Witterings from within

Morality & persecution - an excellent post!

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:32:14 +0000

My own system of morality, however, regards the following as immoral acts: Perpetuating institutionalised discrimination.
Indulging in the sophistry of equating morality with sexuality.
Perpetuating the deeply unhealthy doctrine of priestly celibacy, thus creating highly damaged, disturbed and repressed human beings.
Perpetuating sexist and homophobic attitudes under the guise of fabricated divine will.
Perpetuating the monstrous and intellectually criminal assertion that morality is conferred by faith, and absent without it.
Aiming the slander of ‘immorality’ against a harmless and normal state of being.

"the White House said any proposed legislation “must not tamper with the technical architecture of..."

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 11:39:51 +0000

“

the White House said any proposed legislation “must not tamper with the technical architecture of the Internet.”

… and isn’t that good news!

”

- Obama Opposes Parts of 2 Antipiracy Bills - NYTimes.com

Income Inequality. You really want to sort it out?

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 22:58:54 +0000

Income Inequality. You *really* want to sort it out?

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-12-25)

Mon, 26 Dec 2011 23:40:46 +0000

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-12-25):

"It’s very seldom I get excited by what our prime minister has to say and this is one of those..."

Sat, 17 Dec 2011 18:01:00 +0000

““It’s very seldom I get excited by what our prime minister has to say and this is one of those times. As Muslims we also believe in the Bible. We believe in the teachings of Jesus. Not only that, but in the teachings of all the biblical prophets, including Moses in the Torah. So this is something that we feel is absolutely in tune with the Muslim thinking. We have to base our behaviour according to scripture, God’s revealed message. “For a long time Muslims have been trying to express this idea, that for us as Muslims Islam is not just a religion but a way of life. To divorce politics from religion is not something we are able to do, we cannot leave our religion at home or in the mosques, it comes with us wherever we go. So it’s refreshing to hear the prime minister say Christians should do the same. I agree Britain is the best country for Muslims to live in, at least in Europe.””

- Muslim Council of Britain member and imam from Leicester, Sheikh Ibrahim Mogra

BBC News - David Cameron on Christianity - views

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-12-4)

Tue, 06 Dec 2011 17:51:34 +0000

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-12-4):

Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz

BBC News - Labour conference: Andrew Neil investigates Ed Balls' claims

Tue, 27 Sep 2011 10:39:18 +0100

BBC News - Labour conference: Andrew Neil investigates Ed Balls' claims:

… and surprise, surprise, they are mostly bollocks.

Make no mistake, Israel's existence is under threat - The Drum (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Sat, 24 Sep 2011 11:33:05 +0100

Make no mistake, Israel's existence is under threat - The Drum (Australian Broadcasting Corporation):

Very interesting take on internal divisions.

The Press Association: Miliband party 'not fit to govern'

Sat, 24 Sep 2011 10:54:18 +0100

The Press Association: Miliband party 'not fit to govern':

- not too much of a surprise there. I liked

The statistics revealed that only 12% believe Mr Miliband has improved Labour, down from 36% last year, while six out of 10 said they thought political party has still not “faced up to the damage they did to the British economy”.

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-9-18)

Wed, 21 Sep 2011 03:07:27 +0100

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-9-18):

Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz

"And even high-minded newspapers such as the Guardian decided more than two decades ago to fill their..."

Fri, 19 Aug 2011 10:29:37 +0100

“And even high-minded newspapers such as the Guardian decided more than two decades ago to fill their pages with trivia because they judged that the general public was becoming dumber and shallower.”

- Melanie Phillips, columnist for the Daily Mail. I don’t link to the Daily Mail on principle.

Let’s look at the statistics.

Number of celebrity-related stories on the front page of the Daily Mail website today: 77.

Number of celebrity-related stories on the front page of the Guardian website today: 0.

Number of Melanie Phillips columns in the Daily Mail today: 1.

Number of Melanie Phillips columns in the Guardian today: 0.

(via tommorrisdotorg)

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-8-14)

Mon, 15 Aug 2011 23:19:56 +0100

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-8-14):

Imported from Last.fm…

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-8-7)

Sat, 13 Aug 2011 13:12:06 +0100

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-8-7):

Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-7-24)

Thu, 28 Jul 2011 12:55:40 +0100

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-7-24):

Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz

Thanks to psd: (via http://yfrog.com/z/kj6tjfp)

Fri, 22 Jul 2011 10:03:25 +0100

Thanks to psd:

(via http://yfrog.com/z/kj6tjfp)

Gold price hits all-time high of $1,589.56 on US debt concerns

Thu, 14 Jul 2011 12:39:06 +0100

Gold price hits all-time high of $1,589.56 on US debt concerns:

Makes our ex-Prime Minister and ex- Chancellor Gordon Brown’s decision to sell 395 tonnes of British gold between July 1999 and March 2002 at an average price of $275.60 an ounce seem almost prescient.

If you wanted to screw the country even more.

BBC News - Public sector pension liabilities top £1 trillion

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 14:33:20 +0100

BBC News - Public sector pension liabilities top £1 trillion:

that’s a fair amount of liability, and tucked away in there is a mention of PFI liabilities.

They do add that liabilities will fall in 50 years, owing to the RPI/CPI changes

"Meanwhile, US law may enter the fray. A former Labour cabinet minister has alerted attention to the..."

Mon, 11 Jul 2011 12:04:12 +0100

“Meanwhile, US law may enter the fray. A former Labour cabinet minister has alerted attention to the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, which makes an American company (News Corp) liable for colossal fines if any employee bribes a foreign official (the Met police) even if no one at head office knew. What’s more, any whistleblower inside the company (sacked News of the World reporters), stands to win a percentage of that fine if they report acts of bribery.”

- The game has changed. The emperor has lost his clothes | Polly Toynbee | Comment is free | The Guardian

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-7-3)

Tue, 05 Jul 2011 12:20:42 +0100

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-7-3):

Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz

Tom Morris: +1 and Google+: no thanks, fuck off.

Wed, 29 Jun 2011 10:19:02 +0100

Tom Morris: +1 and Google+: no thanks, fuck off.:

tommorrisdotorg:

I guess I’ll get the useful stuff out the way first:

google.com##button.eswd

Add this to your Adblock custom filter list and all those silly ‘+1’ buttons on Google search results will go away.

Why would I not want to participate in Google’s glorious new social networking system?

Simple.

…

A fairly clear statement of feeling.

I suspect like Wave, it isn’t going to cut it. However, unlike Tom, I’d like an invite - just to see…

Witterings from within

Morality & persecution - an excellent post!

"the White House said any proposed legislation “must not tamper with the technical architecture of..."

Income Inequality. You *really* want to sort it out?

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-12-25)

"It’s very seldom I get excited by what our prime minister has to say and this is one of those..."

Muslim Council of Britain member and imam from Leicester, Sheikh Ibrahim Mogra

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-12-4)

BBC News - Labour conference: Andrew Neil investigates Ed Balls' claims

Make no mistake, Israel's existence is under threat - The Drum (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

The Press Association: Miliband party 'not fit to govern'

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-9-18)

"And even high-minded newspapers such as the Guardian decided more than two decades ago to fill their..."

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-8-14)

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-8-7)

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-7-24)

Thanks to psd: (via http://yfrog.com/z/kj6tjfp)

Gold price hits all-time high of $1,589.56 on US debt concerns

BBC News - Public sector pension liabilities top £1 trillion

"Meanwhile, US law may enter the fray. A former Labour cabinet minister has alerted attention to the..."

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-7-3)

Tom Morris: +1 and Google+: no thanks, fuck off.

Income Inequality. You really want to sort it out?