Friday, 2 May 2008

Rubbish, indeed...

It appears that on the very day that the shower that is our Labour government was being rubbished by the voters from one end of the country to the other, they were in their own inimitable way trying to slide one by....announcing quietly that the number of councils moving to bi-weekly rubbish collection has risen to 169, affecting 20 million taxpayers.

The councils themselves say it is the government that is bullying them to force the changes through. Their dirty little secret is that it is European Union legislation that requires this action in the face of stiff fines that will be levied from 2010.

Better management of our rubbish is the answer, we are told. Recycle, recycle recycle!!!

Wednesday last I stood in my first floor bedroom window at 6.45 am and watched as the bin men came along, as they do. Pulling the wheelie bins onto the kerbside and setting the two recycling bins (full, I will have you know) next to them. As the lorry approached, the bin man managing the process flipped open the wheelie bin lid and emptied both recycling containers in with the rubbish. He then set the bin onto the lifting arms of the lorry and emptied the whole lot.

I have rung the council twice asking for an explanation. I am told someone will be getting back to me. After the results of the council elections are tallied I assume.

Thursday, 1 May 2008

Errr, what's this then??

Global warming has come to a halt (eh, we knew that) according to a new study published in scientific journal Nature. And it's based on observable evidence - evidence that shows this cooling is part of a natural cycle of warming and cooling is likely to last until 2015. And as always, they are on top of it at EU Referendum....

Wednesday, 30 April 2008

Will it be on pay-per-view?

The Indonesian office of a global concern informs us that the "Jakarta office will be closed on Thursday & Friday (May 1&2) for Ascension of Jesus Christ."

We are hoping for live coverage on all major channels!

Last one out...

WPP is the second largest marketing communications services company in the world. It owns advertising giants J Walter Thompson, Ogilvy & Mather, Grey and hundreds of other companies. As a holding company, WPP is a relatively small outfit just behind Berkeley Square, though the companies it owns employ tens of thousands globally. Nevertheless, the announcement by high profile CEO Sir Martin Sorrell that he is considering a move to tax-friendly Ireland should send a chill up someone's spine in Downing Street....well, if they could find somebody with one that is.

(Then again, there's a little matter of 'tax harmonisation' that will eventually catch up with the Irish, so Sir Martin might want to rent rather than buy.)

Interestingly, Gordon Brown's new chief marketing officer and chief of staff, colon-dweller Stephen Carter, is an alumnus of WPP-owned J Walter Thompson where he distinguished himself by losing an embarrassing string of high-profile clients as MD, before leaving to join Thompson client ntl. Carter deftly guided ntl into record-setting bankruptcy then set his sights on the public sector, overseeing Ofcom while the industry he regulated ripped off the public with orgiastic abandon.

Fitting then, that he should find himself where he does. Maybe he can catch up with his old boss sometime soon....

Tuesday, 22 April 2008

"There, I said it..."

The BBC reports that Bolivian homunculus Evo Morales has finally said it. What the global warmists have avoided saying all along. What the bottom line is on all the enviro-freakery. And it is, in sum total, this:

Opening a UN forum on the global impact of climate change on indigenous peoples, Mr Morales said that capitalism should be scrapped if the planet is to be saved from the effects of climate change.

"If we want to save our planet earth, we have a duty to put an end to the capitalist system," he said.
Were he not such an insignificant half-wit, who mainly serves as Hugo Chavez's pool boy in his function as Bolivian president, someone somewhere would probably be a bit peeved that the cat was let so openly out of the bag.

Friday, 7 March 2008

If Leni Reifenstahl Made A Gap Ad....

This would be it....



(please, get your finger out of my face. you . nazi. freak.)

Thursday, 13 December 2007

Lifespan: 48 seconds

The only surprise is that the Guardian hasn't called for UN intervention...Linkmeeeow!