Wednesday, April 03, 2013
Tuesday, April 02, 2013
Friday, March 29, 2013
Iraq: We can all change our opinion, can’t we?
Great article in the Independent putting into words exactly how I feel about the likes of Prescott now furiously backpedalling their way out of responsibility for the worst human tragedy of this century so far - Labour's colonial war in Iraq.
“How were we to know the stuff we made up was made up? Once we’d made it up, there was all the evidence written down, and you can’t argue with what’s written down. We made it look ever so convincing, you know. All typed out, not just in Biro.”
It was probably only due to an intervention by Alastair Campbell that Tony Blair’s dossier didn’t go: “i ThinK SadDem Hoosane has got ureaniem becaus he,s a Bad Man and i saw him taKe it withowt asking nisely so I woodent go to the seeSiDe with him becaus He might blow Me up.”
Some of us hear the words “nothing is left” and assume they mean little is left...and others think the person is saying there is so much left that we’d be fools not to set fire to half the Middle East. Aren’t the subtleties of language fascinating?
When politicians claim they were misled, they shouldn’t be so hard on themselves. They weren’t duped. They made a fully conscious, intelligent decision to back the war based on the scientific basis that they thought it might upset their careers if they didn’t.
Anway read the whole article - its linked up top.
“How were we to know the stuff we made up was made up? Once we’d made it up, there was all the evidence written down, and you can’t argue with what’s written down. We made it look ever so convincing, you know. All typed out, not just in Biro.”
It was probably only due to an intervention by Alastair Campbell that Tony Blair’s dossier didn’t go: “i ThinK SadDem Hoosane has got ureaniem becaus he,s a Bad Man and i saw him taKe it withowt asking nisely so I woodent go to the seeSiDe with him becaus He might blow Me up.”
Some of us hear the words “nothing is left” and assume they mean little is left...and others think the person is saying there is so much left that we’d be fools not to set fire to half the Middle East. Aren’t the subtleties of language fascinating?
When politicians claim they were misled, they shouldn’t be so hard on themselves. They weren’t duped. They made a fully conscious, intelligent decision to back the war based on the scientific basis that they thought it might upset their careers if they didn’t.
Anway read the whole article - its linked up top.
Noam Daily Has Moved
I've recently set up my own website, with the Laughing Noam domain name.
You will find it at LaughingNoam.co.uk
Also - have a look round the rest of the website. Feel free. It will improve enormously over time.
This blog will continue - but you can also access it via the new website.
You will find it at LaughingNoam.co.uk
Also - have a look round the rest of the website. Feel free. It will improve enormously over time.
This blog will continue - but you can also access it via the new website.
Saturday, March 23, 2013
Tried to cross the road between the bus stop and Lidl tonight. There was just a steady flow of selfish bastard motorists flying past, none of which so much as considered the idea that the poor fucker waiting by the side of the road might have actually wanted to get across the road before he fucking retired!!
So I started moving into the road a bit. A bit more. Cars just went round me. then a car which turned into the road from a nearby junction came round and was forced to stop as I was in the middle of the road at this point. So he stopped and I crossed, and just before i got across he beeped his horn.
I looked and he was gesticulating and shouting angrily at me. So i shouted fuck off and gave him V signs back.
Then I thought - why do i have to go through this every fucking time i want to cross the fucking road. Really makes me fucking mad!!!
So I started moving into the road a bit. A bit more. Cars just went round me. then a car which turned into the road from a nearby junction came round and was forced to stop as I was in the middle of the road at this point. So he stopped and I crossed, and just before i got across he beeped his horn.
I looked and he was gesticulating and shouting angrily at me. So i shouted fuck off and gave him V signs back.
Then I thought - why do i have to go through this every fucking time i want to cross the fucking road. Really makes me fucking mad!!!
Friday, March 22, 2013
Girl in Post Office
I got into a fight with one of the staff members in this post office who told me it was against the rules to take pictures. So i told him the rules were bullshit and he was an enforcer robot, which went down well. Anyway, he fucked off, which is what i hoped would happen, and i have my pictures!
Saturday, February 16, 2013
Sunday, January 20, 2013
Sunday, January 13, 2013
No to new road tunnel under the Thames
From the petition website:
Mayor of London, Greenwich Council and Newham Council: Reject plans for a Silvertown Tunnel / 3rd Blackwall Tunnel
- Petition by
This petition is to reject damaging proposals from Transport for London, backed by Greenwich Council and Newham Council, to build a new road tunnel between the Greenwich peninsula and Silvertown - effectively, a third Blackwall Tunnel.
It is also to protest about Greenwich and Newham councils launching a "Bridge The Gap" campaign to promote the Silvertown Tunnel without any evidence of its benefits, and without consulting residents. Local councillors should be fighting for their communities, not against them, and this should be withdrawn immediately.
Why is the Silvertown Tunnel a bad idea?Encouraging more traffic to use the A102 and A2 will be counter-productive and will, in the long term, do nothing to reduce congestion in south-east London. The area has long suffered from poor air quality, which led to 150 deaths across Greenwich borough in 2008, and any road-building will only make this worse.
Even the mayor's office admits pollution is high along the A102 and A2, particularly at the Woolwich Road flyover, Kidbrooke interchange and at Eltham station. The Woolwich Road flyover is already one of the most polluted spots in London. This can only get worse, along with the congestion, as the new tunnel gets busier. Furthermore, it will also make bottlenecks at Kidbrooke and Eltham - where the A102 and A2 have only two lanes in each direction - worse.
Instead, we call upon the mayor, Greenwich and Newham to press for alternative solutions and to look at reducing traffic flows through this area, instead of pushing on with this dangerous scheme, which will condemn local people in Greenwich, Charlton, Blackheath, Kidbrooke and Eltham to continuing dangerous high pollution levels.
What are the alternatives?Alternative proposals could include a new bridge at Thamesmead, dropping tolls at the Dartford Crossing or heavy investment in public transport - or maybe a mix of all three.
It is also to protest about Greenwich and Newham councils launching a "Bridge The Gap" campaign to promote the Silvertown Tunnel without any evidence of its benefits, and without consulting residents. Local councillors should be fighting for their communities, not against them, and this should be withdrawn immediately.
Why is the Silvertown Tunnel a bad idea?Encouraging more traffic to use the A102 and A2 will be counter-productive and will, in the long term, do nothing to reduce congestion in south-east London. The area has long suffered from poor air quality, which led to 150 deaths across Greenwich borough in 2008, and any road-building will only make this worse.
Even the mayor's office admits pollution is high along the A102 and A2, particularly at the Woolwich Road flyover, Kidbrooke interchange and at Eltham station. The Woolwich Road flyover is already one of the most polluted spots in London. This can only get worse, along with the congestion, as the new tunnel gets busier. Furthermore, it will also make bottlenecks at Kidbrooke and Eltham - where the A102 and A2 have only two lanes in each direction - worse.
Instead, we call upon the mayor, Greenwich and Newham to press for alternative solutions and to look at reducing traffic flows through this area, instead of pushing on with this dangerous scheme, which will condemn local people in Greenwich, Charlton, Blackheath, Kidbrooke and Eltham to continuing dangerous high pollution levels.
What are the alternatives?Alternative proposals could include a new bridge at Thamesmead, dropping tolls at the Dartford Crossing or heavy investment in public transport - or maybe a mix of all three.
This petition does not take a view on these other ideas - we simply want to prevent this dangerous proposal for a Silvertown tunnel. Contrary to what Greenwich and Newham Councils are claiming, all evidence so far shows that the Silvertown Tunnel is the only fixed link TfL is seriously considering.
If you do have alternative suggestions, please suggest them to Transport for London. They'll almost certainly be more sensible than adding more traffic to the A102.
What can I do?Please sign our petition, share it around, and also fill in the Transport for London consultation to make sure your voice is officially heard.
If you live in Greenwich or Newham boroughs, please also email your local councillors, or visit them at their surgeries, to make sure they know that their councils' campaign do not represent your view, and to impress on them how important this is. If you live in a neighbouring borough, such as Lewisham or Tower Hamlets, please lobby your local councillors as well - they have a responsibility to represent your views to the Mayor as well.
This is a grass-roots campaign, with absolutely no party political affiliation. We have day jobs and don't have the PR resources the mayor, Greenwich and Newham councils can throw at this.
So if you can help us with posters or flyers to spread the word, with printed copies of this petition, or, most precious of all, can donate some of your time, please email silvertowntunnel@yahoo.com. You can also tweet us: @NoSilvertownTnl.
This petition is for everyone, but if you live locally, this could be the best thing you ever do for your neighbourhood.
So if you can help us with posters or flyers to spread the word, with printed copies of this petition, or, most precious of all, can donate some of your time, please email silvertowntunnel@yahoo.com. You can also tweet us: @NoSilvertownTnl.
This petition is for everyone, but if you live locally, this could be the best thing you ever do for your neighbourhood.
Friday, January 11, 2013
Saturday, January 05, 2013
TwitLonger — When you talk too much for Twitter
TwitLonger — When you talk too much for Twitter: "So, cycling back from Bexleyheath, I approach my junction and signal clearly to go into right lane, to turn right. some nitwit kid behind me decided instead of doing the correct thing and letting me manoeuvre, he goes round me in the lane i want to be in therby preventing me from moving then pulls in front of me in the lane i was in...wouldn't it have been seriosly easier for the fucktard to have just let me go??? Beggars fucking belief. then he sat at the fucking lights just picking his fucking nose and looking for all the workd like the retarded tosspot that he is."
'via Blog this'
'via Blog this'
Sunday, December 23, 2012
Saturday, December 22, 2012
Thursday, December 20, 2012
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Saturday, December 08, 2012
The universe probably isn't a giant hologram after all
The universe probably isn't a giant hologram after all:
jury's still out apparently, though likelihood is much reduced - this was one of my favourite cosmic theories of recent years....oh hum
jury's still out apparently, though likelihood is much reduced - this was one of my favourite cosmic theories of recent years....oh hum
Quantum Consciousness . Stuart Hameroff
Quantum Consciousness . Stuart Hameroff:
'This may well be bullshit, but deserves some attention I feel...
'This may well be bullshit, but deserves some attention I feel...
Saturday, November 03, 2012
Saturday, October 27, 2012
Ban This Filth!: Letters from the Mary Whitehouse Archive by Ben Thompson – review | Books | The Guardian
Ban This Filth!: Letters from the Mary Whitehouse Archive by Ben Thompson – review | Books | The Guardian:
This is worth a read. Mary Whitehouse single-handedly held British tv back 30 years or more with her incessant and irritating deluge of letters aimed at those who ran the media in the UK.
She didn't like sex, violence or swearing. As soon as she died we could all say "fuck" on telly as much as we liked. Never has anyone's death provoked such an instant, obviously positive benefit.
This is worth a read. Mary Whitehouse single-handedly held British tv back 30 years or more with her incessant and irritating deluge of letters aimed at those who ran the media in the UK.
She didn't like sex, violence or swearing. As soon as she died we could all say "fuck" on telly as much as we liked. Never has anyone's death provoked such an instant, obviously positive benefit.
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Saturday, September 08, 2012
Labour needs to learn from Barack Obama, warns David Miliband | Politics | The Observer
Labour needs to learn from Barack Obama, warns David Miliband | Politics | The Observer:
Here we go - Atlanticism within the Labour Party. It's Blair and New Labour all over again.
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Here we go - Atlanticism within the Labour Party. It's Blair and New Labour all over again.
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Sunday, September 02, 2012
Saturday, September 01, 2012
Sunday, August 26, 2012
Saturday, August 25, 2012
On the way home today
After a shift on the GLA pod today i cycled back along the Thames path. At Woolwich there was a one ferry service.
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| it's rare that I get to frame all three ferries on one shot |
A few spots of rain and massive rumbles of thinder in the distance - quickly moving in my direction.
I tried, but failed to get ahead of the storm. Ended up soaked to the bone!
Friday, August 24, 2012
Sunday, August 19, 2012
Thursday, August 16, 2012
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