Friday, February 24th, 2006
Live and let live/die.
I don’t mind folk who participate in the odd recreational drug (although they need to think long and hard who has suffered on their favoured substance’s ‘passage’ from cultivation to street) but when the users or dealers make your life a misery then there needs to be effective action to protect those who don’t want anything to do with the scene.
Sometimes the effect can be a little indirect on the non user. I became used to having ’skunk’ whispered in my ear everytime I went down the high street, prompting me to frequently rush off and buy cans of anti-perspirant/deodorant.
Then…silence.
The other day, the dealers were still about but no-one whispered in my ear – a rare form of social contact I had started to appreciate having little funds to indulge in getting hammered down the pub. (Being on the dole for a while, my only communication with other humans was to say ‘No, I don’t have a Nectar card’ to the checkout girl and, if I was lucky, a nod of appreciation from the person behind me in the queue to whom I donated the Nectar points that I would have earned if I had a card.)
So, the dealers had given up on me – They’d got the message. Or were they sending me a message?
Thinking about it, I’ve realised that, astute marketers that they are, they realise I fall outside their desired demographic profile.
I look too old. Bastards..
Revenge ?
Well, if they can’t be nicked for possession or dealing, maybe they can get done for selling goods in imperial measures – Do they still sell in quarter ounces?
Shit, I am too old.
Thursday, February 23rd, 2006
The TV and newspapers have been full of the probable influx of ’sex workers’ during this year’s World Cup in Germany this year.
Probable ?
Definitely.
Maybe they should be more candid.
I believe the correct terminology is “Footballers Wives”.
Link
“At a recent meeting with the Women’s National Commission, which is organising the campaign, Jowell said she was “horrified” when told how many sex workers were expected to descend on the finals. The commission is based at the Department of Trade and Industry.
Jowell said last night: “The concern is that where there are big global sporting events, large numbers of women are made available for large numbers of visitors. I support the call to the Football Association FA] and German authorities for vigilance to protect women from exploitation.””
Thursday, February 23rd, 2006
A few problems with the Wordpress theme I was using before so I’ve changed to a less adventurous one.
Thursday, February 23rd, 2006
The top pic has shown up today in The FT of all places…
and a version of the new olympics 2012 logo here – link
Thursday, February 23rd, 2006
I thought it a bit under reported that the proposed UN resolution regarding Iran’s nuclear program now includes a reference to a nuclear-free region i.e. A nuclear free Middle East :
From Aljazeera.net : “The move came after Washington compromised on a US-Egyptian dispute over linking fears about Tehran’s atomic programme to a Middle East nuclear-free zone, and so indirectly to Israel.”
Read more :
Link
However, sources say that Israel may well be excluded from this region by using a loophole stating that it is, in fact, part of Europe, qualifying for membership due to the country’s regular appearances in The Eurovision Song Contest.
Wednesday, February 22nd, 2006
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Lives In The Balance – The words seem to apply to any decade.
‘I’ve been waiting for something to happen
For a week or a month or a year
With the blood in the ink of the headlines
And the sound of the crowd in my ear
You might ask what it takes to remember
When you know that you’ve seen it before
Where a government lies to a people
And a country is drifting to war’
One change though. The lines :
‘How the U.S.A. stands for freedom
And we come to the aid of a friend
But who are the ones that we call our friends–
These governments killing their own? ‘
Maybe it should now be
‘How the U.S and U.K stand for freedom’