Tag Archives: freedom

Beaten to Death by Clowns

Posted on January 8, 2016 by formerdundeeman

Amateur Night in the Big Top is a 2003 album by Shaun Ryder of Happy Mondays fame.  In my mind it is brilliant.  Varied, complex music with a variety of styles including jazz, dance and eastern; cross references, reprises and Ryder … Continue reading →

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UK: The slippery slope

Posted on May 10, 2015 by formerdundeeman

Excellent comment on Craig Murray’s blog today by Mary: Day 1. Cameron promised he would scrap the Human Rights Act. Now he says it’s at the top of his list. ‘Among Mr Cameron’s first legislative priorities will be to enshrine … Continue reading →

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Any Random Therapy – the Ultimate Psychotherapy?

Posted on February 17, 2015 by formerdundeeman

If you bother to take a look at Wikipedia’s list of psychotherapies you will find a rather impressive number of them. More so when you think there’s an even greater number of less official therapies hiding behind the self-improvement and … Continue reading →

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How did Overhead become more Important than Work?

Posted on December 8, 2014 by formerdundeeman

As a modern society we decide that there is a minimum standard of living and facilities that we are prepared to tolerate.  If we had not desired this then we’d all still be living in caves and chasing our food … Continue reading →

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Holistic Politics vs That’s what you are, what am I?

Posted on October 16, 2014 by formerdundeeman

Increasingly I despair when looking at politics. The average politician these days is a simpleton bully, the kind of moron you had at school who would keep yelling the same line over and over again until everyone else was battered … Continue reading →

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Poll Tax Arrears Threat – Pure Evil

Posted on October 4, 2014 by formerdundeeman

What can you honestly say about the plans of various Scottish councils to chase 25 year old poll tax arrears based on voter registrations from the Scottish independence referendum? Think about what this means?  Why would they do this after … Continue reading →

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It’s not a Referendum, it’s a Revolution

Posted on September 16, 2014 by formerdundeeman

“It’s not a Referendum, it’s a Revolution,” says Mark McGowan, the Artist Taxi Driver in one of his incredibly loud and passionate YouTube monologues.  And he is completely correct.  To think this question of whether Scotland should be independent or not … Continue reading →

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‘Your nationalism is terrifying’

Posted on May 21, 2014 by formerdundeeman

Better Together folk are a weird bunch. Engaging with them at times can invoke utterly surreal experiences. The vast majority of YES supporters are open to foreigners, are extremely positive over the benefits of an independent Scotland to people at … Continue reading →

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Leave EU to stop immigration but you also lose emigration

Posted on May 19, 2014 by formerdundeeman

In all this debate about Britain staying in or leaving the EU, much focuses on preventing immigration.  You know all those eastern Europeans coming to take those jobs that the existing British population don’t want or are useless at, and trying to … Continue reading →

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