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Poppies and 'Heroes'

published by You on 6 November, 2010 - 16:00

The Poppy Appeal is once again subverting Armistice Day. A day that should be about peace and remembrance is turned into a month-long drum roll of support for current wars. This year's campaign has been launched with showbiz hype. The true horror and futility of war is forgotten and ignored.

The public are being urged to wear a poppy in support of "our Heroes". There is nothing heroic about being blown up in a vehicle. There is nothing heroic about being shot in an ambush and there is nothing heroic about fighting in an unnecessary conflict.

Remembrance should be marked with the sentiment "Never Again".

Ben Griffin (Northern Ireland, Macedonia, Afghanistan, Iraq)

Ben Hayden (Northern Ireland, Macedonia, Afghanistan, Iraq)

Terry Wood (Northern Ireland, Falklands)

US mid term elections 2010

published by You on 3 November, 2010 - 00:22

Anyone keeping an eye on these?

It looks like the Democrats will lose the houce while the Senate will be neck and neck.

Either loss is potentially bad news for Obama. Or it could be good news if the Republicans stop stalling in legislation as they have been in the past two years.

There is also a question of how often elections are in America - someone mentioned how AMerica was suffering from "too much democracy" where campaigning for the Mid Terms sort of started before Obama had even got into office, and as soon as these are over, campaigning will start for the presidential elections in 2 years time.

That leaves very little time to get on with legislation without posturing for position.

MP Stephen Timms stabbed 'in revenge for Iraq war'

published by You on 1 November, 2010 - 18:13

A woman stabbed Labour MP Stephen Timms twice at a constituency surgery in revenge for his vote for the Iraq war, the Old Bailey has heard.

The Labour MP for East Ham said he thought Roshonara Choudhry wanted to shake hands when she smiled before lunging at him in Newham on 14 May.

Miss Choudhry told police she wanted "to get revenge for the people of Iraq", prosecutors said.

Read more @ BBC News

"Youngest militant" of Guantanamo jailed.

published by You on 31 October, 2010 - 21:59

He was arrested at the age of 15 (in 2002) and has done a plea bargain on charges that involved conspiring to commit terrorist acts and murdering US soldiers.

They say he will only be in prison for 8 years of the 40 year sentence, but if he was arrested in 2002m, that means 8 years have passed... do they mean 8 more years?

Abu Izzadeen/Omar Brooks Released From Prison

published by You on 30 October, 2010 - 17:59

Abu Izzadeen/Omar Brooks, was sentenced to prison for inciting terrorism and fundraising.

I cant really remember the situation of his arrest, but I will link to three videos that I saw on another blog:

">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdH2WggEuUY]

">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUegJUROSBI]

and finally, when I first heard of this guy (also taken from that same blog), which I agreed with and thought nothing wrong with:

">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnPhuWFoXtU]

The author of that blog considers him and people like him to political prisoners for the views they hold.

footage of time traveller in 1928 charlie chaplin film?

published by You on 28 October, 2010 - 23:17

Its a woman with a mobile phone in a 1928 film.

BBC News article.

Video of the clip along with the person who found it talking about it - going on and on and on:

">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DF8WF3vGUn8]

So... most important question - how many minutes and texts she got on her package?

Fethullah Gulen and his beliefs?

published by You on 28 October, 2010 - 22:28

Anyone know of Fethullah Gulen and his beliefs?

Someone mentioned to me that he is a perennialist and that this is a bad thing. (Said Nursi was also mentioned)

However online, I cannot seem to find anything on this and he seems rather mainstream.

So the questions I have is:

  1. What is perennialism?
  2. Why is this bad?
  3. What are the views of Fethullah Gulen and are they mainstream?
  4. What of Said Nursi?
  5. Is there anything else that would be interesting to know?

Thanks.

Boris Johnson criticised for 'Kosovo' benefits remark

published by You on 28 October, 2010 - 20:24

Ministers have criticised Boris Johnson for saying he would not allow "Kosovo-style social cleansing" in London, amid a row over housing benefit reforms.

Many London MPs are concerned the £400-a-week cap will force people out of the city and the Conservative mayor said that would not happen "on my watch".

Read more @ BBC News

Stop and searches carried out: 100,000+, Terrorists caught: zero

published by You on 28 October, 2010 - 18:57

Over 100,000 stops-and-searches: zero terrorists

When it comes to wasting police time, the biggest offenders appear to be...the police. That, at least, appears to be the conclusion of the Home Office. Its official statistics, published today, show that while police stopped over 100,000 individuals last year to "prevent acts of terrorism", there was not a single arrest for a terror offence as a result of these stops.

Read more @ The Register

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