It has become a freaky world.
There seems to be a new “go woke, go broke” story every day. The Jaguar and Disney stories are like phlegm which persists forever.
Jaguar touts “copy nothing” but copies Rolls Royce among others. There were pink Ferraris long before that. The shape is similar to some old Chevys. As an old friend who is a Jaguar fanatic put it “It’s just embarrassing”. It is not going to help Tata Motors or the Tata brand very much either.
Disney has just gone mad. A Snow White who is not white. A spoilt brat actress who is not very fair and who is more hateful than the evil queen. Zegler is a real liability for Disney with very few saving graces. And dwarves who are not dwarves!!!
Jaguar’s woke rebranding fiasco
November 23, 2024
10 facts (reasons) why the Democrats lost
November 12, 2024-
Legal immigrants dislike illegals.
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Girls are not safe with men in girls changing rooms.
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You are who you are, not who you think you are.
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Making things is what grows an economy.
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Small businesses grow jobs.
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Being Latino/Asian/Black does not necessarily mean being stupid and woke.
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Democrats cause inflation.
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Democrats cause high taxes.
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Democrats prolong wars.
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The NYT is irrelevant.
Return to writing
June 14, 2024I am returning to writing after a “health-issues” break of almost 18 months. The world has not changed very much but my views of the world probably have. I find that the glasses I look through have changed. Perhaps they give me new insights or perhaps they obscure my view.
Some new perceptions I have:
- I am not a Tik-Tok subscriber. Over 90% of what is on Tik-Tok is edited, manipulated, cherry picked, fabricated or just plain lies. Other than that, the memes are quite interesting.
- I still have not returned to Face Book. Pat on the back for myself.
- I stopped smoking – “cold turkey” – in December 2022. I have now not smoked for over 18 months. There are clear benefits that I feel. But, the accrued benefits do not seem to be in proportion to all the negatives that are advertised as “common wisdom”.
- At least 50% of the “me-too” cases – and most of those involving rich celebrities – are bogus. “Me-too” claims are never by rich victims against poor predators.
- Most “me-too” claims are predatory.
- There are only 2 genders even if classification may be unclear for some individuals.
- Biological females never claim to be male to compete in male sports.
- Philosophy is personal and always subjective.
- An appeal to the authority of a “great thinker” is always invalid as proof of any proposition.
- What actually happened in history changes nothing. The only thing that matters about history is the “story” perceived to be true in the present.
- The freak- shows of old have been replaced by the Eurovision Song Contest and other LGBT reality TV shows. Bearded ladies are quite the in-thing.
- Very few tattoos are attractive. Most are quite ugly.
- It is time for the 42nd amendment of the Indian constitution to be removed and for the constitution to revert to what it was. India needs to be a “sovereign democratic republic” rather than a “sovereign, socialist secular democratic republic” as introduced by Indira Gandhi in 1976 as the 42nd amendment to camouflage her draconian Emergency measures. ( I can live with secular though it is an imaginary thing, but the socialist provides the chains that bind India´s progress).
- Self-identity is meaningless nonsense. Identity of any entity is as perceived by its surroundings. What you say you are is of no relevance to what you are. What you are is determined by how you behave.
- In the natural world, diversity is never for excellence but always as a hedge against an uncertain future. Seeking diversity in any field of endeavor is always directly opposed to competence and excellence in the existing conditions.
- The Human Rights Industry is primarily for the benefit of the Human Rights Industry.
- In any society, Laws are unnecessary if human behaviour is always compliant with the behaviour desired by that society.
- Laws are needed by a society as coercion only because some members of that society do not wish to comply with some behaviour desired by other members of that society.
- Cultural appropriation is always a compliment to that culture. The objections to such “appropriation” are generally imbecilic.
- My “rule of thumb” for when Indian culture has appropriated GB is when more than half the pubs serve samosas as well as chicken tikka masala.
My elephant came calling ….
December 18, 2022“Gosh”, I said “You’re heavy”!
I thought I had eaten too much. Heartburn I thought. It had started as just a rumble, just discomfiting enough to make me squirm. I stood up, I sat down, I breathed deep, I breathed fast, I breathed slow but the pressure kept growing. From discomfiture it became severe discomfort and then the crushing pressure reached ginormous proportions. “Hello Mr. Elephant”, I said. “Why are you sitting on my chest?” I do like elephants so I did not want to be rude and scream. I did not like to mention that he was crushing the life out of me. He didn’t look like he was trying to hurt me. In fact he looked quite friendly – even avuncular.
“Gosh”, I said again. “You’re really very, very heavy”! “Am I?” he asked and seemed to float above my chest. “I just came to introduce myself,” he said. “I am your elephant after all”. And then, just like that, the pressure eased. He was no longer on my chest but inside my chest and started pushing out. “Steady on,” I said “I could easily burst. A choice between bursting or being crushed was not very nice” I said. “No, no” said my impossible elephant, “I wouldn’t do that – yet” and he eased himself out of my chest and rested – lightly – outside it again. “You do not seem so heavy now” I murmured. “Of course not” he whispered in my ear. “It isn’t quite time yet. The important thing is that we have been introduced. Now you will recognise me when I come calling”.
“I am not in any particular hurry” he said, “but remember that I am your very own elephant. And I will be back”.
And then the ambulance came.
A strategy for Wordle 7
May 12, 2022I am very new to Wordle and only started playing last week. The greatest challenges I found with Wordle 5 and 6 were the use of American spellings and the seemingly arbitrary conjoining of two words to create “words” which I would not consider to be single words.
Wordle 5 and 6 did not seem too taxing and soon got boring. Wordle 7 is now keeping me engaged for longer than 5 or 6 did. The “strategy” I have evolved is to use the same 3 starting words (entirely by trial and error) to cover as many letters of the alphabet as possible. The last 3 attempts seem to then be sufficient to find the hidden word in most cases. But I am still not happy with two word combinations being elevated to be taken as single words. (website, manhole ….). Smacks of cheating.
I only started with Wordle 7 this week. I am sure there must be better words but the three I have ended up using – again by trial and error – are:
THREADS
LOUNGER or LOUNGES
PRIVACY
So far so good. The success rate has come up to about 75% 95% (and most failures are on my unfamiliarity with American usage and Americanisms).
My three chosen words cover 17 letters. I now need to find three better starting words perhaps covering 18 or 19 letters of the alphabet.
Australian Border Force displays its arrogance and brainless incompetence – again
January 10, 2022There is a reality TV show about the Australian Border Force which I sometime come across when I am avoiding commercial breaks on other channels. I am amazed at the unfeeling incompetence on display (but perhaps that is just what counts as “good” TV).
My own experience with the ABF is very limited but even that limited exposure to them has not impressed. They confiscated packets of liquor chocolates and Malaysian nuts that I was carrying. A friend had a packet of cornflakes confiscated.
Their latest escapade with Novak Djokovic only confirms my perception of a an arrogant, bureaucratic gang who have not realised that brains are intended to be used. Of course it does not help with idiot politicians at the helm.
Exterminating The Unvaccinated
January 6, 2022Italy will now make it mandatory for over 50s to be vaccinated. If it is mandatory I expect that appropriate force will be used. One would expect that a single 20 year old should be able to subdue and jab around fifty 80 year-olds per day. It might take 2 to subdue a 50 year-old.
Macron has been mouthing off (apparently literally) about making life as difficult as possible for the unvaccinated. Sweden has now made it perfectly legal for any establishment to discriminate as desired against those without proof of full vaccination (thought it is unclear if “full” means 2, 3 or 4 shots). The market for fake vaccination certificates has been given a boost and is booming. The Australians have made idiots of themselves with the Novak Djokovic affair. (Of course, Novak has been a little idiotic himself).
It is apparent that, among the politically correct and the unthinking, the unvaccinated are the new scum of the earth – even if vaccinations provide no great protection from being infected by the Omicron variant. I wonder what the hierarchy of incorrectness is?
- Unvaccinated, infected are clearly the worst sort.
- Unvaccinated, uninfected are somewhat better
- Unvaccinated with natural immunity are not to be assumed to exist
- Infected though vaccinated
- Vaccinated and uninfected have a place reserved in heaven.
It stands to reason that forcible vaccination of the reluctant is preferable to their incarceration. A quick execution would be much cheaper if a little unethical. Deprival of employment is already here for some. Deprival of citizenship has been suggested for others. Maybe they could be branded with a yellow star and used – forcibly – for the trial of untested vaccines?
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