tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39258781756600265752024-03-14T07:48:33.993+00:00The Scumbag TimesRandom shouting, mumbling; unintelligible crap about the state we're inThe Scumbaghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13913969575900618089noreply@blogger.comBlogger87125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3925878175660026575.post-87769543844400740702009-04-30T13:25:00.003+01:002009-04-30T13:28:32.064+01:00Winnie the Pooh<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tphjGuBw3RM/SfmZW4GeWRI/AAAAAAAAAHQ/OgALT7hOWj8/s1600-h/untitled.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330460252265404690" style="WIDTH: 304px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tphjGuBw3RM/SfmZW4GeWRI/AAAAAAAAAHQ/OgALT7hOWj8/s400/untitled.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tphjGuBw3RM/SfmZHIJgA4I/AAAAAAAAAHI/fDxJTBbTe-U/s1600-h/untitled.JPG"></a><br /><br /><div></div></div>The Scumbaghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13913969575900618089noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3925878175660026575.post-80555314892376773342009-04-24T13:48:00.001+01:002009-04-24T13:50:56.083+01:00We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to....<strong>....Resign</strong><br /><br />(Please...)<br /><br /><br />Sign up <a href="http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/please-go/">here</a> - you only have till October<br /><br />And congratulations to Kalvis Jansons for starting this<br /><br />H/T: <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/">the register</a>The Scumbaghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13913969575900618089noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3925878175660026575.post-48933056885553331502009-04-21T22:20:00.002+01:002009-04-21T22:31:52.352+01:00"I thought I told him to be a Pilot!!!"Oh dear, poor Mrs Wale Abdul Kadhir Muse thinks her son is just an innocent little boy who (probably) "never hurt no-one and never done nuffing".<br />Her son, poor <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/8010131.stm">Abde Wale Abdul Kadhir Muse</a> (who is apparently only a child, yet apparently m,an enough to hang around wth a bung of pirates on a boat and wave round an AK47 demanding a ransom), was the only one to survive the yanks <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/7996213.stm">anti-piracy efforts</a> earlier this month, and is now in New York on piracy charges (the yanks obviously having a more rubust view of dealing with them than the <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/8005730.stm">Dutch</a><br /><br />Mrs Muse is now appealing to the whitehouse for her son's freedom (and a free ticket to America to be with him, where she will doubtless dissapear within a month.<br /><br />I hope they hang the bastard from the nearest yardarmThe Scumbaghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13913969575900618089noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3925878175660026575.post-8435440071807332632009-04-18T19:09:00.001+01:002009-04-18T19:10:45.677+01:00Fuck me, the Iranians are using wookies now<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/01386/iran-parade_1386849c.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 460px; height: 288px;" src="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/01386/iran-parade_1386849c.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>The Scumbaghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13913969575900618089noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3925878175660026575.post-350785397301414992009-04-15T18:25:00.003+01:002009-04-15T18:44:41.146+01:00Sir Humphrey rips off shite BBC conceptThis made me laugh:<br /><br />Apparently in a July it's the event of the season for mini-Sir Humphs, as hundreds of bowler hatted types gather at the London olympia to rub grades and compare blackberrys.<br /><br />In what looks like a sop to the lower ranks, the organisers have teamed up with Ernst & Young (who doubtless have charged a considerable fee) and produced the laughably named "<a href="http://www.civilservicelive.com/?page_id=896">Lions' Lair</a>"<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.civilservicelive.com/wp-content/uploads/lions_lair.gif"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 240px;" src="http://www.civilservicelive.com/wp-content/uploads/lions_lair.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;" >Sound familiar?</span><br /></div><br />So what's it all about then?<br /><p></p><blockquote><p>If you have an innovative idea you believe could help transform the Civil Service, however large or small, then Lions’ Lair is a unique opportunity to have it heard by senior government and industry experts.</p> <ul><li> Do you have an idea that embraces one of Sir Gus O’Donnell’s four Civil Service priorities, could it promote sustainability, skills, diversity or wellbeing amongst your colleagues?</li><li> Does your idea demonstrate pride, pace, professionalism and passion?</li></ul></blockquote><ul><li></li></ul><br /><br />This bit is a corker<br /><blockquote></blockquote><blockquote>Similar to a popular TV show</blockquote>Really?? Fuck me Holmes! I thought I'd heard of it somewhere....<br /><br />And who do we have as the "Lions" in the Lair?<br /><ul><li>Peter Jones, CBE - Entrepreneur, National Enterprise Academy founder and TV Dragon <span style="font-weight: bold;">(doubtless on a hefty fee and available for shamless format rip-offs)</span><br /></li><li>Helen Ghosh - Permanent Secretary, Defra <span style="font-weight: bold;">(Sir Humphry)</span><br /></li><li>David Bell - Permanent Secretary, DCSF <span style="font-weight: bold;">(Sir Humphry)</span></li><li> Robin Tye - Head of Government Services, Ernst & Young <span style="font-weight: bold;">(the sponsor, doubtless keen to rub shoulders with the Sir Humphs in the pursuit of future contracts)</span><br /></li><li> Dame Gill Morgan - Permanent Secretary, Welsh Assembly Government <span style="font-weight: bold;">(Sir Humphry)</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Arial; color: navy; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: navy; font-family: Arial;"> </span></span><span class="contentheading">Lin Homer - </span><span class="contentsubheading">Chief Executive, UK Border Agency </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">(Sir Humphry)</span></li></ul>All together now Lions': -<br /><blockquote style="font-weight: bold;">"Grrrrrrrr"</blockquote>Funny thing is that they've put the entry form on the internet so any old Tom, Dick or Blogger can now<a href="http://www.civilservicelive.com/?page_id=882"> submit their ideas</a> for how the civil service can promote sustainability, skills, diversity or wellbeing; or demonstrate pride, pace, professionalism and passion.<br /><br />Anyone?The Scumbaghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13913969575900618089noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3925878175660026575.post-4624522483809944262009-04-14T13:44:00.001+01:002009-04-14T13:45:42.857+01:00Don't trust the little bastards<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tphjGuBw3RM/SeSFVcVdo5I/AAAAAAAAAHA/byi6bksi0fc/s1600-h/dwarves.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324527262888731538" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 260px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tphjGuBw3RM/SeSFVcVdo5I/AAAAAAAAAHA/byi6bksi0fc/s400/dwarves.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div>The Scumbaghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13913969575900618089noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3925878175660026575.post-77932440272638365142009-04-09T16:42:00.003+01:002009-04-09T17:03:52.338+01:00One rule for knacker...Some years ago, a mate of mine was living in rented accommodation with some other mates. They had a problem with some aspect of the house so called in the landlord, who being a typical example of the breed was a cheapskate fuck didn't want to fix the problem. A heated argument broke out, words were exchanged; and the landlord left.<br /><br />15 minutes later he dropped dead of a heart attack.<br /><br />The landlords son, who was as big a fucker, phones the police and claimed that my mate pushed his father over, and suggested that this caused the heart attack.<br />Inspector knacker promptly went round to the flat, arrested him for murder and carted him off for questioning. 6 hours later after his flatmates gave statements demonstrating that he went nowhere near the landlord, he was released and sent on his way. Once in a while we remember about this, most recently at his wedding when his blushing bride did not look at all happy when the first she ever heard of it was during the best mans speech... But anyway.<br /><br />Contrast this with the efforts of <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7991206.stm">inspector knacker in London</a>. In London a man walking away from a group of tooled up, masked thugs with attack dogs (and lets not forget that apparently the knacker is question was a member of a TSG team, TSG generally having a reputation for being prone to "baton first, arrest second, rough up in the van third" behavior), was attacked from behind with a baton, then pushed to the floor and left lying on the ground for passers by to help.<br />So what do knacker do?<br />They acknowledge that Mr Tomlinson came "into contact with police"before he died, and taken the TSG thug in for a nice chat and a "compare notebooks" session with the rozzers watchdog.<br /><br />This quote is a fucking corker from the met spokesman<br /><blockquote>"A total of four officers, inclusive of this officer, have now come forward with potentially relevant information in relation to the investigation into the death of Mr Tomlinson."</blockquote>What the spokesman should have added was<br /><blockquote>After they had a nice long week or so to compare notebooks and make sure their stories all matched. </blockquote><br />So if you're an average bloke and it's alleged you pushed someone over who then died, you get arrested for murder. If you're a rozzer and you do the same you get an easy ride and anonymity.The fucker hasn't even been suspended pending an investigation.The Scumbaghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13913969575900618089noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3925878175660026575.post-48528528691098469242009-04-07T19:19:00.003+01:002009-04-07T19:26:02.929+01:00They may not have murdered him.......But they certainly didn't hold his hand while he crossed the road...<br /><br />Hoons<br /><br />From the <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/video/2009/apr/07/g20-police-assault-video">Grauniads website</a> and spotted by Old Holborn.... Wonder how long it takes for this little gem to go viral - then inspector knacker is a bit fuckedThe Scumbaghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13913969575900618089noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3925878175660026575.post-1343315569189184812009-04-07T18:27:00.002+01:002009-04-07T18:38:33.969+01:00Hero of the day - ParkySeeing as he's old, retired and a bit of a national treasure, parky has used his position to say what <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7987426.stm">many of us have been thinking</a><br /><blockquote><br />.....she came to represent "all that's paltry and wretched about Britain"<br /><br />Her death is as sad as the death of any young person but it's not the passing of a martyr or a saint<br /><br />She was brought up on a sink estate, as a child came to know both drugs and crime, was barely educated, ignorant and puerile</blockquote><br />Thank fuck someone has broken the ranks of faux mourning and all the bullshit that has accompanied the slow lingering death of a stupid Essex racist. Pity he didn't give a good slagging off to the numpties who were throwing flowers at her funeral waggon at the weekend (hhad the misfortune to catch the "news" on saturday) - but you can't have it all ways...<br /><br />For some reason I checked out the "speak your branes and was particularly impressed with the comment from "Debbie" who described her as "saint" - fucking deluded retard<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tphjGuBw3RM/SduPT0v5MLI/AAAAAAAAAGY/YNhN6sRA6KY/s1600-h/mong.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 172px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tphjGuBw3RM/SduPT0v5MLI/AAAAAAAAAGY/YNhN6sRA6KY/s400/mong.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322004955408183474" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br />And she can't spell "Angel"The Scumbaghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13913969575900618089noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3925878175660026575.post-62414271058200526922009-03-25T21:52:00.004+00:002009-03-25T22:01:54.692+00:00Hoon de jour - Ed Milliband*with apologies for jumping on the Hoon bandwaggon*<br /><br />Say hello to Scumbags nomination for todays biggest Hoon - Ed Milliband, brother of that condescending twat David.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-images/Society/Pix/pictures/2008/05/12/Ed_Milliband.gif"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 128px; height: 128px;" src="http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-images/Society/Pix/pictures/2008/05/12/Ed_Milliband.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Ed likes wind turbines.<br /><br />Ed likes wind turbines a lot.<br /><br />Ed has therefore decided that not liking wind turbines should now be "<a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/energy/windpower/5045289/Ed-Miliband-says-opposing-windfarms-is-socially-unacceptable.html">socially unacceptable</a>", or to give this useless little turd ample rope to hang himself with:<br /><blockquote>"The Government needs to be saying 'It is socially unacceptable to be against wind turbines in your area - like not wearing your seat belt or driving past a zebra crossing.'</blockquote>What the fuck?? The greenies really are getting desperate these days to convince an increasingly skeptical public about the evils of MMCC if they're reduced to this sort of bullshit. And this boy gets a ministerial salary, a whole department, and doubtless a whole army of toaies to tell him what a wonderful man he really is and how he's "making a difference". What a total Hoon.<br /><br />Just fuck off Ed and take your piss-poor attempts at ramming your opinion down our throats with youThe Scumbaghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13913969575900618089noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3925878175660026575.post-79460361102080525882009-03-24T18:49:00.004+00:002009-03-24T18:52:34.502+00:00The wheels have fallen off Gordons waggonAbsolutely glorious - on the first day of his pre-G20 grandstanding tour, Dan Hannan gives him a good kicking in the EU parliament - genius.<br /><br />Watch it and laugh<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/94lW6Y4tBXs&rel=0&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/94lW6Y4tBXs&rel=0&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>The Scumbaghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13913969575900618089noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3925878175660026575.post-62134224884440791602009-03-17T21:47:00.003+00:002009-03-17T21:49:45.419+00:00Since I can't think of suitable flippancy...I'll let this do the job instead<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.mostlysafeforwork.com/image.axd?picture=3203_8ebb_400.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 342px; height: 480px;" src="http://www.mostlysafeforwork.com/image.axd?picture=3203_8ebb_400.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />From <a href="http://www.mostlysafeforwork.com/">Mostly safe for work</a>The Scumbaghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13913969575900618089noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3925878175660026575.post-72003816202189075462009-03-16T19:32:00.005+00:002009-03-16T19:41:18.663+00:00Most cringeworthy newspaper front page of the day...<div style="text-align: left;">I saw this and had to fight down the desire to burn the newspaper stand to the ground<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tphjGuBw3RM/Sb6qrdl4jjI/AAAAAAAAAGQ/WDLflSrrVIE/s1600-h/ffs.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 193px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tphjGuBw3RM/Sb6qrdl4jjI/AAAAAAAAAGQ/WDLflSrrVIE/s400/ffs.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313872273998384690" border="0" /></a><br /></div></div><br /><a href="http://www.skytower.me.uk/wp-content/pob.jpg">Pob</a> continues her quest to die with no grace what so everThe Scumbaghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13913969575900618089noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3925878175660026575.post-1814462078820393572009-03-15T19:54:00.002+00:002009-03-15T20:00:02.875+00:00Oh happy days...After match after match of shitty performances, sin-bins and general fuck-ups; this little picture brings the sunshine back<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/45569000/jpg/_45569126_parra_416.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 416px; height: 300px;" src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/45569000/jpg/_45569126_parra_416.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Nothing like a good bit of Kermit bashing to warm the cockles of your heartThe Scumbaghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13913969575900618089noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3925878175660026575.post-65344546724603993362009-03-12T15:30:00.004+00:002009-03-12T15:49:41.910+00:00With apologies to Obnoxio The Clown....I'm going to steal <a href="http://obotheclown.blogspot.com/2009/01/give-him-your-support.html">his letter</a> because....<br /><br /><blockquote>Students have ended their occupation of part of Newcastle University over the plight of Palestinians in Gaza </blockquote><br />according to <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/tyne/7938897.stm">the BBC</a> - problem was that this earth shattering event hadn't even made it outside the university walls (my better half works there and hadn't heard a thing about it).<br /><br /><p></p><blockquote><p>The students called for a public condemnation of recent Israeli attacks in the region. <!-- E SF --></p><p>A spokesman for the demonstrators said: "The occupation itself has ended at this point because we have been promised that the necessary steps will be taken immediately for our demands to be realised. </p>"We have no guarantee that our demands will be met, but are confident that the appropriate people will be present at these talks to continue our campaign effectively</blockquote><div style="text-align: left;"> What a bunch of naive idealistic morons. I assume they ended the protest when someone called their parents<br /></div><br />So <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Obnoxio's</span> sample letter (reproduced here for all to glory in) is now winging it's way to the inbox of <a href="http://www.blogger.com/irene.brown@ncl.ac.uk">Miss Irene Brown</a> the Head of Fine Art (which I assume is little trinkets and pottery based on this photo)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tphjGuBw3RM/SbktGWo11sI/AAAAAAAAAGA/4byR5UY2Bss/s1600-h/fine+art.bmp"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 181px; height: 150px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tphjGuBw3RM/SbktGWo11sI/AAAAAAAAAGA/4byR5UY2Bss/s400/fine+art.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312326822639556290" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Dear Miss Brown,</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">I believe a bunch of posturing idiots have occupied university property in some kind of deranged attempt to attract attention to the Gaza crisis, because, of course, it hasn't dominated the news sufficiently.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Well, I'd like to say that as a taxpayer, I hope you will sling these pompous, overweening <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">fuckwits</span> out on the street as soon as possible. Failing which, if you would care to place them in stocks on the front steps so that we can all come round and throw rotten fruit, eggs and jagged boulders at them for wasting our money, not only on the subsidies we give them, but on the subsidies we give to people who want to study but now cannot.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Since I'm sure that in this limp-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">wristed</span> age of pandering to the idiotic there will be no such option available to you, I can only offer my fervent hope that all these cunts simultaneously contract face cancer and die lingering deaths.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Yours, etc.</span><br /><br /><br />As my old history teacher once said - it's not <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">plagarism</span> if you quote your sources....The Scumbaghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13913969575900618089noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3925878175660026575.post-79649008723399972112009-02-24T19:11:00.005+00:002009-02-24T19:26:55.128+00:00Exclusive: First Jade Goody Wedding Photos Revealed<strong><em>Exclusive - The Scumbag Times bring you the hottest celebrity gossip and pictures</em></strong><br /><br /><br /><br /><p align="center"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tphjGuBw3RM/SaRJb_za7EI/AAAAAAAAAF4/lCsRWLOxZl8/s1600-h/freschello-pig_25.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306447006281690178" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 323px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tphjGuBw3RM/SaRJb_za7EI/AAAAAAAAAF4/lCsRWLOxZl8/s400/freschello-pig_25.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></p><p align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;">Jade looked stuning as she lounged in a pile of cashew nut shells</span> </p>The Scumbaghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13913969575900618089noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3925878175660026575.post-11661505106695728142009-02-19T18:03:00.004+00:002009-02-20T07:57:11.976+00:00Kiss of deathAs if having your husband facing up to playing some maffiosi's pink oboe for the next four and a half years wasn't bad enough, the <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7900004.stm">kiss of death</a> appears to be now upon the haggard face of Tessa Jowell with the news that the Gorgon himself has declared his full confidence in poor Tessa<br /><blockquote>Tessa Jowell is the minister for the Olympics in our government and she's doing a very good job and I have confidence in her ability to continue doing that job</blockquote><br />She is well and truly fucked. But at least she got her fella to pay off her mortgage before he got caughtThe Scumbaghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13913969575900618089noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3925878175660026575.post-51453776135920377542009-02-19T15:57:00.004+00:002009-02-19T16:21:08.221+00:00Saving The Health & Safety Executive Some MoneyI'm a civic minded individual, and seeing as we're in a time of unprecedented global uncertainty and McBroon hasn't got round to saving the world just yet; I probably ought to put some of my time aside Pro Bono and do my civic duty.<br /><br />So here's my report on an incident of some <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/7899199.stm">dozy 14 year old taff bint in Barry Island buring herself</a> on a coin-op tan machine : -<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Report of Injuries Sustained by Kirsty McRae of Barry Island, on the 16th Feb 2009, in the Yakky-Dah stand n'tan salon, Barry Island</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span>Self inflicted due to stupidity<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">End</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/45493000/jpg/_45493026_7fdf124a-1c37-43b3-8d67-42532dcf1f0f.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 226px; height: 300px;" src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/45493000/jpg/_45493026_7fdf124a-1c37-43b3-8d67-42532dcf1f0f.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Ouch<br /></div><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /><br /></span><span>Funniest thing is that apparently her Mum is a health & safety officer.... Oh the fucking glorious irony</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /><br /><br /></span>The Scumbaghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13913969575900618089noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3925878175660026575.post-46996379930502127622009-02-18T19:41:00.003+00:002009-02-18T20:33:56.595+00:00Back in saddleNot that anybody gives a rats fuck but real life has kind of got in the way of talking shite on here. If I cared enough I'd apologise. But I don't.<br /><br />Back to business - what has caught my eye this week?? <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7891475.stm">This little corker</a> for a starters:<br /><br /><b></b><blockquote><b>"The government could have to bail out Private Finance Initiative projects to the tune of £4bn in the next 18 months, an industry spokesman has warned.</b>"</blockquote><br />What the fuck?? What the fucking fuck was that???<br /><b></b><blockquote><b>The government could have to bail out Private Finance Initiative projects to the tune of £4bn</b></blockquote>Hang on a fucking minute - PFI works in 2 ways<br />1) the government transfer its assets like buildings over to PFI companies, pay the companies a ridiculous amount of wonga to run them, so the company has asset plus income. Or<br />2) The government pays a PFI company a ridiculous figure per year to supply them with a school, prison or hospital, getting thoroughly shafted into the the bargain and saddling the taxpayer with a 25 year-ish bill<br /><br />So the PFI company is quids in - and lets not forget that at the height of the PFI bubble big companies were fighting like rats in a sack to get their lips round the governments teet - but yet when itall looks to go tits up they have the brass fucking balls to come back to the trough wanting bail-outs and more cash making .<br /><br />The whole point of PFI is that the private sector take the risk in return for a huge wad of cash. Not take the cash in return for a taxpayer bailout if things get rocky.<br /> Fuckers. Words fail me; especially when I end up agreeing with the fucking Lib Dems and their school of wolly thinking<br /><p></p><blockquote>"We need to be very careful about the taxpayer taking all the risks and the private partners taking all the benefits," (Vince Cable) </blockquote><p></p><br /><br />In other news, Lord Mandelson of Bum <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7897394.stm?lss">swears</a> at a coffee retailer after they have the temerity criticise the state of our tattered economy. BlessThe Scumbaghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13913969575900618089noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3925878175660026575.post-32175103441953647212009-02-07T01:10:00.004+00:002009-02-07T01:30:20.751+00:00How???Since it's Friday night and much single malt has been imbibed - I'll ask what everyone is thinking<br /><br />How come this kermit.....<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tphjGuBw3RM/SYzgLFt1t1I/AAAAAAAAAFo/Ibq2VZ8woTU/s1600-h/sarkozy.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 150px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tphjGuBw3RM/SYzgLFt1t1I/AAAAAAAAAFo/Ibq2VZ8woTU/s400/sarkozy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299857342625855314" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Manages to sweet-talk this lady.... Bearing in mind they are both french and therefore the "kermit bullshit" factor cancels out...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tphjGuBw3RM/SYzjjIybJEI/AAAAAAAAAFw/Y8-pRO2HB8Q/s1600-h/carlabruni.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 231px; height: 346px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tphjGuBw3RM/SYzjjIybJEI/AAAAAAAAAFw/Y8-pRO2HB8Q/s400/carlabruni.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299861054302135362" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Well???The Scumbaghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13913969575900618089noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3925878175660026575.post-64377558374868304622009-02-07T00:54:00.002+00:002009-02-07T00:56:24.168+00:00Good - harder next timeFar from me to encourage violence and law breaking...<br /><br />But next time someone ought to at least punch the the cunt<br /><br /><a href="http://www.airport-int.com/news/2007/06/13/george-galloway-in-glasgow-airport-attack.asp">please</a>The Scumbaghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13913969575900618089noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3925878175660026575.post-16810034079248686492009-02-04T22:11:00.002+00:002009-02-04T22:18:21.199+00:00Round 1 to the strikers<a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7868777.stm">So it's over for now</a> - a fudge has duly been made and some jobs will be given to UK workers.<br /><br />Mandelsnake has been made to look a cock after saying it would be a "huge mistake" to engage in protectionism, which is exactly what happened after guarantees were given that over 50% of the workforce would be British.<br /><br />The unions tried to put a glos on the whole thing claiming<br /><blockquote>people had had enough of employers using "unjust laws" to "pitch one European worker against fellow European workers" in the pursuit of profit</blockquote>So a bit of good old British xenophobia never came into it then?? Of Course not. Salt of the earth those lads. <br /><br />But where's going to be next?<br /><br />My money's on train driversThe Scumbaghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13913969575900618089noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3925878175660026575.post-59404829688214826292009-02-02T19:42:00.004+00:002009-02-02T20:18:02.958+00:00BNP on the up...While attempting to throw abuse at Newcastle Council over the lack of road gritting (as per fucking usual - sackless bastards) I stumbled across this little factoid on the councils website<br /><br />Byelection Results for Fenham Ward - 29 January 2009<br /><br />Mitzi Emery (Lib-Dem) 1049<br />Helen McStravick (Lab) 1025<br />Ken Booth (BNP) 836<br />Sarah Armstrong (Con) 186 <br /><br />So the Tories got thrashed, the useless fuckers in the lib dems hold, and the BNP come third<br /><br />But compare it to May 2008 elections<br />May 2008 Result: Lib-Dem 1491, Lab 1188, <span style="font-weight: bold;">BNP 295</span>, Con 290.<br /><br />Yep - in just over 18 months the BNP have almost trebled their vote. Problem is that Fenham is heavily populated by 1st, 2nd & 3rd generation immigrant families, and in the past 10 years the ethinic minorities are now ethnic majorities.<br />Since the white minority left in the area by and large can't be arsed to get off their sofas and switch off Jeremy Kyle for anything less than cashing thier giros (and even then mostly can't spell <span style="font-weight: bold;">X</span> in order to actually vote) ; I wonder who is voting for the BNP in increasing numbersThe Scumbaghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13913969575900618089noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3925878175660026575.post-19785537707766137682009-02-02T13:13:00.005+00:002009-02-02T17:19:54.804+00:00Southern England shafted by 3 inchesLook mummy!! It's snowing!!!!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/08/in_pictures_winter_weather/img/1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 405px; height: 270px;" src="http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/08/in_pictures_winter_weather/img/1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><br />Fuck me sideways - it's a total breakdown of the UK!!!!! There must be all of, errrr, about 3 inches of snow outside!!!!<br /><br />How you poor darlings must be coping with it down there I'll never know.<br /><br />Global warming has spoiled you lot.<br /><br />-------------------------------------------<br />Update 5.15 pm.<br /><br />The BBC says the country (i.e the south) is braced for another night of snow.<br /><br />Hang in there you brave boys and girls.The Scumbaghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13913969575900618089noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3925878175660026575.post-72230521386360512262009-02-01T19:08:00.003+00:002009-02-01T19:24:18.172+00:00Good to see Hamas keeping the ceasfire<a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/7863500.stm">Peace</a> continues to reign supreme in the middle east<br /><blockquote>two rockets hit southern Israel. Later three Israelis were injured in a mortar barrage by Palestinian militants</blockquote><br />Sweet jesus.<br /><br />Yet at the same time<br /><blockquote>An adviser to Ismail Haniya, who heads the Hamas government in Gaza, told AFP news agency the militant group was waiting for Israel's response to a truce offer, transmitted by Egypt, adding that things were "moving in a positive direction<br /></blockquote>I assume "Israel's response" will now be military - and understandably really since Hamas have a funny way of keeping a ceasefire.<br /><br />Also to add into the mix, even the PLO are getting fucked off at the attitude of Hamas in Gaza these days<br /><blockquote>Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas told journalists in Cairo that talks were impossible with anyone who rejected the supremacy of the Palestine Liberation Organisation, in an apparent reference to Hamas's leadership. <p>He also accused Hamas of putting Palestinian lives at risk. </p>"They... have taken risks with the blood of Palestinians, with their fate, and dreams and aspirations for an independent Palestinian state,"</blockquote><br />But at least Hamas are fighting a clean, ethical liberation struggle<br /><blockquote>a rocket landed between two nursery schools in Eshkol region of southern Israel, media reports said</blockquote> Which seems to fit with the Hamas tactics from back in early January when Mahmoud al-Zahar said:<br /><blockquote>The Israelis have sentenced their children to death... They have legitimized the killing of their people all over the world</blockquote> What a nice chap he isn't<br /><br /><br />In other news those loonies at the stop the war coalition have organised a "<a href="http://stopwar.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1012&Itemid=226">songs for gaza</a>" event. I can hardly fucking wait,The Scumbaghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13913969575900618089noreply@blogger.com0