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The Olympics ™ (c) Pat Pending

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This blog would like to make it clear how very proud it is not to be an Olympic sponsor for the London 2012 games this summer. Following what must surely become known as chip gate the level of paranoia exhibited by the official sponsors turns out to exceed that of our security forces. Though of course they haven’t tried to put missiles on to nearby tower blocks to pre-emptively remove any unauthorised advertising, t-shirt, snack. The 300 purple capped brand police will be enforcing special legislation brought into protect the corporate interest of the big sponsors making sure no small … Continue reading →

And now for something completely different

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An almost complete break from politics now, as I suspect my current project may amuse some of you. This also counts as evidence why prohibition is always doomed and the decline in drinking should be taken with a pinch of salt, where by pinch I mean a large bucket full. So the story starts with this rather amusing photoshop image that got posted to facebook: Now a friend of a friend works in a place where they could verify that this si sadly a joke and not a real product. However as a bit of a home brewer and back … Continue reading →

The Guardian serenade

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Having mentioned the “Yo Soy 132” protests the other day I thought I should do a little bit of a follow up, as they’ve now serenaded the Guardian. As the elections are this weekend the BBC seem to have finally decided it’s worth some coverage, though still not mentioning the protests. The Guardian does better and even mentions the student demo’s and the name of the movement, though don’t seem to want to mention the serenade. As the picture above shows this isn’t a small protest movement we’re talking about here, yet coverage really does remain scant, and still the … Continue reading →