WHAT USED TO YANK YOUR CHAIN??

Cousin Ruffyed and the Wulfe are collecting examples of things that have disappeared from every day life in Oldham. Things like: Cinemas-Shops-Buildings-Pubs-Characters-Things you could buy everyday-Leisure Facilities-Schools--- You get the idea? These are items that might seem insignificant in themselves but taken as a whole represent a huge loss of the spirit that once pervaded this town. If there is something you really miss drop us a line here (Click on Reply to BB at the bottom) and let's be hearing your innermost secrets. If we get a big enough response we may be persuaded to publish a modest tome. All contributors will be acknowledged. For starters Ruffyed has so far unearthed twenty-two cinemas that graced a town that, to-day, hasn't got one. Is there a town of comparable size anywhere in the country without one single cinema?  If you've visited them all (you will be very old), or know of any we have missed, hit that button and let us know. BB has visited eleven of them and Cuzz Ruffyed thirteen.
Anyway here's Ruffyed's list. Add to it if you can---
 Casino - Cosy - Electraceum - Empire - Gaumont - Gem - Grosvenor - Imperial - Kings -La Scala -Odeon - Palace (Uppermill) - Palladium (ABC) - Pavillion (Lees) - Pavillion (Royton) - Pop (Failsworth) - Princess? (Shaw) - Queens (Hollinwood) - Roxy - Savoy - Theatre Royal  - Victory

RUFFYED RANTS AGAIN!

Hi folks, the Ruffyed here again. I asked cousin BB if I could have the use of his blog, to ask if anyone, beside me, is fed up with the deafening silence from our local news organisations on the deeds of the inept bunch of tossers, in the Tower of Doom. I refer to the previous posting on this site re the news that Willmot Dixon have been selected to build our wonderful unwanted academies. In spite of several postings by myself and others in the local press, nothing has been heard about the swingeing fines imposed by the OFT on Willmot Dixon (£4.5M) and several of the other firms involved in tendering for the job. These fines were imposed as a result of bid rigging and collusion among the 103 companies who were fined. Assuming they are all still at it, how much do you think the cost should really be?  I repeat BB's question, should we be hurling Taxpayer's money at a company with this sort of record. Apart from myself, Old Mancunian and Keith, nobody in this town seems concerned that we are dealing with companies who are blatantly ripping us off on building contracts. Do you think OMBC have the slightest clue how much these projects should really cost?  Is everyone in this town so anaesthetised by the awfulness of our surroundings, that we have ceased to care what the godammned pricks do next? Obviously we can expect no help from the local press. They seem to have their own agenda of collusion.  Our only hope is to keep trying to get this matter publically aired. Badger any Councillors you might know, reporters you are aquainted with.
STAND UP AND BE COUNTED PEOPLE OF OLDHAM. MAKE YOUR VOICES HEARD.

Best wishes, Ruffyed (continuing to rant!)

JUST A BIT OFF THE TOP, PLEASE!

It could only happen in Oldham. Last September, a scant six months ago, the OFT fined 103 companies  £129.5 Million  for collusion and bid  rigging. These were construction companies tendering for large contracts across England worth in excess of £200m including  SCHOOLS, universities, hospitals, and numerous private projects from the construction of apartment blocks to housing refurbishments. Included in this list of shame were Willmot Dixon, whose offences were sufficient to warrant fourteenth place in the list  with a fine of £4,534 ,760. That's right folks four and a half million pounds. Pretty serious stuff you'd think. It would seem to indicate the OFT considered them big players in the racket.
 Read the whole story at www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/constructionandproperty/6216928/OFT-fines-103-construction-firms-129.5m-for-bid-rigging.html

Now Oldham MBC have a scheme  to build three new academies that no-one wants apart from the talentless, brain dead, troughers in the Tower of Babble. 
Go on, I bet you can't guess which company the morons have chosen to build these white elephants. Which are in totally the wrong place, just to make sure the plan is a complete fuck up.  Give up, do you?  Oh, no. I hear a little lone voice crying, "could it be Willmot Dixon?"  Correct Sir. You win to-night's star prize.
Only our set of bent bastards could pick another matched set to waste our money. We can presume they are all in collusion now. This will be a nice bonus on top of the  £1Million per year they are creaming off us in 'Allowances'   £71Million Quid at stake here. A few thou' off the top, (or bottom) wouldn't be missed would it?  It would pay for a few jollys for the boys.
Do we want to be employing companies with this sort of unenviable record to partake in large capital schemes. Not with the form Willmot Dixon have in this sector, I would have thought.

Councillor Kay Knox, 'The peroxide pest', cabinet member for children, young people and families,  who has become obsessed with pursuing this self aggrandisement folly, said:  “We are delighted to be able to confirm the appointment of Willmott Dixon to deliver Oldham’s academies programme. De-fucking-lighted??  Do these people ever run a check on the firms they employ. What else will they deliver?  The usual basket of goodies to the back door of the Civic Centre, I'd like to bet.

Anyone in the country reading this and contemplating voting for the Lib Dems at the forthcoming elections, should take a trip to our wreck of a town and see just what havoc they can cause when let loose.  The lunacy that has gone on in the two years since the party of no ideas, no plans and no talent, apart from lining their own pockets,  took control, has got to be seen to be believed. The thought of these pillocks running the country should make you very afraid.

SCIENCE TODAY.

Rufus Stone & Merv report:


March 22, 2010 

Subject: SCIENTISTS DISCOVER NEW ELEMENT

Oxford University researchers have discovered the heaviest element yet known to science. The new element, Governmentium (symbol=Gv), has one neutron, 25 assistant neutrons, 88 deputy neutrons and 198 assistant deputy neutrons, giving it an atomic mass of 312.

These 312 particles are held together by forces called morons, which are surrounded by vast quantities of lepton-like particles called pillocks. Since Governmentium has no electrons, it is inert. However, it can be detected, because it impedes every reaction with which it comes into contact.

A tiny amount of Governmentium can cause a reaction that would normally take less than a second, to take from 4 days to 4 years to complete. Governmentium has a normal half-life of 2 to 6 years. It does not decay, but instead undergoes a reorganisation in which a portion of the assistant neutrons and deputy neutrons exchange places.

In fact, Governmentium’s mass will actually increase over time, since each reorganisation will cause more morons to become neutrons, forming isodopes. This characteristic of moron promotion leads some scientists to believe that Governmentium is formed whenever morons reach a critical concentration. This hypothetical quantity is referred to as a critical morass. When catalysed with money, Governmentium splits into two new elements Administratium (symbol=Ad), an element that radiates just as much energy as Governmentium, since it has half as many pillocks but twice as many morons and Sleazium (symbol=Sz), an element so reactive it destroys everything it touches.

WHOSE VAT IS THAT VAT?

I see the tossers up the tower are claiming a victory over the Taxman. They are reclaiming up to  £1M which they say was for VAT wrongly charged on council services.

'The claims cover sporting and cultural services, such as charges to the public for use of municipal fitness centres, such as gyms, tennis courts and golf clubs and parking charges.'

Councillor Limp Topspin, Oldham Council cabinet member for financial farces said: “The way Oldham Council dealt with this is an excellent example of its commitment to taking control and effectively managing its budget, responding to an opportunity to reclaim money that is rightfully ours.

Er, excuse me honeybun!  If this is VAT on  charges to the public, then surely the VAT was paid by the public. Ergo this money is rightfully theirs and does not belong to OMBC.

So when is the shareout then?  I will forgo my share. Put it towards all the charity sweeties stolen by the lightfingered bastards in our employ.  

Send now for our free leaflet - - - 101 things to make from 3 Maltesers and a bag of chocolate peanuts.

FIRE BYERS!

The news that Stephen Byers MP is willing to offer himself for hire "like a taxi cab", at up to £5,000 a day, is fucking outrageous. Byers is a Privy Councillor entitled to call himself "The Right Honourable Stephen Byers MP". That is now entirely inappropriate, so please support a petition to have him stripped of the honour.

Let's fire Byers!

Sign the petition here

Crossposted from G.O.T. and Guido

INTERESTING! - - Thanks to ukwebspider (R.I.P.) for the lead.

 Here we see English Freemen standing in court as Lay Advisors to another Freeman.

This is for a Council Tax Liability Order hearing in Cwmbran Magistrates Court in South Wales, There were 14 Freemen in attendance.

English Freemen Standing In Court - Council Tax Hearing - The Takedown Begins! from Rebel Leader on Vimeo.

The court was never convened as the Freemen never handed jurisdiction to magistrates or the clerk by standing up when ordered to do so and the magistrates never sat down.

The magistrates twice abandoned the court (the ship) and it was the Freemen who called the Police and at one point the Lay advisor can clearly be heard calling attending Police Constables to arrest the magistrates for impersonating judges.

There were many criminal acts committed this day by the company personnel (Magistrates, solictors, security and the clerk) and Police complaints are under way pending prosecutions for Fraud among other things.

But for the real shocker of how these people think they are above the law ...
Watch until the end!

Click on ukwebspider's links in the sidebar for pertinent topics.

THINK ABOUT IT!

CALL FOR CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE

The blogosphere and meeting places have been alight with anger, outrage, frustration. And questions about how to defeat our tyrannical 'masters' that make our lives a living hell.

Gandhi found non-compliance to be an effective tool to defeat his masters. And he was just one man.

Imagine what we could achieve, if we made a concerted effort, for a given number of days.

The fact is, the corporations want our money. The government needs our money. The 'mainstream' media are the mouthpieces of these monsters. And all of them are the cause of our misery.

If we starve them of it for a spell, how would that affect them?

We've lost the ability to think for ourselves because we've been programmed not to. If we cease to tune into their propaganda and instead, explore the alternative media, we see a different picture from the one they want us to see. We think for ourselves and join up the dots.

We have been little short of terrorised by their scare stories, their unwarranted use of and threat of force, their fines, their toxic products, their lies - to do their dirty bidding. They enrich themselves at our expense. Every time.

The Greeks and the Icelanders have woken up and taken action. The tyranny we face is on a par with theirs, if not greater, and yet we do bugger all about it. Our MPs don't give a jot - they're not listening to us. They're listening to their party whips, as they eye that juicy job within their grasp if they ignore us. So they do.

So let's learn from the Greeks, the Icelanders, Gandhi - and make our 'strike' international. After all, the entire civilised world is facing tyranny simultaneously.

And as Old Holborn says, we outnumber them. They cannot afford non-compliance on such a massive scale. Success frequently starts from small beginnings, as American patriots will tell you. As Gandhi demonstrated.

There comes a time when we have to say ENOUGH! NO MORE! Just like that lonesome chap did in Tiananmen Square.

You have to wonder why our police are becoming militarised - all over the world - why the UN frequently deploys its 'peace-keeping' troops. Yes, troops - against civilians. Foreign troops who care nothing for those civilians - they're "just following orders". A government should never do that to its people. That is tyranny, as the Chinese knew only too well. They were expendable. Mere ants to be crushed underfoot.

Gandhi didn't set out to be a leader; he set out to make a point. He was earnest and determined and he got attention. People chose to follow his lead because he led from the front.

That is what our 'masters' fear. That is why they discourage us from congregating. That is why they attempt to set us against each other.

So we must do the opposite of what they want. Civilly. Lawfully. United.

What am I suggesting, then?

Karen Quinn-Tostado has a plan - and I hope we can gather enough support around the world to follow her lead and act simultaneously. She has the answer. We send them all her aptly put message (somewhat Anglicised and embellished, here):

We show them that they can't control us for four days. We're going to do what we want, we're going to think what we want and we're going to think about what's really important.

We've forgotten that all we need is clean air, clean water, healthy food, self-sufficient communities - and integrity. We don't need the government for those things.

"We the people", are not responsible for repayment of speculative banking scams. We will not allow our children to be used as collateral for foreign debt.

Our constitution is ignored, our rights are violated, we are taxed without representation. As long as we go about our lives as usual, they win and we pay.

We the people say NO MORE!

Here's what we do from 15th April to 18th April:

1) No work, no school. Our future depends on restoring our rights. Plan ahead, ask for time off, use holiday days or whatever it takes. Get school assignments for your children, who will then be able to learn about our rights [Ed: with the help of You've been Cromwelled, Old Holborn, Captain Ranty, Lawful Rebellion, and many others (let's have your suggestions)]. If you feel you must go to work, then go! Participate in the other steps. Do what you can! Learn about our true rights.

THE BRITISH CONSTITUTION GROUP

It's a money game - they want ours.Time to change the rules.

2) No shopping - don't buy. Buy nothing from large corporations, fast food places, online stores, etc. Again, plan ahead for medications, petrol/diesel and food. If you have to shop, then go to local grocers and small family shops! If everyone keeps his money for 4 consecutive days, global bankers will notice.

3) Don't comply, take your £££s and savings out of large, corporate banks, leaving only what you need to cover monthly bills. Work at getting off the grid and forming co-ops within communities. We need each other and it will be our networking energy, as one, which will ensure success.

4) Ask Why. This is essential. Why are we allowing our constitution to be ignored? Why do our children have to sacrifice for banking scams? Why are we supporting policies that don't support us?

Then call your MPs and let them know you're participating in this strike and ask questions you feel are important. Then they will notice.

Imagine if citizens around the world joined Karen Quinn-Tostado's strike. Every one of us can dream that big when we remember that we've all been scammed and lied to by a criminal, dominant minority, who set us against each other, in war, in setting communities, races and sexes against each other, in neighbourhood spying, in so many ways.

We citizens should not be at war with each other. We should be at war with the corporate plunderers, the despots who believe they lead us, and the craven media who hide the truth from us and brainwash us with their lies. They are the enemy of the people.
We must empower ourselves, not ask for someone to save us!

"God forbid we should ever be twenty years without such a rebellion.
The people cannot be all, and always, well informed.
The part which is wrong will be discontented,
in proportion to the importance of the facts
they misconceive. If they remain quiet
under such misconceptions, it is lethargy, the
forerunner of death to the public liberty. ... And what
country can preserve its liberties, if its rulers are not warned from
time to time, that this people preserve the spirit of resistance?
Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right
as to the facts, pardon and pacify them.
What signify a few lives lost in a century
or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed
from time to time, with the blood of patriots and
tyrants. It is its natural manure." -- Thomas Jefferson


Our masters want a one world government. Let's give them a one world - but of citizens, united, proud, with a shared vision of liberty.

When I despair, I remember that all through history
the ways of truth and love have always won. There have
been tyrants, and murderers, and for a time they can seem
invincible, but in the end they always fall. Think of it -always.
-- Mahatma Gandhi

+++UPDATE+++

Latest coverage: NATIONAL EXPOSITOR

CROSS POSTED FROM FAUSTY'S LIBERTARIAN BLOG  via  BARKING SPIDER

IT'S DÉJÀ VU ALL OVER AGAIN!

HULL CHAIRMAN TO SET FIRE TO
STADIUM

A bit of light relief for beleaguered Latics fans.
Courtesy of The Daily Mash


HULL City chairman Adam Pearson is to follow up his appointment of Iain Dowie as manager by burning the stadium to the ground and salting the pitch.
As part of a staged programme to wipe the club from the face of the earth, Pearson will ask the local authority to institute a by-law making the wearing of the black and amber shirts a burning offence.  Fans will be encouraged to throw seats onto the pitch before, during and after games, while the dressing rooms will be stocked with a free bar, an unco-operative DJ and some hand grenades.
Pearson said: "Phil Brown unexpectedly backfired on me, what with the promotion and everything, but Iain's just the man to turn Hull City into the footballing equivalent of the lost city of Atlantis.

"Assistant manager. To Alan Shearer. At Newcastle. Just let that sink in for a second."

It has emerged that Mark Hughes turned down the Hull job when he learned the available transfer budget was £149.95m less than his requested £150m, while Avram Grant said no after a free trial at a local massage parlour ended in ignominious failure.
Hull fan Charlie Reeves said: "While I'd like to think that we still don't know how the season will end, hiring Dowie is like Bruce Willis turning to the camera an hour into The Sixth Sense and saying 'I'm a ghost, you know'. We're totally fucking Portsmouthed."
Pearson paid tribute to his former manager, adding: "Phil left a big impression on this club, especially on the beige sofa covers. And while some will memorialise him as the sexbearded saviour of Hull, he always reminded me of the kind of bloke who would try to slip one to the babysitter when he's giving her a lift home.

While you're here why not see where Dowie figures in the list of the ugliest soccer players in the world  on Rankopedia

THE MADNESS CONTINUES!

OLDHAM CHRONICLE online: 11/03/2010 'Violent town-centre crime has plummeted thanks to a crackdown on cheap booze promotions.'

15/3/2010  'Man dies after 3am street fight outside pub.'


It was only a matter of time. Several of us have been warning, for some time,  that the sad events of last night were bound to happen sooner rather than later.  Another young life snuffed out. Nothing changes. The same old cliched excuses will be trotted out. What are the root causes of this sickness that pervades Oldham?  FIRSTLY, the ineffectiveness  of  GMP and it's decline to the second worst force in the country. Led by a Chief Constable, who will tell us his force has a “zero tolerance” stance on alcohol-related crime and disorder, but who is  obsessed with plans for this, initiatives for that, floundering about as he tries to arrest the decline, but seemingly unable to grasp what is needed to return order to the streets.  SECONDLY, the sheer ineptitude and greed of Oldham Council in allowing such a density of licensed premises in a very small area. They have no ideas on how to create a thriving town centre and are willing to pass all applications for licenses, virtually without scrutiny, simply to make the town look busy and to rake in the business rates. Alcock et al will trot out the usual platitudes on why they can't refuse an application. This is the tail wagging the dog. Where there is a will, there is a way. Only last week we had Alcock spouting that,  '..  Oldham Council and our partners recognised that the availability of cheap alcohol was the chief catalyst behind the disorder we were witnessing.'  Who made it so readily available, we ask? Last year's crackdown on licensed premises in the town centre seems to have been quickly forgotten. THIRDLY, the government for introducing twenty-four hour drinking.  A ploy, the cynical may claim, to get the country so inebriated that we will forget just how awful the rest of our life has become. FOURTHLY, licensees plying drinkers with more and more alcohol irrespective of their state of inebriation. There is no responsibility. Profit rules.  Before any of them get up on their hind legs whining about how they operate responsibly. Let me inform them that a quick trawl through the town centre at weekend, reveals nothing has changed.
Change there will have to be, though. We cannot continue down this lawless path. Someone will have to grasp the nettle and sweep this town clean. We have got to do it and do it now!
B B W would like to offer his sincere condolences to the family of the young man and hopes the perpetrators are soon apprehended.