LKY launches fund to solidify chinese dominance

Well, the actual heading on ‘Leewatch.info’ goes,

The value of &%$?@$%¢#!

I was watching Jeeves and Wooster last night (one of my favourite shows) and there was a scene where 'Wooster' exclaims, 'Blasted!' and all the women present, including Aunt Agatha, took great exception to it (see video below - "Bertie! Kindly restrain your language!"...which can be paraphrased with, "Kindly restrain your passion/opposition").



Now, literally, there is nothing vulgar about 'Blast' - unless, of course, it was to be expressed through one's rear end in a crowded restaurant during the main course, and within earshot of all present. But i suppose it is the expression of passion and and vigour that might at times seem vulgar to the relatively dispassionate.

  I suppose the curtailment of passion does, in a way, vasectomise and ligate the population into political and perspectival impotence, whilst rendering them objective enough to do their best to put up with a bad situation with a cool head instead of attempting to get rid of said bad situation. 

The ‘pig on the kabaa’ issue and the value of overt nonsensical racism

Singapore Police Force is investigating blogger and chief editor of New Asia Republic, Donaldson Tan for re-posting an extremely offensive picture to Muslims; one of a prohibited animal in Islam, superimposed on the Ka’ba – Islam’s most sacred site, on his Facebook.  In his report to the police, the complainant, Amran Junid, also highlighted a Serena Lee for posting racist comments on that FB post by Donaldson Tan. - toc

Whilst I have retired from this issue, it would be irresponsible of myself to not comment on related matters as and when it requires address beyond the capablility of the 'insightful bloggers' and 'opposition' in singapore.

update* Ultrafire 501b torch - LumenJunkies respond

updated: 20th Nov. 2011~ see 'Additionally' onwards

As a follow-up to the preceding article, 

LumenJunkies.co.uk has just sent an email with a link to a time-lapse video they just made clarifying the life light-span of the ultrafire 501b that is certainly reassuring - and this effort, is also reassuring of their commitment to customer-service excellence.

Product review: Cateye vs Ultrafire

How 'disgusting' maintains the hegemony of 'modernity'

Originally "disgust" was used to express distaste for rotten food or filth. Today it's deployed against looters, phone hackers and others whose actions many find morally murky. So how did the meaning change so much? - bbc: Disgust: How did the word change so completely?

Product review: 'Topeak Dynapack DX' bicycle bag

on Women making ‘excellent entrepreneurs’

(part of the following was placed as a comment beneath the ‘Mashable’ article, ‘Why Women Make Excellent Entrepreneurs in the Digital Age’)

The positive ‘traditional’ traits of women become negative ones when such traits are molded to fit and succeed in a patriarchal/capitalist status quo.

Death Penalty up for Hire in the UK again?

click on image for latest update

“The government is facing fresh demands to bring back the death penalty.

Five Democratic Unionist MPs from Northern Ireland have signed a motion calling for a full debate in the Commons on the matter.

More than 23,000 people have signed a government e-petition urging the return of capital punishment, but more than 30,000 have signed a counter-motion rejecting the idea.” - bbc

Well, the ‘anti-death penalty’ movement in the UK has gone slightly past the ‘pro-let’s murder the murderers’ movement.  The former, at the moment, stands at 30, 865 (with ed being the 30, 865th...or thereabouts)

'Buy British'? Nonsense.

The following are 3 comments placed beneath the BBC article, ‘Buy British: Why isn’t there a new campaign?’ (click image to go to bbc article)

This ‘Guy Fawkes Night’ thing, and 'activists' who don Guy Fawkes masks

Poor Guy Fawkes, he was tortured and execute for attempting to do the elite what the elite was accustomed to doing to the people. 

Well, he wanted to reinstate a Catholic monarch in place of the pseudo-Christian Protestant one.  Oh, and let’s not forget, the ‘parliament’ he wanted to blow up isn’t the sort of ‘parliament’ that represented the people.  It was simply a concern that looked after the interests of the elite.  Oh, wait a minute, looks like nothing has changed since then.

Since when have brands been ‘socially responsible’?

The following is an excerpt from the ‘mashable’ article, ‘Social Responsibility: It’s Not Just for Brands Anymore’.  ed’s thoughts follow.

on the fallacy of the 'bi-polar' condition

On the basis of reason, I refuse to subscribe to the belief and faith in the 'bi-polar' condition.

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