Month: July 2016
Ireland: Reproductive Agency is One Thing, Intrusive Meddling is Another
Some may feel yesterday’s piece on Amnesty International, abortion, and Ireland is flippant. I can certainly see why people might think that; but I am 100% unapologetic. However, I will now speak in a less polemical and satirical manner, and…
Dear England: You Can Support Abortion Availability Without Being An Imperialist
Amnesty International has tried to save more people from ourselves (this time, Irish people), with its campaigning on Ireland’s abortion laws. Of course, the situation for women in Ireland, north or south, is not perfect. But there is no excuse…
4K Glossy News Podcast 051 (7-11-16)
The 4K/UHD podcast is back again this week with guest hosting special thanks to Ty The Voice guy from www.tythevoiceguy.webs.com – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAD-bZYukrAef732gxP84NA All of this is available in UHD on YouTube by searching “Glossy Podcast” or as an MP3 on…
Uncritical Pro AND Anti Immigration Stances? Sentiment, not Reality
Just have a look at my comment below, for an article on the site of the publisher Verso Books: http://www.versobooks.com/blogs/2679-the-hegemonic-powers-of-the-eu-have-gone-one-step-too-far-on-governing-borders-and-the-right-to-move Immigration is nothing to do with the question of deserving or not deserving this or that. Immigration is an entitlement,…
Roll over Romney: Paypal Think ‘Professional Services are Merchandise?’
Yesterday Brian talked about his experiences with Paypal. I recently had wages (i.e. not a small article commission) delayed for weeks. I was unhappy to hear that they can even upgrade the delay to 180 days, if they want! (Fortunately,…
Even casual PayPal users vexed by PayPal’s terrible, horrible, no good, very bad customer service
I’ve been a PayPal user for ages. If you mistake them for a bank, you do so at your peril, because they charge the highest fees, offer the lowest interest of all (zero, for the curious), and getting customer service…
30 Good Excuses for Tony Blair After Chilcot
1. It was all John Major’s fault. 2. It was all Saddam Hussein’s fault. 3. Divine intervention (more or less the right kind).
The Night Before Chilcot (A Poem for the Children)
Twas the night before Chilcot, when all through the nation The people were pondering the Iraq abomination Our hopes were all pinned to a gallows in London Our desire was that Chilcot would damn, with abundance!
Blair/Corbyn Pre-Chilcot ‘Worthy Fluff’ War Bores Living Shite out of UK
Notable public figure and achingly dynamic charisma-dripper Anthony ‘Phony Tony’ Blair has recently take the time and effort to patiently educate his arrogant, bigoted, pleb scum enemies where they are going wrong… Why, I just have no idea why these…
4K Glossy News Podcast 050 (7-4-16) – Fourth of July Edition
The 4K/UHD podcast is back again this week with guest hosting special thanks to Ty The Voice guy from www.tythevoiceguy.webs.com – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAD-bZYukrAef732gxP84NA All of this is available in UHD on YouTube by searching “Glossy Podcast” or as an MP3 on…