December 30, 2011

Why Doesn’t The Whole Damn Planet Default?

Posted by franc under economics, government, politics | Tags: , , , , , , , , , |
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Caveat: I’m not an economist. I’m a scientist / engineer. I think that gives me an advantage.

I’m sick of this financial crisis. All of us, each and every one of us, bar the financial Mandarins that are “fixing” the mess they created, are being butt-fucked into the ground. “Austerity measures” are sold as some kind of panacea. Our wages are frozen. Inflation outstrips any miserly “indexed” gains grudgingly granted. Meanwhile, reports of “performance bonuses” to our financial overlords are back to pre-meltdown levels, often lump sums far in excess of what any of us will earn in a lifetime.

The approach to remedy this status quo seems an absurdist black comedy. It’s like watching a sinking ship being bailed out with teaspoons. As one example, the poor long suffering Greeks, where “austerity” measures are biting the hardest and, as always, hitting those already on a subsistence existence the worst. (more…)

 

October 28, 2011

You Couldn’t Match Expressions More If You Tried

Posted by franc under fascism, hyperreality, misandry, new new atheism, nihilism, pseudo-skepticism, yellow journalism | Tags: , , , , , , , , |
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After looking at this too much, it deserves its own post –

You can’t fake an expression that shallow.

The man who poisoned American politics beyond repair, and the man that is poisoning secularism beyond repair.

 

July 5, 2011

Access Ministries: More Poll Bombing Spam – And Why It’s Not OK

Posted by franc under education, ethics, Evonne Paddison, hyperreality, media, politics, propaganda, religion | Tags: , , , , , , , |
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Latest Access poll stacking spam, click to enlarge

As predicted, yes there was a spam doing the rounds for the newest poll held at Yahoo! News. It was picked up by Mike Stuchbery about a week ago – and its inevitable existence elicited a largely ho-hum reaction from me and didn’t really motivate me enough to even update the previous blog. There really isn’t that much to be excited about – a bunch of deceitful dirt-bags just conducting business-as-usual, banal to the point of dullness.

But kudos to Mike for capturing and documenting it, because it does need to be recorded and added to the list of Access Ministries abuses against everyone non-Access.

But what the spam does is confirm, yet again, that what Access Ministries and the Australian Christian Lobby really, really, really hate is that the general public so continuously refuses to give them the unanimous fawning love they without doubt deserve. In fact, it peeves them no end that they don’t seem to be very popular with the public at all. Reality conflicts with delusion. There is dissonance. (more…)

 

June 28, 2011

Access Ministries: Poll Bombing (Again), The Saga Continues

Posted by franc under education, ethics, Evonne Paddison, hyperreality, politics, propaganda, religion, theocracy | Tags: , , , , , |
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[Yes there was poll bombing spam captured – link]

If you can’t win, cheat. Another example of Access Ministries impeccable honesty and ethical integrity for the world to see. When reality does not conform to delusion, the only possible, rational course of action is to undermine and corrupt it. It is the modus operandi for all of Access’ interactions with our detestable society – we are such low life, godless scum that it’s the least that we deserve anyway. (more…)