Political Contacts
Posted: Sun 11 April, 2010 Filed under: 1BEM, Advertising, Cynicism, Politics, Work-related | Tags: #debill, east falkirk, election, Labour, linlithgow, morons, Politics 3 Comments »via Twitter/TwitPic, another fine example of why politicians should never ever be allowed to control the internet, or access to it…
How not to do it.
So a few pointers…
- You really expect your voters to type in www.linlithgowandeastfalkirklabour.org.uk ? Get real.
- And separate sites for each constituency? Really? I guess joined-up communications and corporate message just kind of got by-passed.
- A hotmail email account? For politicians? You’ve got to be fucking kidding me. (Mind you, the actual site doesn’t even appear to list proper email addresses, and just uses a contact form)
- It really helps to have the proper names in your Twitter and Facebook contact details. Not “site.com/yourname”. FFS.
And these clueless fuckers are indicative of the type of politicians who brought in the Digital Economy bill? Jesus H. Christ on a shiny metal bicycle.
Hardly a Shock
Posted: Tue 30 March, 2010 Filed under: Charm School, Cynicism, News Leave a comment »So, Ricky Martin has come out as gay.
And this is news?!?
Budgetary Concerns
Posted: Wed 24 March, 2010 Filed under: Cynicism, News, Politics Leave a comment »So, the 2010 Budget then…
- A “staggered” 3p rise in fuel tax – great, that just means the companies will add on 2 or 3p per rise, rather than one big rise. Overall it’ll mean about 10p on a litre, rather than the 5p that would’ve come from a 3p rise
- No stamp-duty for first-time house-buyers on houses <£250,000. – Big deal. The entire “first-time buyer” thing’s a bag of shit anyway in my experience. My “first-time buy” was nullified by the fact it was Herself’s second buy, so we couldn’t get any of the first-time buyer deals. Cunts.
- No changes to allowances on incomes <£100,000 – Well thanks a bundle for fuck-all.
- No other changes to VAT or income tax – that does surprise me, as a change to these would’ve been an almost certain vote-loser, and I’m still generally convinced that Labour want to lose this election, which’ll make the current shit-fest “the next person’s problem”. But then, I’m a cynic.
- Wine, beer and spirits up by 2% – Guess they’re not wanting us to drink our way out of recession then
- Tobacco tax up by 1% – Or smoke
- Cider duty up by 10% – Seriously? 10%? Guess Labour aren’t worried about the cider-drinking voters then.
Political Baby
Posted: Wed 24 March, 2010 Filed under: Cynicism, News Leave a comment »While David Cameron might bleat on about how his wife’s pregnancy “isn’t ideal timing” with it being in an election year, I’m willing to bet that he’s pretty chuffed.
After all, a baby in an election year? That’s got to be a pretty good dollop of votes right there…
Double Standards
Posted: Tue 16 March, 2010 Filed under: 1BEM, Charm School, Cynicism, News, Thoughts Leave a comment »A few days ago I noticed that a certain hate-filled hypocritical shitrag had a big story about how shocking the latest Lady Gaga video is. And then goes on to have screenshots in the story of all the pieces of the video for Telephone that people should be shocked or offended by.
Anyway, now it’s time to make your own mind up, as the video for Telephone is available online. Choose for yourself, not based on what the hate-rag says.
Unplanned Acceleration
Posted: Thu 11 March, 2010 Filed under: 1BEM, Cynicism, Driving 2 Comments »I’ve found myself being repeatedly annoyed by the stories recently about people in Toyota cars suffering from “Unplanned Acceleration”, where the card supposedly won’t slow down. All of the drivers keep on saying that they were using the brakes but not slowing down, and I’ve always wondered why those drivers don’t just turn off the engine, or put the car in neutral.
I still don’t get why they can’t put the car in neutral and coast to a stop, but I do understand more about why they can’t turn off the engine or pull the key out. Put simply, it appears there isn’t a key. The cars involved all appear to have these keyless start buttons.
I’d never really thought of keyed ignitions as a safety feature, but it sure seems like it might become one…
[Updated, 13th March : This YouTube video shows how to fix the problem of ‘Unplanned Acceleration’ in epic style. Love it.]
Connections
Posted: Wed 3 March, 2010 Filed under: Cynicism, News, People, Thoughts 2 Comments »Two stories in the same day… [UPDATED : OK, as Andy C points out in the comments, they weren’t on the same day, just one linked from the other, and I can’t read…]
Number One : Jon Venables, one of the two who killed James Bulger, is taken back to prison “for breaching the terms of his licence”. People are surprised, one quote being
“He could have been recalled on licence if he committed an offence, it could be that he returned to Merseyside, it could be he might have approached the family. There is no evidence so far that he did any of these things.”
Number Two : Denise Fergus, the mother of James Bulger, tells how she found Robert Thompson, the other one who killed James Bulger, and stood within twenty feet of him, although she couldn’t confront him.
Mrs Fergus said it was now her aim to find Venables and track him down in the same way.
I wonder if there’s a connection? Particularly if the News of the World is in on the act/witchhunt…