Peculiarities

Is Internet commerce making it too hard for ordinary users?

2011-07-27T10:12:00.004+01:00

As a frequent internet user I often find it difficult to log in (or even log out) of many commercial websites. I find that there are so many so-called anti-fraud or anti-spam restrictions on the ordinary user.

And the devices they use are often so convoluted. And that ridiculous 'captcha' thing is just one case in point. The Yahoo websites are another, they have gone password-crazy.

I'm beginning to think that it's easier for the fraudster or spammer to get into sites that it is for the ordinary user!

About Mountain Lions ...

2011-07-27T10:10:00.003+01:00

The mountain lion is also known as a cougar or puma.

Which of these names is most apt?

What's the BBC's hidden agenda?

2010-02-26T18:18:00.007Z

The British Broadcasting Corporation has long claimed that its television and radio services are unbiased. But that is very far from the truth of the matter. The fact is that the BBC, even though it is financed by the general public, has a hidden political agenda of its very own and that its attitude also pervades all of its other programmes, dramas, documentaries and even its games shows.

Now an internal BBC memo reveals that senior figures are admitting that it actively promotes 'political correctness', anti-Christian sentiment, sexual deviancy, and more. News of the 80-page memo, widely reported in British media, comes as the BBC continues to struggle against claims of its biased news reporting and presentation attitudes. The admissions of bias were made at a recent "impartiality" summit the BBC held.

There was also a widespread acknowledgement that viewers felt that the corporation is dominated by a London-centric bias, reflected in its programmes, presenters and coverage.

Feminists are Evolving but not in a Nice Way ...

2007-08-22T22:43:00.000+01:00

Feminists are gradually changing into men (but not into nice men)!

It's true. Look more closely at those feminists (repeat feminists, we're not talking about normal women here). Since they began apeing men they have gradually been evolving into men, physically and mentally, but (predictably) they are evolving into men of the worst kind. When they began to try to act like men their bodies started making manly hormones in increasing quantities. However hard they try (and they are trying) feminists are finding that they cannot overcome Nature's scheme of things.

Take just one of the secondary physical characteristics: Hair growth. Haven't you noticed how hairy feminists are becoming? They are apparently having to shave increasingly often to stem their growth of bodily hair.

It's usually most noticeable over the upper lip. Look at those 'glamourous' movie stars. Look at those feminist actresses in the films or on TV. See their '7 o'clock shadow', something that even the most adept makeup or airbrushing artist can't conceal.

Of course no feminist could ever bring herself to acknowledge any of this. She would much rather be found dead face-down in a ditch. Such is her vanity, her narcissistic nature.

Lies the Feminists Taught Me

2007-06-06T03:27:00.001+01:00

"Feminism was a bad idea to begin with ... and has evolved into a ravenous monster that eats equal rights for breakfast. It's time people understood the extreme anti-male bias in Western culture before it's too late. We don't have much time left ..."

If you are around my age (40) or younger you may be surprised to learn that almost everything you have been taught is a lie. (In fact, I'd have to say that just about the only exception to this is mathematics. There is no gray area in maths, only correct or incorrect, black or white.)

Who's been lying to us? I'm glad you asked. The answer is: Everyone. Now, don't be hatin' on your neighbor or your teacher or your pastor. They're only passing on what they were taught. The original lies came from, you guessed it, 'feminism'.

But why would the feminists lie to us? Wasn't feminism instrumental in freeing women from the 'tyrannous yoke of male-dominated society'? Aren't we really better off now? In a word, No. The fact is, the original conditions cited by the 'women's movement' either existed in a way markedly different than what we were told, or they didn't exist at all.

- Could women vote before the 19th amendment? Yes, they could. Not all women but not all men either.
- Could women obtain a higher education before the women's movement? Yes, they could. Not all women but not all men either. Men and women attended different colleges, but both had equal access to education.
- Could women get birth control? No, they couldn't. It wasn't available to anyone, man or woman.
- Could women work outside the home? Yes, they could. In fact, they very often did.
- Did boys all of a sudden just get stupid and girls all of a sudden just get smart? Is it something in the water?? Of course not. We have radically changed the way we teach to what feminism has dictated.

See Woman against Feminism

Feminists responsible for Banale TV

2007-05-08T11:01:00.000+01:00

British television standards are deteriorating because the BBC is run by women, astronomer Sir Patrick Moore has said.

Asked about his favourite series, Sir Patrick said he no longer enjoyed certain programmes because of their storylines. "I used to watch Doctor Who and Star Trek, but they went 'politically correct' - making women commanders, that kind of thing. I stopped watching."

Sir Patrick's 50 years on TV earned him a place in the record books. He appears in the Guinness Book of Records as the longest-serving TV presenter, having appeared on his show about astronomy since 1957.

About the US and Guantanamo Bay

2007-02-13T02:31:00.002Z

In the 200 years since it was granted independence the USA has rarely been at peace with the international community or with itself and it emerged as a militaristic state. In the early days the US terrified and subjugated the countries of South America with its widespread use of gunboat diplomacy and later it was the first nation which was to kill millions of human beings with its use of nuclear bombing. In more recent times it has used robotic aeroplanes to fire on and kill people in Afghanistan.

Many people do not know that U.S. Marines first occupied Guantanamo Bay on June 6, 1898. In 1903, the newly-established Cuban Republic gave in to U.S. insistence to officially 'lease' Guantanamo Bay to them. The official rent was, and remains, 2,000 gold coins a year and a warning that Cuba could not unilaterally terminate the 'lease'. Fidel Castro, recognizing the U.S. base as an affront to Cuban sovereignty, has always refused to cash the United States' annual cheque for $4,085.

Remember what Lord Acton said in 1887 - "Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely". Never has this been truer than in the U.S.

U.S.A. Arrogance Exposed

2007-02-13T01:55:00.000Z

Mr Putin, president of Russia, recently announced to the world that Mr Bush's U.S.A. had overstepped its boundaries and become a threat to the entire planet.

Needless to say the American military establishment and its sycophants attempted to rubbish Mr Putin's speech. The truth often hurts.

Mr Putin said what should have been said a long time ago.

A Case of Aggression breeding Aggression

2007-02-05T02:20:00.000Z

Violent computer games may make people more likely to act aggressively, a study says. Psychologist Bruce Bartholow, the lead researcher of the study published in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, says: "As far as I'm aware, this is the first study to show that exposure to violent games has effects on the brain that predict aggressive behaviour."

This is something common sense told us a long time ago.

Politically Correct Madness

2006-10-24T10:12:00.001+01:00

A man is jailed for 24 years for fraud. But a single mother who deliberately murders her young child by torching the house gets let off. Another woman poisons her little boy. She gets off too.

It's called political correctness.

Enough said.

Akim's personal experiences and encounters with 'PolCor' (aka Political Correctness) and Other Lunacies

http://emptydays.blogspot.com/2004/03/who-is-polcor-i-once-made-friends-with.html

Blair's £6Million Personal Nestegg

2005-11-24T13:37:00.000Z

I'm concerned that the elderly, housebound, or disabled in the Southport area are often not getting a fair shake from Sefton Council and many of the voluntary agencies.

This is because resources which should go into health, housing, and general support are being diverted by the Blair government into buying guns and bombs for adventurism overseas and into feathering political nests. What remains goes mostly into juveniles, leaving little for the support of the elderly or disabled.

Yet it is self-evident that the first duty of any government calling itself civilized is to look after its citizens, particularly the elderly and disabled. This Blair regime is indeed a government of mediocrity.

(P.S. Did you know that Blair himself will shortly retire on a parliamentary pension of £6million - yes, £6million! - paid for by the taxpayer. These guys don't look after the elderly or disabled but they certainly know how to look after themselves.)

More Bullshit from Blair

2005-10-11T23:21:00.000+01:00

The news media are making big play of the latest estimates about the volume of 'fraud' in the health and welfare system.

But they lead us up the garden path when they suggest that "if it wasn't for fraud we could save enough money to build X more hospitals, Y more schools, etcetera, etcetera." In this the media are mistaken. They work on the totally false premise that the Blair regime's priority is to do with the health and welfare of the British people and that this is where any savings would be redirected.

But we all know better. All the real evidence points to the fact that the present authoritarian regime is more interested in saving money so that they can have more to spend on guns and bombs and secret services.

(PS - The cost of preparing the report itself came to just as much as the estimated cost of the 'frauds' themselves!)

The Resurgence of Decadent Hedonism

1998-06-07T14:24:00.000+01:00

Decadent hedonism - the pursuit of self-delusion regardless of the consequences for oneself and for others and for society as a whole - was endemic in ancient Greece and in the Roman Empire.

It eventually led to the destruction of those civilizations.

Now, in this present day, it has reared its ugly head again. Ambitious politicians and big business fat cats exploit the situation and encourage people to live on a 'high' in a permanent state of self-delusion. People dote on so-called 'celebrities' and live their lives for the sake of 'image' and 'lifestyle' and so become like clones of other people instead of just being themselves.

Pandering to all this enables politicians to consolidate their control over the population and it makes big money for the fat cats. Selling decadence is profitable. And as the mass media force-feed us with this diet of decadence our ability to be individuals erodes away.