Only Doctor Who carries on as normal!

When I was a kid, adults used to bore me to tears with their tedious diatribes about how hard things were. When they were growing up; what with walking twenty-five miles to school every morning.... Uphill... Barefoot... BOTH ways...yadda, yadda, yadda
 
 And I remember promising myself that when I grew up, there was no way in hell I was going to laya bunch of crap like that on my kids about how hard I had it and how easy they've got it!  
  
        But now that I'm  nearly approaching the ripe old age of 40 , I can't help but look around and notice the youth of today.  You've got it so easy!  I mean, compared to my childhood, you live in a damn Utopia!  And I hate to say it, but you kids today, you don't know how good you've got it!
 
 1) I mean, when I was a kid we didn't have the Internet.  If we wanted to know something, we had to go to the damn library and look it up ourselves, in the card catalog!!  
 
 2) There was no email!!  We had to actually write somebody a letter - with a pen!  Then you had to walk all the way across the street and put it in the mailbox, and it would take like a week to get there!  Stamps were 10 cents!
 
 3) Child Protective Services didn't care if our parents beat us.  As a matter of fact, the parents of all my friends also had permission to kick our ass! Nowhere was safe!
 
 4) There were no MP3's or Napsters or iTunes!  If you wanted to steal music, you had to hitchhike to the record store and shoplift it yourself!
 
 5) Or you had to wait around all day to tape it off the radio, and the DJ would usually talk over the beginning and @#*% it all up!  There were no CD players!  We had tape decks in our car.  We'd play our favorite tape and "eject" it when finished, and then the tape would come undone rendering it useless.  Cause, hey, that's how we rolled, Baby!  Dig?
 
 6) We didn't have fancy crap like Call Waiting!  If you were on the phone and somebody else called, they got a busy signal, that's it!
 
 7) There weren't any freakin' cell phones either. If you left the house, you just didn't make a damn call or receive one. You actually had to be out of touch with your "friends". OH MY GOSH !!!  Think of the horror... Not being in touch with someone 24/7!!!  And then there's TEXTING.  Yeah, right.  Please!  You kids have no idea how annoying you are.
 
 8) And we didn't have fancy Caller ID either! When the phone rang, you had no idea who it was!  It could be your school, your parents, your boss, your bookie, your drug dealer, the collection agent... You just didn't know!!!  You had to pick it up and take your chances, mister!
 
 9) We didn't have any fancy PlayStation or Xbox video games with high-resolution 3-D graphics!  We had the Atari 2600!  With games like 'Space Invaders' and 'Asteroids'.  Your screen guy was a little square!  You actually had to use your imagination!!!  And there were no multiple levels or screens, it was just one screen.. Forever!  And you could never win.  The game just kept getting harder and harder and faster and faster until you died!  Just like LIFE!
 
 10) You had to use a little book called a TV Guide to find out what was on! You were screwed when it came to channel surfing!  You had to get off your ass and walk over to the TV to change the channel!!!  NO REMOTES!!!  Oh, no, what's the world coming to?!?!
 
 11) There was no Cartoon Network either! You could only get cartoons on Saturday Morning.  Do you hear what I'm saying? We had to wait ALL WEEKfor cartoons, you spoiled little rat-bastards!
 
 12) And we didn't have microwaves.  If we wanted to heat something up, we had to use the stove!  Imagine that! 
  
  
  
       
  13) And our parents told us to stay outside and play... All day long.  Oh, no, no electronics to soothe and comfort.  And if you came back inside... You were doing chores!  
  And car seats - oh, please!  Mom threw you in the back seat and you hung on.  If you were lucky, you got the "safety arm" across the chest at the last moment if she had to stop suddenly, and if your head hit the dashboard, well that was your fault for calling "shot gun" in the first place!  
  
  
 See!  That's exactly what I'm talking about! You kids today have got it too easy. You're spoiled rotten!  You guys wouldn't have lasted five minutes back in 1970   or any time before!
  

BBC News - Health groups reject 'responsibility deal' on alcohol

BBC News - Health groups reject 'responsibility deal' on alcohol

Six leading health groups have dealt the government a blow by refusing to sign up to its new "responsibility deal" on alcohol in England.

The deal covers voluntary agreements with the drinks industry on issues such as promotions and labelling, aimed at tackling alcohol abuse.

But the organisations, including Alcohol Concern, accused ministers of not being tough enough on the industry.

The six groups are: Alcohol Concern, the British Association for the Study of the Liver, the British Liver Trust, the British Medical Association, the Institute of Alcohol Studies and the Royal College of Physicians.

Heath secretary Andre Lansley, having prostrated himself before the Drinks industry to do what they will with the government strategy, proceeds to take over the 'debate'.

His strategy obviously is to give no time for the other side to put their case.

Another success for the 'I'm alright Jack' Con-dem alliance, if you can call the liberal sell out an alliance.

A Royal Wedding

Of course it's lovely that a couple have announced their love and intention to marry. But will the media please STFU and stop ass-licking and ejaculating joyous announcements over the airwaves.
The Tory cuts are all part of the plan. By the time of the wedding, the royal couple will have real elderly, sick and homeless peasants lining the streets as they'll have nothing else to do but watch the royal krauts and our great leaders celebrate and feast while the arse-licking media are tasked with regurgitating bucketfuls of nauseous reverent adoration for the pig ignorant common people to gorge upon.

Quantitative Easing Explained

Home delivery snares Glasgow pizza robber

BBC News - Home delivery snares Glasgow pizza robber
Shiva is very busy working her karma on William McManus. With all these karma purification going on, I suspect he'll be back as a Buddhist monk next time round.
Pizza - what goes around comes around (sometimes in square boxes with extra topping)

The Cloud Connection

The Cloud Connection

A world devastated by The Big Freeze. A 16 year old infected with nano-particles that enable him to link to anything with a microchip. Hacking systems to search for his mother makes him a priority target for MI5 and a ruthless military corporation. When militant cyber-activists offer to help in his search, he soon finds himself heading towards a confrontation that could kill thousands. 

Clegg - The Emperor's new Policy

Why is it that every single time I see Mr Clegg on TV or hear him on the Radio, I have this really strong image of Cameron and a couple of his Tory mates watching or listening while rolling about in hysterics holding their sides and bawling 'My God he still believes it!!'

(Picture belongs to the Prime Minister's Office Photostream)