Politicians Lie Because They Care. Not Because They Have Something To Hide
November 29, 2009
People get it all wrong when they complain that politicians never tell the truth. Of course they never tell the truth – what else do you expect them to do? But so that you know, politicians have a perfectly good reason for lying. They do it because they care about you, people. Care deeply. I would even say, care profoundly. (Good word ‘profoundly’, by the way. Strong, inspiring word.) Imagine, for a moment, that politicians would start telling the truth. Take the current economic crisis that has been lovingly dubbed ‘a recession’. Do you really want your political leaders to tell you that they have squandered all your money and now you and your children and your children’s children are going to pay off the massive debts forever, and live in ghettos, because...
More Breaking News Items. From The Stirring Trouble Team
November 28, 2009
We present more breaking news items. From the Stirring Trouble team.Breaking News: Scandal erupts as it emerges that Barack Obama and his wife Michelle have gatecrashed the US presidency. Breaking News: Al-Qaeda says it has been gatecrashing official functions at the White House since time immemorial. What’s the big deal, spokesman says. Even a child can do it. Breaking News: After the gatecrashing scandal White House admits that President Obama often mingles with people who should not be there in the first place. Breaking News: International Federation of Gatecrashers hails two of its members for fooling the security at the White House by disguising themselves as a man and woman. Breaking News: Living sports legend Tiger Woods admits his dream of becoming a racing driver has not worked...
Catch 22: When Judges Side With Bankers
November 28, 2009
Thomas Mathew writes: Pardon me for asking, but do you think the members of Britain’s Supreme Court knew that what they were doing was wrong when they ruled, unanimously, this week in favour of the banks imposing extortionate charges on people who have current accounts with them? Hmm, that’s a tough one, eh? A catch 22 situation. Especially considering that all the previous courts in this case ruled in favour of the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) that represented the interests of millions customers who were trying to get their money back from the banks. So that you know, the Supreme Court has ruled that the OFT had no legal right to question the banks’ levies, which was the same as taking the side of the money men. It’s good to be in banking in Britain. You win under...
Could It Be That The World Economy Is A Virtual One?
November 28, 2009
Anton Goryunov writes: Let’s be cynical about the world economy for a moment: does it actually exist or is it just a figment of our imagination, a dream, a virtual reality, like the kingdom of Dubai? It was only recently that Dubai’s all powerful ruler, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, was saying that there was no chance of a serious crisis happening in his lovely kingdom. Yes, there were some problems, he was insisting, but nothing to be worried about. Especially as the oil rich Abu Dhabi was supposedly standing shoulder to shoulder with its neighbour. But guess what happened a couple of weeks after that? Dubai went down under the weight of its huge debts and the markets all over the world took a huge hit. The economic success story that we have been hearing so much about...
Global Warming: A Con That Benefits The Few
November 27, 2009
Dan Majestic writes: Imagine for a moment that you are a government that has f..ked up the economy and has no idea how to get things right. Oh yes, and to complete the picture global terrorism no longer works as a scare, wars seem to backfire on you and attempts to create a new killer disease do not really work out as you’ve hoped. So what do you do to distract everyone from your incompetence and uselessness? Well, you pick a cause that has a global danger ring to it, jump on the bandwagon and get everyone talking about it, as if it’s the most important thing that needs to be solved. Enter global warming, or climate change, as the connoisseurs of fighting non-existent global threats like to call it – a great new challenge for the brave new world, run by buffoons and dominated...
More Breaking News Items. From The Stirring Trouble Team
November 27, 2009
We present more breaking news items. From the Stirring Trouble team.Breaking News: President Barack Obama announces that he is going to be present at the Copenhagen climate summit. If Al Gore has made a fortune out of climate change I’d be foolish to miss my chance, he says. Breaking News: White House says that the US is ready to give any promise on cutting CO2 emissions as long as the deadline for it comes after President Obama’s second term. Breaking News: President Obama reveals that if he loses the next election he will pardon as many dodgy people as possible and become fabulously rich, just like Bill Clinton did. Breaking News: Newly uncovered documents reveal that President John Kennedy had committed suicide. Breaking News: Chinese communist leaders say they all dye their...
More Adventures Of Superbanker Mervyn. And His Friends The Moneymen
November 26, 2009
Adam Lovejoy writes: Pardon me for asking, but are you a fan of that great man, the Governor of the Bank of England, Mervyn King? He is able to keep inflation under control all by himself and transform a crippling recession into a recovery with just one statement. He can make tens of billions of pound sterling disappear and then reappear again, as if by magic. And with one word he can flood the markets with billions of new crispy banknotes and see to it that it has no bad side effects for the economy. Anything Superbanked Mervyn says, goes and no one dares to contradict him or point out that his figures and his predictions don’t make sense. The most recent feat that Mervyn pulled off was to make over 60 billion smackers disappear in the safes of the moneymen at two rogue banks without...
The Brave New World Of Adultery. In The Age Of Hi-Tech Communications
November 26, 2009
R.F.Wilson writes: Spare a thought for people who were forced to commit adultery in the days when mobile phones and the Internet were still non-existent and the outdated views on marriage were still hampering the desire of so many brave men and women to share their love and passion out of wedlock. It was not easy then. It was fraught with danger of being found out and suffering the consequences. But, thankfully, times have changed now. Nowadays illicit communications have become so much easier and views on marriage have been transformed and became much more flexible. Take the many advantages of the Internet. People looking for extra-marital excitement can now browse the web in search of romance on the side and pretend to be anyone they want. They can even post images of other people, hoping...
Of TV Addicts. And Of Killing Time. Or Rather Murdering It
November 26, 2009
Adam Lovejoy writes: Pardon me for being blunt, but television must have been invented for mugs. It is not the sort of entertainment that should appeal to intelligent people. Especially in large quantities and on a daily basis. Outside of news, sport and documentaries, 99 percent of television content is intended for viewers who have nothing better to do than stay glued to the box. If you look at the TV dramas and sit-coms and comedies you would find that the overwhelming majority of them are badly scripted and directed and abysmally acted. So it makes it all the more remarkable that so many people watch this rubbish every day. And we are talking millions of people here. Do any of them actually follow what happens on the screen and notice the terrible acting? I personally have a problem with...
When It Comes To The Economy Big Is Never Beautiful
November 26, 2009
R.F. Wilson writes: I will start from afar, and then get to my main point. You might think that it is not the best way to make a point, but sometimes it is.I would like to talk about the supermarket chain Waitrose first. The one that has been growing in the past several years and now boasts 214 supermarkets across Britain. The thing is that I am getting disappointed with it, having been shopping there for the last 20 years at least. Several years ago I started noticing that the quality of Waitrose’s groceries began to fall, while their prices were moving in exactly the opposite direction. I am not saying that it happened suddenly. No. The process took some time. I noticed, for example, at some point, that Waitrose’s ready meals were not that good anymore, having grown smaller in...
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