The Web of Things

We in the UK, or do I call it Great Britain, or England, or the land of the Xenophobes, are accustomed to being led around sheep like and being told by the Media what is right and wrong. However, since the Brexit debacle no one is really sure what is going on.

We do know that we have yet another unelected Prime Minister and one who should not be underestimated at any costs. She will make dear old Maggy appear like our cuddly old aunt in comparison.

We have long ago given up on civil liberties and accept intrusive surveillance as the norm. As our web browsers and smart phones hoover up vast amounts of data every second so the next big thing to be wary of now is the "Web of Things". Things talking to each other; smart phones, smart buildings, smart roads, smart machines and the cloud. "So what?" people cry? Well in 10 years time when AI is here, the AI will have more and more complex ways to sift and sort this data until we are marked from the day we are born. We will be assessed as risks through out our life, we will be marked as rebels, potential threats, terrorists, fundamentalists until we will be killed pre birth for the crimes we are likely to commit.

Go off grid, dont use phones, avoid city centres, live in a cave, communicate throught safe drops except you will not be able to do the most simple of things. Because everything will be smart, you must have a phone or an email account. But what if i dont want one?

This isnt an Orwellian foretold future - it is a parallel reality that no one fore saw.

And how have we, on earth, allowed this to happen; where Trump can seem moderate, where bombing hospitals is acceptable, where people kill with impunity, where global inequality is exponentially growing, where half the food we produce is wasted, where rain forests are destroyed to clear ground so that soya can be grown and fed to cows. Where the climate is so messed up people put it down as seasonal variation. Where Population growth is so out of control.

Fundamentalism isnt the great threat that the media want you to think it is. The biggest threat is us as a collective. Where we celebrate celebrity and mediocraty and banaliity. Except at the Olympics. But what is Brasils legacy - social cleansing to create stadiums no one will ever use again?

The sun is out, Im of out for a stroll and to be watched...

History Repeating

My god does nothing ever change?

The Olympics is a welcome change from the drivel that the media has been pumping out of late - It is seven weeks since 'Brexit' and my cash savings are worth nothing - I am disinvesting from the UK and will be shortly setting myself up as a company in the Caribbean, where the best runners live.

Funny how since I last ranted, Honest Dave became PM and then threw it all away by asking the proles what they thought on Europe. They in turn said that Europe is bad because of the Dragons and Wolves and the bad things that happen there. One thing is for sure, there will never be another referendum on anything ever again. And now we have Iron Lady II. So time to say goodbye to all civil liberties.

The Middle East is still in chaos, or rather Syria / Iraq are - Chilcott came and went, Blair was vilified and let off the hook. ISIS are still enemy #1 despite more people dying in car crashes. The NRA still don't believe guns kill people. Or White cops kill black teenagers. The news media is now so dumbed down with so many half truths people cant even be bothered to understand anything anymore.

And Jeremy. The voice of the University Socialists.

And like Jason Bourne. I'm back.

Free Speech (except for Raif Badawi)

So im sitting here in the relative luxury of my house listening to some French Jazz and having a tipple of a rare Remy Martin knowing that once this page of my blog is uploaded I can relax in the knowledge that even if I have offended anyone I am not going to get shot, beheaded, or if I was unfortunate to live in Saudi Arabia be arrested, imprisoned and regularly whipped in front of a gawping crowd of sadists.

For that I am thankful.

As the brutality in France is turned into money on ebay by the selling of the limited run of 5 million copies of Charlie Hebdo, our gaze is drawn to the savage brutality of Procal Harem in Nigeria who systematically want to kill everything and everyone and return to some 6th Century dark age nirvana where everyone is uneducated and to Pakistan where lunatics want the same but still want to trade Heroin with the West. Even tiny Belgium is in the picture as the police kill people who want to kill police.

And the vicous cycle goes round and round.

If you are drawn into an environment where killing is so mundane, where Jihad and a visit to Syria / Yemen / Algeria / Nigeria / Pakistan / Afghanistan is the new gap year then killing in the west is going to be a doddle.

So Obama's ally in the Middle East continues to treat its own civilians with contempt and barbaric punishment that fits only in an uneducated dark age....

And we have the joys of an election in 5 months, Millipede and Honest Dave are in a near apopletic state with the prospect of having so much power so that they can become the next ineffectual prime minister who is incapable of dealing with anything like the NHS, Welfare, Immigration, Poverty, The Deficit, The Debt, Pensions....

And here am i ranting to no-one in particular. Or am I?

But at leasts I am free to rant

Je Suis Charlie

In a scene reminiscent from a DVD box set two or three lunatics murdered in cold blood a number of people in broad daylight in the centre of Paris.

As of writing, they haven't been arrested but we know they were on the "radar" of jihadism and known to the security services

Its a dark day for people in general, the threat from lunatics with guns is ever more present and the back lash will be disproportionate. Or will it? Russia / Ukraine mangaged to shoot down a passenger jet without a reprimand. Procol Harum in Nigeria are kidnapping schoolchildren on a regular basis, whereas the lunatics in Pakistan are just killing them with impunity.

And what is the point of all this? Murders are carried out in the name of God but God isnt listening, God would not allow this to go on. And who has the rights to God. What about the God of the people at Charlie Hebdo?

I am sickened by the fact the lunatics see Charlie Hebdo as a legitimate target. All they did was take the piss out of your beliefs. They killed no-one, harmed no-one. If you want legimate targets seek those that are willing to fight back. Or try entering the political arena like the rest of the world.

Jihadists need to get a sense of humour. This is the 21st century not the new crusade. Not the new dark age.

It scares me that this will fuel the far right, currently in popularity in Germany and France.

It also scares me that this will fuel politicians' over zealous need to protect us and bring in more anti terrror legislation to take away our remaing liberties.

My thoughts go out to all the ill in the world today.

New Year Address

As we leave 2014 with our collective hangover and think of friends (and aeroplanes) lost, wars fought, senseless killings, scientific breakthroughs, disease, poverty, consumerism, the rise and fall of Mother Russia, the rise of China (again) and Cyber War we are faced with the prospect of Korean Peace in the Odd Ones new years address.

And has he put on a few pounds?

It was only a few weeks ago that he became the White House's latest pariah (again) and was upset by being ridiculed by Hollywood (as would any sane human being) and launched a Cyber attack against Sony - well, thats what the press wanted us to believe, except that it was a few disgruntled employees who plotted this one over the water cooler. And in retaliation the US took out North Koreas Internet, as if it actually has one.

Anonymous and the other collectives are beginning to become the new pariahs, so once the US leaves the middle east after setting up an independent Islamic State they can concentrate on the new menace.

So we leave 2014 with same problems that we entered it.

London will see a mass Exodus of people to places like Birmingham, Bristol and even Manchester as the average house price is out of reach of the average banker. London will become a playground for the Chinese, Malay and Saudis. One only has to look at what is happening to Battersea and Victoria and London Bridge to see the social cleansing in action.

In 2015 We have the joys of watching Honest Dave, Milipede, Falange and the Hippies fight it out for a seat in parliament and the most powerful seat in the land. And do we really care about democracy when we are faced with such lousy choices.

I was drinking a fine Cognac last night listening to Kate Bush as the fireworks lit up the Embankment, I managed to get a good roof top view as a guest of some hedge fund friends of mine, unlike the prols who now have to pay to stand for hours on the Embankment. And as Kate says I think that something good is going to happen.

Happy 2015 to all my readers, and those that dont.

A devastating World

If you read or watch the news too much you could be led to believe that the world is doomed. We are globally $100 Trillion in debt, Ebola and AIDS are killing millions in Africa, Google is becoming Skynet, Lunatics are killing people in the States, Pakistan and Australia.

All we need now is a natural disaster and it truly will be Christmas.

Despite all these atrocities, one item has stuck out more than most, Malaria related deaths have been reduced by 50%.

I will shortly stop reading and watching the news. It is too depressing, too distorted and too mis represented for my liking.

The US has been manipulating oil prices for a while and now Russia is on the brink of bankruptcy and has been forced to raise Interest rates to 17% - I would start investing there again but its just a little too volatile this time.

Parts of Iraq / Syria are lawless and parts of Afghanistan / Pakistan are now the same. This is Bush / Blair's parting shot. Lets see them both face a War tribunal. Except it will never happen because it will mean that the whole system is flawed.

Solutions are few and far between - Lets write off global debt for a start, then address the whole issue of the middle east. Not with bombs this time. Killing people doesnt work because there are a 1,000 more people to replace them. And they will be even more peeved.

The Green Menace

I was travelling in Morocco shortly after the 9/11 attacks and was talking to some students who feared the demonisation of Islam and Muslims in general. They feared that they would be treated as the communists were before them.

That was over 10 years ago, since then the West has gone to war in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Arab spring has happened, and many 'jihadist' groups have formed. Each one creating a bigger threat than the last. The West was duped into believing Bin Laden was the bond villain and on his demise everything would be back to normal.

Except it isnt, we now have ISIS, who differ not only in their brazened barbarity but their wealth and their arms. Face it, they are so brainwashed they do not give a toss about the West, they will kill with impunity because the garden and the virgins await them.

Except it isnt as simple as this. The Western media have put so much spin on this issue it is difficult to work out what the hell is going on, except the US are still waging a war of sorts which sporadically involves other nations, even IRNA are getting involved.

But to what end? An Islamic state is never going to happen due to the divisions within Islam. And the Sovereign nations of the world wont allow it to happen.

I have been speaking to who I thought were intelligent people recently, who are now wanting the complete annihilation of the Middle East and for Britain to be ruled by White Supremicists and who are calling me a terrorist apologist. Its a troubled world, always has been, always will be. In the average month 108,000 people are killed globally in road traffic accidents, yet Jihadists kill 5,000 in a month and the BBC goes all Interactive on us.

It should be remembered that the US spend nearly 50% of the Global Arms budget and they will forever be seeking ways to justify this. I liked Hilary Clintons quote "You cant expect to keep snakes in your back yard and only expect them to bite your neighbours".

Still, its Xmas soon and everyone is getting braced for the annual consumer fest. I will be spending it amidst friends and loved ones who can see through the lies.