Belief

I am totally puzzled as to why a 'belief' trumps a fact.


Now I expect that you, dear reader, will be familiar with such diverse words as; wapentake, resurgence, honesty...

In nuclear physics, the tiny words (if you like) of the particle zoo maybe a mystery to you, and me too, up to a point, and yet we can carry out experiments at home that confirm that our world is stranger than we think.The double slit experiment, for example, showing diffraction, can be carried out on your own kitchen table. Any flat surface will do. Particles or waves?
Atoms are made of mainly nothing, and yet we can touch things, alter our environment, sit down. Type on a keyboard, modulate pressure waves to make sound, see wavelengths at around 400–790 THz ! You can perceive sound from nearly 20Hz to 20 Khz  (that is if you haven't  been stupid enough to expose ones hearing to sounds so loud as to permanently damage your hearing). This doesn't take much to damage, trust me. I used to work with Firestreak air to air M> s, most of my contemporarys lost their high frequency  hearing due to the air turbine generator noise of M> s under test. Those who think they are 'cool' with their car audio thumping out loud beats, are screwing their  hearing up. Which of course , will make them turn it up more... And then the NHS pays for their stupidity. But of course, the NHS doesn't pay for their care, we do. We pay for the NHS. Taxpayers. *Note*, Taxpayers pay for the NHS. We pay for the police too. But I bet that taxpayers receive less, and a poorer service than those that do not.
   We had the misfortune to visit the local A&E recently. A family of absolute awfulness, whom we have the pleasure of maintaining  with our taxes, had the run or the place. Demanding this that and the other. For amusement, they were having wheelchair races around A&E. As most of them were smoking, (Including barely teenagers)  and it wasn't raining, they were outside. Thank fuck. Their 'rights', in their minds obviously trumped everyone else's. Fortunately, for us, our youngest only had a sprained ankle. Not a break. And we left after excellent service and patience from the staff. We left with relief,  they were stuck there dealing with the scum, who pay nothing in voluntarily contribution. No, tax on tobacco does not count as a voluntary payment. The 'illness' of their poorly family member was indeed smoking related, COPD was mentioned. Now I had a friend die of COPD due mainly to smoking. And a sad loss too, she worked until she could  not. She knew what caused it, and blamed no one else but her own stupidity for her condition. Dignity she knew. These, however, knew nothing of dignity, or of waiting lists, or of triage.

   This is a bit of an aside from my first thoughts of the evening. Apparently, a bunch of god botherers  have taken it into their tiny heads that killing someone because possibly, someone else has made a mockery of something that never existed, would bring peace. Or some shit.  Now I know there is, and never was and never will be a 'super being', unless of course we evolve into it. Look around you, do you think we will? Really, no. Thought not. There is no god, allah,  buddha. Just us. Actually, Buddha probably did exist, as did Jesus, I know at least one Jesus. And he drinks more alcohol than I do.

Sports

Well, I for one hate all, yes hate all, spectator 'sports' . I honestly do not give a single solitary damn about the current meeja fest.. I don't like the fact that so much public money was spent so pointlessly. I hate the fact that so many take it as read that because they like something, so does everyone else. All that money pissed away on what is in reality a big party. Ok whatever floats your boat, but don't come to me with your hangover. I would have preferred perhaps; fighting cancer, or maybe Alzheimer's  disease,  third world poverty, HIV, something useful like nuclear fusion. But no, it has to be on sport , so damned frivolous.

Don't get me wrong, if you like to kick a ball about (for example), fine, it's good for you to get exercise, but if you want funds for kit, say, dig into your own pockets, form a club. The public purse should not be used to pay for sport. I want my money to go to those who actually deserve it. As far as I can see, the most pointless people on the planet are professional 'sports persons',  professional god botherers, and politicians. If the whole lot were shot, no one would really notice. Well, maybe their NoK, but no one else.

On a similar vein, I notice that certain companies are 'sponsoring' the current crap going on in London. These companies are not privately owned,  but are owned by us TAX payers. Ie; you and me. Whether we want to or not, our cash is being wasted on something we did not choose. For example; Lloyds are giving our money away sponsoring something I would be embarrassed to be involved with. I have had my money saved with this bunch of shysters for years, they then fuck up so monstrously and have to be bailed out, not only by me, as a customer, but by you and me as a taxpayers. And for some reason, it's ok for them to give OUR money away? Well Mr Lloyds. Goodbye, I will be taking my money else where. Maybe the 'Bank of Dave' is a better bet.     

Puzzled

It's a mystery to me, the games commenced...

Apparently, global warming is caused by human activity, so, anything  that can be described as a frivolous addition to the CO2 levels it the atmosphere should be stamped on. So you greeny smokers of recreational pharmaceuticals, you should be first to be shot. With a reusable arrow ( and a yew bow ) of course. The current Olympic nonsense would, of course be classed as frivolous, as would any 'professional' sporting activity. Good bye ball kickers and your pointless hangers on.

The reality is totally different though. Human recorded history only covers a tiny fraction of one percent of the existence of our planet, which is about 4.3 billion years old. Yes, 4.3 BILLION years, get over it god botherers, the bible is wrong. Again. As usual. The temperature world wide has varied a lot over that time, from the whole planet being totally free of ice to an almost complete covering of snow and ice in the coldest months. In fact, fact lovers, not so long ago, where I am now sitting was a warm, shallow sea, that eventually laid down enough limestone to create Flatshire!

War on drugs.

    Apparently, there has been a war on drugs. Well, it doesn't seem to be very effective does it? Are there any winners? No. Losers? Yes.

    Our 'leaders' have no idea what 'recreational' pharmaceuticals do to the average (sub human, easily led) person. They, our 'leaders' can afford the finest snort and the finest medical care that our money can provide. Every one else is stuck with an NHS overloaded with druggies, self inflicted wounds, and alcoholics. Try taking your youngest daughter to A&E on a Monday evening. (fortunately it was just a sprain). The good news was the waiting fuckwit family all smoked, so they were outside, even the youngest, about 13, was tabbing away. The oldest, who looked to be in her 80's, though I suspect she was only in her 50's, was off her head on some drug or other. She appeared to be the reason they were all there.

Anyway, back to the main thread.
     Drugs. Well, I have to admit to a tad of hypocrisy at this juncture, I suspect I am a borderline alcoholic. I like to drink alcohol, and I used to smoke tobacco. Since I stopped smoking, I have developed a hatred for the stench of tobacco. On the other hand, I have never used any other drugs. Nor would I be tempted. The thought of loosing control permanently, has no appeal to me. It's bad enough having incompetent politicians without a rebellious brain.
    To me, there seems to be a 'black and white' (other skin tones are available) with drugs. Ok, there is a bit of a grey when it comes to a medical matters, but when it comes to 'recreational' matters, it seems to be clear. Don't. Fucking your brain up is, of course, your prerogative, until such time as you damage someone else, either by your action, or worse inaction. Remember, whoever you are, there are people who care for you, there are people who depend on you. You are responsible to those persons.
   There are parasites out there that care naught for you or yours. They want your bodies, or money, preferably the latter, as it is more easily negotiable. Users are losers.

   So, what to do? As far as I can see, there are two courses:
   Legalise all 'recreational' drugs. Make them available from Boots, Newmark, Loyds, etc. Tax them the same as fuel, tobacco, alcohol. Regulate until their eyes water. Ensure that all supplies are pure and sold at prices that any person can afford. Remove the 'special' cachet, and make them naff and boring.
   Make any illegal drug dealing/use a capital offence with immediate execution. No appeal.

   Both methods would take huge political bravery. Either will work in the long term, neither will be cheaper than the other, but either will be cheaper in monetary, and in humanitarian, terms than the current lack of method.

Either method would  remove the power from many criminals. Ok, we will still be stuck with the elected ones, but I didn't expect perfection. Just some protection for the terminally thick and gullible.

Disgusted. Again.

I took the liberty of cutting and pasting this from the Forces Reunited Newsletter:




"After the lacklustre coverage of the Diamond Jubilee, the BBC has now insulted the Veteran's of WW2 Bomber Command, their Families and the Fundraisers who raised over 6 Million Pounds, by not showing the unveiling of the long awaited Memorial.


Instead "Auntie" will be showing repeats or Tennis, great if your a Sports fan, but surely the loss of 55,573 killed out of a total of 125,000 aircrew, and commemorating them and all who served in Bomber Command should be higher on the TV Listings, a further 8,403 were wounded in action and 9,838 became prisoners of war.


Perhaps not paying our TV Licence fees might just give them a Jolt, after all can they really jail a Non Fee payer when they can't even jail hardened criminals!


Or we can do something British, we can write to Auntie and let them know exactly how we feel.

You can email those in the know at the BBC and share your thoughts:

Mark Thompson, BBC director-general
Email: mark.thompson@bbc.co.uk

Helen Boaden, head of BBC news
Email: helenboaden.complaints@bbc.co.uk

Sir Michael Lyons, Chairman, BBC Trust
Email: michael.lyons@bbc.co.uk "



I am steadily getting more and more fed up with all of the 'mainstream' meeja. By reading various blogs, then watching/listening to the 'news' I appear to be living in at least two different worlds. One a fairly depressing reality, the other an even more depressing  work of, well, propaganda.

Competence

I was intrigued by an editorial in EPE (http://www.epemag3.com/) . He states that; none of our current bunch of 'leaders' have any technological skills. No scientists , no physicists, chemists, in fact no one that would have any appreciation of the practical world we now live in. Not it's pitfalls, nor  it's true potential... On an other blog, last year, it was noted than at  the memorial service at the Cenotaph on Remembrance Day, not one of our 'leaders' had any medals. None. Zip. Not even a Blue Peter badge.

And you wonder why we appear to be led by clueless lackwits?

Numbties

It's a funny old world, and no mistake.

I like to fill out on line surveys. I don't do them so much because I think my input is vital to the owners of certain cosmetics companies, but more in the questions they ask. Today, I did a survey for YouGov. They asked some very interesting questions, mainly to do with Human Rights. One of the questions was pertaining to 'free' speech. Ie: Do you think that without the Human Rights act I would not have free speech? Well. Fuck me. Free speech eh? Well, Mr YouGov, we do NOT have free speech. As an atheist British White, I have considerably less free speech than say, a Coloured Godbotherer. Funny old thing, their precious religious beleifs in a none existent sky pixie, trumps any rational thought what so ever. To the point that it appears to be acceptable for them to murder anyone who disagrees with them, and yet they become all defensive and, well, precious, if you point out to them that they are basing their lives on a pack of complete and utter cobblers. Sorry, when you die, that's it. Nothing. No one has ever come back irrespective of that bollocks that is the bible. I don't trust what was published in the tabloids yesterday, even though the authors were writing in their own language, supposedly first hand. Let alone something that was passed down word-of-mouth through numerous iterations, language changes and not alone, different perceptions.(Most intentional, I am certain FFS, if I were re translating the bible, it would be more believable and have less sex in it. Oh? You haven't read it then?)