You must watch the video in the top right corner...

This is a must view video, directed by Aaron Hodgins Davis it's enjoyed nearly 350,000 hits on youtube, and should be watched by anyone considering returning the republicans to power. The video is a tragic reminder of precisely what's at stake for us in this coming election.

I have long maintained that should the republican party be returned to power yet again, innocent people will lose their lives. Unfortunately, this video only reinforces my unpleasant assertion by reminding us of just how dangerous McBush is.

People need to be clear; McCain is going to be even worse than Bush, and Palin worse than Cheney. If we're lucky these two Christian warmongers will only take our country to the brink, and not actual total destruction.

There's long been talk of 'useable' nuclear missiles, as unpleasant as that concept is, I'd always taken some limited comfort from the fact that those weapons would still need to find a president that is prepared to actually use them. But, with McCain a few electoral college votes from the presidency, I feel we are careering towards a key inopportune moment in history. A moment when all the wrong cards are coming together at the same time ensuring some tragic destiny for all of us.

Listen carefully to Scott Ritter, Scott is an openly verbal critic of the Republican war machine. He worked at the IAEA in Vienna (incidentally with my ex-father-in-law), and was one of the weapons inspectors that cautioned this administration that there were no WMDs in Iraq.

This video captures Scott making an impassioned plea warning us of the dangers of 'useable' nuclear weapons, informing us that, should we use them in Iran (or worse Russia!), we will be hit back, and it will cost us one of our cities. It's an horrific thought, but sadly not one from the realms of fantasy, as the republican party and their mega-corp masters open up new markets to raid, it becomes one that's not only plausible, but a very, very real possibility.

Because I feel it is so important that people see this video I'm going to leave it posted in the top right hand corner of this page in the hope that people will visit. I will leave it there until election day or until something even harder hitting is produced. This message must get out.



OK, there's so much more to rant about today, but I'll save it for another time, after watching that video I’ve been left feeling a tad humorless. The one thing I will say is that for next year’s final the US Open need to employ linesmen and women that can actually see the ball. Though Fedex played supremely well, poor old Andy wasn't helped in the least by some dreadful line calls at key moments, one that would've ensured him a break and quite possibly the second set.

Still, not to worry, eh! We might have lost the battle, but not the war, the new guard are arriving in the form of Murray, Djocovic and Nadal.

Cultural oxymoron discovered as Louvre and NASCAR are linked! Plus, Olbermann fired for truth, and Founding Fathers just loving where we're headed!

NASCAR and the art of Numerology...

Recently I was doing some e-sniffing trying to dig up info about the Louvre Pyramid, you know the one featured in Dan Brown’s Davinci code and much favored of conspiracy theorists. Yeah, obviously I have a little more time on my hands than is healthy, but don’t judge, just don’t judge...

Anyway, on my virtual travels I stumbled across this confusing, yet somehow entertaining blog; HolyspiritVictorious4ever. It read like complete gobblygook (to me anyway), which I guess makes sense when you consider it‘s title, and I can attest to the fact you don’t have to be a keen numerologist to enjoy it. I was stunned by the number of dark satanic messages being sent using vehicles as innocuous as the latest lottery numbers, and perhaps understandably, with so much going on, the blog is updated frequently. Keeping track of so many events must be tiring, the keeper of the blog seems to be extremely committed, and I’m sure some would argue that they would need to be committed.

Though I have to admit, I’ve always wondered why it is that someone doesn’t just ask Ieoh Ming Pei whether he’s part of some grand satanic plan, or not, it would seem preferable to endlessly theorizing about it. After all, he seems like a nice enough bloke, approachable an’ all that. Then again, I have to admit when I took a ganders at the list of his upcoming projects one could argue that they’d sit neatly with a servant of Beelzebub. One project slated for next year (2009) is the NASCAR Hall of Fame, in Charlotte, North Carolina. I for one will be keeping a close eye on the precise number of bud lights consumed during its construction!

BTW I just don’t think we should ever forget that moment...


Other news -- as I reported un-exclusively yesterday, Andy Murray managed to finish off Rafa and ensure he'll be the first Brit since Greg Rusedski in '97 to contest a slam final. That occasion was also the US Open, unfortunately for us long suffering Brits Greg lost in straight sets to Pat Rafter. But, it get's better than that, if and it's a big if Andy manages to beat Fedex, he'll become the first Brit to win a slam since Virginia Wade won Wimbledon in 1977, and the first British man to win a slam since Fred Perry in 1936, who won both Wimbledon and the US Open that year.

So it's been a long time, even longer than the last time England won the football world cup. Saying that a lot rests on Andy's 21 yr old shoulders would be an understatement of extreme proportions.

Another understatement of extreme proportions would be to say that I am pissed off at the news that the right-wing media machine has successfully ensured that both Keith Olbermann and Chris Mathews are to be dropped from anchoring future MSNBC political events, you know like the fucking election in November.

This move ensures that there will be no liberal voices to be heard on election night, only right wing nuts. What price Fox calling the election for McBush before sunset on the east coast?

Here's a picture of Keith holding his flag, and looking more presidential than McBush. It's ironic that his love of country and fundamental belief that he should tell the truth has cost him media credibility. There has been no questioning of what he's said, no one has contradicted a word of what he's reported, yet they manage to marginalize him in this way, shame on NBC for bending to accommodate the right-wing and allowing this to happen.

Combined with the recent news of police arresting people in St Paul on suspicion of organizing a protest rally, it's nice to see we're taking a few significant strides towards a police state, something I've no doubt the socially minded founding fathers intended all along....

Murray beats Nadal at the US Open now for Federa in the final...

I just had to celebrate this moment and try to give you some perspective of what it means to us Brits. A Brit hasn't won a grand slam final since Fred Perry in 1936. Yup! 82 baron years, which is why the whole of Britain will be tuned into the final tomorrow.

Murray played a brilliant semi-final crafting a well deserved win against the much fancied world # Rafa Nadal in NYC this afternoon. He's now given himself a shot of actually winning this thing, and will face Fed in the final tomorrow.

Andy has a 2-1 winning record over Fed, having won the last two meetings between them. There's no question Andy has the game to beat Fed, but it'll be a tall order delivering against the five time US Open champion, someone who happens to be on a mission to win his world #1 spot back. Of course Andy's win would be a great thing for Britain and British tennis, but I also believe if Andy accomplishes the unthinkable (well unthinkable for any Brit) tomorrow, it would be great for tennis in general. It'll be the first time in my lifetime the world's top four players all have a genuine chance of finishing the season at #1.

The thought of these dudes being head and shoulders above the rest of the field and regularly meeting eachother in any combination in the slam and masters' finals will be scintillating.