Obmutescent, obedible, omphaloskeptic ovines...

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Silent, docile navel-gazing sheep (OK, not sure sheep can do that easily!). We are become...nothing. 

All very depressing. The Naked Emperor's latest "A Picture is worth a Thousand Words": Or a survey result...yes, polls are notoriously more shite then ever but this definitely rings true, and in such a short time (2016-22):

Look at the wording, "definitely should...". We are lost. 

'To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming, is the only end of life.' Robert Louis Stevenson

Oncoming oppression III...

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...or is it IV, or XV?! *

Image credit Imperial War Museums [LINK]
Ministerio de Propaganda

If you tolerate this, Then your children will be next [MSP Lyrics] ...but it's already too late, your children - or at the latest their children - will be dead or slaves. Not about WWIII the West is trying to start, not about Madrid (Spanish Civil War) but certainly involving multiple equivalents of the Ministerio de Propaganda. 

What am I on about? Just yesterday YouGov (yeah yeah, know who they are and what they are...and polls suck, but hey-ho) released a poll; it coincides with the highly suspicious controlled release of Government Tweets during the pandemic, nudging us towards blaming just a few crass 'incompetents' for two years of of totalitarian oppression and gross negligence that caused multiple thousands of deaths (probably millions worldwide, and certainly more than any virus).

The poll: "In hindsight, thinking about the government's handling of the Covid‑19 outbreak, do you think their approach was generally...?"

Now, one would think, especially now with all the information that is openly being reported [facts that many - mostly unjabbed - had, by complete coincidence, or magic, or something, knew years ago] would mean that anybody even remotely lucid would say, with absolutely no doubt whatsoever, that the government's handling was absolutely and utterly bat-shit (see what I did there?) crazy; high-handed jack-booted face-punchingly fucked up crazy... 

...you'd be wrong. Thirty seven percent (37%!!!) of all adults thought the government wasn't strict enough. 

There are several break-downs of the full numbers: gender, age, region, politics and social grade.  For the most part it is similarly split: in 'Politics' no surprise the lefty liberal fuckwits wanted harder lockdown, as did Remainers. In gender, males were slightly higher than females in 'Too strict', and fewer males were 'Don't knows'; similar to females in the lower social grade: they too were higher 'Too strict' and fewer 'Don't knows'. 

BUT, the major tell, the point of this post, and the highest number throughout the poll: in the Age section (see table below): over half (51%) of 18-24 year olds thought the government's approach was 'Not strict enough'. We're fucked. They are doomed.

 

* Previous posts: Oncoming oppression, Oncoming oppression II although - rather embarrassingly - I note I used those same two titles before: the first in 2008 and 2009, and the second in 2011: several pages of Oppression posts HERE, no surprise that many are in last last three years.

Obmutescent oblivion, omphaloskepsis over ochlocracy...

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The final phase begins. It has been coming - and orchestrated - for decades but now - really - people need to wake up.

"The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all."
― G.K. Chesterton

Obmutescent oblivion, omphaloskepsis over ochlocracy...

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The final phase begins. It has been coming - and orchestrated - for decades but now - really - people need to wake up.

"The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all." ― G.K. Chesterton

Oval Office online order...

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"President Trump, joined by United States Attorney General
William Barr, signed an Executive Order on Preventing Online Censorship May 28, 2020"

Yesterday in the Oval Office, amongst other things, President Trump signed this Executive Order to fight online censorship by technology corporations, including social media platforms (Twitter, Facebook, YouTube...he's looking at you). Everyone I know has various examples but here is a list of many that was linked with this news.



Although this is a good start - and definitely addresses an overt wrong - I hope it doesn't morph into something more sinister.



Update: That said, could it be "Bluster", a warning? A "shot across the bows"? [LINK]

Oval Office online order...

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"President Trump, joined by United States Attorney General William Barr, signed an Executive Order on Preventing Online Censorship May 28, 2020"

Yesterday in the Oval Office, amongst other things, President Trump signed this Executive Order to fight online censorship by technology corporations, including social media platforms (Twitter, Facebook, YouTube...he's looking at you). Everyone I know has various examples but here is a list of many that was linked with this news.

Although this is a good start - and definitely addresses an overt wrong - I hope it doesn't morph into something more sinister.

Update: That said, could it be "Bluster", a warning? A "shot across the bows"? [LINK]

Obvious obscurantism; overtly obsequious...

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Opaque or obtuse? [edited] Lots of 'o's describing the government attempts at professional behaviour; they are woefully poor. That and:  'The Government has ignored the basic principles of successful negotiation in its dealings with Brussels', IMHO they have ignored the basic principles of standing up for themselves and those they purport to represent. But David Heathcoat-Amory - once a near neighbour - writing at Brexit Central hits the nail/s on the head; hopefully the nails of the 'Chequers' coffin. Firstly, and most importantly:

"The EU referendum decision was categorical and final. Both sides of the argument agreed this in advance. The Leave decision is not a radical constitutional experiment: Britain will be joining the rest of the world, which is founded on the principle of national self-government, which includes unconditional control over citizenship, borders, laws and trade policy."

Only those with open or hidden invested personal (monetary) interests that are jeopardised would seriously believe anything different. And they are most probably wrong about the 'jeopardised' bit too.



Heathcoat-Armory makes one mistake, he says "At root there is a failure to understand the true nature of the EU", IMHO this is simply not true: May and Hammond, the treacherous senior civil servants in their dealings, plus Soubry, Clarke, Clegg, Blair, Major, Mandelson, Campbell, Adonis et al in their vociferous and increasingly shrieky cries for a 2nd referendum (or cancelling of the 2016 vote) understand all too well the true nature of the EU. That is precisely the problem: the blithering ramblings, the convoluted speeches, the twisting of words and the seeming incompetence at all and every step is all intentional: they know the true nature of the EU and want it!

"The EU is not an association of nation states coming together for certain common purposes. It is a highly self-interested bureaucracy which has one response to any problem: more Europe. Its entire legal order is founded on the principle of ever closer union."

This has always been the case and to be honest, most EU founders, formers and followers have never denied it!

Obvious obscurantism; overtly obsequious...

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Opaque or obtuse? [edited] Lots of 'o's describing the government attempts at professional behaviour; they are woefully poor. That and:  'The Government has ignored the basic principles of successful negotiation in its dealings with Brussels', IMHO they have ignored the basic principles of standing up for themselves and those they purport to represent. But David Heathcoat-Amory - once a near neighbour - writing at Brexit Central hits the nail/s on the head; hopefully the nails of the 'Chequers' coffin. Firstly, and most importantly:

"The EU referendum decision was categorical and final. Both sides of the argument agreed this in advance. The Leave decision is not a radical constitutional experiment: Britain will be joining the rest of the world, which is founded on the principle of national self-government, which includes unconditional control over citizenship, borders, laws and trade policy."

Only those with open or hidden invested personal (monetary) interests that are jeopardised would seriously believe anything different. And they are most probably wrong about the 'jeopardised' bit too.

Heathcoat-Armory makes one mistake, he says "At root there is a failure to understand the true nature of the EU", IMHO this is simply not true: May and Hammond, the treacherous senior civil servants in their dealings, plus Soubry, Clarke, Clegg, Blair, Major, Mandelson, Campbell, Adonis et al in their vociferous and increasingly shrieky cries for a 2nd referendum (or cancelling of the 2016 vote) understand all too well the true nature of the EU. That is precisely the problem: the blithering ramblings, the convoluted speeches, the twisting of words and the seeming incompetence at all and every step is all intentional: they know the true nature of the EU and want it!

"The EU is not an association of nation states coming together for certain common purposes. It is a highly self-interested bureaucracy which has one response to any problem: more Europe. Its entire legal order is founded on the principle of ever closer union."

This has always been the case and to be honest, most EU founders, formers and followers have never denied it!

Owning Obama...

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Pwned. The 'Midnight Rules Relief Act' was passed yesterday: it is legislation that will "enable Congress to overturn, with a single vote, executive branch regulations finalized in the last 60 legislative days of an outgoing presidential administration." It may come in handy in future years and is "designed to stifle a growing trend by presidents to use their final few months in office to hurry through costly, expensive or controversial new regulations" but for now it would most definitely be useful offering some control and/or accountability of Obama's hissy fits, including veritable dangerous moves (and how many then get right back to terrorising?); as BHO heads for the exit these new powers can only be a good thing.

Owning Obama...

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Pwned. The 'Midnight Rules Relief Act' was passed yesterday: it is legislation that will "enable Congress to overturn, with a single vote, executive branch regulations finalized in the last 60 legislative days of an outgoing presidential administration." It may come in handy in future years and is "designed to stifle a growing trend by presidents to use their final few months in office to hurry through costly, expensive or controversial new regulations" but for now it would most definitely be useful offering some control and/or accountability of Obama's hissy fits, including veritable dangerous moves (and how many then get right back to terrorising?); as BHO heads for the exit these new powers can only be a good thing.

Ocracy obloquy...

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NO! No, no, no! Lord Baker (an ex Conservative Party chairman) has written an article for the Independent: "General Election 2015: Why a Con-Lab coalition may be needed to save the United Kingdom"! NO! The BBC reports it: "A Conservative-Labour coalition may be needed after May's election to prevent the SNP holding the balance of power". A Conservative-Labour coalition would mean the end of a lot of things, I'd say credibility of British politicians but that's already scrapping the bottom of the barrel; it could disillusion the electorate beyond the point of recovery and as such could open the door for something worse. 

Ocracy obloquy...

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NO! No, no, no! Lord Baker (an ex Conservative Party chairman) has written an article for the Independent: "General Election 2015: Why a Con-Lab coalition may be needed to save the United Kingdom"! NO! The BBC reports it: "A Conservative-Labour coalition may be needed after May's election to prevent the SNP holding the balance of power". A Conservative-Labour coalition would mean the end of a lot of things, I'd say credibility of British politicians but that's already scrapping the bottom of the barrel; it could disillusion the electorate beyond the point of recovery and as such could open the door for something worse. 

Ousted Owen's outing...

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An outing in the 'day out' meaning I hasten to add! The Rt Hon Owen Paterson MP, the former (since earlier this week!**) Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs will be giving the annual lecture to the Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF) on 15th October (Institution of Mechanical Engineers by invitation only). Should be interesting!



The GWPF was founded by Lord Lawson amongst others but due to this has a reputation of being purely 'climate sceptic'; however it has "developed a distinct set of principles that set us apart from most other stakeholders in the climate debates:

• The GWPF does not have an official or shared view about the science of global warming – although we are of course aware that this issue is not yet settled.

• On climate science, our members and supporters cover a broad range of different views, from the IPCC position through agnosticism to outright scepticism.

• Our main focus is to analyse global warming policies and their economic and other implications. Our aim is to provide the most robust and reliable economic analysis and advice.

• We regard observational evidence and understanding the present as more important and more reliable than computer modelling or predicting the distant future.

Above all we seek to inform the media, politicians and the public, in a newsworthy way, on the subject in general and on the misinformation to which they are all too frequently being subjected at the present time."



** It seems a pity, he was obviously a good Environment Minister ("best in a generation" perhaps) and "is one of a tiny number of genuine countrymen in modern politics" (Peter Oborne, DT). Plus he's a 'real' right-winger, a climate sceptic who supported fracking, anti wind farms and to cap it all being married to the sister of the Rational Optimist. :-)




Update: Sunday 20th: "Sacking Owen Paterson is an insult to the countryside", source: Christopher Booker (DT); hat-tip: EU Referendum.

Ousted Owen's outing...

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An outing in the 'day out' meaning I hasten to add! The Rt Hon Owen Paterson MP, the former (since earlier this week!**) Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs will be giving the annual lecture to the Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF) on 15th October (Institution of Mechanical Engineers by invitation only). Should be interesting!

The GWPF was founded by Lord Lawson amongst others but due to this has a reputation of being purely 'climate sceptic'; however it has "developed a distinct set of principles that set us apart from most other stakeholders in the climate debates:

• The GWPF does not have an official or shared view about the science of global warming – although we are of course aware that this issue is not yet settled.

• On climate science, our members and supporters cover a broad range of different views, from the IPCC position through agnosticism to outright scepticism.

• Our main focus is to analyse global warming policies and their economic and other implications. Our aim is to provide the most robust and reliable economic analysis and advice.

• We regard observational evidence and understanding the present as more important and more reliable than computer modelling or predicting the distant future.

Above all we seek to inform the media, politicians and the public, in a newsworthy way, on the subject in general and on the misinformation to which they are all too frequently being subjected at the present time."

** It seems a pity, he was obviously a good Environment Minister ("best in a generation" perhaps) and "is one of a tiny number of genuine countrymen in modern politics" (Peter Oborne, DT). Plus he's a 'real' right-winger, a climate sceptic who supported fracking, anti wind farms and to cap it all being married to the sister of the Rational Optimist. :-)

Update: Sunday 20th: "Sacking Owen Paterson is an insult to the countryside", source: Christopher Booker (DT); hat-tip: EU Referendum.

Omnipresent opposition...

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Labour lies...[The Spectator]

More Labour lies...[Trending Central]

One thing has been pissing me of for over a decade and that is how Labour affiliates, partners, members, supporters and associates have filled almost the Civil Service and every quango, organisation, think-tank, public body, committee and fake charity. Even since the last General Election the Labour 'stay-behind-army' are omnipresent in the running of UK plc. Only 15 months ago it was suggested that this obvious opposition started with Crash Gordon's 'secret army' but the left hand graph shows how warped Blair made the 'balance'. This has to be sorted but it is now clear to one and all that the wet Coalition are not the ones to do it.

Omnipresent opposition...

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Labour lies...[The Spectator]

More Labour lies...[Trending Central]

One thing has been pissing me of for over a decade and that is how Labour affiliates, partners, members, supporters and associates have filled almost the Civil Service and every quango, organisation, think-tank, public body, committee and fake charity. Even since the last General Election the Labour 'stay-behind-army' are omnipresent in the running of UK plc. Only 15 months ago it was suggested that this obvious opposition started with Crash Gordon's 'secret army' but the left hand graph shows how warped Blair made the 'balance'. This has to be sorted but it is now clear to one and all that the wet Coalition are not the ones to do it.

Obganiation overcomes obscurantism...

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No memory whatsoever...

Still paying and for how long? The arch vampire has really never left the scene (look at the peace in the ME for instance...hah!) but sometimes his episodes do chime with what is right, which is also to say that they chime with what I think :-)

Notasheep directs us to this piece by Michael Savage in The Times (£) about TB (no, the one without the cull going on): "Labour should have made cuts to public spending before the financial crisis hit Britain" Tony Blair has admitted; he said that he regretted not following through on a plan [known as the Fundamental Savings Review] to weed out billions in unnecessary and wasteful spending in 2005." A planned killed off by Crash Gordon, Ed Milliband and Ed Balls (names you may recognise).



More to agree with: Blair added "I advise any young person who wants to go into politics today: go and spend some time out of politics. Go and work for a community organisation, a business, start your own business — do anything that isn't politics for at least several years"; [edit 6pm] as I wrote four years ago - considering the proliferation of a certain type of Old Oxfordian - I'd go further: this should even be a specific, obligatory requirement: "...it seems to me to be more urgent now - rather than just important - that any new MPs should have actually "lived" before joining the ruling elite."



obganiate v. - to irritate with reiteration

obscurantism n. - prevention of enlightenment [Luciferous Logolepsy]

Obganiation overcomes obscurantism...

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No memory whatsoever...

Still paying and for how long? The arch vampire has really never left the scene (look at the peace in the ME for instance...hah!) but sometimes his episodes do chime with what is right, which is also to say that they chime with what I think :-) Notasheep directs us to this piece by Michael Savage in The Times (£) about TB (no, the one without the cull going on): "Labour should have made cuts to public spending before the financial crisis hit Britain" Tony Blair has admitted; he said that he regretted not following through on a plan [known as the Fundamental Savings Review] to weed out billions in unnecessary and wasteful spending in 2005." A planned killed off by Crash Gordon, Ed Milliband and Ed Balls (names you may recognise).

More to agree with: Blair added "I advise any young person who wants to go into politics today: go and spend some time out of politics. Go and work for a community organisation, a business, start your own business — do anything that isn't politics for at least several years"; [edit 6pm] as I wrote four years ago - considering the proliferation of a certain type of Old Oxfordian - I'd go further: this should even be a specific, obligatory requirement: "...it seems to me to be more urgent now - rather than just important - that any new MPs should have actually "lived" before joining the ruling elite."

obganiate v. - to irritate with reiteration
obscurantism n. - prevention of enlightenment [Luciferous Logolepsy]

Our overseers II...

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Dick Puddlecote was reminded of politician and of state hypocrisy "after reading Anna Raccoon's article on Starbucks.

Yes, as through this world I wander
I meet lots of funny men; Some’ll rob you with a six-gun, And some with a fountain pen. Woody Guthrie, 'The Ballad of Pretty Boy Floyd'.

The image (left) pertains to the USA but it does apply here too and it shows how certain definitions change "When Government Does It" (click to enlarge). 

Our overseers II...

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Dick Puddlecote was reminded of politician and of state hypocrisy "after reading Anna Raccoon's article on Starbucks.

Yes, as through this world I wander I meet lots of funny men; Some’ll rob you with a six-gun, And some with a fountain pen. Woody Guthrie, 'The Ballad of Pretty Boy Floyd'.

The image (left) pertains to the USA but it does apply here too and it shows how certain definitions change "When Government Does It" (click to enlarge).