Security tops Blair's pre-election plans

LONDON (Reuters) - Tony Blair will spell out his legislative plans this week for the next session of parliament -- tantamount to an election manifesto, with the prime minister expected to go to the polls in May next year.

Bills to introduce identification cards and set up a domestic version of the FBI, the Serious and Organised Crime Agency, will grab the headlines along with new powers against drug barons.

Home Secretary David Blunkett said on Sunday he would consider more anti-terrorism laws -- including courts without juries and powers to target people merely suspected of "acts preparatory to terrorism" -- but not until after the election.

Court with no juries and all you need is to be suspected. It seems things are going down hill fast.

A cold November day

Cool link in the title today not sure how to describe the site but it was different.
Went into town today, then went and met some nice people and had a couple of coffee's. Then back home and more massage practise, feeling more confident with the strokes now, just need to learn a few more for next time. I bought a new digital camera, only a small pocket one Low res, but great for pics to go in here. So expect a few more pictures to pop up now. Moon has put a few pics of the cat in Her blog, the link is on the right of the page MoonBlog. Started reading a new book MYSQL for dummies. Lost for waht else to type now, good time for refreshments I think, coffee anyone?

Honda purchase 45 percent stake in BAR

Honda now own 45% of BAR, Dave Richards is out and Nick Fry takes over as Chief Executive of the formula-1 team. Dave Richards is reported to have said,

"We were brought in by British American Tobacco to turn the team around and
secure its long- term future and that is what we have done. I am immensely proud
of what Prodrive has achieved in a shorter time than anticipated. I believe that
BAR Honda is now in a very healthy position to continue its pursuit of the World
Championship. Obviously I and all at Prodrive will take a strong interest in the
fortunes of the team in the future."

Other staff changes are due too, for the full story click the entry title.

Prince's blast at people who get above their station

Prince's blast at people who get above their station
KAREN MCVEIGH

Key points
• Hereditary heir to British throne criticises those with 'ideas above their station'
• Such as former secretary, who is claiming unfair dismissal and sexual discrimination
• More unwelcome ructions from Clarence House for Monarchy

Key quote
"People think they can all be pop stars, high court judges, brilliant TV personalities or infinitely more competent heads of state without ever putting in the necessary work or having natural ability. This is the result of social utopianism which believes humanity can be genetically and socially engineered to contradict the lessons of history." - Prince Charles

Story in full PRINCE Charles’s latest pronouncement on British society - that its schools are imbued with a culture of "social utopianism" responsible for people getting ideas above their station - was laid bare at an employment tribunal yesterday.

More related news here.

A good example of what the elite think about us. The old phrase "like father like son" seems to fit well here. I was brought up to think these people were somthing special, people to look up too, and respect. How mistaken and mislead I was by my education and the mass media.
The future king of England PAH!

A Love song

A must watch video
This is a .wmv file it should open in windows media player.
A Love song

Nursery rhymes more violent than TV

Nursery rhymes more violent than TV

LONDON (Reuters) - Children's nursery rhymes contain 10 times more violence than television shows broadcast before the 9 p.m. "watershed" after which more adult content can be shown, research has said.

"You would hear about 10 times more violence if you listened to an hour of nursery rhymes than if you watched television for an hour before 9 o'clock on an average day," said Dr Adam Fox of St Mary's Hospital in London.

With all the violence and destruction shown on the news how can nursery rhymes contain 10 times more violence than that?

President Pardons "Biscuits and Gravy" in Annual Turkey Ceremony

Cool turkey.

Fire Protest By ID Card Protesters

A giant fake ID card bearing the Home Secretary's face has been set alight by protesters opposed to the Government's compulsory identity card plans. Campaign group NO2ID burned the mock-up outside a London venue where David Blunkett was due to outline further details of his scheme.NO2ID organiser Mark Littlewood said: "It's extremely important that the Home Secretary understands that if he proceeds with this absurd plan there's going to be very substantial public resistance.

"It's not hysterical to be talking about an Orwellian society and a total surveillance state.

"We are all extremely concerned that the Government is establishing an enormous database on all 60 million of us which will link together a vast amount of information on us.

"I don't mind the police knowing about my crime sheet and my doctor knowing about my health records, but I certainly don't want the police knowing my medical records and my doctor knowing my crime records."

As Mr Blunkett arrived at the conference on ID cards, the protesters shouted "resign. And show us your ID".

Mr Blunkett turned and gave an exaggerated wave to the small group as he entered the building.

His proposals will cost up to £3.1 billion to introduce.

The cards, which feature biometric details such as fingerprints and iris scans, will be phased in from 2007-8 as people apply to renew their passports.

I,m not happy about these I.D card ideas at all, I DO NOT WANT ONE EVER!

ID cards won't comply with data protection laws

Spam

This link came from Kez and Caspers talk board. This guy replies to spam emails even he seems unsure why This one made me smile

Another YRM season ends

Another Yahoo! racing manager season ends, overall I did a little better than season 7 .GTR have had their best points finish todate which is very nice, for more info check out the GTR SITE.
We now have 2 teams GTR and GTR Avian Moon, will it become three teams by the end of the new season 9.

Bush and Blair accused of mangling English

LONDON (Reuters) - The English language is being destroyed by a "deadly virus of management speak" which has infected the mouths and minds of politicians like Tony Blair and George W. Bush, a leading journalist says.
Read the full story here http://uk.news.yahoo.com/041115/80/f6msu.html

A love song
I also came across this little video and, found it very funny http://uk.download.yahoo.com/ne/fu/oa/love.wmv

Jordan get Toyota power for 05

Toyota to supply Jordan engines in 2005

Jordan Grand Prix has concluded an agreement with Toyota Motorsport GmbH for the supply of engines in the 2005 Formula One World Championship season.

Eddie Jordan said, "Toyota are to be commended. Not only have they been fantastic to Jordan by agreeing this deal at such short notice, but they have also done the magnanimous thing for the sport by putting Formula One above their own exclusivity. A supply of Toyota engines is an enormous boost for Jordan and I am very excited about putting together our 2005 package in the coming weeks and months. This announcement, along with others coming shortly, will revive the fortunes of Jordan Grand Prix and at the same time I hope we can help Toyota in the battle for World Championship honours."

The one-year deal enables Jordan to purchase 2005 specification Toyota RVX-05 engines at an affordable price.

Great news for myself as a Jordan GP fan, also in formula one news this week it appears Redbull have bought the Jaguar F1 team this is good news not only for the sport but, more so for the people working at Jaguar F1. Redbull sponser Sauber at the moment I expect this will mean a loss of money for Sauber from Redbull.

Local history

I now live in a small town called Kidderminster. Rowland Hill was born in Kidderminster in 1775, he was the founder of the penny post in 1840. Being an ex-Postman I found it interesting and, while out walking around the town spotted this on an old empty building that looks like it was used as a post office at some time in the past.

CHELSEA CRUISE

Just sat here not really doing much, and decide to search on google for the Chelsea cruise, a car run which I used to go to every month with my Mum from the age of 13/14. It is a custom car run in and around Chelsea in London. Had some great fun up there, still have a few old photo's around of the last time I went, I must have been about 16 by then. There used to be hundreds of cars both classic and customised to see driving around. My mum was a MkII zodiac fan her's was white and pale blue. Anyway found this thread (link is in the title above) about it seems a few people are starting it back up. Here are a few pics from there new cruise this year http://www.hotrodphotos.co.uk/Chelsea.htm . Good luck to them I hope it takes off.

Bye bye Boris

The Conservative Party has sacked its vice chairman and maverick shadow arts minister Boris Johnson from its front bench amid newspapers allegations about his private life.
Newspapers have reported that Boris who is a married father of four, had an affair with a colleague. He has denied the reports, dismissing them as "piffle".
The Conservative Party said its decision to sack Boris was not based on a moral judgment of his behaviour, but on its belief that, in denying the reports, he lied.

I suppose with looks like his it must have been too hard just turning down the offers. I have not seen it mentioned yet if it was a female or male colleague.

This is the colleague , Petronella Wyatt 35 the daughter of the late peer, Woodrow Wyatt, and a fellow Spectator journalist. This is the only picture I can find of her

I think I understand it.

I have just read this article on the Seti website, I found it interesting.

Quantum Astronomy: The Double Slit Experiment (link)

This is a series of four articles each with a separate explanation of
different quantum phenomena. Each of the four articles is a piece of a mosaic
and so every one is needed to understand the final explanation of the quantum
astronomy experiment we propose, possibly using the Allen
Array Telescope and the narrow-band radio-wave detectors being build by the
SETI Institute and the University of California, Berkeley.

This article had some interesting information too Brainy Brethren Is there really life out there?

HHGG movie news

There is now an official release date of May 6th 2005. If you click the title above it will take you to the trailer on the Yahoo site, or there are some pic's here http://movies.yahoo.com/shop?d=hv&id=1808411970&cf=pstills

Massaging a guinea pig

Tonight, I shall mostly be... massaging a guinea pig.

Why so fast?

Why do we need a fast pace of life? I much prefer a slow pace myself for many reasons, the main one being how much you miss by rushing around. Is it a planned pace by the elite few who control most things. Get every one to rush all the time and they will hardly notice what is going on in the world. I think the whole human race needs to take a more global attitude, forget about all this we are different from them rubbish, fed to us by the media and governments. We are all the same, we are human beings one and all. Imagine a world full of people all working for the common good of not only each other but also for the well being of our planet too. This planet is our home, would you treat your house the way we treat this planet? Much of the damage we are doing is due to this pace of life, always wanting more and faster. There are limited resources in the earth, yet we waste so much just to live our fast paced disposable little lives. Money is said to be the root of all evil, but money is just a man made device for trade; man invented money so really it should say man is the root of all evil. If we wanted we could change the way the world works in a day, just by refusing to use money, we don't need it! What if you just went to work because you wanted to contribute to the well being of are race, and not for pay. If you needed something you go to a shop and get it no charge. Take away all the profits and targets and just do things that need to be done, every one doing a fair share of work for the common good.
I will have to add to this later as I have a doctors appointment at 11:20, so need to go get ready now keep happy.

Well fed

I,m full after a fantastic sunday roast dinner cooked by my love. More than made up for eating so little yesterday, we even managed the shopping too. Just uploaded a photo I messed around with on to the site, click the title to go direct to the site page it was taken in Brintons park just down the road. Think I may go watch a movie.

Sunday morning

Above is a pic taken while walking home this squirel was just watching me.
I have been looking threw my photos and have decided on my next picture to draw. There is a work in progress right now so will probably finish that first. I have always liked drawing birds for some reason I find them real easy to do. So with that in mind this will be my next pic.

Every one else here is still in bed, and good for them. I just find it hard to lay in bed once I,m awake so tend to just get up. Shopping day today as it was called off yesterday due to a full tesco car park. Had a bit of a show on the way back some young guy ran a red light and hit another car, his escort span then he got out and gave it legs over a fence. The police where chasing him 3 police cars and a van pulled up at the junction, the police gave chase. After a few mins a couple of police appeared back with the guy in hand cuffs, his shirt half way up his back and pants half way down his legs, I guess he resisted a bit. Glad they got the little bugger. Going to click publish now to check the picture links worked ok, last time it all went strange and messed up.

Aston Martin DBR9

Just been reading Aston Martin are going back into racing in 2005 with thier new DB9, take a look at it here http://www.astonmartinracing.com/gallery.htm or click the title above to goto Aston Martin racing.

New guestbook

I have just changed to a new on-site guestbook. Some friends use it on there site so I thought I would too as it is pretty cool. Thanks to Kez and Casper for finding it http://www.casperandkez.com/ . Still got to set up the colours and stuff but it is better than the old one, and at least it will work all the time.