Oborne on ossified 'opposition'...

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"Coming to the BBC, an everyday story of bias and falling standards"...coming? Peter Oborne in the DT this week:

"Sadly, it is only very rarely that the BBC keeps its side of the bargain, and this negligence is starting to become a scandal. Rather than representing the nation as a whole, it has become a vital resource – and sometimes attack weapon – for a narrow, arrogant Left-Liberal elite."

"This problem is made much worse by the fact that bias is not the only problem. A further difficulty is lack of standards. It is not simply the opinions of BBC producers and reporters that are suspect. So are the facts they put in front of the public" (my emphasis); I would agree with Oborne, admittedly it is a minor part of total BBC output but the omission of facts - which, it must be said, is akin to lying - on various topics not part of the indoctrinated BBC view, is also a daily occurrence.

Hat-tip: Biased BBC.

Overpopulation oddity...

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World population is reaching 7 billion next month (I'd go for 11/11/11 just because it's a great date). What's your number? ask the BBC, but look at the graph - the same as most others - I've mentioned on more than one occasion about overpopulation and I've also asked why all the 'powers that be' show world population rise trend lessening: "- the number of years between billions has shrunk alarmingly: "two billion in 1927 (est), three billion in 1960, four billion in 1974, five billion in 1987, and six billion in 1999"...you see the very clear pattern." What is the reason they think 12 - 14 billion by 2050 (or higher really if the current trend continues) isn't more likely?

Oddity...

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Or odd ditty: you're overrated, you're overvalued, you're overstretched, you're over, you're out, you're o, euro. Or maybe not quite yet [edit] "Markets may believe this for a bit. The first reactions have been to rally on the news."

Off topic...sort of, late edit re the possibility of a debate and referendum : "The House having divided: Ayes 111, Noes 483." Did your MP offer their constituents and you a say on the EU? Less than 20% did: the list is under John Redwood's contribution HERE:

"We need to wake up. We need to do what the British people want us to do. We need to take responsibility for governing this country. We need to enact the laws. We need to debate and argue about it in here. Brussels has too much power. The British people need a say. Let us have a vote."

Occupy objicient...

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A few html issues now! "A satirical take on Occupy Wall Street in the style of talking blues...". Go to the site and listen to it and a few others by Jon HERE.

Ocracy oblectation...

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Great giggle to start the day: Thought of the Day (from today's International Man communique):

"Feeling good about government is like looking on the bright side of any catastrophe. When you quit looking on the bright side, the catastrophe is still there." P. J. O'Rourke.

Ordure or obstipation...

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[Edited:'dead' image removed] The news that some motorbikes may begin to smell poo - instead of just sounding like turkeys farting - has turned out to be more shitty reporting...it seems the stories of a Toilet Bike powered by the driver's poo are not all they seem: the bike (and its comfy looking 'throne' seat) was only developed to advertise Toilet maker Toto's environmental activities; the bike is in fact powered by a bio-gas fuel sourced from livestock waste and household waste-water (click on image for article).

Ordure or obstipation...

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The news that some motorbikes may begin to smell poo - instead of just sounding like turkeys farting - has turned out to be more shitty reporting...it seems the stories of a Toilet Bike powered by the driver's poo are not all they seem: the bike (and its comfy looking 'throne' seat) was only developed to advertise Toilet maker Toto's environmental activities; the bike is in fact powered by a bio-gas fuel sourced from livestock waste and household waste-water (click on image for article).

Ongoing OWS: occupation ontology...

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This may look similar to the blog-post title immediately below but it isn't: [edited 8 a.m.] this is another Occupy post. "The potentials and contradictions of the OccupyWallStreet movement are far too many to enumerate." Nail on head! From Unemployed Negativity (so was the great image). It's about the on-going Occupy protests (will something as simply as winter chill be what finally dissipates the protests?). Every report I've read and every interview with anyone involved seems to throw up different reasons for protest and different grievances; one good thing is that - at least on the surface - there seems to be no party political angle at all. I found that 'Unemployed' post via Rob Horning yesterday on PopMatters, his opinion too nailed it for me:

"So basically the debate seemed to go in circles for me. I think the governmentality critique needs to be taken seriously. I think that the protests do form a material basis for the articulation of a different kind of subjectivity, and the longer the protests persist, the more plausibility and ideological heft that subjectivity has. But I also think that inability to measure the degree to which that emerging alternative is actually changing people’s sensibilities and changing how they live and conceive what is possible makes the protests hard to sustain, especially in the face of empiricist critiques and the practical demand for tangible accomplishments."