G20 Police Propaganda

So the police have now been forced to release details of the 34 police injuries sustained during the G20 Anti-banker riots.

These life threatening results of an attack by the forces of chaos included:

A complaint of neck pain after wearing a heavy protective helmet for a long period.
An officer who scalded his hand making a cup of tea.
Two were hurt in unspecified accidents
Two were hurt while holding on to other officers in police lines
One was injured after slipping on a fallen metal barrier.
A female officer fainted when she was crushed by police during a maneuver.
One officer was bitten by a dog.
The most serious injury was to an officer whose hand was broken when a piece of wood hit it, however he did not realize this until the day after.
The remaining 24 injuries were bruises and scrapes.

In short the police counted every single accident and mishap even when caused by themselves to the total of 34 'injuries' that they presented to the inquiry to try and justify the level of of violence they used. They gave the impression these injuries were all serious matters and caused by the protesters. Is it any wonder that the publics trust and confidence in the police is now Zero?

Police Hooligans Terrorize London

Can we compare this to:

One Death
Seven hospitalized
'Several dozen' treated by paramedics
Untold hundreds suffering from severe bruising.
Untold hundreds suffering from mild bruising (as per the polices 20 or so).

Sorry but the police need to be accountable for their actions and that goes right up the chain of command to the senior officers who decided to wade in rather than maintain a minimal security force whilst keeping a large reserve 'around the corner' if needed.

Moron Wankers -- Oops sorry More On Bankers

Its seems that even Larry Flynt of Porno/Hustler fame has taken to arms on this issue, see his editorial here. Its very true what he has to say about the history of banking.

Even now here in the UK the parliamentary report on banking has some interesting views not least: 'It (the government) should also review the wisdom of allowing a banking market to be dominated by firms whose balance sheets are larger than the national economy.'



Another interesting one was: 'We recommend that the FSA assess whether bank executives should possess relevant qualifications.' Aha so they failed their economics A levels then... Its nice to know that many of the people in charge of our money are unqualified louts but maybe we guessed that when six bankers ran up a £44,000 wine bill at Pétrus in 2002. They drank a 1982 Montrachet at £14,000 and followed with a 1945 Pétrus at £11,600, a 1946 Pétrus at £9,400, a 1947 Pétrus at £12,300, a 1900 Chateau d'Yquem at £9,200. The food was thrown in for free. Mind you even this pales into insignificance compared to the middle aged investment banker who spent £32,000 on a single bottle of whisky - a Dalmore 62-year-old malt - and drank it with friends in one night at a Surrey hotel in 2006.

The 'tough new measure to reform banking' decided on by Gordon Browns committee actually boils down to ... 'If they continue to gamble and pay huge bonuses then we may decide to restrict how much of their capital they can lend by a few percent.' Since banks typically are allowed to lend 10-15 times their capital this is hardly even a slap on the wrist so its business as usual.

Worse. We have now found that the tax payer has subsidized the generous final salary pension schemes enjoyed by many banking staff at the failed banks... in order to compensate for the slowing down of the economy... when are we going to stop supporting these parasites?

When are we going to learn?

Time To Leave This World Today

The evidence just keeps mounting. A few years ago Scientists were saying large object collisions with planets were few and far between. The odds against seeing one in your lifetime are billions to one they said. Well with the Shoemaker-Levy Comet collision with Jupiter, the recent object unknown collision with Jupiter and now evidence of a planet to planet collision in our own back-yard (100 light years away is our own backyard) we have to revise this opinion. Maybe the odds are quite high that we will see an extinction level event on earth before 2100AD.

Astronomers have detected the infrared signatures of Molten Rock and vapourising Rock from a planetary system in the Pavo constellation. Calculations suggest that a planet around the size of Mercury was struck by a smaller object which was moving at 22,400 mph.

And we just happened to be looking in that direction with the correct instruments at the right time....

As Terry Pratchett once said: 'Mathematicians have calculated that the odds of such a thing ocurring are a million to one. Unfortunately Wizards have observed that million to one chances come up nine times out of ten!'

Jack o' the Green

Full Size View of Jack o' the Green

I was wandering around Epping forest this weekend, visiting an Iron Age Fortification. I took a lot of pictures and while editing one my eyes hit upon this curious picture.

The green arrow points at the head of a strange goblin-like apparition holding his left hand up to his open mouth, he is looking right to left. I do hope you can see this Jack O Green as well and its not just my imagination! This image is not edited (other than by adding the arrow!) and is full size to the original data. I keep telling myself it is just the shade and sunlight on leaves but the proportions and detail is too good, even down to the gleam of light on the head, nose and cheeks!

The larger picture is the original but has been reduced to fit on blogger - the small section comes from the far right hand side.

Whole Picture (Reduced size)


Now at this point a lot of people will assume the picture is manipulated somehow but it has not. In an ideal world everybody should have an open enough mind to believe this is an unretouched picture of something strange. Unfortunately this is not an ideal world....