Chalkwork by Julian Beever

Less Irish than a snake

When you're born poor and English, the first thing the 'gods' whisper to you is,

"You are born free and this life is your opportunity".

Like all dreams, the resonance is over before the meaning is construed.

This birthright is now almost universal, which is England's greatest triumph.

Happy Paddy.....

Sir Liam Donaldson

Being Ginger has had a terrible affect on lard loving Liam.

As everyone knows ginger pubes cause serious mental problems leading to sadistic desires of the cruelest order.

Donaldson thinks he should inflict pain on the weakest people in society, 'cos it's more fun to pick on the weak, as every Ginge well knows from experience.

His proposal to price poor folk out of drunkenness and in to sober misery is pure evil.

Sir Liam, you have a non-job, you are pointless and loathed by those whom you wish to nanny.

I do not want your advice on health or anything else....

victory for humanity over the microbes...

It's spring again and I felt well enough to hit the pub.

I've just spent ten days drink and drug free!

It's the first time since I was 13 years old, so I feel a tad chuffed with myself.

Although.... being straight and sober is as dull as I remember.

Ya whatever, it's great to feel well and good again.

Hic.....

Man Flu

I want to feel like spring.

How I suffer....

And no sympathy from anyone.....

The parrot's the worst he hates me... He just won't shut up...

london's calling

It's Financial Fools Day in a month and the clarion call is irresistible.

Looks like I'm gonna have to get off my sign and let them know how much I love them.

Sir Fred Goodwin receives his bonus.

Fred the Shred ruins lives.

Bank robbers are really boring these days. When I was young bank robbers were dashing anti-heros like Jesse James or Bonnie and Clyde. (Okay they were long dead but I watched films).

Today many a bank robber is a dull suit who pulls the wool over the eyes of other dull suits, taking many years to pull their cruel plans off.

Oh well, as a crumb of comfort I'm sure he'll be looking at the booty in the USA and curse his meagre pension.

Gas Chambers, what Gas Chambers?

I wish this story would go away.

I had never heard of illiberal priest, bishop Richard Williamson until a month or so ago.

Since then the media has indulged in vilifying his holocaust denial. Why? the man's a loop, he doesn't believe women should wear trousers or be educated.

Ignore him!

Still, I did feel annoyed when people wished to deny him sanctuary in Britain.

Maybe they thought he should suffer in a ghetto/concentration camp and get the feel of it for himself.

I know, how about banishing him to Gaza. That'll learn him.

Dow Jones

The Doh Jones has hit levels not seen in nearly 12 years.

One only needs to look at the graph above to realise that it was always a good ol' fashioned bubble.

Still there is some good news... it will have to fall another 1500 points to reach levels not seen for 13 years, phew.

BNP and the Bourgeoise

"Unexpected", "Surprised", "Shocked".

The reaction of the Media and Politicians to the not unexpected, surprising or shocking BNP victory at the Sevenoaks by-election is a joy to behold.

Their ignorant incredulity proves yet again that a good education is no substitute for intelligence.

What amuses me is that with such vast swathes of people voting BNP, none of our careerist politicians and erudite media savees seem to know any of them.

I suppose if people spend many months in exotic locations, getting to know the other side of one's own Country is far below one.

Besides, everyone knows that the oiks are all racist Nazis.

Smile Please

In the UK it has been deemed illegal to do the above.

The Police State has been growing ever more powerful in recent years, all to save us from terrorists.

Now taking a policeman's photo will be viewed as a potential terrorist act. (I'm pretty sure setting fire to them is also frowned upon).

All the laws are now in place, please step forward the Great Dictator.

Hugo Chavez

All the best old chap,

Good luck in your struggle.

Geert Wilders ... Go back where you came from!

Scary looking Geert Wilders has been sent packing in what can only be described as a good day for extremists.

Jaqui Smith has put her jackboot in it once again by denying UK entry to Islamophobic (is it irrational fear?) Geert.

Geert (who wants the Koran banned) is now claiming to be a champion of free speech.

Of course the real reason is that Lord Ahmed threatened to storm Parliament with a 10,000 strong army... Crikey, who's in control?

Jacqui you moron, we Brits have tolerated nutters forever without being bitten by their madness, now idiots like you keep stirring us up; your Government is our misfortune.

Well done Jacqui.

p.s are you a BNP insider?

Deep Recession

Oh dear Mervyn King,

Slowly but surely grim reality is sinking in. According to the Guv'ner (don't use the D word), there is a significant risk that the recession will be even longer and deeper than expected.

That's bad news Merv 'cos I thought it would last years...

The reasons are simple dude: The debt/credit fantasy was just that.

The world has far too many new proletariat for capitalism to handle.

Technology has insured that most of the world's working class don't really have anything useful to do.

Mervyn, I still don't think most of the world gets it. We're stuck and nukes ruin the usual escape method.

Madness awaits us all.

Jacqui Smith and Gang

“...It is high time for me to put an end to your sitting in this place, which you have dishonoured by your contempt of all virtue, and defiled by your practice of every vice; ye are a factious crew, and enemies to all good government; ye are a pack of mercenary wretches, and would like Esau sell your country for a mess of pottage, and like Judas betray your God for a few pieces of money.

“Is there a single virtue now remaining amongst you? Is there one vice you do not possess? Ye have no more religion than my horse; gold is your God; which of you have not barter'd your conscience for bribes? Is there a man amongst you that has the least care for the good of the Commonwealth?

“Ye sordid prostitutes, have you not defil'd this sacred place, and turn'd the Lord's temple into a den of thieves by your immoral principles and wicked practices? Ye are grown intolerably odious to the whole nation; you were deputed here by the people to get grievances redress'd; your country therefore calls upon me to cleanse the Augean Stable, by putting a final period to your iniquitous proceedings, and which by God's help and the strength He has given me, I now come to do.

“I command ye, therefore, upon the peril of your lives, to depart immediately out of this place! Take away that shining bauble there, and lock up the doors. You have sat here too long for the good you do. In the name of God, go!”

Oh boy, Where's Cromwell when you need him?

Snow Fun

What great week. The south of England has been hit with proper snow.

Gloriously, most of the country downed tools immediately and went out to play.

It's been great to sledge, build snowmen and throw snow balls (even if my daughter screams mum every time snow goes down her back: in my next life I'm demanding sons).

But the best bit has been the pompous incredulity shown by congenitally dreary whom seem to think we are dreadful for either being unable to take a bit of snow or (if they have a couple of brain cells) preferring fun to work.

Thank you for your misery, it makes me feel so much better!

Sid Vicious 1957-1979

30 Years!

RIP Sid....

Donner Kebabs and Closing pubs.

Hic.. I've just done my bit for the British pub industry by propping up a few empty bars for the afternoon.

Smoking alone outside in grey, dank, dreary January is hell on Earth.

A couple of pubs have died which brought back ye olde memories...

I was 'specially reminded of the early 80's when the town centre lost all its classic pubs. They had great names and architecture from times of yore.. I still miss the Lord Nelson and the Volunteer (a cheesy grebo/biker pub).

Anyway, many pints create hungry tums. So in respect to Mahmut Aygün (c.1921-2009), the Berlin, Turkish inventor of the modern donner kebab, I Knew exactly what to eat for supper.

(although I'm pretty sure meat 'n' salad sandwich is as old as farming: and a Brit donner is far more ugly than a European donner).

So it was to my utter amusement that the news told me that donner kebabs, contains alot of salt (this is a good thing when drunk, and only after alot of fluid would anyone eat this erm, formatted god knows what). And tons of other nasties...

Hilariously, a warning was given to Muslims that many donners claiming to be halal contained pork. (yeah right, as if they get pissed enough to eat this shit!).

Oh well....

Depression tip.

Buy a few pittas (nice bread if you can) before going out. When you buy the donner get lots of extra meat (it only costs a few bob).

You can now eat donner kebab for an extra day!

Cannabis is a naughty herb.

Cannabis is upgraded to a Class B drug today.

Gordon Brown and Jacqui Smith have in the vast wilderness of their illiberal ignorance decided that dope heads need to suffer.

I think extra hard spanks, nipple clamps and a long stretch in gaol is their favoured punishment.

Oh well, I suppose turning Britain into an open prison whilst fucking up the economy is a struggle for such soulless drones.

It wouldn't occur to such morons that legalising all drugs would pull us out of recession in a jolt.

So when your pissed off with your shit life, don't have a spliff and mellow out, stick to alcohol, 'cos when ye drink you get angry, and when you get angry you get violent, and then you riot.

Depression Tip.

Buy a gas mask!

As this young Irish youth shows, riots are much more fun when you can slip on a gas mask.

Iceland calls Elections

People power in Iceland has claimed Europe's first Government.

Of course it doesn't really matter, Iceland and Capitalism are broken.

Seeing as neither will be fixed for a long while, they'll be back.

Still, they can take a break and wait for better weather.

Shock News! Recession is Official

"The UK has nothing to sell." Jim Rogers.

In the 1970's and 80's Britain was rife with class war.

The Right gained power in 1979 and used all the weapons of the State to destroy the organised working class.

The solution was simple, to destroy the working class one must destroy their industries.

This was no problem of course because the slack could be taken up with the smoke and mirror world of international finance.

The logic was simple; under capitalism it is preferable to be a money changer rather than a miner or engineer.

There is little left...

Get ready to Rock!

Riots and Rebellion

Snowball riots look fun..

Bulgaria, Lithuania and Iceland joined the party this week.

Rubber bullets and tear gas are in vogue.

Just wait 'till it really warms up.

Where is the Economic Recovery?

There you are....

Psst... want to buy a bank? or maybe Ireland?

Riga Riots

And so it begins..

After Greece last month Latvia indulged in a bit of expression on Tuesday.

Approximately 1,000 of the 10,000 protesters, many of whom were young, went on a rampage, breaking into the Latvias Balzams liquor store, breaking windows and overturning cars, and attempting to get into the building where the parliament has its sessions.

The police moved against those engaged in violence, sending some to the hospital and arresting 106. But what disturbed many in Latvia and probably elsewhere is that at least some of the police demonstrated their sympathies with the protesters by refusing to move against them, a development that could embolden the radical opposition.

Riots will become commonplace in Europe this year.

This year the UK will have more graduates than ever before but the number of jobs available will decline dramatically. Hopefully this will encourage some of them to stop doing "feely feely" and do some "thinky thinky" for a change....

Happy Rioting.

Cold War

Russia and the Ukraine are playing cruel games.

I don't care who is right or wrong.

Fight this war in the summer.

On the Twelfth Day of Christmas..

The tree is down and I am sober...

And the world looks either cruel or dreary..

At least the temperature is a very pleasant just below freezing, perfect for the mind and appreciation of radiant heat from the wood burner.

Mistletoe

Just spent a while dishing out mistletoe.... pure joy..

I felt like Father Christmas...

Merry Christmas...

Suicide Christmas

Yvonne (the mother) is inconsolable,


Her 19 year old son has just topped himself..... I am drunk.

Me mam (the great aunt) has always given the appearance of eternity... today she looked so fragile.. Nancy (the gran) (I dread to think)

Life is worse than cheap... it is pointless.. a futile exercise in work, amusement and delusion.

The Great Ape is not so great.

Naked Emperor of the week....Madoff

If it looks too good to be true....

Yet again we are pleased to announce that a lot of intelligent people were duped by their own greed.....

I'm waiting for Santander etal to implode.... Why were so many prof. investors merely putting the cash in another fund?

Shamen on you.

Nearly two pounds of still-green plant material found in a 2,700-year-old grave in the Gobi Desert has just been identified as the world's oldest (known) marijuana stash, the marijuana "is quite similar" to what's grown today, the marijuana came from a cultivated strain.

The cannabis, which was excavated at the Yanghai Tombs near Turpan, China. It was found lightly pounded in a wooden bowl in a leather basket near the head of a blue-eyed Caucasian man who died when he was about 45.

This individual was buried with an unusual number of high value, rare items, including a make-up bag, bridles, pots, archery equipment and a kongou harp. The researchers believe the individual was a shaman from the Gushi people, who spoke a now-extinct language called Tocharian that was similar to Celtic.

(Discovery Channel)

Only 45 when he died..... I bet the evil weed did it!

The Heavens.

There's something primeval about looking up to the heavens and staring at the moon, venus and jupiter at dusk...

I do hope the sky is clear again tonight.

Where's the spunk?

I've just had a chat with a nice couple I know down the pub.

The last time I saw them they told me they would be in India for Christmas.

So I asked them if they were feeling some trepidation now.

Oh no, they've cancelled their visit.

Should I feel contempt or pity?.....

It must be awful to live life in a state of nervous anxiety. (pity)

Still it means a victory for the terrorists. (contempt)

The inexorable rise of Big Brother

CCTV cameras which can 'predict' if a crime is about to take place are being introduced on Britain's streets.

The cameras can alert operators to suspicious behaviour, such as loitering and unusually slow walking. Anyone spotted could then have to explain their behaviour to a police officer.

Being Freeborn and English ain't what it used to be.

charnwood borough council

My moronic council has just chopped this oak tree down claiming it was rotten. Even from this little pic one can see that it is clearly not...

My useless Council has lost our money in Iceland, left sensitive data on hard drives it sold on ebay and removed the last mature oak (a mini wildlife haven) from Thorpe. All within a few weeks.

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The only thing rotten here is the idiots that are employed at the Local Authority...Grrrr.... God they really are stupid. If only they were paid to stay at home all day and do nothing, life would improve for all the rest of us.

Bush grunts about Cuba

According to Bush, the reason Cubans are suffering rationing right now is because they are not slavish followers of American style free market capitalism.

Oh right, and I thought the poor souls were struggling to recover from three devastating hurricanes.

Why not twist the facts cowboy... shucks, I keep forgetting just how perfect capitalism is working right now.

John Hutton.. Afghanistan and me.

I never met my Grandad.

He was gassed and though his eyes recovered his lungs were fucked.

By the end he could produce a yard of phlegm. impressive urgh?

He did survive the war and lived for many years... though humiliated by means tests and bureaucratic and bourgeoisie scum.

He wore the words "love,hate" on his knuckles, My older cousins say he was great....

When our bankers and masters took on Hitler, His sons all volunteered... and the State took 'em, though one was 16 and another just 14.

The eldest had just been offered a professional football contract...shame really, the war smashed his leg in. Though after the war Leicester City FC (they were a man short that day!) still gave him a game against Chelsea.

All of this is a by the by....

John Hutton... Three things,

The US President is not your boss.

How dare you compare Omar to Hitler.

Afghanistan can not be won... Don't waste lives and time.

Bank of England slashes rates...

Tell them Mervyn...

A lot of people claim to be surprised, shocked even... sorry dudes, this is panic and your naivety is a pleasure to behold.

After the Euphoria

FOREWARNED.
Poor Old Woman (to youth, who has given her a gratuity and relieved her of her load of wood).

"I PRESUME, MY KIND YOUNG FRIEND, THAT YOU ARE THE YOUNGEST OF THE THREE BROTHERS WHO ARE GOING OUT TO SEEK THEIR FORTUNES?"

Clever Youth. "NO, I'M THE ELDEST. BUT I'VE BEEN READING THE STORIES."

I hope the next Leaders of the Free World are both erudite and understanding..

US Election .. Result.

It's a good day to be rich.......

You've won the election!

Oh well, not long and the charade begins all over again.

Have they all gone now...

I stayed in and dished out the rocks, but to feel ye olde rustic, I hit the scrumpy. (actually it was far worse, I mixed it with white cider.......).

Still, for one brief moment the brats were tolerable.

Halloween Tricks

I always loved Halloween as a child. We dressed up (in whatever we could make scary) and bobbed for apples.

We ran around pretending to scare each other and then listened to ghost stories.....

Now these ghost stories were really scary, by the time we went to bed we were nervous wrecks and promptly had nightmares....It was great.

So kids, remember this you Disneyfied woosies. At dusk tonight the Day of the Dead begins (spooks and spirits have no idea the day now begins at midnight), it is very serious to your ancestors, especially the more evil ones.

Oh, and when you knock at my door I am well prepared. I have over-cooked brussel sprouts and dipped them in chocolate....mmmm yummy.

Have fun, have a good Scare!

Happy Diwali

Sometimes it good to come from Leicester.

Socialism is a very bad...what's the word?

Socialism is a very bad thingy...so take your lousy health, your uncouth ignorance and do as your told in the name of freedom.

Dollar swansong?

(pic sharon hodgson)

BEIJING (Reuters) - The United States has plundered global wealth by exploiting the dollar's dominance, and the world urgently needs other currencies to take its place, a leading Chinese state newspaper said on Friday.

The front-page commentary in the overseas edition of the People's Daily said that Asian and European countries should banish the U.S. dollar from their direct trade relations for a start, relying only on their own currencies.

A meeting between Asian and European leaders, starting on Friday in Beijing, presented the perfect opportunity to begin building a new international financial order, the newspaper said.
The People's Daily is the official newspaper of China's ruling Communist Party. The Chinese-language overseas edition is a small circulation offshoot of the main paper.

Its pronouncements do not necessarily directly voice leadership views. But the commentary, as well as recent comments, amount to a growing chorus of Chinese disdain for Washington's economic policies and global financial dominance in the wake of the credit crisis.

"The grim reality has led people, amidst the panic, to realize that the United States has used the U.S. dollar's hegemony to plunder the world's wealth," said the commentator, Shi Jianxun, a professor at Shanghai's Tongji University.

Oh Dear.....

How will the Empire react to the inevitable?

With grace and dignity like the Brits (mainly) did, or like a rich, adolescent brat?

UK recession, an economy built on hubris; I mean tears...

" However, she soon made out that she was in the pool of tears which she had wept when she was nine feet high.‘I wish I hadn’t cried so much!’ said Alice." csl.

Demand destruction has just begun here and globally. The UK has proudly based its economy on dodgy finance and dodgy rich folk.

At last there is a sense that this might be really serious.....Happy 79th Anniversary

Recession...

.............1870.............1929.......................... 2008


Sorry Mervyn, This is going to be far worse than most people can imagine.

This is going to last for many years and when it's over.... the world will be a very different place.

Take me to your Leader

Climate Change, Miliband and Me.

Ed Miliband wants to reduce CO2 emissions by 80% by 2050.

The easiest way to do this would be to remove 5 billion people from the planet.

Seeing as Miliband, Gore and other rich and wealthy folk care about the planet so much, dare I say please go first....

.....your breathing is a very bad thing.

Wreckjavik and the Councils

Icelandic Vikings...

Councils in England are renowned for being run by people that couldn't find proper work and busy-body 3rd rate wannabe politicians.

It is emerging that quite a few of these morons invested lots of money in foreign banks paying high interest rates.....

The facts are that anyone who cares about finance has known for a long while now that Iceland is a giant over extended hedge fund which would sooner or later crash..

Anyone sticking millions of pounds into these banks must be.......

Now these losers are begging for their losses to be repaid by every taxpayer.....

The time for ropes and lampposts gets ever closer.

Dreams...

Wow...I dreamt I saw Joe Hill last night!

I dreamed I saw Joe Hill last night,
Alive as you or me
Says I, "But Joe, you're ten years dead,"
"I never died," says he
"I never died," says he
"In Salt Lake, Joe," says I to him,
Him standing by my bed,
"They framed you on a murder charge,"
Says Joe, "But I ain't dead,"
Says Joe, "But I ain't dead."
"The copper bosses killed you, Joe,
They shot you, Joe," says I.
"Takes more than guns to kill a man,"
Says Joe, "I didn't die,"
Says Joe, "I didn't die."
And standing there as big as life
And smiling with his eyes
Joe says, "What they forgot to kill
Went on to organize,
Went on to organize."
"Joe Hill ain't dead," he says to me,
"Joe Hill ain't never died.
Where working men are out on strike
Joe Hill is at their side,
Joe Hill is at their side."
"From San Diego up to Maine,
In every mine and mill,
Where workers strike and organize,"
Says he, "You'll find Joe Hill,"
Says he, "You'll find Joe Hill."
I dreamed I saw Joe Hill last night,
Alive as you or me
Says I, "But Joe, you're ten years dead,"
"I never died," says he
"I never died," says he

tribute poem written about him c. 1930 by Alfred Hayes

The world's changed alot since then, but vengence is in the air.

Joe Hill, an IWW union organizer and poet, was executed in 1915 after being framed on a murder charge....

Vive La France!

Why do Yanks laugh at the French?

Is it their health?

Is it their great food?

Is it their 35 hour week with long holidays?

Is their amazing efficiency and production?

Is it their education?

Is it their philosophy?

There is alot to laugh at regarding the French...

But why do Yanks laugh at them?

dear banksters

Blair's Babes, Brown's Bastards..

"A striking feature of the mini-rebellion that started only a week ago last Friday was the preponderance of woman who came out in support of the move by Siobhain McDonagh - the government whip whose resignation got the ball rolling.

That’s been continued with the replies today of a survey in the Independent’s of all members of the Cabinet. Apart from John Hutton, a long-standing Brown-doubter, Hazel Blears, Jacqui Smith and Ruth Kelly were the only ones not prepared to answer the question “Is Gordon Brown the right person to lead Labour into the next General Election?”"(politicalbetting)

Unfortunately for them, there is no alternative.

Short Selling

I have no problem with short selling .....as long as those lending the shares own them....



Pension and other saving funds should not be allowed to lend shares.... got that you thieving Spivs!

Professor Michael Reiss

Professor Michael Reiss is no longer the education director of the Royal Society - the national academy of science of the UK and the Commonwealth .

The reason for this is that during a debate he said,

‘An increasing percentage of children in the UK come from families that do not accept the scientific version of the history of the universe and the evolution of species. What are we to do with those children? My experience after having tried to teach biology for 20 years is if one simply gives the impression that such children are wrong, then they are not likely to learn much about the science that one really wants them to learn. I think a better way forward is to say to them “look, I simply want to present you with the scientific understanding of the history of the universe and how animals and plants and other organisms evolved”.’

Blasphemy... in the dimwit science world. He had to go...

Now I am very saddened that godless England is being jampacked with religious immigrants because it will only end in blood and tears.

What I don't understand though is why anyone cares where we came from?

Created or evolved...? So What!

Evolution is the most pointless subject in all of science!

Evolution only creates debate/argument, (gas chambers) ,there are no medicines or bridges , .....there's nothing at all to be gained from believing in it.

As far as I'm concerned it is on the same level as believing in aliens or not.

oh well, as usual I seem to be the third party in a two way debate.....

"Derivatives are financial weapons of mass destruction"

Warren Buffet spoke these words in 2003 and it's been common knowledge that one day it would all implode.

I get no great pleasure watching the banks and insurers crash, I know the evil parasites have already stolen their fortunes.

I also know that we are either ruled by bankers or bureaucrats....what a choice.

Time for a pint.

Fannie and Freddie

As the old adage goes...

If you owe a $1000, you're in trouble.

If you owe a $1,000,000, the're in trouble.

If you owe the Chinese hundreds of billions, hey, you're back in trouble.

The Roma Gypsies

The Roma are an oppressed people mainly found in East Europe.

They have been oppressed by the good folk of Europe ever since they arrived.

Their story is a sorry tale.

Briefly,... When (converted to Islam) slave traders were banned from enslaving fellow muslims, they turned their eyes to India and enslaved Hindu villagers.

Many died on the enforced journey through the Hindu Kush (Hindu Killer) but some did escape the caravans.

Those that did escape became perpetual migrants, forced to live the life of the unwanted; travel became their norm.

The descendants of these "slaves" are still oppressed in many parts of Europe, often reduced to poverty and crime.

On the 16th of this month there will be an EU conference regarding the Roma Gypsies.

Lets hope these long standing Europeans will be given more than just hope.

Tak You!

Tiger Putin makes me laugh, in much the same way that miaow Miliband makes me weep.

Compared to Celebrity Hero Putin, the calibre of Britain's leadership is pathetic.

Wouldn't it be nice if our Politicians had some knowledge of history before introducing their New World Order upon the planet.

Hey Vlad. What were doing in combat gear with a tranquiliser gun in your hands?