Is dispare settling in .

The more that I watch the T.V. news and read the worlds blogs the more I am convinced that the nation is going to hell in a hand cart . We read that the British Gestapo visited a Christan cafe and told them that showing Bible verses on a TV screen was offensive and a crime . I challenge Blackpool Police to enter a Muslim establishment and tell them that displaying Koran verses is a crime , since verses from the Koran are offensive to me .
We see that in the midst of the TUC and thet idiot Milliband braying about cuts when it is revealed that borrowing is increasing under Osborne .
The regulators allow gas and electricity suppliers to increase charges until it has become unsustainable and unaffordable .... do they care that people are dying because of their greed ... do they hell .
As I see it we have a choice , one is to have a full scale revolution ; the other is to follow the advice at the top of this post .

Researchers do not want to release findings.

Julia M posted this on Orphans of Liberty blog and since it is my field of expertise I thought that I should share it with comments .

With Friends Like These….

September 3, 2011 3 Comments

By JuliaM

Are tobacco companies abusing freedom-of-information laws by asking for the raw data obtained by academics studying teenage smoking?

Well, Maurice, since you’re director of the UK Campaign for Freedom of Information, why don’t you tell us? I mean, you’re surely impartia…

Oh:

Research funded by a cancer charity trying to reduce smoking is being sought by a giant tobacco company keen to recruit users to its lethal products.

OK, maybe not. Clearly, the dispassionate look at the facts we might expect from someone in your position isn’t going to be forthcoming.

Not surprisingly, the requests are highly contentious.

No, I can bet you’re not surprised.

People who really believe that information should be free wouldn’t be, I’d have thought.

But is the threat as severe as it seems?

Is it actually a ‘threat’? Surely you should be asking that?

A problem for Stirling University’s Centre for Tobacco Control Studies is that our FOI laws are designed to be “applicant blind”. Decisions depend on whether information can safely be made public – not whether it should be released to the specific requester, however much it may be abhorred.

So, why is this a ‘problem’ for you? Am I alone in thinking this is a strange attitude to have from someone who supposedly champions freedom of information?

That principle is important. It means that an authority cannot refuse a request because the applicant is opposing its policies, criticising its competence, challenging its decisions in court or, in the case of an opposing political party, trying to replace it in government.

Then, why should that principle not apply equally to this case? Because you’re an anti-smoker?

It also means that it cannot refuse the request because it is made by a tobacco firm. But the university is entitled to take into account that making the information public would also make it available to such firms.

So, you’re only in favour of freedom of information when it suits you?

The researchers have argued that if they are forced to hand over the information (presumably even in anonymised form from which subjects could not be identified), funders will be reluctant to back them, other academics will not share data with them and teenagers will refuse to be interviewed in future.

Which seems no better than the other such claims made by other such organisations like government departments.

If this is true, then a specific exemption in the Scottish FOI Act may apply.

Did you have a big, self-satisfied smile on your face when you typed that?

Other exemptions, such as breach of confidence, may also apply. This means the “catastrophe” the researchers warn about may not be imminent at all.

I think if I were a member of the UK Campaign for Freedom of Information, and I read this thinly-veiled attack piece, I’d be considering getting a new director assigned.

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So there you have it , Stirling University not wanting to disclose it's research data to an applicant under the FOI Act , the lead researcher says that even with anonymised data they had promised absolute confidentiality . No-one can promise that , for there are certain things that if revealed during an interview must be reported to the competent authority e.g. terrorism , abuse and professional misconduct . No competent Research Ethics Committee should allow a promise of total anonymity or absolute confidentiality for they are not possible ; the most that can be promised is conditional confidentiality .
When the researchers undertook this work supported by CRUK ( who receive their income from the general public , including smokers ) they have an obligation to publish the results and offer the data for peer review . Thus Phillip Morris have every right to request to check the veracity of the researchers analysis .

What the Muslim really thinks .

MEMRI: Senior Official in Egyptian Islamic Jihad: If We Come to Power, We will Launch a Campaign of Islamic Conquests to Instate Shari’a Worldwide: ‘The Christian is Free to Worship His God in His Church, but if the Christians Make Problems for the Muslims, I Will Exterminate Them’

On August 13, 2011, the Egyptian daily Roz Al-Yousef published an interview[1] with Sheikh ‘Adel Shehato, a senior official in Egyptian Islamic Jihad (EIJ), who, on March 23, 2011, was freed from prison in the wake of the Egyptian revolution. He was imprisoned in 1991 upon returning from a three-year sojourn in Afghanistan.

In the interview, Shehato expressed complete opposition to democracy “because it is not the faith of the Muslims, but the faith of the Jews and Christians.” He said that although the youth of the Arab revolutions have not declared the implementation of shari’a as one of their goals, the mujahideen nonetheless identify with their aspiration to overthrow the Arab rulers, whom they had always considered “infidels who must be killed because they do not rule according to the shari’a.” He added, however, that “once Allah’s law is applied, the role of the people will end and Allah will reign supreme.” He went on to say that although he supports Al-Qaeda’s ideology, shari’a law would not be enforced by violence but by da’wa (preaching), whereas violence would be used only against the infidel Arab rulers.

Shehato said that if the mujahideen came to power in Egypt, they would launch a campaign of Islamic conquests aimed at subjecting the entire world to Islamic rule. Muslim ambassadors would be appointed to each country, charged with calling upon them to join Islam willingly, but if the countries refused, war would be waged against them. He also described the nature of the Islamic state to be established in Egypt: there would be no trade or cultural ties with non-Muslims; tourist sites at the pyramids, the Sphinx, and Sharm Al-Sheikh would be shut down “because the tourists come [there] to drink alcohol and fornicate,” and all tourists wishing to visit Egypt would be required to comply with the conditions and laws of Islam; all art, painting, singing, dancing, and sculpture would be forbidden, and all culture would be purely Islamic.

Our stupid politicians are praising the "Arab Spring" , that moderately reasonably leaders are being replaced by the most extreme of Islamic terrorists ; the thing is they do not give a damn . The Tundra Tabloids picked upon this diatribe from what Cameron would call a moderate Muslim ; this is their true aim .

Lessons can be learned .

Stormbringer , over at "Sean Linnane , posted a most insightful article about the inability of Englishmen to defend themselves .

LONDON OLYMPICS

If you want to see what a disarmed society looks like, look no further than England.

Thousands of angry, drunk, violent thugs running wild and stealing anything they can carry. Shopkeepers and homeowners crippled with fear, unable to defend their loved ones or their property. Innocent citizens forced to watch helplessly while their life’s dreams — everything they worked so hard to build and acquire — are carried out the door, or smashed to pieces, or burned to the ground.

Men, women and children forced to strip naked in the streets, while packs of criminals laugh and ridicule them before making off with their clothing.

The fact is, when British politicians stripped their citizens of their God-given right to self-defense, they robbed them of their freedom and their dignity.

Sales of baseball bats are up over 5,000% on Amazon.co.uk. This isn’t to mark the beginning of little league season. These are desperate homeowners and shopkeepers purchasing the best - and in reality, only - self-defense tool that the British government will allow them to own . . . at least for now.

If past is prologue, this flood of baseball bats into London will spark cries from government leaders for mandatory bat registration and a wave of new laws on how, when, and under what circumstances British citizens may carry or swing a bat. After all, this is exactly how British citizens lost their gun rights.

First came mandatory gun licensing. Next came a wave of restrictions on firearms ownership. Then came the outright gun bans.

It has been illegal to own a handgun in Britain for nearly 15 years. As a result, Britain’s violent crime rate has soared. In fact, Britain consistently clocks-in with the highest violent crime rate in all of Europe. Last week’s riots notwithstanding, you are six times more likely to be mugged in London than in New York. These are the inconvenient statistics that the gun-ban crowd likes to sweep under the rug.

As if banning handguns didn’t send a strong enough message to criminals that British citizens are ripe for the picking, the British government went even further in 1999.

Recall the tragic story of Tony Martin, the British farmer who was awakened one night to the sound of breaking glass and found two burglars in his home. Martin had been robbed six times before. This time, he went downstairs, retrieved a shotgun, and fired at the intruders.

For this, Martin received life in prison for killing one of the burglars, ten years for wounding the other thug, and one additional year for possession of an unregistered shotgun. The wounded burglar served just 18 months of a three-year sentence and was given $5,000 in legal assistance from Britain’s Legal Services Commission so he could sue Martin for violating his civil rights.


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I remember the Rodney King riots in 1992, in L.A., which were basically race riots much like what has taken place over in London. I remember how the urban blacks turned on the businesses in their own neighborhoods and sacked them, much like what we have seen in London, last week. Chic psychologists will tell you that of course a mob has no brain; it is sheer violence and primal id, unleashed. What really happens is the poor classes sense a source of entertainment, and an opportunity to loot, get free stuff - the looters in L.A. were crying out, "It's Christmastime! It's Christmastime!"

L.A. 1992


I also remember how the businesses of the local Korean shopkeepers became a prime target of choice - because the urban blacks, in a twisted logic - view the Koreans as keeping them down via their success. When I first came to America I did what work was available, and the urban blacks I worked with told me themselves: "The Orientals are willing to do any job no matter how hard or how low and for half the price. They live ten or twenty to a two room apartment, packed in their like sardines and save money that way, start buying up all the beat up run-down real estate. Then the Orientals become the landlords in the poor areas, and the Orientals run the cash registers."

I can hear it now - I'm going to be called a racist for daring to say the above. Whatever - the very word 'racism' has been made meaningless by the people who throw it out at the drop of a hat. I call it the way I see it, and being in a bi-racial marriage makes it even more meaningless when thrown at me. What took place in the U.K. was in fact a series of race riots, first in London and then it spread to Birmingham and Manchester; where mostly African and West Indian blacks targeted the whites but more especially the East Indian shopkeepers, who are fastidious merchants and restauranteers. This phenomenon is a kind of racism where one minority targets another minority.

England, 2011

But that is not my point.

My point is that in when these kind of race riots occurred in L.A., the only shops that survived the savage onslaught were in fact the very establishments that were targeted as primo pickings: the Korean businesses, because of the sentiments expressed above. And the reason why they survived is because the Koreans are very organized; every Korean community has a Korean Association, and almost every Korean businessman has served in the ROK military, and as any American who has pulled duty in the Republic of Korea will tell you, ROK soldiers are the toughest on Earth and THEY DO NOT F*CK AROUND.

The Korean merchants of East L.A. armed themselves with their legally-acquired AR-15s, Mini-14s and Remington 870s, and manned their grocery stores and laundromats. When the looters came to Korea Town, they were met by volleys of rifle and shotgun fire.

I toured the riot-hit neighborhoods of East L.A. and downtown Hollywood not long after the riots and saw for myself the damage the inhabitants had brought upon themselves. What stood out was the Korean businesses. There were some broken windows and some incidental fire damage from adjacent structures, but it was remarkable to see these islands of civilization amongst the rubble and the burnt out storefronts.

Moral of the story: arm yourself with as many guns as you can get your hands on and keep them as close to yourself as possible. The right to self-defense is derived from Deity, it is natural law, and the way it is expressed in the Constitution reads: " . . . shall not be infringed . . ."

What took place in the U.K. last week is vivid example of how the Road to Hell is paved with good intentions. Be very distrustful of any politician who expresses any kind of sentiment toward the restriction or registration of gun ownership because now we see where it leads.

That's my story and I'm sticking to it . . . STORMBRINGER SENDS

Why the hell are we still in the EU .

I repost this excellent work from " Eye on Britain(2) "blog , with full credits :

EU demands that Britain admit immigrants intending to go straight on to welfare

The European Commission may finally have hit on an issue that jerks Britain from its euro-torpor – an issue that simultaneously presses the buttons of border control, welfare abuse and Brussels intrusiveness. Whether from hubris, power-hunger or from sheer stupidity, Eurocrats are demanding that Britain stop asking immigrants to show that they won’t immediately start accessing the social security system.

As the law stands, people wishing to settle in Britain must demonstrate that they have the means to support themselves, either through work or through an alternative source of income such as a pension. The European Commission claims that this amounts to discrimination against EU citizens, who are supposed to enjoy the same rights as British nationals.

In fact, as so often happens, Eurocrats are disregarding the plain text of their own rules. Article 7(1) of the Free Movement Directive gives EU citizens the right to reside in another member state only if they have “sufficient resources for themselves and their family members not to become a burden on the social assistance system of the host Member State”.

In order to get around this clause, the European Commission is deploying a piece of sheer sophistry. It argues that, if immigrants were able to top up their income with British benefits, they would have “sufficient resources”.

In May, the Supreme Court ruled on the claim of a Latvian pensioner, who had just moved to Britain and had demanded Pension Credit on grounds that her Latvian pension was too small. Although our courts like to rule in favour of immigrants, the law here was so clear-cut that, by 4-1, judges turned her down. If the European Commission were to get its way, she would not only be able to claim Pension Credit, but also council tax and housing subsidies – despite not having paid a penny into the system.

This blog has droned on and on about the way in which the EU is preventing the Coalition from fulfilling its manifesto promises. This ruling – if upheld by the European Court of Justice – would strike down Iain Duncan Smith’s pension reforms. His scheme, which has been warmly applauded across the political spectrum, aims to replace the current complicated system of state pensions with a flat entitlement, available to all pensioners regardless of assets, employment history or past contributions.

Such a scheme, however, depends on a minimum residency requirement. (New Zealand, which operates a system very like the one IDS is proposing, makes payments only to those who have spent at least ten years in the country.) If every EU resident over the age of 66 whose income came to less than £140 a week were able to draw a British pension, the system would be bankrupted. Are we past caring?

Eye on Britain(2) :SOURCE


The traitorous scum that inhabit the Palace of Westminster care nothing for us , they must go . The People are supposed to be sovereign in this Nation let us remove ourselves from this oppression .

The other side of the African famine .

The Africa they don't show !! THIS IS the Africa they never show you Good point following the pictures, be sure to read it the comment on the bottom of the email. Mansion in Gabon South Africa Accra, Ghana Cape Town, South Africa Cape Town again Angola Union Island South Eastern Africa Union Island South Eastern Africa Lybia Algeria Bejaia, Algeria - North Africa This is where the equator passes thru in Sao Tome Island , West Africa Road to Lubango , Angola Housing estate in Accra , Ghana Cabo Verde, Cape Verde Obudu Resort, Nigeria If you thought the houses in Ghana were spectacular, you would be speechless with this house in Nigeria ... just another mansion under construction! Row houses in Nigeria House in Abuja, Nigeria Seychelles Island Kampala, Uganda South Africa Aerial view of Annobon Island , Equitorial Guinea ..... beautiful Yes, we actually enjoy ourselves on the weekends... but the media misconceptions would have you beleive we all languish in poverty (lol) Presidential Palace , Ghana Mansion in Trasacco Valley , Accra , Ghana ... where a number of the wealthy live House in Accra-Ghana Tunisia Tunis, Tunisia Harare International Airport, Zimbabwe River Nile in Egypt Alexandria, Egypt Nairobi, Kenya Nairobi, Kenya - Windsor Golf and Country Club with Nairobi skyline in the background Hilton Hotel, Yaounde-Cameroon An event being hosted in Ghana In Ghanaian Tradition a royal is carried by four bearers in a seat as you see in this picture A hotel in Khartoum, Sudan The cable cars at the beach in Durban, South Africa Regular occurance: A sandstorm over Khartoum , Sudan ... after all, it is a city in a desert! Aerial view of Khartoum , Sudan The Wave house at Gateway Mall, Durban , South Africa Mall in South Africa Canal Walk Mall in Cape Town , South Africa . One of the largest malls in the Southern Hemisphere and just one of SA's mega malls. Another inside view of Canal Walk Mall in Cape Town, South Africa . An outside view of Canal Walk Mall in Cape Town , South Africa . Cairo, Egypt Cairo, Egypt Hurghada - Egypt National Stadium-Dares Salaam in Tanzania with the practice field right outside City of Dares Salaam-Tanzania Surprising modern and upscale isn't it .. so how do you like the real Africa now? And......why aren't their rich helping their poor, instead of us ! Consistent unflattering media portrayals would have you to believe something entirely different... e.g. Africa is still some kind of wild, savage and untamed jungle. I wonder why that is?

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