Think for a moment that you are in debt and your costs are higher than your income and that your costs are getting higher all the time, with your income standing still or at least not getting higher at the same rate as your costs. You are about to go bankrupt and this will also highly effect your children and grandchildren whom will inherited the debt you are responsible for. What would you do?
Well if you are a politician, you would borrow more money, letting todays and future taxpayers pick up the tab. And then you would go out and spend it all and increase the debt even further, and then you need to borrow even more money so you can keep spending. Isn’t politics fun?
This is what’s going on in the world. The new American president is going on a spending spree; the British and German governments are doing the same. And this they do during a time when the economies are built on a very shaky foundation that could collapse at any moment. But it gets even funnier. Alistair Darling, the British Chancellor, have gone to the printing presses to: ”make more money”. This is the same thing as to say to the market: “We give up” and it means that they no longer intent to pay the bills, which will lead to even less investments and consequently even higher debt with more people losing jobs and even higher loans. Are you getting this?
But it does not stop there either. Unions, socialists and even companies are crying and asking for governments to help and bail them out. People are gathering at demonstrations to force governments to spend even more. And just around the corner there it is; the biggest crisis in recorded history. The last time we got real exciting guys like Mussolini and Hitler, I wonder who we get this time?
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Thank you massa’
The current Swedish government wants to”allow” their citizen to buy some none prescription drugs at normal stores. Isn’t this nice of them? This outburst of kindness might be followed by them letting us: be alive or breathe as we wish.
I always love it when governments “allow their inhabitants…” something. Don’t you? It makes me feel all fuzzy inside to think of politicians who let their humble servants do things. We should all go down on our knees and thank ye all mighty for this token of appreciation. Maybe next time they will allow us to eat cookies after dinner?
Our ancestors started global warming!
A mammoth was found in sunny Los Angeles. Maybe those cave living ancestors of ours caused some global warming in their time to?
Fine day in Scotland today
A nice sunny day in Scotland today. Warmth and no snow might get you off, but for me it’s the ability to buy alcohol in the nearest store that does it. When I lived in Estonia I relished in the fact that I could buy tons of beer for the fraction of the price as in Sweden and this pretty much anywhere. In Scotland it’s not that cheap but still cheaper than in my native country, but not in: “I have found religion” kind of a way. But you can at least buy it at pretty much at every corner and this every day of the week. In Sweden there are countless home breweries and to smuggle alcohol over the border is pretty much a way of life. Because the government thinks we can’t handle ourselves and consequently have put all sales of alcohol in government stores so the government can make money of our drinking and that makes it alright…
You are going to die! Part XV
I have mentioned these guys before and it should be obvious for most people with some brain activity, but the ones who you really need to look out for and the ones who are the biggest threat to your very existence is your own government.
A government might be the king and his knights, a Pharos court, some Tsar or those elected politicians, but they all share the same faith and reality; they can’t make money! Every government that ever existed has lived on, partied on and build on their people’s money. They have only done so in different ways and in different amounts. To some extent, even though very subtle, people know this and to keep the citizen from figuring out what really goes on, the government needs to come up with some kind of defense for their existence. This has often been through religion. A ruler is proclaimed: “The son of God” or get some other nice holy title. In exchange for the particular religions and its priests support, the government gives them the power of people’s souls or they outlaw writing for non religious types or some other solution. So if you oppose your leader, you are not only committing a rebellion, you also violate the “laws of nature (=God)”. This has not always worked perfectly. The priests might not be completely reliable, they might find another ruler that gives them more power, but also some people have seen through this charade and rebelled against their governments anyway. So governments need other and more viable solutions and these have varied throughout the ages. One common solution has been to outlaw weapons, except for the ruler’s armies; people without weapons are easier to control. Another solution has been to increase the gifts to the people to keep them happy. Give them free healthcare, free slaves or less working hours and they might not be so inclined to overthrow you. Entertainment is another way to go. If people are busy with watching gladiators fight or are happy with theaters or other forms of entertainment they are not really too eager to destroy the ones giving them this, especially if it’s “free”.
But all the way governments need to show the public that they care, they need to act upon injustice and help the poor (whoever they are). And they need to impose laws to protect, help and serve the people. If many get killed by riding horses, the government needs to show they are worried and preferably make laws to outlaw riding until a certain age or that people need helmets or something of that nature. All the time doing all of it with the people’s money.
And here comes the first catch: All those laws that cost money could have been used to pay for new inventions or be used in many other different ways that actually would have benefited the people more than what the government comes up with. What the government does might sound good, it might even (very seldom) work to some extent, but still the alternative would have been better to all involved. Sometimes (most of the time) the government’s solution might even increase the suffering. And this leads to the next catch: governments need to justify these laws or public solutions with banning the alternative; otherwise, what’s the point with the government? So if the government sees and hears about a new drug that might cause people to act in a certain way and there is a public outcry to ban this drug and do something about it, the government goes to work. They outlaw that substance and presto: they have created a bunch of outlaws! These will be taken care of by going to jail, handled by the police and maybe even getting some “free” medical help. The law causes a high cost of the substance which in turn makes people to turn to the mafia, which will kill, meme and bribe their way through society and the government has another reason to exist, to fight crime! People can’t fight crime, they don’t have weapons (courtesy of laws) and a mob defending themselves against aggressive muggers or whatnot cannot go about their business, the government is needed to impose the respectability and non partisan point of view.
And this just goes on and on. Often very subtle and very non harmful to the naked eye. People drown? Let’s have public swimming lessons so they all learn how to not drown. People are not educated? Lets impose laws so all kids need to go to certain schools, on certain times, with certain teachers and with certain curriculums. People can’t afford healthcare? Let’s make it “free” for all. All of these and many many more solutions make it seem like the government cares, it might even sound good or great. Who doesn’t want to be able to swim? And get their kids to learn things? And that doctor is expensive, excellent that the government cares and makes it “free of charge”. But you are the one paying for it. Did you think about that you stupid idiot? And the government does not do this carity work for free, no, they cost money. Politician’s costs money, the administrators, the teachers and even those who collect your money and then put it “were it belongs” cost money. Some economists have counted that using the government solution instead of paying for it yourself might be 3 times more expensive. I think its way more than that. So in supporting this idiocy you lose money and this might cause you and your children to starve. But even if it doesn’t, you have given up your right to choice for yourself.
All this is just a couple of the many ways a government might do you harm. I choice to write about the non obvious ones because the others you might know about, probably not, but you might. Most governments have other, more understandable ways to kill and harm you. They have been more open about it, killing at random. Every war that ever been started have been started by governments, not the people, not companies or something else, only governments. Witches have been burned, non believers have been massacred, and those not paying taxes will be executed. It might have someone saying/writing the wrong thing or it might have been someone having the wrong color of the skin, but the government has killed it. Pretty much anything you can think of from wearing classes to being an atheist has made governments kill. And they are still doing it today!
Without a doubt government have been and are still today the main reason why you might get killed. But they are soooo nice, giving you “free” roads to drive on with your government approved car imposed with different taxes, all of which you pay for, so they must be good… Idiot.
A government might be the king and his knights, a Pharos court, some Tsar or those elected politicians, but they all share the same faith and reality; they can’t make money! Every government that ever existed has lived on, partied on and build on their people’s money. They have only done so in different ways and in different amounts. To some extent, even though very subtle, people know this and to keep the citizen from figuring out what really goes on, the government needs to come up with some kind of defense for their existence. This has often been through religion. A ruler is proclaimed: “The son of God” or get some other nice holy title. In exchange for the particular religions and its priests support, the government gives them the power of people’s souls or they outlaw writing for non religious types or some other solution. So if you oppose your leader, you are not only committing a rebellion, you also violate the “laws of nature (=God)”. This has not always worked perfectly. The priests might not be completely reliable, they might find another ruler that gives them more power, but also some people have seen through this charade and rebelled against their governments anyway. So governments need other and more viable solutions and these have varied throughout the ages. One common solution has been to outlaw weapons, except for the ruler’s armies; people without weapons are easier to control. Another solution has been to increase the gifts to the people to keep them happy. Give them free healthcare, free slaves or less working hours and they might not be so inclined to overthrow you. Entertainment is another way to go. If people are busy with watching gladiators fight or are happy with theaters or other forms of entertainment they are not really too eager to destroy the ones giving them this, especially if it’s “free”.
But all the way governments need to show the public that they care, they need to act upon injustice and help the poor (whoever they are). And they need to impose laws to protect, help and serve the people. If many get killed by riding horses, the government needs to show they are worried and preferably make laws to outlaw riding until a certain age or that people need helmets or something of that nature. All the time doing all of it with the people’s money.
And here comes the first catch: All those laws that cost money could have been used to pay for new inventions or be used in many other different ways that actually would have benefited the people more than what the government comes up with. What the government does might sound good, it might even (very seldom) work to some extent, but still the alternative would have been better to all involved. Sometimes (most of the time) the government’s solution might even increase the suffering. And this leads to the next catch: governments need to justify these laws or public solutions with banning the alternative; otherwise, what’s the point with the government? So if the government sees and hears about a new drug that might cause people to act in a certain way and there is a public outcry to ban this drug and do something about it, the government goes to work. They outlaw that substance and presto: they have created a bunch of outlaws! These will be taken care of by going to jail, handled by the police and maybe even getting some “free” medical help. The law causes a high cost of the substance which in turn makes people to turn to the mafia, which will kill, meme and bribe their way through society and the government has another reason to exist, to fight crime! People can’t fight crime, they don’t have weapons (courtesy of laws) and a mob defending themselves against aggressive muggers or whatnot cannot go about their business, the government is needed to impose the respectability and non partisan point of view.
And this just goes on and on. Often very subtle and very non harmful to the naked eye. People drown? Let’s have public swimming lessons so they all learn how to not drown. People are not educated? Lets impose laws so all kids need to go to certain schools, on certain times, with certain teachers and with certain curriculums. People can’t afford healthcare? Let’s make it “free” for all. All of these and many many more solutions make it seem like the government cares, it might even sound good or great. Who doesn’t want to be able to swim? And get their kids to learn things? And that doctor is expensive, excellent that the government cares and makes it “free of charge”. But you are the one paying for it. Did you think about that you stupid idiot? And the government does not do this carity work for free, no, they cost money. Politician’s costs money, the administrators, the teachers and even those who collect your money and then put it “were it belongs” cost money. Some economists have counted that using the government solution instead of paying for it yourself might be 3 times more expensive. I think its way more than that. So in supporting this idiocy you lose money and this might cause you and your children to starve. But even if it doesn’t, you have given up your right to choice for yourself.
All this is just a couple of the many ways a government might do you harm. I choice to write about the non obvious ones because the others you might know about, probably not, but you might. Most governments have other, more understandable ways to kill and harm you. They have been more open about it, killing at random. Every war that ever been started have been started by governments, not the people, not companies or something else, only governments. Witches have been burned, non believers have been massacred, and those not paying taxes will be executed. It might have someone saying/writing the wrong thing or it might have been someone having the wrong color of the skin, but the government has killed it. Pretty much anything you can think of from wearing classes to being an atheist has made governments kill. And they are still doing it today!
Without a doubt government have been and are still today the main reason why you might get killed. But they are soooo nice, giving you “free” roads to drive on with your government approved car imposed with different taxes, all of which you pay for, so they must be good… Idiot.
The economic crisis will soon hit us very hard – drink vodka
You should all be aware that the current financial crisis isn’t over by a long shot. It’s just getting started. And if you read this and hopefully listen, you should start piling up those candles, popcorns or whatever you need, because soon we will be hit by something worse than the great depression. Big troubles in Eastern Europe, mainly for those countries that have gone over to the Euro and problem for banks all over were the first signs. Car manufactories going bankrupt and real estate agencies loosing clients was the second sign. Then we had the hording of Gold on the market and then the different government support packages that will increase and worsen the situation. Now we also learn that investments are going way down and that calls are being made to increase protectionism and/or increase international cooperation, all the time economists and governments encourage spending with borrow and fictive money. This can’t end well.
These are all signs of the economies going downhill. There is no real panic yet, but it should be. And with socialist all around the world screaming about government solutions, increasing taxes and strengthening unions will not really help either. The thing to wait for now is that last little spark to get the fun going. It might be anything from a company declaring themselves out of business to a government imposing martial law. It will happen and I have will enjoy all of the mayhem and idiocy with vodka, the true mistress of entertainment.
These are all signs of the economies going downhill. There is no real panic yet, but it should be. And with socialist all around the world screaming about government solutions, increasing taxes and strengthening unions will not really help either. The thing to wait for now is that last little spark to get the fun going. It might be anything from a company declaring themselves out of business to a government imposing martial law. It will happen and I have will enjoy all of the mayhem and idiocy with vodka, the true mistress of entertainment.
Piratebay again
It should be clear that I’m on the side of Piratebay and I think that most of the problems caused by sharing files and information over the internet is due to governments and big corporations, not by a couple of boys using technology to build a platform were people can meet. The Piratebay people are innocent in several ways, but I still find it necessary to point out a couple of things that might not work in their favor. First of all, they are all completely aware of the shadowy path they are walking. They know that some of their “users” are sharing stolen files and music and they know that this might be considered suspect by governments and by some in the general public. They also are fully aware of what their name “Piratebay” implies and I’m fairly certain that they feel like rebels, cool outsiders or something in that regard. I would. And from what I have seen and heard from the trial so far, their knowledge about how to act, market and sell themselves, their ideas and the concept is really horrible. They should get some good marketers working for them; they need those more then lawyers. But instead we have hundreds of blogs all over the world doing the sales pitch for them and for the most part people are on their side, so they are still winning this. If they don’t completely fuck things up they will come out of this as heroes no matter what the outcome of this or future trials.
The ones that really should be on trial here is those governments who insists on putting taxes on pretty much everything. If there were not for those, most people would afford buying records or whatnot and this would be a none issue for the most part. And those companies and executives that suck the entertainment industry dry to keep their own lavish lifestyle should be ashamed to even consider going to trial. And the idiots on the prosecuting side and their supporters don’t seem to care or know about what magnificent opportunities this technology gives us all. For the most part it is not copyright protected things that are shared, no matter what any of those technology fascists says, its information and free software and culture aspects that are floating around to all people in this world. This overcomes boundaries, crosses state- and country lines and there are no fascists or communists that can stop it. And this is the real problem. This is the reason why governments seek to manage and monitor Internet; their inability to read and control what is going on. In milliseconds a military takeover, a politician cheating or the stupidity of a courthouse can travel all over the world and be read, copied and commented on by millions of people. And we can’t have that. Normal people with more power then politicians? No way.
The problem with this free and, all over the world, accessible information, is that people are stupid, not any copyright laws or any other thing Piratebay are accused of. The morons of this world might share information and stupidities with each other, making themselves even more stupid and that’s the only problem. But with free information at least they have the choice to be smart or stupid. With the technology haters and governments doing the driving, there is only stupidity.
The ones that really should be on trial here is those governments who insists on putting taxes on pretty much everything. If there were not for those, most people would afford buying records or whatnot and this would be a none issue for the most part. And those companies and executives that suck the entertainment industry dry to keep their own lavish lifestyle should be ashamed to even consider going to trial. And the idiots on the prosecuting side and their supporters don’t seem to care or know about what magnificent opportunities this technology gives us all. For the most part it is not copyright protected things that are shared, no matter what any of those technology fascists says, its information and free software and culture aspects that are floating around to all people in this world. This overcomes boundaries, crosses state- and country lines and there are no fascists or communists that can stop it. And this is the real problem. This is the reason why governments seek to manage and monitor Internet; their inability to read and control what is going on. In milliseconds a military takeover, a politician cheating or the stupidity of a courthouse can travel all over the world and be read, copied and commented on by millions of people. And we can’t have that. Normal people with more power then politicians? No way.
The problem with this free and, all over the world, accessible information, is that people are stupid, not any copyright laws or any other thing Piratebay are accused of. The morons of this world might share information and stupidities with each other, making themselves even more stupid and that’s the only problem. But with free information at least they have the choice to be smart or stupid. With the technology haters and governments doing the driving, there is only stupidity.
Facebook causes cancer! - if you are an idiot
Yeah, from the makers of; “Chips/crisps give you cancer”; “Tomatoes causes cancer”; “Cell phones give you cancer” and the ever popular: “the sun gives you cancer” there is a new risk we all need to relate to. Apparently one psychologist, Arec Sigman, has figured out that social meeting points on the web increases the risk of getting cancer. But by no means does it stop there; this complete humbug also claims it MIGHT increase dementia, strokes and heart diseases. This can be read in today’s Daily Mail. Oh, I’m so terrified. Maybe if I don’t use facebook I might not die?
Is this idiocy really even news?
Vodka saves the day - Some travel tips
I’m not a globetrekker or have been travel that much to be a guru in the travel industry, but some pointers is never the less important to tell you about.
First of all, if you go to UK, don’t exchange too much money, use your credit card. Even if it costs money to use. This because the coins keep piling up. In three days I manage to collect a smaller fortune in all those little pounds and pennies. So much so that it started to affect my walk, too much weight on one side. Okay, after a while this might not be a problem for you, you learn how to handle all those coins, but if you are going for the first time or just staying a day or so, don’t use money, use your cards. And my second tip is to look for that cheap vodka. You get a lot of value for your money. For about 6£ you get 50ml of 40% vodka which is a good start if you want to go to the pub later on.
If you are a British citizen and going to Sweden, there is some other tips you might think about. First, if you go in the wintertime, bring with you really good sunglasses. During those days when the sun actually can be seen (not that often though), it is low set in the horizon and if you go driving, cycling or even go for a walk, you might not be able to see that much. The suns low setting and the snow might make you close to blind. Second, be prepared to buy your alcohol in those government shops that is not open all the time. No local store or supermarket sells alcohol other then with very low %. And then the drinking culture is quite different. Were I come from people usually get drunk about 6 or 7 pm, possible even earlier. This is not the norm, I’m from the more northern parts, but generally speaking we start to drink earlier, drink more and stop our drinking later then most British people do. This goes for both genders and is generally a way to make babies, well… mostly.
But generally speaking, the differences between countries are highly exaggerated by my book. No matter if you are in Turkey, Estonia, Spain, Sweden or some other place. People are about the same. They might eat slightly different things, but they all eat. People might have different drinking habits, but they all drink. And mostly all the people I have meat have been polite and very nice about most things. Even those times I have walked in to a Mafia Bar, or that time I ended up in a gay bar, got stuck in customs, missed a deadline or made some cultural mistake, people have been nice about it no matter where I have been. As long as you yourself are willing to learn and do apologize for your mistake, there is no real worries.
First of all, if you go to UK, don’t exchange too much money, use your credit card. Even if it costs money to use. This because the coins keep piling up. In three days I manage to collect a smaller fortune in all those little pounds and pennies. So much so that it started to affect my walk, too much weight on one side. Okay, after a while this might not be a problem for you, you learn how to handle all those coins, but if you are going for the first time or just staying a day or so, don’t use money, use your cards. And my second tip is to look for that cheap vodka. You get a lot of value for your money. For about 6£ you get 50ml of 40% vodka which is a good start if you want to go to the pub later on.
If you are a British citizen and going to Sweden, there is some other tips you might think about. First, if you go in the wintertime, bring with you really good sunglasses. During those days when the sun actually can be seen (not that often though), it is low set in the horizon and if you go driving, cycling or even go for a walk, you might not be able to see that much. The suns low setting and the snow might make you close to blind. Second, be prepared to buy your alcohol in those government shops that is not open all the time. No local store or supermarket sells alcohol other then with very low %. And then the drinking culture is quite different. Were I come from people usually get drunk about 6 or 7 pm, possible even earlier. This is not the norm, I’m from the more northern parts, but generally speaking we start to drink earlier, drink more and stop our drinking later then most British people do. This goes for both genders and is generally a way to make babies, well… mostly.
But generally speaking, the differences between countries are highly exaggerated by my book. No matter if you are in Turkey, Estonia, Spain, Sweden or some other place. People are about the same. They might eat slightly different things, but they all eat. People might have different drinking habits, but they all drink. And mostly all the people I have meat have been polite and very nice about most things. Even those times I have walked in to a Mafia Bar, or that time I ended up in a gay bar, got stuck in customs, missed a deadline or made some cultural mistake, people have been nice about it no matter where I have been. As long as you yourself are willing to learn and do apologize for your mistake, there is no real worries.
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
You are going to die! Part XIV
Sex is a fun activity and is also necessary for the survival of the species. But it can also kill you and that in several ways.
First of all, the act of lovemaking might contain some physical activities that might hurt or kill you. Some people like to use chains, whips and suffocation as a way getting off. Lots of people die from suffocation each year by letting the strangulation, or that bag over the head last a bit longer than is good for you. These kinds of sexual role-playing and other similar fetishes are dangerous, but that’s kind of the point. But there is also several other things that can happen during more “normal” sexual activity. People might bang their head against a bed pole, fall out of bed and break their neck or are so into it that they don’t pay attention to what goes on around them. There are also several kinds of equipments that can hurt or kill if not used properly. Not only the once already mentioned, but also electrical appliances. And you always need to be careful what things you put into which hole and how you then use it/them.
The above isn’t enough though; the most dangerous thing about sex is STD’s. Things like Chlamydia, syphilis and other common diseases today are treatable and can be cured with some antibiotics. But back in the day these might actually have killed you. And today we have AIDS. Even if AIDS isn’t only a sexual transmitted disease and you can live with it for many years, it might get you and people around the world do die from it.
And finally we have consequences of sex. A jealous husband might kill you and a woman that has been cheated on might poison you. You might also get pregnant and from that comes other fun things, like giving birth to the next Hitler or getting attacked by some pro life people whom hates you for thinking about abortion. Then there is also human trafficking, prostitution and things that not really have to do with sex, but still needs to be mentioned, like rape and child molestation.
Sex is not really a massive killer of man; more people actually get born and get happy by sex then gets hurt or dies from those activities. But you still need to be cautious and don’t jump into bed with just anyone and do whatever comes to mind, it might kill you.
First of all, the act of lovemaking might contain some physical activities that might hurt or kill you. Some people like to use chains, whips and suffocation as a way getting off. Lots of people die from suffocation each year by letting the strangulation, or that bag over the head last a bit longer than is good for you. These kinds of sexual role-playing and other similar fetishes are dangerous, but that’s kind of the point. But there is also several other things that can happen during more “normal” sexual activity. People might bang their head against a bed pole, fall out of bed and break their neck or are so into it that they don’t pay attention to what goes on around them. There are also several kinds of equipments that can hurt or kill if not used properly. Not only the once already mentioned, but also electrical appliances. And you always need to be careful what things you put into which hole and how you then use it/them.
The above isn’t enough though; the most dangerous thing about sex is STD’s. Things like Chlamydia, syphilis and other common diseases today are treatable and can be cured with some antibiotics. But back in the day these might actually have killed you. And today we have AIDS. Even if AIDS isn’t only a sexual transmitted disease and you can live with it for many years, it might get you and people around the world do die from it.
And finally we have consequences of sex. A jealous husband might kill you and a woman that has been cheated on might poison you. You might also get pregnant and from that comes other fun things, like giving birth to the next Hitler or getting attacked by some pro life people whom hates you for thinking about abortion. Then there is also human trafficking, prostitution and things that not really have to do with sex, but still needs to be mentioned, like rape and child molestation.
Sex is not really a massive killer of man; more people actually get born and get happy by sex then gets hurt or dies from those activities. But you still need to be cautious and don’t jump into bed with just anyone and do whatever comes to mind, it might kill you.
Feminists can blow my nose
I’m just saying, they could, and maybe even should. Most feminists could use a big nose to wipe and empty of its content. Pretty much every feminist (that is a girl) who I have meet has been ugly or fat and/or is only lacking that big, fat, pumping nose to do her proud. The gay, sorry, guy feminists out there are in it for political correctness or are looking to score some feminist females. It’s all a nose job…
snuff in Scotland?
Good day in Scotland today. Been out looking for a new apartment, had a nice lunch and now with lots of newly bought beer and some crisps I’m spending the afternoon watching porn while boats go by my window. Also I’m contemplating the good fortune of not being in the hellhole anymore. If I could only resolve that snuff buying issue, I will be really happy.
Hollywood calls
I bet you pretty much everything I have that there is already plans in the working for making a movie about Piratebay. You can always trust Hollywood and movie makers to make something out of something like this in an effort to cash in. But that idea will open a lot of strange roundabouts. Someone “steals” movies and whatnot, and then the movie executives makes a movie about that theft and the marketplace they ended up in and then they get that movie about the stealing stolen and displayed at the same place they started to attack for being the illegal in the first place. Maybe they can even make a movie about the movie about Piratebay that got stolen and displayed at Piratebay? But then that one will probably be shared and put out there too…
Government hating generation being created?
Apparently the prosecuting attorney in the Piratebay trial has changed some of the previous charges. This guy has had years to prepare, have the backing of some of the richest and most powerful companies in the world (and the government), and after two days a big part of his “case” goes out the window? Pfff… this thing is so idiotic. Well, the whole trial is stupid and it doesn’t matter what will be the final verdict, the Piratebay have already won. Those Piratebay guys are not really experts in marketing or sales, but they still manage to kick some serious butts on executives all over the world. And the Swedish “justice”-system, laughable as always, is so entertaining. Did you see that “judge” falling asleep?
Wasting millions of tax money on a trial that cannot be won and in doing so making an entire generation mistrustful of the government and the justice system… wait…hold on… that’s great! Magnificent even. Hopefully we soon will have millions of people all over the world hating governments. Oh goodie! I wasn’t thinking properly. From now on I’m a huge fan of this trial and every other idiocy that comes from this. I might even start to rote for the prosecutors. I wonder what will make the worst out of this situation, not guilty or guilty? If someone out there has the answer, let me know so I know what to hope for.
Wasting millions of tax money on a trial that cannot be won and in doing so making an entire generation mistrustful of the government and the justice system… wait…hold on… that’s great! Magnificent even. Hopefully we soon will have millions of people all over the world hating governments. Oh goodie! I wasn’t thinking properly. From now on I’m a huge fan of this trial and every other idiocy that comes from this. I might even start to rote for the prosecutors. I wonder what will make the worst out of this situation, not guilty or guilty? If someone out there has the answer, let me know so I know what to hope for.
Gold and the coming depression
Apparently people are rushing to buy gold again, a sure sign of bad times and worse to come. Throughout the ages gold have been a guarantee for long time investments because the value of gold doesn’t moves that much and even more importantly, gold can be used to make rings, tiaras, coins or something else to further increase its value. This is also the reason why we once in our history had all our currencies bound to gold; the gold standard. From the early 19th century until the First World War was the best time in human history if you look at the increase in people’s living standards and salaries and during that time we had the gold standard, being a insurance that governments and central banks couldn’t print as much money as they wanted, hence kept the inflation down. Sadly this gradually changed eventually leading up to the great depression and the abandonment of the gold standard. Since then governments have had no problems fiddling with the books or using the money making machines to put more and more fictive money in the system.
But still, gold remains as a favorite investment. It’s beautiful, have always hold great value to people and can be molded as well as used for different things. And when people start buying and putting their savings in gold, that’s the real sign for all the rest of us to be on the lookout for the next depression. Did you think that the financial crisis had peaked? You sad sad little human… The fun is just about to start.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Sex, adolescent and grooming
I’m having a hard time seeing a potential law against people taking contact with and then grooming someone that is underage. The line here is really blurry and it will be almost impossible to know exactly what you can do or not. For instance, if I happen to chat with someone that is hiding her/his true age from me and not the other way around, should I be punished for that? And the legal age to have sex is different in different countries. If I’m talking to a 17y Swedish girl, it’s okay, but not her American friend at the same age, to take one example. And at what age does someone become a pedophile? At 18? 26? 38? If some guy is 17y had has meet a girl online that is 14y, is he grooming her and is he a pedophile? Well not if she is an Austrian girl, 14y is the age of consent in that country. With FRA and IPRED in Sweden already eliminating most of that country’s freedom I see the attempts to make a law that will be very hard to interpret as just another excuse for surveillance and control of the people. It is already illegal to have sex with a minor; it is illegal to have child pornography and it’s illegal to do most of the things that are related to grooming, so why a new law?
And this age thing is pretty stupid in general. The age of sexual consent vary in Europe from 12y to 18y. In Sweden its 15y, but why this certain age? There are people that are sexually active far before their 15th birthday and some people should never have sex no matter what the age. And girls develop often faster and at an earlier age then boys, shouldn’t it be different age of consent according to gender?
So this thing is just stupid and unnecessary. And for those parents out there, who let their little girls have webcam in their closed rooms with the lock on, please check her once in a while.
And this age thing is pretty stupid in general. The age of sexual consent vary in Europe from 12y to 18y. In Sweden its 15y, but why this certain age? There are people that are sexually active far before their 15th birthday and some people should never have sex no matter what the age. And girls develop often faster and at an earlier age then boys, shouldn’t it be different age of consent according to gender?
So this thing is just stupid and unnecessary. And for those parents out there, who let their little girls have webcam in their closed rooms with the lock on, please check her once in a while.
Gay marriage in church is idiocy
Don’t get me wrong, a couple of my oldest friends are gay and I have an aunt who is gay. If they want to get married, let them, it’s stupid, but if even gay people feel the need to be stupid, so let them. Don’t you love that everyone always seems to excuse themselves when talking down gays, black or Muslims? “I know many” or “My relative is xxx” is normally the first phrase. So from now on, every time I put down gays or whatever, I won’t brag about my connections, if you think I’m a bigot or racist, that’s your problem.
There are two reasons why gay marriage is brainless, wrong and idiotic. First of all the whole thing is stupid. Some religious sects that believe in life after death and are responsible for millions of dead people find it great for citizens to bind themselves according to the law? That’s just completely idiotic. Real “marriage” is not according to law or some bloodthirsty priests, it’s according to love. And as a rule: whenever the government or some religious idiots feels it’s appropriate to “trick” people to do something to get something – in this case better protection in case the loved one dies, or in case of “divorce” – you should regard it as highly suspect. The whole thing is a scam.
The second reason is; whatever you think about religion, the government or love for that matter, you cannot force other people to do your bidding. If an organization wants to put a metal object on some peoples fingers and have some rules revolving that, that’s their deal. You cannot run to the government and impose a law to overrule that organization just because you think they are wrong or you want that metal ring yourself. That’s called fascism! So if you are gay, don’t blame the church for you not being married, that’s their thing. If they don’t want to marry you, they shouldn’t. Their organization, their rules. Every priest that refuses to marry gays has my full support. And if you are gay, you should feel lucky and happy about not getting too involved in the greatest killing machine of all time; religion.
So this political correctness with gay marriage is a horrible thing and we can without hesitation say; Gays are idiots.
You are going to die! Part XIII
One of the main reasons of our unhappiness and stressful relationship with the outside world is the choices we make. Every little decision we make can be fatal. If we choice to walk over the road 5 sec earlier we get hit by a truck and die. If we vote for the wrong politician we might lose all our savings. If we go swimming we might drown. If we forget our laptop and go back home to get it but then do not catch our plane and that plane goes down and everyone dies, we might think we did the right choice or maybe it was divine intervention? Everything, and I do mean everything, can lead to our demise or our happiness. And you never know. This uncertainty, which we normally do not think too much about, is also one of the main reasons why we are quite happy with someone else making the decisions for us because then you have someone to blame. Not you of course who let someone else rule your idiotic existents in the first place, but you can blame that idiot who made the wrong choice. So our mortality and fear of making choices is also one of the main reasons why we get ourselves killed. Fear of dying leads to your death. Is that not irony for you?
Let’s take the voting process as an example. The farther left you go in your choice of politicians, the fewer choices you need to make, they (the government) does it for you. But those who make the decisions are also humans and consequently also they make the wrong ones, wrong for you and maybe even wrong form them. And if they have a choice between themselves having some champagne and letting you keep your money, what do you really think they will choice? And if there is a choice between the politician’s cars and lavish lifestyle and whether or not you will die or live, what do you think they really prefer? And since one of the main reasons for people dying is how and by whom they are ruled, your choice to elect politicians is also one of the main things that might kill you.
Another example is how you choice to live your life. If you, similar to me, like to drink, do tobacco, drive fast, have a lot of sex and you despise your government, you probably are running a much greater risk of dying then most. But if you are a nice little comfy watcher who never drives to fast, religiously keeps to one lover, hate all kinds of drugs and never complains and always listens to what the politically correct tells you, you might run a smaller chance of getting killed, especially if you also know and follow those in power. But here is a notion to all of you; no matter what you do, you will die! Don’t fear death, is a part of all of us. If you get a bit scared, think of the one you hate the most and that this person will die someday too. All of us will. Is just a matter of when, not if, not really why either, it’s just time we are talking about. Try to get this into your thick idiotic brains and please go out and hate all politicians, ignore traffic laws and do drugs. You will feel better for it and you will have a more fun life. And when that gong sounds that means your time is up, do you really want to have been the yes conversationalist who never explored anything and lived by the book or do you want to have been that obnoxious one who traveled, explored life and did the best of what life gave you?
Let’s take the voting process as an example. The farther left you go in your choice of politicians, the fewer choices you need to make, they (the government) does it for you. But those who make the decisions are also humans and consequently also they make the wrong ones, wrong for you and maybe even wrong form them. And if they have a choice between themselves having some champagne and letting you keep your money, what do you really think they will choice? And if there is a choice between the politician’s cars and lavish lifestyle and whether or not you will die or live, what do you think they really prefer? And since one of the main reasons for people dying is how and by whom they are ruled, your choice to elect politicians is also one of the main things that might kill you.
Another example is how you choice to live your life. If you, similar to me, like to drink, do tobacco, drive fast, have a lot of sex and you despise your government, you probably are running a much greater risk of dying then most. But if you are a nice little comfy watcher who never drives to fast, religiously keeps to one lover, hate all kinds of drugs and never complains and always listens to what the politically correct tells you, you might run a smaller chance of getting killed, especially if you also know and follow those in power. But here is a notion to all of you; no matter what you do, you will die! Don’t fear death, is a part of all of us. If you get a bit scared, think of the one you hate the most and that this person will die someday too. All of us will. Is just a matter of when, not if, not really why either, it’s just time we are talking about. Try to get this into your thick idiotic brains and please go out and hate all politicians, ignore traffic laws and do drugs. You will feel better for it and you will have a more fun life. And when that gong sounds that means your time is up, do you really want to have been the yes conversationalist who never explored anything and lived by the book or do you want to have been that obnoxious one who traveled, explored life and did the best of what life gave you?
A good day to be me
A great day in Scotland today. Okay, it’s kind of raining, lots of clouds in the sky and the left sided traffic is killing me, but still a great day. Far away from the idiocies of Sweden were people now are risking getting their citizenship taken away from them if one of the main parties in the government gets their way. I’m drinking Budweiser, watching the boats go by and am generally content with life. I still feel a little bit too close to "home" and Scotland is a part of the European Union, so I might move away from here in the future, but today is a great day. No snow, no useless trials against young boys and I did see some fine looking females walk by. Yes, a great day.
Travel idiocies
Okay, even though I’m against most forms of surveillance and control of people, I kind of liked the new rules they have at many airports around the world. Not because it stops terrorist, it don’t. But more for keeping away those complete madman’s that might pop up. In a world consisting of morons, there are always those who stand out a bit more than the rest. They drink too much and start to fight with airplane personal or they suddenly throw a fit and go berserk pretty much anywhere. You don’t want those people on your airplane, but if they still end up there, you definitely don’t want them to have weapons in their pockets. So for the most part I actually don’t mind getting searched fifteen times and getting my picture taken a hundred times at airports.
But; arriving at Heathrow, on February 16th 2009 (for those government idiots who read this), and when I already had went past 7 or 8 control points; I got the “real” security check and got halted. I apparently had fluids in my bag. I thought; did I leave a beer or a Cola in there somewhere? But no, I had a small bottle of soap and some hairgel. Okay, I’m no chemist, and maybe some genius somewhere can MacGyver together a bomb or something from soap and hairgel, or maybe I had missed something about those kinds of things and airplanes, so I kind of let it slip while the security lady put those bottles in the trash. But then something interesting happen, she let me keep my aftershave! Why? It contains alcohol, its flammable, why throw away my soap but not my aftershave? I thought this was really strange. And then the control lady picks up my nail clipper and I thought; Fuck! On my nailclipper there is a nailpolisher that you can pull out and that one is really a weapon. I could easily kill 3 crewmembers, two old ladies, a couple of children and the captain with that thing. But she just throws it together with the rest of my stuff. And by this time I’m actually mistrusting the whole system. Something is seriously wrong here. And then she tops everything off with sending her “friends” at the security away to eat lunch, standing there alone with me, and I know this is wrong. In case of a felony or someone tries to smuggle something, it always needs to be at least two witnesses. I’m not a bad guy, no matter what you think from reading the things I write and I’m a harmless looking fellow and Swedish, so you don’t really suspect me like that black Muslim Abdullah from Saudi Arabia, but still. Follow the rules damn you and don’t let me or anyone else whoosh you by with a weapon and flammable fluids, while you toss away the soap!
And now comes the real fun part. Oh this is great. When I get past this last security check with the lonesome security lady, into the terminal, I find literary hundreds of stores, selling soap, hairgel and lots of other things with which even I could build bombs and even start wars with. Also I can get drunk while shopping those terrible murderess things. This is complete idiocy! Are the governments of some countries in the hands of the beauty and cosmetic industries? Is that the real reason for this shit, not the terrorists? Toss away the soap so I will buy a new one!? So now I’m against those surveillances and monitors too. Apparently totally useless. Terrorists always find a way through, no doubt about that, but can you at least check those madman’s and have some consistency to this thing!?
But; arriving at Heathrow, on February 16th 2009 (for those government idiots who read this), and when I already had went past 7 or 8 control points; I got the “real” security check and got halted. I apparently had fluids in my bag. I thought; did I leave a beer or a Cola in there somewhere? But no, I had a small bottle of soap and some hairgel. Okay, I’m no chemist, and maybe some genius somewhere can MacGyver together a bomb or something from soap and hairgel, or maybe I had missed something about those kinds of things and airplanes, so I kind of let it slip while the security lady put those bottles in the trash. But then something interesting happen, she let me keep my aftershave! Why? It contains alcohol, its flammable, why throw away my soap but not my aftershave? I thought this was really strange. And then the control lady picks up my nail clipper and I thought; Fuck! On my nailclipper there is a nailpolisher that you can pull out and that one is really a weapon. I could easily kill 3 crewmembers, two old ladies, a couple of children and the captain with that thing. But she just throws it together with the rest of my stuff. And by this time I’m actually mistrusting the whole system. Something is seriously wrong here. And then she tops everything off with sending her “friends” at the security away to eat lunch, standing there alone with me, and I know this is wrong. In case of a felony or someone tries to smuggle something, it always needs to be at least two witnesses. I’m not a bad guy, no matter what you think from reading the things I write and I’m a harmless looking fellow and Swedish, so you don’t really suspect me like that black Muslim Abdullah from Saudi Arabia, but still. Follow the rules damn you and don’t let me or anyone else whoosh you by with a weapon and flammable fluids, while you toss away the soap!
And now comes the real fun part. Oh this is great. When I get past this last security check with the lonesome security lady, into the terminal, I find literary hundreds of stores, selling soap, hairgel and lots of other things with which even I could build bombs and even start wars with. Also I can get drunk while shopping those terrible murderess things. This is complete idiocy! Are the governments of some countries in the hands of the beauty and cosmetic industries? Is that the real reason for this shit, not the terrorists? Toss away the soap so I will buy a new one!? So now I’m against those surveillances and monitors too. Apparently totally useless. Terrorists always find a way through, no doubt about that, but can you at least check those madman’s and have some consistency to this thing!?
You are going to die! Part XII
People are not only very stupid and easy to fool; they are also very inventive and have no problem learning the art forms of torture and executions. Few hobbies have taking more time in the human history than how to come up with new and more creative ways to kill other humans.
We can skip some of the most common ones like beheading and hanging. Not very inventive. Firing squads and bullets in the back of the head (popular socialist solution) we can also ignore and jump ahead to the more interesting ones. One of my favorites is the Iron Maiden. Not only a great rock band, but also a pleasant piece of equipment. A person is put in a metal box shaped like a human with two joining pieces, like any kind of box. He/she then gets strapped down on one side and can watch the lid close with lots of pointy spikes on the inside of the opposite part (lid). The number of spikes, how effective they are and so on determines how much pain and how long the subject survives. You can almost hear them making bets on how long you will survive, cant you? Another one of my favorites are when they attached each limb of a person to a bunch of horses and then let them pull in opposite direction, pulling that person into pieces. If the audience were a bit lucky the amputee didn’t pass out from the pain and instead screamed a bit before losing to much blood.
And of course you cannot talk about torture and executions without mentioning the church (any of them). How the Catholic Church handled witches for instance. The “witches” had mainly 3 ways to go. Being burned alive, kind of a crowd pleaser, but not really that inventive. And then you had the drowning test. If the woman (pretty much always a woman) in question sinks, she is innocent of witchcraft and will go straight to heaven, if she floats; she is a witch and instead got to be burned alive. A win win situation for all parties. And then, probably top three in my book, the suctions device. With this you put a tube down the woman’s throat and poured in lots of water, letting the suction do all the work. When she reaches a certain point, her belly will explode and killing her in agony. That if she hasn’t “drown” or died in lack of oxygen. Fun fun fun.
And we really need to mention those ever so effective Germans. Too hard to shot people and dig holes? Let’s start factories were we gas them and then burn them. Easy, effective and maybe even pretty humane (in regard to other solutions), but also inventive. And you could also use those human bodies as a way of heating, maybe even reduce global warming! I’m not sure if this last part ever happened or is viable scientifically speaking, but it is a good idea to pick up for all those dictator wannabees out there.
I could go on for a long time, but let’s skip to my absolute favorite and what has to be number one; starvation. And I’m not talking about that easy one; not eating in a dungeon or rotting away at some prison. No I’m talking about the one where you get to watch all your relatives and your children die all around you while you yourself are dying of hunger. This is my favorite way of killing people, not because it’s one of the main killers of humans of all time and not even for the psychological effect of seeing your loved ones die painfully, no, it’s because it has been a way for countless governments to get rid of pesky inhabitants. Since the dawn of agriculture we (those with brains) have known that we have enough food to support ourselves, all of us. But instead we let ourselves get ruled and taxed by different forms of governments and all they do is eat, live and build things with the money they take from the people. This might lead to some starving but is not really the main issue, because you also have wars and other fun things the rulers use as their pastime, and that increases the risk of starving by a lot. But that’s not really enough either. You can, however, as ruler, always deport people were there is no food or outlaw them from growing their own crops and here is where the real fun starts. In China, for example, this has been used throughout history, killing millions upon millions, but of course worse of all are those socialists. During a couple of decades (50’s and 60’s) in China tens of billions of people died from starvation, courtesy of: the government! Russia (or the former USSR) is another place where this way of killing was used several times. If farmers didn’t want to give 100% of their earnings to the state, they got deported to Siberia and didn’t eat at all.
Granted, starvation in its self isn’t really inventive, but you can work around it, creating lines stretching out for miles with people wanting to buy a piece of bread. Or you can send your soldiers out to rob people of their last cows, which is always enjoyable. So starvation is number one because of these reasons and this last topping of the cake: It still kills millions of people today! And you haft to admit that a night in front of the TV without those flies buzzing around the starving and dying isn’t really a good night. I mean munching on some chips and drinking beer kind of needs that. All this when those people actually could be eating. I mean, come on, does it get funnier?
We can skip some of the most common ones like beheading and hanging. Not very inventive. Firing squads and bullets in the back of the head (popular socialist solution) we can also ignore and jump ahead to the more interesting ones. One of my favorites is the Iron Maiden. Not only a great rock band, but also a pleasant piece of equipment. A person is put in a metal box shaped like a human with two joining pieces, like any kind of box. He/she then gets strapped down on one side and can watch the lid close with lots of pointy spikes on the inside of the opposite part (lid). The number of spikes, how effective they are and so on determines how much pain and how long the subject survives. You can almost hear them making bets on how long you will survive, cant you? Another one of my favorites are when they attached each limb of a person to a bunch of horses and then let them pull in opposite direction, pulling that person into pieces. If the audience were a bit lucky the amputee didn’t pass out from the pain and instead screamed a bit before losing to much blood.
And of course you cannot talk about torture and executions without mentioning the church (any of them). How the Catholic Church handled witches for instance. The “witches” had mainly 3 ways to go. Being burned alive, kind of a crowd pleaser, but not really that inventive. And then you had the drowning test. If the woman (pretty much always a woman) in question sinks, she is innocent of witchcraft and will go straight to heaven, if she floats; she is a witch and instead got to be burned alive. A win win situation for all parties. And then, probably top three in my book, the suctions device. With this you put a tube down the woman’s throat and poured in lots of water, letting the suction do all the work. When she reaches a certain point, her belly will explode and killing her in agony. That if she hasn’t “drown” or died in lack of oxygen. Fun fun fun.
And we really need to mention those ever so effective Germans. Too hard to shot people and dig holes? Let’s start factories were we gas them and then burn them. Easy, effective and maybe even pretty humane (in regard to other solutions), but also inventive. And you could also use those human bodies as a way of heating, maybe even reduce global warming! I’m not sure if this last part ever happened or is viable scientifically speaking, but it is a good idea to pick up for all those dictator wannabees out there.
I could go on for a long time, but let’s skip to my absolute favorite and what has to be number one; starvation. And I’m not talking about that easy one; not eating in a dungeon or rotting away at some prison. No I’m talking about the one where you get to watch all your relatives and your children die all around you while you yourself are dying of hunger. This is my favorite way of killing people, not because it’s one of the main killers of humans of all time and not even for the psychological effect of seeing your loved ones die painfully, no, it’s because it has been a way for countless governments to get rid of pesky inhabitants. Since the dawn of agriculture we (those with brains) have known that we have enough food to support ourselves, all of us. But instead we let ourselves get ruled and taxed by different forms of governments and all they do is eat, live and build things with the money they take from the people. This might lead to some starving but is not really the main issue, because you also have wars and other fun things the rulers use as their pastime, and that increases the risk of starving by a lot. But that’s not really enough either. You can, however, as ruler, always deport people were there is no food or outlaw them from growing their own crops and here is where the real fun starts. In China, for example, this has been used throughout history, killing millions upon millions, but of course worse of all are those socialists. During a couple of decades (50’s and 60’s) in China tens of billions of people died from starvation, courtesy of: the government! Russia (or the former USSR) is another place where this way of killing was used several times. If farmers didn’t want to give 100% of their earnings to the state, they got deported to Siberia and didn’t eat at all.
Granted, starvation in its self isn’t really inventive, but you can work around it, creating lines stretching out for miles with people wanting to buy a piece of bread. Or you can send your soldiers out to rob people of their last cows, which is always enjoyable. So starvation is number one because of these reasons and this last topping of the cake: It still kills millions of people today! And you haft to admit that a night in front of the TV without those flies buzzing around the starving and dying isn’t really a good night. I mean munching on some chips and drinking beer kind of needs that. All this when those people actually could be eating. I mean, come on, does it get funnier?
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Those dictators are amusing
While Hugo Chavez is doing his best to impose socialism in Venezuela, on another continent, Robert Mugabe is partying like its 1984. Throughout history those who have thrown the best and most lavishing party’s have been those in power. Granted, they have done it on stolen money while most of their people have been starving, but still, those dictators knows how to shake it and swing it. According to the latest from Zimbabwe our friend Mugabe did celebrate his 85th birthday with 2000 bottles of champagne, 8000 lobsters and 500 bottles of whiskey. This guy is great isn’t he? The food shortage in his country is high, unemployment is almost total and inflation is rendering any money useless, but still he somehow manages to steal some more money from his people. Good for him.
And back in Venezuela, Hugo Chavez won the latest referendum. He needed to use billions of his people’s money to convince them how to vote, but he did it. Now he has changed the country almost totally, with him as dictator and showing politicians everywhere how to convince people to vote for totalitarianism. Between him and our other good friend from history, Adolf Hitler, politicians now have a good ground to stand on.
This is absolutely fabulous and if you never did understand the funny thing about those in power, you should be able to grasp these at least. If you think Mugabe’s spending are a bit too much, you should watch how your own politicians do away with other people’s money. Without any exceptions, every last one of our politicians live on, party on and decide over; your money. That’s the nature of the game. Politician only costs money, they don’t produce any. Mugabe is only showing us a little bit of their true color. And Chavez, he is making the best of what he got; the support of idiotic people, just like your politician does, only at a bit less spending rate.
Same thing all over again
Someone said that those Piratebay boys don’t have support among the general public so I asked around. Not a single one I talked to (about 40 or so) was against Piratebay, not one. Okay, maybe my little opinion poll isn’t the best reader of the general public and I admit many of those I talked to have about the same political persuasion as I do, so maybe this isn’t the best indicator to what people actually think, but still, not one.
I read an excellent article in Svenska Dagbladet (www.svd.se )today written by Fredric Karén. The article refers to his grandmother who in the 60’s were a radio pirate broadcasting outside the law. A true hero of free speech from the past. Like today, at that time many record labels and big businesses detested these pirates playing records without paying for it and sending radio that was closer to people’s hearts then the public state radio.
Me, I remember the TV and media monopoly in Sweden and how we only had two channels in our country far into the 80’s, only the government were allowed to broadcast and tell us things from the world. This fortunately changed and I had a small part in that change, smashing TV: s at public squares’ in demonstration against those totalitarian laws, writing editorials and argued against socialist’s despite being at a very young age.
Now the next generation is standing in the same place arguing against the same people about the same damn thing. Getting trialed for letting information and culture being free and accessible for people all over the world, terrible. Me I always download things from the Internet first, take a look at it and then decide if I’m going to buy it or not. (Except for Sophie Zelmani of course, always buy her records direct.) And I do believe many others does the same. Many companies have realized this and often put out a beta version for free or have their own portals where you can download some things for free. Others live in the past and have this stupid notion that convicting some young guys might make a difference. Don’t these Hollywood executives and whatnot have a brain?
I read an excellent article in Svenska Dagbladet (www.svd.se )today written by Fredric Karén. The article refers to his grandmother who in the 60’s were a radio pirate broadcasting outside the law. A true hero of free speech from the past. Like today, at that time many record labels and big businesses detested these pirates playing records without paying for it and sending radio that was closer to people’s hearts then the public state radio.
Me, I remember the TV and media monopoly in Sweden and how we only had two channels in our country far into the 80’s, only the government were allowed to broadcast and tell us things from the world. This fortunately changed and I had a small part in that change, smashing TV: s at public squares’ in demonstration against those totalitarian laws, writing editorials and argued against socialist’s despite being at a very young age.
Now the next generation is standing in the same place arguing against the same people about the same damn thing. Getting trialed for letting information and culture being free and accessible for people all over the world, terrible. Me I always download things from the Internet first, take a look at it and then decide if I’m going to buy it or not. (Except for Sophie Zelmani of course, always buy her records direct.) And I do believe many others does the same. Many companies have realized this and often put out a beta version for free or have their own portals where you can download some things for free. Others live in the past and have this stupid notion that convicting some young guys might make a difference. Don’t these Hollywood executives and whatnot have a brain?
Porn is a great pastime.
If you have nothing to do, there is always lots of porn on the Internet to look at. And this art form isn’t bound to a certain form of entertainment as its critics often claim. Pretty much anything and everything goes. If your fetish is socks, there are sites about that. If its fat people, skinny people, large or small breasts, big and small dicks, gay, dwarfs, black, Asian or whatever, it’s there for you. Pornography is probably the only form of entertainment that has this vide range. Of course there is some stuff that even I get disgusted by and if you flip around long enough, sooner or later a child porn site pops up. But most of it is harmless fun and the more professional ones have a lot more women’s behind the camera or doing writing than feminists would like you to know.
So if you are bored, please go out on the net and search for whatever rocks your mind. I promise you will find it and that you will have a nice couple of minutes. At least it might take your mind of the stress of everyday life for a while.
So if you are bored, please go out on the net and search for whatever rocks your mind. I promise you will find it and that you will have a nice couple of minutes. At least it might take your mind of the stress of everyday life for a while.
Brainless Swedes pays for the idiocy
After one student pretended to be a mad women and got herself locked away at a psychiatric ward and this latest student that smashed a subway train, both claiming it to be art, the “art school” in question seems to be willing to look over their rules. Why!? Don’t do it! There is not often the Swedish people get upset over seeing their tax money go down the drain, this actually makes them think. Don’t take that away. Please! This small little waste of tax money is a little fart in a Tornado compared to all the wasteful idiocy that goes on in Sweden. I truly hope Konstfack (the name of the school) gets more money and get more students just like these ones. Smashing, crashing and burning stuff all over the country. They are showing the true face of idiocy and by doing so also makes people look into their own faces and maybe seeing their own part in this drama. You have voted for it! You are paying for it!
Please Konstfack! Do me and the country of Sweden a big favor and keep supporting, nourish and pay for this absurdity with that tax money you get. I love you!
Please Konstfack! Do me and the country of Sweden a big favor and keep supporting, nourish and pay for this absurdity with that tax money you get. I love you!
Greetings from socialism!
This is absolutely great stuff. Apparently an “art student” in Stockholm has done a movie where he (even if you do not really see him, you know it’s a “he”) smashes a subway cart and does some paintjobs. This was a part of his exam and it’s called: "Territorial pissing".
This is fabulous isn’t? First of all we have a university that gets pretty much all its founding from the government, they then get one of their students to do a makeover on the subway, costing a bundle, and now another part of the government; SL (Stockholms Länstrafik) that also lives on tax money are going to sue the School bringing on a legal process that costs, yeah, that’s right, tax money! Greetings from socialism!
This is fabulous isn’t? First of all we have a university that gets pretty much all its founding from the government, they then get one of their students to do a makeover on the subway, costing a bundle, and now another part of the government; SL (Stockholms Länstrafik) that also lives on tax money are going to sue the School bringing on a legal process that costs, yeah, that’s right, tax money! Greetings from socialism!
You are going to die! Part XI
Natural disasters are one of the best entertainers there is. Thousands, hundreds of thousands or even millions of people might perish during floods, volcanoes erupting or through earthquakes. There is Typhoons, hurricanes, tornadoes and that oh so funny rainstorm. With the exception for pandemics’ and human inventions like religion and socialism, natural disasters are the main killer of humans.
But the fun part isn’t that people dies, that’s kind of sad, and it’s not even the real force of nature showing off. No, the real funny thing about this is people looking so surprised when a Tornado in tornado country has destroyed their homes. What? A tornado here? No way! And those people living on the hillside of a volcano are equally surprised when hot lava beds come rushing through their bedrooms. And if people live in southern Florida, the east coast of India or the coastal regions of China and get hit by some massive storm, they actually seam astonished how it could happen. Okay, many of them cannot be blamed for this stupidity. There is not always a warning before an Earthquake for instance, but many of them shouldn’t really look surprised and be running for their lives if they had just paid attention to the fact that they are living on an active volcano! And this is what makes it funny!
There is also some other things that are not as deadly, but still as funny. Every year there are many parts of the world where it starts to snow and ice is formed on the streets. But also every year people drive as usual, don’t use spiked tires or walk around in sneakers. Broken bones, car crashes and accidents spike during this first period of colder climate. This every year!
So if you don’t get shot by your government, snuffed by a disease, die from living in your own home (brrr…) or fall down from old age, natural disaster is the most likely candidate to kill you. But you keep that spirit up; it makes your demise even funnier.
But the fun part isn’t that people dies, that’s kind of sad, and it’s not even the real force of nature showing off. No, the real funny thing about this is people looking so surprised when a Tornado in tornado country has destroyed their homes. What? A tornado here? No way! And those people living on the hillside of a volcano are equally surprised when hot lava beds come rushing through their bedrooms. And if people live in southern Florida, the east coast of India or the coastal regions of China and get hit by some massive storm, they actually seam astonished how it could happen. Okay, many of them cannot be blamed for this stupidity. There is not always a warning before an Earthquake for instance, but many of them shouldn’t really look surprised and be running for their lives if they had just paid attention to the fact that they are living on an active volcano! And this is what makes it funny!
There is also some other things that are not as deadly, but still as funny. Every year there are many parts of the world where it starts to snow and ice is formed on the streets. But also every year people drive as usual, don’t use spiked tires or walk around in sneakers. Broken bones, car crashes and accidents spike during this first period of colder climate. This every year!
So if you don’t get shot by your government, snuffed by a disease, die from living in your own home (brrr…) or fall down from old age, natural disaster is the most likely candidate to kill you. But you keep that spirit up; it makes your demise even funnier.
Abracadabra: Unemployment is gone – two solutions
After reading an article in International Herald Tribune (Article can be found: http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/02/13/business/jobs.php) about the decline of available jobs around the world, I felt inspired to share the solution with this papers reporters and the rest of the world.
I want to share two solutions to unemployment, wherever it might be found. They are easy to understand, can be done pretty quickly and will have an almost 100% success rate. The reason why I say “almost” is because there will always be persons between jobs, unwilling to work no matter what and a very few number of people, coma victims for instance, that can’t work.
First solution:
Ever since some economists thought about work and what generates value there have been those who think that the physical work that is put into something, is the thing that creates and increases the value of whatever the physical work have been put into. Marx was a big fan of this idea and communists (along with many others) still believe in this dim-witted notion. But let’s leave that idiocy for the time being, we are talking about solving unemployment. What we could do is very simple, so simple in fact that it can be done within days and be done so with as much cost as the government feel is appropriate. We simply take all the unemployed people out into the wilderness somewhere and let them dig holes in the ground. I know what you think, we cannot destroy nature, and maybe it will increase global warming? But if we make these people do it were they cannot really destroy anything, like in mountains regions, the impact on the environment will be minimal. And we can also make them shovel back the dirt once the hole is finished, so we have a never ending task digging and filling in holes. If people do not want to do this kind of work, we can use the police to force them or we can pay enough (with tax money) so they will be willing. To some extent this have been done before in several communist countries, producing as much weight or as big as possible. People starved, never produced any kind of value (despite the idiot Karl Marx’s ideas) and got shot in the back of the neck if they did not do as they were told, but hey, they had work.
Second solution:
If we take away all kinds of state founding, social welfare and unemployment checks all people who “cannot find work” will find work faster than you can find a Koala Bear burning in Australia. When people face the risk of starvation and their kids are dying from undernourishment, they will find jobs, I promise you. Even in our western societies were it’s a norm to get welfare and living of other peoples hard work, people who “cannot find work” will find it. Okay, this will not take days like the more socialist solution above, more like months or even years and it might cause some harm on the way. Riots against the government for taking away peoples “free” buffet and some citizens that have forgot how to use their limbs sitting in front of the TV eating snacks their neighbor is paying for through taxation, might just have a hard time. Some will even lose a couple of pounds and feel crappy for a while. Working takes effort you know. But in the end we will have a working populace and unemployment will only be among those coma victims I talked about. And this, in opposite to the first solution will actually generate value. Value which will make all of us richer with real money, not by fictive ones or by letting them run around in a circle from you, to the government, back to you.
Well, make your choice and let’s get rid of unemployment once and for all. I personally like the first solution best, but then not digging holes. I would prefer to have people build the biggest shoes, size 3876477. That might actually also draw some attention from tourists so it will not only be a great monument of employed peoples hard work. And a couple of those shoes might even be seen from space, sending a message to any alien invaders that we are a big people that you do not mess with.
I want to share two solutions to unemployment, wherever it might be found. They are easy to understand, can be done pretty quickly and will have an almost 100% success rate. The reason why I say “almost” is because there will always be persons between jobs, unwilling to work no matter what and a very few number of people, coma victims for instance, that can’t work.
First solution:
Ever since some economists thought about work and what generates value there have been those who think that the physical work that is put into something, is the thing that creates and increases the value of whatever the physical work have been put into. Marx was a big fan of this idea and communists (along with many others) still believe in this dim-witted notion. But let’s leave that idiocy for the time being, we are talking about solving unemployment. What we could do is very simple, so simple in fact that it can be done within days and be done so with as much cost as the government feel is appropriate. We simply take all the unemployed people out into the wilderness somewhere and let them dig holes in the ground. I know what you think, we cannot destroy nature, and maybe it will increase global warming? But if we make these people do it were they cannot really destroy anything, like in mountains regions, the impact on the environment will be minimal. And we can also make them shovel back the dirt once the hole is finished, so we have a never ending task digging and filling in holes. If people do not want to do this kind of work, we can use the police to force them or we can pay enough (with tax money) so they will be willing. To some extent this have been done before in several communist countries, producing as much weight or as big as possible. People starved, never produced any kind of value (despite the idiot Karl Marx’s ideas) and got shot in the back of the neck if they did not do as they were told, but hey, they had work.
Second solution:
If we take away all kinds of state founding, social welfare and unemployment checks all people who “cannot find work” will find work faster than you can find a Koala Bear burning in Australia. When people face the risk of starvation and their kids are dying from undernourishment, they will find jobs, I promise you. Even in our western societies were it’s a norm to get welfare and living of other peoples hard work, people who “cannot find work” will find it. Okay, this will not take days like the more socialist solution above, more like months or even years and it might cause some harm on the way. Riots against the government for taking away peoples “free” buffet and some citizens that have forgot how to use their limbs sitting in front of the TV eating snacks their neighbor is paying for through taxation, might just have a hard time. Some will even lose a couple of pounds and feel crappy for a while. Working takes effort you know. But in the end we will have a working populace and unemployment will only be among those coma victims I talked about. And this, in opposite to the first solution will actually generate value. Value which will make all of us richer with real money, not by fictive ones or by letting them run around in a circle from you, to the government, back to you.
Well, make your choice and let’s get rid of unemployment once and for all. I personally like the first solution best, but then not digging holes. I would prefer to have people build the biggest shoes, size 3876477. That might actually also draw some attention from tourists so it will not only be a great monument of employed peoples hard work. And a couple of those shoes might even be seen from space, sending a message to any alien invaders that we are a big people that you do not mess with.
Saturday, February 14, 2009
Thinking people actually exist in Sweden?
I read a couple of articles in a big Swedish newspaper about General Motors appending bankruptcy and the potential future for the former Swedish company of SAAB. The news about GM is no real revelation, everyone with some knowledge in economy that has kept up with what’s going on, has known about both the problems and what that company probably will do.
SAAB’s future is a bit more insecure. Many politicians and the workers would like to see that the Swedish government borrows some billions to save the company. This is neither a big surprise, people losing jobs and politicians, opportunistic like they all are, always are looking for the “easy” and governmental solution. What I reacted on was two things: first the current government leaders have not yet issued their response, seemingly hesitant to “save” SAAB. Probably this is just a short thinking pause; I would be very amazed if they did not throw money at this company. But still, maybe they actually are going to do the right thing? The second thing that really astounded me was the poll that this newspaper has in addition to the article on Internet. A majority have actually voted “no” to the question whether the government should support SAAB with borrowed money. I cannot believe it. Are there actually thinking and non brainless people in Sweden? And that many? Maybe we shouldn’t make something out of a poll done on Internet on one newspaper, but I actually feel a bit hopeful. There might be some people that are thinking out there, or could another explanation be found?
SAAB’s future is a bit more insecure. Many politicians and the workers would like to see that the Swedish government borrows some billions to save the company. This is neither a big surprise, people losing jobs and politicians, opportunistic like they all are, always are looking for the “easy” and governmental solution. What I reacted on was two things: first the current government leaders have not yet issued their response, seemingly hesitant to “save” SAAB. Probably this is just a short thinking pause; I would be very amazed if they did not throw money at this company. But still, maybe they actually are going to do the right thing? The second thing that really astounded me was the poll that this newspaper has in addition to the article on Internet. A majority have actually voted “no” to the question whether the government should support SAAB with borrowed money. I cannot believe it. Are there actually thinking and non brainless people in Sweden? And that many? Maybe we shouldn’t make something out of a poll done on Internet on one newspaper, but I actually feel a bit hopeful. There might be some people that are thinking out there, or could another explanation be found?
Venezuela and the immorality of voting
Hugo Chavez is living every politician’s wet dream. He has expropriated factories and companies and did so by letting people vote about it. The Venezuelan people didn’t really care; it was other peoples companies and factories, so they voted yes to this massive robbing. Then Chavez nationalized mass media, so what the people said, it wasn’t their problem. The Supreme Court and the parliament also ended up under Chavez control and the people shrugged, they were getting food packages and free healthcare so very few actually cared about this, voting yes to the president again. But then he got a little bit too ambitious and wanted to reform the constitution a little bit too much in one go and people actually voted no. Now he has learned from this and instead taking it one step at the time. Using billions of stolen dollars to educate, inform and indoctrinate people he now wants to change the law so he can get reelected indefinitely. While his followers getting more and more lethal against the opposition and every voice spoken out gets thrown out of the country, jailed or even murdered. Welcome to the wonderful world of voting! Give the majority of people some food and handouts and they will continue to vote for you. This is no real news, everyone from the Roman Emperors until today’s social democrats have used this little net trick. Steal some people’s money, use the natural resources and use tax money to give them to the poor (or rather the majority) to keep them happy and dependent on their government. As long as you can keep giving them free stuff, they vote for you and support you no matter what you do.
There is no reason not to believe that Hugo Chavez will win the next referendum, which will mean he becomes almost all powerful. A few things left. Some schools, a couple of pesky students and some liberal forces here and there. Oh, I’m jiggy with excitement. I’m wondering if he will follow Stalin’s example with death camps or if he will force people to do things that will kill them like Pol Pot? Will he start wars with his neighbors’ like Hitler or will he be satisfied to terrorize his own people like Idi Amin? Well, whatever his course he will get the full support from European left wing media, most politicians who will direct or in secret rote for him. I’m just hoping that more countries follow and do the same thing, with the help of people voting anything can be justified. And when the death and mayhem really start, who are supposed to complain? The people voted for it. Those who could have done something to stop it have either fled or got killed. The few in opposition that are left will not dare to speak out because then they will get shot, jailed and/or tortured. I’m really thankful for Chavez, he is great. Showing us all what voting really is; an immoral cannibalism of human rights. Not that anyone of all the idiots in this world will care or figure this fact out, nope, that won’t happen. Chavez socialism will more likely get followers and be seen as a great way to deceit people.
Eurovision
HEAT? What the f? This is completely ridiculous. The Swedish people have once more shown us that democracy does not work. And then the two best songs got to compete against each other and one got "knocked out". I’m just sad about this travesty. If HEAT wins the final I will never watch this shit again.
You are going to die! Part X
Did you know that among the worse things in our life’s and one of the things that kills most people are water? Water kills a lot of people world over. Boats goes down in water, people go swimming and drown. And if you drink more than 7 liters of water in one go you will die. And do I even need to mention all the sharks, worms, snakes, Crocodiles and other things that live in water? The human body also contains about 70% of water and how do we treat each others? Water is also one of the main causes of death and accidents in the worst place there is, our own homes. People slip in the shower. Electrical appliances that normally only might hurt us, will kill in the present of water. Water kills more people then all drugs combined, several times over. The substance is also containing some horrible things like hydrogen and oxygen. These things, as we all know, are a deadly combination creating not only deadly toxins like alcohol, but are also the main cause of manmade global warming!
If a government really wants to save us and if we really are going to minimize death among humans, we should outlaw water! Or at least put a high tax on it, making it really expensive. This last suggestion might also bring in some more revenues to the government so they can keep ruining our lives.
By my examination of numbers, taking from the Internet, about 150 000 lives might be saved each year if you banned or at least taxed water. Why don’t we? And don’t give me that crap about the human body and that we need a fluid, that’s just a smokescreen for alcoholics needing water for making vodka. This is also one of the few remaining things that are not taxed (at least not direct) so it might make a good extra income to our loving and caring politicians. Oh… I hope those in charge don’t read this… Giving them these ideas… oh my…
If a government really wants to save us and if we really are going to minimize death among humans, we should outlaw water! Or at least put a high tax on it, making it really expensive. This last suggestion might also bring in some more revenues to the government so they can keep ruining our lives.
By my examination of numbers, taking from the Internet, about 150 000 lives might be saved each year if you banned or at least taxed water. Why don’t we? And don’t give me that crap about the human body and that we need a fluid, that’s just a smokescreen for alcoholics needing water for making vodka. This is also one of the few remaining things that are not taxed (at least not direct) so it might make a good extra income to our loving and caring politicians. Oh… I hope those in charge don’t read this… Giving them these ideas… oh my…
A bra is worse than starvation
A store in Sweden have sold a top that are supposed to be to 8y olds. This has got a lot of people aroused and most people think this is terrible. Me, I’m wondering what the problem is. It was supposed to sell as a top, not as a bra, as people claims. And even if, if it was supposed to be a bra to 8y old girls, as Swedish journalists claim, what’s the problem? Some girls might need bras at that age and even if they don’t, couldn’t parents just overlook or don’t buy it? Is the very present of this thing something that causes teenage pregnancies and pedophilia? In a world with wars, starvation, people getting murdered and governments all over monitoring everything we do, this is what gets people upset? And this mother, how come she even thinks that her daughter will be paraded in a bra? Don’t let her take her cloths of! People are stupid, idiotic and really wronged focused. If you don’t like it, don’t buy it!!
Cecilia Vennersten again
This cannot not be posted enough. At the Swedish tryouts to the Eurovision song contest 1995 this song happened to end up at 2nd place. My disillusion with the human race might actually have been confirmed and strengthen that night, why didn’t it win!? This song is among the greatest. Although in Swedish you can feel the power of the song even if you are Chinese or whatever. Cecilia is singing about the most beautiful moment; with the one you love beside you, waking up a morning with the fog going away and the new day arrives. Listen and enjoy. I will now start to prepare for this year’s tryouts by doing what I do best, drink a lot.
The song is called: “Det vackraste” which means= the most beautiful
The song is called: “Det vackraste” which means= the most beautiful
Why Sweden sucks II
As all the ones with some kind of knowledge in democracy and human rights know by now, as of the 1 January, Sweden is no longer a democracy. If this country ever were that before this date. Now days it’s legal for the Swedish government to monitor, surveillance and even trial people through and because of their internet actions. Every Email, everything people do on Facebook and every phone conversation is being recorded and read by computers and government officials. While it is true that this has been done before to some extent, now it is “legal” and everything you do is the governments to read, save and act upon. Although it is a secret what they are searching for and what words might attract their attention, there is no reason to believe that:
Hitler; bomb; Al Quida; Kill; Nuke the parliament; Prime minister; Idiots; Chemical attack; murder; drugs; Jail; Hate; Jews; conspiracy; smuggle; Mein Kampf; slaughter; politicians; bomb; nigger (and so on)
Will be searched for. Which means that if you read this you are most likely being tracked and monitored by the Swedish government. Oh, you might not think this is too bad if you are an American or whatnot, but here is the first catch; they share this information! Is this not fun? I mean here you read some blog on the Internet and you might be suspected of terrorism. Fun fun fun.
And you might also think this is not to bad for you. Most countries seam to make these stupid laws, but here is the next catch; this “law” is both against the Swedish law as it is and there is no open policy what’s so ever. Nothing about this is supposed to leak out or be read by others then politicians and their secret agencies. But if you read catch 1 again…
And the third catch is also entertaining: All agencies leak information and the information is gathered at a computer bank that many hundreds of people have access to. And much information over the internet goes through several countries and Sweden is one of the main gothroughable countries in this regard. So if you are having an operation in South Africa, there are lots of Swedish people that know about it. Oh, this is great!
But the most entertainment thing about this is that it’s supposed to be in order to catch criminals and mafia organizations in the act. This is the reason for this law and despotism. But how many drug smugglers or terrorists are going to use email through Sweden openly? It’s so stupid, but it’s true. Apparently the Swedish government thinks they are going to catch people doing criminal acts through this law, well at least that are what they are saying.
If ever was a reason to start knocking off politicians and rebel, this is it. Never before in history have a Swedish government made a decision like this one. There is no comparison what so ever. So what do people do? They blog about it, they complain over drinks and maybe write an editorial to show their wrath. You stupid damned idiots! Burn down the parliament! Blow up the nearest police station! Shot some officials! Rebel! Kill! Murder! Bomb!
"I am in no regard responsible for anything I write in this blog. I’m a peaceful person who loves all humans and always am on the side of the ones in power. Please don’t jail me…"
Hitler; bomb; Al Quida; Kill; Nuke the parliament; Prime minister; Idiots; Chemical attack; murder; drugs; Jail; Hate; Jews; conspiracy; smuggle; Mein Kampf; slaughter; politicians; bomb; nigger (and so on)
Will be searched for. Which means that if you read this you are most likely being tracked and monitored by the Swedish government. Oh, you might not think this is too bad if you are an American or whatnot, but here is the first catch; they share this information! Is this not fun? I mean here you read some blog on the Internet and you might be suspected of terrorism. Fun fun fun.
And you might also think this is not to bad for you. Most countries seam to make these stupid laws, but here is the next catch; this “law” is both against the Swedish law as it is and there is no open policy what’s so ever. Nothing about this is supposed to leak out or be read by others then politicians and their secret agencies. But if you read catch 1 again…
And the third catch is also entertaining: All agencies leak information and the information is gathered at a computer bank that many hundreds of people have access to. And much information over the internet goes through several countries and Sweden is one of the main gothroughable countries in this regard. So if you are having an operation in South Africa, there are lots of Swedish people that know about it. Oh, this is great!
But the most entertainment thing about this is that it’s supposed to be in order to catch criminals and mafia organizations in the act. This is the reason for this law and despotism. But how many drug smugglers or terrorists are going to use email through Sweden openly? It’s so stupid, but it’s true. Apparently the Swedish government thinks they are going to catch people doing criminal acts through this law, well at least that are what they are saying.
If ever was a reason to start knocking off politicians and rebel, this is it. Never before in history have a Swedish government made a decision like this one. There is no comparison what so ever. So what do people do? They blog about it, they complain over drinks and maybe write an editorial to show their wrath. You stupid damned idiots! Burn down the parliament! Blow up the nearest police station! Shot some officials! Rebel! Kill! Murder! Bomb!
"I am in no regard responsible for anything I write in this blog. I’m a peaceful person who loves all humans and always am on the side of the ones in power. Please don’t jail me…"
One of the expectant movies in my life
I really tried to stay away from Stieg Larssons books. This guy represents pretty much everything I detest in a human and he is dead. But when I finally read his Millennium trilogy I got thrills and I just know I had read a couple of the best books ever written. They are also available in English and other languishes for those who want to have a good reading experience. Now it has been filmed and the first one is soon at the theaters. This is the only thing that makes me sad about leaving Sweden again, but hopefully this and the following ones will be shown in Great Britain too.
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The Millennium-series consist of "The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo" (2005, UK release in January, 2008), "The Girl Who Played With Fire", (2006, UK release in January 2009) and "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest"
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The Millennium-series consist of "The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo" (2005, UK release in January, 2008), "The Girl Who Played With Fire", (2006, UK release in January 2009) and "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest"
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I’m a criminal
Today, just like yesterday, I broke several traffic laws and had the good judgment to raise my middle finger against a police car. But I also had the time to buy alcohol to a minor (19y old and consequently having the right to vote and join the army, but cannot buy alcohol). In addition to this I just happen to give away some suspect substances and help an old woman crossing the street where we were not supposed to be crossing.
The rest of the day I will spend downloading stuff from Piratebay and drinking some smuggled Vodka while watching the Swedish Eurovision song contest, part II.
Oh, I’m bad to the bones…
The rest of the day I will spend downloading stuff from Piratebay and drinking some smuggled Vodka while watching the Swedish Eurovision song contest, part II.
Oh, I’m bad to the bones…
Friday, February 13, 2009
Trialed, judged and convicted before the trial
There is a trial about to start in Sweden against Piratebay and its founders. The interesting thing about this is not really the unnecessary and completely stupid thing in itself. Companies, governments and so on do not have the power to stop people from sharing information over Internet, no matter what they do. The strangeness is not even the fact Piratebay do not share files, other people do, Piratebays is just a mediate or portal for that sharing. No the real fun about this story is that these guys are already convicted before the trial even started. Everyone already knows that they are going to be found guilty. How? Because of two interesting things.
First of all the outside pressure is high. USA and some European countries are putting the pressure on and some professor of criminal law argues that Sweden no longer can be a member of the Geneva Convention or WTO. So the pressure on this trial is very high and can effect Sweden’s international agreements. Pffff…
Second, and this is important. The trial (well the first one anyway) is going to be judged by politically appointment “judges” that are members of certain parties. Yeah, that’s right. Politicians are going to be the ones deciding if they are guilty or not. And how do you think they will vote in this regard? In Sweden we appoint people from the political parties to sit in the courthouses. Often its old people getting their last appointment after a long time of service to their party. Or its people with knowledge or interest in the law. But all of them, no matter the background, now need to make a judgment with their parties and the government telling them how to vote. Isn’t this fun?
So Piratebay will be convicted and will then appeal that ruling dragging this thing out for several years, while the Internet and the technology runs away and will make some or all of the rulings obsolete.
This is complete stupidity, but that’s the way of the game. Rationality and real justice does not apply. A rebellion is unthinkable, Swedish people do not know how to and are pretty happy living with dictatorship. But they, the government themselves, are going to create an entire generation of people who despises the government and the law and this is great! Hopefully some of these youngsters will hack into government files, drain the Central bank of money or some other fun thing. Maybe we will even see a courthouse go up in smoke? I’m really hoping. Not that this will change anything, it will just make the country more closed and authoritarian, that’s the only way a government knows how to react to peoples rage. But it’s one more step towards civil unrest and the Armageddon that will come sooner or later.
First of all the outside pressure is high. USA and some European countries are putting the pressure on and some professor of criminal law argues that Sweden no longer can be a member of the Geneva Convention or WTO. So the pressure on this trial is very high and can effect Sweden’s international agreements. Pffff…
Second, and this is important. The trial (well the first one anyway) is going to be judged by politically appointment “judges” that are members of certain parties. Yeah, that’s right. Politicians are going to be the ones deciding if they are guilty or not. And how do you think they will vote in this regard? In Sweden we appoint people from the political parties to sit in the courthouses. Often its old people getting their last appointment after a long time of service to their party. Or its people with knowledge or interest in the law. But all of them, no matter the background, now need to make a judgment with their parties and the government telling them how to vote. Isn’t this fun?
So Piratebay will be convicted and will then appeal that ruling dragging this thing out for several years, while the Internet and the technology runs away and will make some or all of the rulings obsolete.
This is complete stupidity, but that’s the way of the game. Rationality and real justice does not apply. A rebellion is unthinkable, Swedish people do not know how to and are pretty happy living with dictatorship. But they, the government themselves, are going to create an entire generation of people who despises the government and the law and this is great! Hopefully some of these youngsters will hack into government files, drain the Central bank of money or some other fun thing. Maybe we will even see a courthouse go up in smoke? I’m really hoping. Not that this will change anything, it will just make the country more closed and authoritarian, that’s the only way a government knows how to react to peoples rage. But it’s one more step towards civil unrest and the Armageddon that will come sooner or later.
The absurdity of democracy
Picture the following scenarios:
If 3 wolves and 1 sheep are going to vote what’s for dinner, is it fair? If you are alone and happen to end up in a dark alley and are surprised with 2 robbers. They don’t rob you straight away; instead they let you have a chance through rising of hands. You’re two against their four. Fair? In a small village there are 100 Nazis and 99 Jews and they hold a referendum for starting a new Holocaust camp. Fair?
Most people would probably admit standing against those wolfs, robbers and Nazis. But here is a good question: why? They have only had their democratic right to vote. This is exactly what voting is about. Your neighbors’ voting about your money. The town voting if you can build your own house or not. A national referendum about saying yes or no to expropriation of all rich people’s money. Voting in general election about how much the government will be allowed to steal from you. Voting is immoral, idiotic and totally absurd, but still we regard it as a part of what is “right”. Why? I have never understood this type of “logic”.
If 3 wolves and 1 sheep are going to vote what’s for dinner, is it fair? If you are alone and happen to end up in a dark alley and are surprised with 2 robbers. They don’t rob you straight away; instead they let you have a chance through rising of hands. You’re two against their four. Fair? In a small village there are 100 Nazis and 99 Jews and they hold a referendum for starting a new Holocaust camp. Fair?
Most people would probably admit standing against those wolfs, robbers and Nazis. But here is a good question: why? They have only had their democratic right to vote. This is exactly what voting is about. Your neighbors’ voting about your money. The town voting if you can build your own house or not. A national referendum about saying yes or no to expropriation of all rich people’s money. Voting in general election about how much the government will be allowed to steal from you. Voting is immoral, idiotic and totally absurd, but still we regard it as a part of what is “right”. Why? I have never understood this type of “logic”.
How funny isn’t this?
Just learned that one of the victims of the latest air crash in USA were a widow to one of those who died in the 11/9 attacks. Airplanes all around. Cheers people!
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