No more Lords thank you very much

So UKIP believe they should have Peers in the House of Lords, do they?

Well that has kind of blown their claims of not wanting to be part of the political elite. Seems to me that as at the moment there isn’t one UKIP Member of Parliament they expect an easy way in to positions of power.

Seems to be a case of;

` We cant win seats in the commons so can you give us some in the Upper House.’

Just what we as a nation do not need. More unelected idiots riding the gravy train.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/10883287/UKIP-demands-more-seats-in-House-of-Lords.html

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/jun/07/ukip-issues-fresh-demand-to-be-given-more-peers-in-parliament

 

 

RIP Bob Crow, People Get Organised

Have to say, I was really sad by the news of Bob Crows death. Now whether or not you agreed with the fella, he was a guy who stood up for his union members & would fight for  them, for their rights & a decent standard of living.

Far too often it seems to me that far too many `Union Leaders’ in this day & age, are more interested in their own position, & power politics for their own advantage, than that of their Union members.

I say this to those out there, who say & believe that Unions are not good for workers, or that strong Union leaders are Dinasaurs…As the Unions have declined, so have living standards & the  lives workers & unemployed as a whole. Also,  along with the decline of Unions, the lives & standards  of the executives  has skyrocket out of proportion.

I would say that Society itself is diminished by weakening of Unions. The gap between the Rich & Poor in becoming wider, & in becoming collectively acceptable allows for the foundations of great societies to crumble. Thus, ensuring poverty, chaos, violence & prejudices to flourish.

So as others would say, whist you may mourn the passing of a great Union man… Dont just mourn..get organised.

RIP Bob Crow 52 years is too young.

 

 

 

 

Loosing the WWW

Its strange, its been such a long time since I merely express my thoughts & feelings on/in a blog. I have seen over the past couple of years especially, the rise of Trolls. Those who would be loud, aggressive, smart arsed. Sadly they drive away the  true voices of moderation, of reality. They drive away the voices of those who seek knowledge, & no im not talking necessarily  about on an academic level, but more importantly I feel, those who seek knowledge on an holistic scale.

People who are interested in the world about them & the world in far off distant shores. Not of Governments or Corporations, but of people. It would seem now that Trolls, arnt just mere wankers hiding behind anonymity & spouting verbal bilge, some are actually paid, yes paid, to divert discussions away from critical thinking to be caught up in tribal or pedantic nonsense. Thus, internet discourse has become yet another corporate controlled  medium as all the free spaces of chatter have died out, shut down or become mainstream media controlled.

This seems especially true as physical infrastructure in regards the internet or www has become  the main source for mainstream media to communicate to the wider world to the detriment of other forms of communication. In other words, more & more, Big Corp controls & owns Bandwidth.

Theres a whole WWW out there, Google, The BBC. Sky, Netflix, Facebook are not the world wide web. How sad it is that a majority of people  cant/dont realise that.

 

 

Highgate Woods N10 in Black & White

Yep, more black & white photo’s added to paganfreak.net.

I love the fact that a metropolis such as London can still retain ancient woodland spaces.

This series of pictures are of Highgate wood, in addition to this another set of pictures will be added of Coldfall Woods. Both woodland areas are the remnants of an ancient forest.

As you can see, not all of this part of South East England is completely concreted over, & hopefully these woodland areas will last another thousand years..plus.

 

paganfreak.net web & music update

So after much neglect, I am doing a wee bit of updating over at paganfreak.net . I have archived all the  music & video stuff, still easy to get to if your interested, as you will see on the left hand menu list on the home page. There is now the beginnings of a  new music project, it is called “concordia discors“. The songs in this project were started in 2012, some were kept, some were trashed. This project at the moment is  very vocal based, which is a diversion  from the  rhythmic  instrumental route I usually take. Its quite raw, not overly produced. What can I say, its the punx in me.

Anyhoo, there are two songs up at the moment. I will be adding more when I feel they are ready to be published. In other words when I get to a point with a song that I feel I don’t want to mess with it anymore but am happy for others to hear it.

Hope all is well in your world

Peace

Pags

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Trendy Suburbia

Row upon row of shops,

selling overpriced little things.

That a consumer wants,

but doesnt need.

 

Edwardian houses in need of constant upkeep. Forget the Jones’.

This is full on competition throughout the community.

The community such as it is; media wannabes, finacial plebs

& barrista Iphone owners.

 

Out with the sun we all come

to procrastinate on street furniture

pretending we all have lives.

Whilst secretly concerned with bank balances & over hanging bills

lurking every week, every month.

 

Naked apes are we

so good at pretending we are…

That our heritage is that of a deity

which keeps us from the animal kingdom.

 

Half godlike children,

trapped in this mortal coil.

Drowning in consumerism to keep us amused,

until we die.

 

What is this life worth?

Should wealth be in trinkets?

In thoughts?

In deeds?

 

The alter of Mammon competes for service with religion.

21st century Monkeys look on in awe,

at the facade of glitter & the Emperors new clothes

of no substance.

 

pagan386 25/5/12