The insidious world wide enemy to freedom.

Those of you who read my blog about the advance of Marxism will know I have been concerned with this for some time.

However, a Russian defector to America has Indicated that this is now very critical.

Please don't watch the video below if you prefer to keep your head buried in the sand.

It should be noted, however, that this defection was in 1984, and we have heard nothing since then

This doesn't mean it's untrue though

Ampers.

Only for the hard and the tough, a trip of a lifetime.

These guys run some fantastic trips into the bush, all based on fishing.

One particular trip to Kapirinengu, was a fantastic trip, here are the hardy tourists on their way... the roads, incidentally, weren't always so brilliant!

You can get the full story further into my blog and it is really worth reading.

Here is their latest advertisement for their new venture. If you are brave, tough, and not mollycoddled by the 'political correct' brigade, then it'll be the experience of a lifetime.

full story further into my blogfull story further into my blog

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An explanation on what is wrong with the NHS with simple diagrams.

David Cameron's promise to the British People, you've guessed it, broken! Again!

As I have said so many times before, a picture is worth a thousand words and a video is worth a thousand pictures.



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Who'd be a UKIP party leader at election time?

Over the next two weeks UKIP Leader Nigel Farage is touring the country to spread the party's Common Sense message and host a punishing series of thirty-five public meetings. And, as many as seven in one day!

Here's the itinerary, which is subject to change at short notice.

Tuesday, April 2

Callington
Taunton
Tiverton

Wednesday April 3
Lydney
Worcester

Thursday, April 4

Newcastle-under-Lyme
Stone
Marston
Oswaldtwistle

Friday, April 5

Carlisle
Newcastle
Gravesend

Saturday, April 6

Newcastle
Durham
Chester-le-Street
Prudhoe
Hexham
Morpeth

Monday, April 8

Scarborough
Harrogate

Tuesday, April 9

Gainsboroguh
Lincoln
Boston

Wednesday, April 10

Peterborough
Corby
Kettering
Huntingdon
St Ives
Ramsey
Holt

Thursday, April 11

Hertford
Aylesbury
Stoke Mandeville
Wendover
South Heath

Friday, April 12

Tunbridge Wells

Ampers.

An explanation of Islam in one easy lesson.

Your teacher today is Pat Condell

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My home made salad dressing

Salad dressing is expensive but over the years I have designed my own dressing.

Here is the formula. I make approximately 70cl at a time which lasts for quite a long time, even though we have salads around five times a week.

First of all, get a bottle twice the size as you will need to shake it vigorously every time you fill up your tabletop bottle. I use a 1.5 Ltr whisky bottle, if you haven't got one, buy a full one, finish it off over the next week or two and make the dressing then!

You will need a large bowl to mix the ingredients, as you will need to mix it all up with a whisk, preferably an electric one.  You will also need a large measuring jug as it will be easier to funnel the finished results into the bottle afterwards!

Into your large bowl, add:

UKIP's coming of age at the Exeter Spring Conference 2013.

I have extracted this article in full from the Ukipian (,com) website and you can read it, in situ, at this address. The Ukipian website has a varied amount of contributors and is well worth, not only a visit, but to book mark it if you are so inclined.

UKIP has moved beyond the EU

by Patrick O'Flynn

When David Cameron finally made his long-promised Europe speech there were some Tory commentators who suggested that UKIP would now perhaps like to stand aside at the general election in order to give Conservatives a clear run and thereby secure their long dreamt-of In/Out EU referendum.

The response from Ukipians was unsurprising: dream on!

And yet, many political observers have tended to regard UKIP as being somewhere between a single issue pressure group and a fully-fledged political party.

If that was ever true, it certainly isn’t now. At UKIP’s spring rally in Exeter over the weekend something remarkable took place; the party realised to its own surprise that it had stopped “banging on about Europe”.

This isn’t to say that getting out of the EU has ceased to be a defining and uniting characteristic of the party. It most certainly is still that. But the idea that if Britain does leave the EU within the next few years then UKIP members will go back to tending their roses and the party will wither away no longer has a shred of credibility.

An interesting but terribly frustrating problem!

Problem with my home internet

My suppliers:

PlusNet

Fibre unlimited broadband at 76mb speeds (£19.99 p.m.)

BT – Ordered by Plusnet

Openreach fibre modem (Huawei Technologies of China)

Billion

BiPAC 7800N four port plus EWAN Router connected to Openreach modem by Ewan ethernet.

My problem:

Since last July (2012) I have had problems with Internet connections and this has got steadily worse over the months until now, I lose Internet between five and twenty times every hour.

I can't even watch a ten minute YouTube video without it losing signal at least once, and often four or five times during that time.

The interesting point here is that it gets worse each day as the day progresses, yet Plusnet assure me that there is nothing wrong. During the evenings and weekends it is worse.

Billion kindly replaced my router a few weeks ago, but that didn't make any difference to the situation.

What do my readers think is wrong?

Please add anything you can add as comments below. I am interested in:

a} Any comments if you have had the same problem yourself.

b} Any comments if you have had adverse experiences with the above equipment.

I'll then direct my suppliers to this blog to hear what they have to say of my problems.

Ampers.

This shows how easy it would be to get the UK back on its feet.

UKIP's Godfrey Bloom explains why our Government are causing misery for future generations and offers some easy solutions on what George Osborne could do to increase productivity and thus a greater income from texes to the Treasury Purse.

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A fun packed day for UKIP

What a topic packed day! UKIP's attendance was up 30% on last year, and last year was packed!


Wish I could have been there,

Ampers

Programme

9.30                         Film: Lost Horizons (27 mins)

10.00                       Opening: Tony McIntyre, UKIP SW
                                Chairman

10.05                       Lisa Duffy, Party Director – Campaign
                                Report 2012-13

                                Margot Parker – The Lessons of Corby

                                Richard Elvin – Taking our Message North

                                Winston Mackenzie – Opportunities in
                                London's Black Communities

                                Diane James – The Eastleigh Experience

10.40                       Prof Tim Congdon – Europe Doesn't Work

10.55                       William Dartmouth MEP – The Truth
                                About Trade

11.10                       Coffee break


Rest of the day below:

Bobotie, traditional South African dish.

There are dozens of recipes for Bobotie and yellow rice, and I have used many of them. Alas, the modern recipes leave out some of the ingredients for convenience, but those Boboties never taste as nice. This is the full version.

Traditionally, the recipe which was put together by Cape Malay cooks in the Western Cape and was made with the meat left over from the Saturday dinner, it was minced and prepared, half on that evening, and half the following morning. Now for convenience we use Lamb mince. (Note it's not as nice with beef mince - and you might get horse!)

To get the full flavour of this dish, the first half should be made and semi-cooked the day before. Once nice point about this is if you are giving a dinner party. Put it in the oven the minute your guests arrive, and by the time you have had drinks, and the first course, the main meal is ready.

Here is the recipe, enjoy!

Bobotie with yellow rice

Read this article for proof that Nadine Dorries is a UKIPper at heart.

There is an extract from Nadine Dorriis's article in Conservative Home. There is a link below to take you direct to their website. It is difficult, reading her article in full, to see how she can remain in the Conservative Party when she is so definitely of the UKIP persuasion.

... I don’t actually like the term ‘blue collar’ very much as, by implication, it excludes women and so from here on in I will use the socio economic terminology of C2s. It wasn’t an easy talk to give as all the way through I was very much aware that the C2s are no longer going to listen to a thing we say. They don’t trust any of the three main parties very much, any more.

Back in the day, when I grew up on my Liverpool council estate every member of Liverpool City council was Conservative. The city had eight Conservative MPs. The Conservative Party had a brand. It was known universally as the party of the family. C2s knew who and what they were voting for. The C2 family today lives a tough life. It will only take a minute or two of talking to a C2 before money crops up in the converRead this article fror proof that Nadine Dorriesation. They know the price of everything; they have to. They shop at Aldi for orange squash, washing powder, detergents, dog food, bread, biscuits and crisps and they go to Tesco for value fishcakes, mince, sausages and chicken. They buy vegetables on the market and only have fish if it is in the reduced aisle. A C2 mum knows if there is enough spare for the chippy on a Friday night and she would love to have enough to go to JBB Sports for the kid’s trainers rather than the market. They know the price of milk.

To those who are in work, job security is king. So when, in the Eastleigh by-election, Nigel Farage spoke about the UKIP immigration policy as being based on the Australian system, i.e. you are only allowed in if approved and have a skill we are missing and have a job offer to go to, C2s liked that. That policy meant job security. It meant no deluge of Eastern Europeans working for less than the minimum wage and distorting the job market. They lapped it up and they voted for it.

In 1997, C2s thought things were going to get better. They hummed the tune and waited. They got worse. Their dizzyingly high expectations were dashed on the rocks of deceit. In 2009, the MP expenses crisis took a grip and diminished the public view of all politicians and political parties. There is now a new kid on the block untainted by a history of non-delivery, its name is UKIP and its leader speaks in the language of the C2. Funnily enough, he’s speaking very much in the language of the Tory party of old and, unless I am very mistaken, seems to articulating the policies the Conservative party abandoned in our badly thought out and implemented programme of crass ‘we’re all hip now, yah, really’ modernisation.

How to attract the C2 voter isn’t brain surgery. It involves adopting the policies that provide people with aspiration, security and keeping more of what they earn in their pockets. However, to recognise those policies, one needs to understand and know the C2 voter.

So, here’s a list of what Tories need to promise C2 to win them back;

A couple of simple tips for GMail users.

One major problem with email is that one's inbox tends to get over cluttered.

Full Delete
Sometimes we get onto a mailing list which we don't want to be on. Rather than getting angry, there is a better way. Simply click on the "More/Filter messages like these" button afinchley communitynd create a filter by clicking on "Skip the InBox" and also the "Delete it" button. Job Done. You'll see no more messages like these and the offending company will preen themselves in their number of readers not knowing that most people are doing this. I'll never see these emails again, ever!

Future Delete
Other times we get on a mailing list which brings up items that we are sometimes interested in. For example I am on the business card company: "VistaPrint" list and occasionally I have cards printed. They keep offering 500 cards free, and as I don't like paying for them, I want to be able to dip in now and again.

So I first set up a label called "Delete 30 days". I then set up a filter to "Skip the Inbox", then click on "Apply the Label" and from the pull down box, click on "Delete 30 days". I'll never see these in my inbox again, but they'll still be available.

My inbox is now manageable as over 90% of my emails aren't seen.

If you are in business, and have a PA, then some of your emails could be sent to her to filter for you.

Ampers.

Why I read @AllisterHeath every day at City AM and why you might find him informative!

 As far as I am concerned, for the best City news, I prefer the City AM newspaper to the Financial Times. Granted there is a lot of information and advertising in the Financial Times but it is extremely costly. The City AM newspaper is free and is available weekday mornings in stands all over London. I get mine in one of the two stands in Finchley.

I don't always have time to read the entire newspaper, but always read the editor;  Allister's column. Read the following and you'll understand why. And, I follow him on Twitter at @AllisterHeath


We need to take radical action
to avoid a return to mediocrity
        
by Allister Heath
March 11, 2013

SOMETIMES, we worry about the wrong things. The biggest issue facing the UK is not a triple-dip recession, or further downgrades, or yet another higher than expected budget deficit. All of these would be bitter, painful blows, especially the first, but they would also be of a temporary, short-term nature. Our real problems are structural, not cyclical: there is a growing possibility that Britain will face years of stagnation, the entrenchment of relative decline and a return to mediocrity.

Our country is increasingly uncompetitive; the cost of living, from the price of basics to that of middle class school fees, keeps on rising; taxes are far too high, and yet only cover £5 out of ever £6 spent by the state; public spending is worth over 49 per cent of GDP, according to the OECD; rules and red tape are killing initiative; housing is scarce and too expensive; our health service is below the international standard; we are crippling our most successful industries and failing to grow others; and an ugly poliWe need to take radical action to avoid a return to mediocrity

We need to take radical action to avoid a return to mediocritytics of envy, emotionalism, intolerance and permanent outrage dominates the public discourse.

Read what the Germans are saying about Bulgarian and Romanian Immigrants

'They leave rubbish mountains taller than I am'.

Left-wing German mayor's rant at Bulgarian and Romanian immigrants who he says have sent town's crime soaring

    Duisburg mayor Soeren Link says Roma send children on 'stealing missions'
    Claims migrants costing authority millions in benefits and policing costs
    Anyone who thinks problem will disappear is 'misty eyed', says mayor
    Comes after report warned of 'social unrest' due to economic refugees

By Allan Hall

The mayor of a German city claims Romanian and Bulgarian migrants are causing havoc, committing crimes and costing his authority close to £15million a year to house, feed and police.
By Allan Hall
Soeren Link, the left-wing mayor of the former industrial city of Duisburg, close to the border with Holland, claims prostitution and robberies have spiked since the EU's latest members began arriving last year.

'We are massively affected,' said the mayor, confirming the fears of the Association of German Cities which recently warned of 'social unrest' because of the economic refugees.

 He spoke of rubbish mountains 'taller than I am' outside of dilapidated housing blocks in the district where, in one, 400 Bulgarians and Romanians are crammed into just over 40 apartments.

'Children are misused there and sent on stealing missions,' he claimed in a TV discussion about the problem.

Germany is the continent's most socially-minded nation with a lavish array of welfare benefits. Some Roma families are claiming over £2,000 a month in child welfare payments, even though they are technically not supposed to work in the country until January next year.

'It is costing us millions and will coFull article in the Daily Mailst us more by next year,' added Mr Link, who said anyone who thought the problem was going to go away was 'misty eyed'.

Full article in the Daily Mail


If this happens after January 2014 on a large scale in Britain, it could ensure that UKIP will make huge gains in the 2015 General Election!

Ampers

The history of Political Correctness A 'must read' article

Political Correctness: The Scourge of Our Times

Agustin Blazquez with the collaboration of Jaums Sutton

Monday, April 8, 2002

Does anyone know the origins of Political Correctness? Who originally developed it and what was its purpose?

I looked it up. It was developed at the Institute for Social Research in Frankfurt, Germany, which was founded in 1923 and came to be known as the "Frankfurt School." It was a group of thinkers who pulled together to find a solution to the biggest problem facing the implementers of communism in Russia.

The problem? Why wasn't communism spreading?

Answer? Because Western Civilization was in its way.

What was the problem with Western Civilization? Its belief in the individual, that an individual could develop valid ideas. At the root of communism was the theory that all valid ideas come from the effect of the social group of the masses. The individual is nothing.

And they believed that the only way for communism to advance was to help (or force, if necessary) Western Civilization to destroy itself. How to do that? Undermine its foundations by chipping away at the rights of those annoying individuals.

One way to do that? Change their speech and thought patterns by spreading the idea that vocalizing your beliefs is disrespectful to others and must be avoided to make up for past inequities and injustices.

And call it something that sounds positive: "Political Correctness." Inspired by the brand new communist technique, Mao, in the 1930s, wrote an article on the "correct" handling of contradictions among the people. "Sensitive training" – sound familiar? – and speech codes were born.

In 1935, after Hitler came to power, the Frankfurt School moved to New York City, where they continued their work by translating Marxism from economic to cultural terms using Sigmund Freud's psychological conditioning mechanisms to get Americans to buy into Political Correctness. In 1941, they moved to California to spread their wings.

Why tens of thousand whites are murdered in South Africa

If a picture paints a thousand words, how many words does this video paint?

Alas, although this is the truth, it will be unpalatable for most people. But within thirty years after I am dead, the white Christians in Britain will be subject to death and torture as well. Although you have forsaken my country, I hope to God, that someone comes to your aid.

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The democratic case for withdrawing from the EU

THE DEMOCRATIC CASE FOR EU WITHDRAWAL

In a hurry? Want to skip the detail? Here’s A ONE MINUTE SUMMARY...

EU membership means that Britain has transferred so many powers to European level that we are largely ruled by the EU.

If we stay in, we will not just be legally unable to take back these powers and govern ourselves. We will be committed to having even more of our lives run at EU level. (This is known as economic and political integration, or ‘ever closer union’).

The current membership agreement, the Treaty of Lisbon, has words which sound like it is possible to take powers back, but after looking closely at the EU legal system, this is an illusion.

Some humour is, sometimes, so embarrassing true!

 The following humour is from Johnathan in South Africa and I thought my readers might appreciate it.

JFK'S Secretary of State, Dean Rusk, was in France in the early 60's when DeGaulle decided to pull out of NATO. DeGaulle said he wanted all US military out of France as soon as possible. Rusk responded "Does that include those who are buried here?"

You could have heard a pin drop
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There was a conference in France where a number of international engineers were taking part, including French and American. During a break, one of the French engineers came back into the room saying 'Have you heard the latest dumb stunt Bush has done? He has sent an aircraft carrier to Indonesia to help the tsunami victims. What does he intended to do, bomb them?'

A Boeing engineer stood up and replied quietly:

In reponse to my Western Cape story

I received an email from one of my readers, who sent in a story from South Africa. I have turned it into a blog because it illustrates two South Africas. The first, the extremely successful Western Cape, run my the Democratic alliance who, to be honest, are starting to make inroads all over South Africa, but still have a way to go.

The second South Africa is under the control of the present government whose major party, the ANC seems to be riddled with corruption and cannot escape their battles decades ago with the Apartheid government, which thankfully is no more. I left Sough Africa, at fifteen, because even at that young age, I was disconcerted at entire races being subjected to the dominance of the government at that time. alas, the ANC, as a party, cannot escape from that era.

Here is the email from my reader and her attachment from a South African living in neighbouring Botswana.

If you are seventy or over, come cry with me...

This had me in stitches, and is certainly part of growing old!

After you have heard this excellent and funny song, you might like to take a look at an old blog of mine along the same vein.
 
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This is the type of person we want running the UK Government

The Democratic Alliance took control of the Western Cape from the ANC on the 22nd April 2009. The party has only been in existence since 1994. Everything listed here has been achieved in less than a decade. Items in [square brackets] have been added by Ampers for clarity for being read outside of South Africa. Just imagine her running UK PLC!.


Western Cape State of the Province 2013

Helen Zille, Leader of the Democratic Alliance

22 February 201

The Honourable Speaker
Honourable members of the Provincial Cabinet
The Honourable Mayor of Cape town
The [ Honourable leader of the Opposition
Members of the Diplomatic Corps
Honourable leaders of political parties
Honourable members of the Provincial Legislature
Director General of the Western Cape
Heads of Provincial Departments
Leaders of Local government
Religious leaders
Community leaders
Colleagues and friends and

Most important:  all citizens of the Western Cape

Welcome to everyone here today.
Namkelekile nonke apha namhlanje.
‘n Hartlike warm welkom aan almal hier vandag.

Speaker, Thank you for this opportunity to report back  on the progress we are making towards our goal of ensuring that every citizen in this province has real opportunities to use their freedom to live a life they value.  Many challenges remain, but as long as we progress every day, as far and as fast as possible, we will achieve our objectives.

I would like to welcome two special guests to the House today -- Dr Cleve Robertson, Director of Emergency Medical Services (EMS) and Mr PhumzilePapu, the Provincial Ambulance Chief who manage 1,522 emergency medical staff across the province.

Today we pay tribute to every member of the EMS team.  Every day you save people's lives by freeing them from the mangled wrecks of motor vehicles, or lifting them off one of our mountains, or simply getting them to a hospital in time.  This year, the extraordinary skills of our divers, Mr Fabian Higgins and Mr Elvin Stoffels, saved the lives of people trapped in freezing water underneath the overturned Miroshga. Working against time, in bad weather conditions, and in circumstances where no conventional methods could be used, they managed to get most passengers out alive.

For our EMS colleagues, heroism is a daily routine.  That is why I speak for everyone in this House Most important:  all citizens of the Western Capewhen I say we are greatly disturbed by the increasing number of attacks and muggings of EMS members on duty. Something is seriously wrong when the people who give of themselves so selflessly to save the lives of others are targeted by criminals while they are doing so. Every citizen in this province has a duty to ensure the safety of EMS members so that this extraordinary service can continue across our Province.

Speaker, all of us in this House today share a deep sense of horror at the series of brutal rapes and murders in recent weeks, symbolised by a crime so depraved that there are no appropriate words to describe it.   As we piece together the tragic story of Anene Booysen's short life, and the background of her alleged killers, we see the all-too-familiar strands of a web in which so many young lives are trapped:  absent parents, dysfunctional families, drug and alcohol abuse, school drop-outs.  Most of these elements are present in all these tragic cases.

Yes, the state has a crucial role to play in combating these social ills and in protecting our young people.  But it is impossible to resolve any of them without everyone playing a role:  individuals through the choices they make, parents through the responsibility they take and the guidance they give, whole communities through the norms they establish, institutions like churches and schools in the leadership they provide, as well as the services offered by the state.  That is why we speak of a "whole-of-society" approach.  It is the only way in which we can tackle our many challenges.

Kittens aren't scorpions, but these have a sting in their tales (sic).

Free Kittens



A pretty little girl named Suzy was standing on the pavement in front of her home.

Next to her was a basket containing a number of tiny creatures; in her hand was a sign announcing Free Kittens.



Suddenly a line of big cars pulled up beside her.  Out of the lead car stepped a grinning man.

Why are they deliberately making us poor?

Thought for today

Fact:

We know from information leaked out from the Bilderburg conferences, that the leaders in this world are eager to have world government. First EU, then USA and EU, then the rest of the world.

Fact:

You cannot possibly have world government whilst there is so much difference between the wealth of the average citizens in each country.

Food: A foolproof way of ensuring you buy British.

If you want to support our economy by buying British, you might want to take this with you when shopping, so it is worth printing and cutting it out to have in your wallet or purse.

Let's stop the outsourcing of our jobs to foreign countries and help Britain out of the financial slump.

Always read the labels on the food packages. Don't accept the front of the box at face value. Turn it over and read t he back, carefully!

With all the food and pet products now coming from China, it is best to make sure you read labels at the grocery store and especially Tesco/Asda when buying food products.

Many products no longer show where they were made, only give where the distributor is located. The country of origin is only in the bar code.
AmpersIt is therefore important to read the bar code to track it's origin if knowing this and buying British is important to you.  Here is what to look for -------------

Five Inconvenient Truths of the UK's Trade with the EU

Guest Blog

The UK's trade with the EU, which was in surplus before we joined in 1973, has been in deficit in all subsequent years but one. (Over the last six years, the UK's cumulative trade deficit with the EU was £190 billion, but it ran a £21 billion surplus with the rest of the world during the same period). It is also worth noting that over the period of UK membership in the EU as a whole, we have maintained a cumulative trade surplus with every continent in the world except Europe. 

Our membership of the EU ties our hands when we want to form coherent trade policy.  Far from advancing the UK's clout in the world economy, EU membership has eroded it. For example, when David Cameron proposed emergency trade preferences for Pakistan in September 2010 at an EU summit following catastrophic flooding, he ran into stiff opposition from France, Portugal and Italy. All of those countries were concerned that the proposal would threaten their textile manufacturing – not a concern of the UK. As a result, the trade preferences for Pakistan - which Cameron explicitly intended to be emergency trade preferences - took a full two years to get through the EU legislative process.

What follows are five of the most glaring reasons why belonging to the EU is contrary to the UK's interest as a global trading nation. I have called these the inconvenient truths.

1. The UK's trade with the outside world is already more important than its trade with the EU.

• The UK's trade with non-EU countries is greater than 60% of its total trade and is increasing. This figure - unlike figures commonly circulated by the EU - takes into account the distortion of the Rotterdam effect, whereby UK exports sent on to non-EU countries via Continental ports are erroneously counted as exports to the EU.
• A decade ago, the EU's share of global GDP was 25%, but by 2050 it is expected to fall to 15%. 
• The US and Canada together account for nearly a third of the foreign direct investment (FDI) in the UK, while the UK is the largest foreign investor in the US.

Nigel Farage at his best on YouTube

If a picture is worth a thousand words, how much is this video worth?

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The onward march of UKIP - Membership explosion!

There was much disappointment amongst the general public when David Cameron gave his much publicised and awaited 'referendum' speech.

The idea of a referendum in five years time did not satisfy many people, apart from 'dyed in the wool' Labour and Tory supporters. On the whole it was all just 'pie in the sky'.

If anything, the speech has driven many people, both Tory and Labour into the bosom of the UK Independence Party. In fact, Gawain Towler, the UKIP Press Officer, in a recent press release, gives out figures which show that membership has increased significantly during the seven days after the speech.

One particular figure stands out. UKIP membership increased 233.03% in the seven days after the speech against the seven days previous to the speech. This has seen a lot of administrative work in the UKIP head office put into abeyance as it is all hands on deck answering the phone and taking new membership requests and credit card payments.

Which is worse, Lorazepam or Cocaine?

My wife, alas, is suffering from 'High Anxiety Syndrome' and has been for a year now. I am now her carer and have to be with her twenty-four hours a day so my life is in total abeyance. I have no complaints and am not looking for sympathy as she looked after me for the first thirty-five years so I look at it as being my turn now.

But I am looking for help.

The doctors, in their wisdom, had put her on one miligram tablets of Lorazepam a day and this is as habit forming as cocaine. She now has to been weaned off them.

Fortunately for me, I have had some experience of weaning people off drugs. Fifty years ago I had a friend, a Welshman Poet who I helped wean off cocaine. It was a nightmare, but this is how I know Lorazepam is so bad.

To cut a long story short, I am desperately looking for someone whose spouse has been on Lorazepam, and is in the throes of weaning them off this terrible drug.

The objective is to keep in touch and help each other via email and the telephone.

If you know of anyone, please put them in touch with ampers@gmail.com.

Thank you for your patience.

Ampers

Sometimes written words can get in the way.

This blog is for men's eyes only, There is nothing here for the fairer sex.

Men,

If you don't know how to cook, there is an easy way of preparing your meal.

It's called Google.

Try Googling: Recipe: followed by the name of your recipe if you just want a specific recipe. Google will find a hundred variations of the recipe and all you have to do is to pick the one that explains how to cook it in the simplest and clearest way.

Try Googling: How do I cook followed by the name of the type of food and Google will, as above, find dozens of variations and all you have to do is to pick the one that explains how to cook it in the simplest and clearest way.

It really is that simple. Most recipes have two sections. A list of ingredients, and instructions on how to cook them.

Remember to do your research far enough in advance to enable you to ensure you have purchased all the ingredients.

If you enjoyed your experiment in cooking, here what I always do when trying a new dish.

A joint exercise in moving house in the 21st century

So what should we look for in our new home? I will get the ball rolling and if you can think of other things please include them in a comment.

Here are some ideas to get the ball rolling and I will blog again with any useful add ons you think of. They aren't in any particular order.

1. On an incline, not at the top where you might get the wind, but high enough up so if there is substained rainfall, you won't be flooded.

2. Facing a direction what will ensure your back porch gets the sun in the morning and evening.

3. In an area which gets good mobile phone signals.

4. In an area which can receive fast Internet access.

5. In case of sickness, having a little general store not too far away.

6. Good transport links.

An Apple lover writes: Android Now 'Outshines iOS In Almost Every Aspect'

Dan Lyons wrote the following article on  January 4th, 2013 - a link to it is below

 

Ralf Rottmann is CTO and co-founder of Grandcentrix, the largest mobile app developer in Germany. He's also a hardcore Apple fanboy who has a house full of Apple products and more than 8,000 songs purchased on the iTunes store. He's tried out every big Android phone and found each one wanting.

But suddenly things have changed. He just got a Nexus 4, the flagship Android phone made by LG and running Jelly Bean, the latest version (4.1) of Android. And since switching it on two weeks ago, he hasn't touched his iPhone 5.

"When iOS 6 came out, for the first time I complained about the lack of innovation in this major new release. I asked myself whether we might see Apple beginning to lose its lead position in mobile platforms," Rottmann writes in an essay on Gizmodo. 
Rottmann goes on at great length and great detail about all the ways, big and small, that Jelly Bean outguns Apple's iOS 6. The only thing he misses, he says, is iMessage.
Sure, he's just one guy. But he's a significant guy. And more and more people like him, from all around the world, are coming to the same conclusion.

A young woman's guide for building her future with financial security.

Dan was a single guy living at home with his father and working in the family business.

When he found out he was going to inherit a fortune when his sickly father died,
he decided he needed to find a wife with whom to share his fortune.

One evening, at an investment meeting, he spotted the most beautiful woman he had ever seen.

Her natural beauty took his breath away."I may look like just an ordinary guy," he said to her, "But in just a few years my father will die and I will inherit $200 million".

"Impressed, the woman asked for his business card and three weeks later, she became his stepmother.

Women are so much better at financial planning than men.

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There is too much talk about guns, for or against, in America. Here you can read about the real killer.

Thinking the Unthinkable

Michael holding a butterfly

In the wake of another horrific national tragedy, it’s easy to talk about guns. But it’s time to talk about mental illness.

Three days before 20 year-old Adam Lanza killed his mother, then opened fire on a classroom full of Connecticut kindergartners, my 13-year old son Michael (name changed) missed his bus because he was wearing the wrong color pants.

“I can wear these pants,” he said, his tone increasingly belligerent, the black-hole pupils of his eyes swallowing the blue irises.

“They are navy blue,” I told him. “Your school’s dress code says black or khaki pants only.”

“They told me I could wear these,” he insisted. “You’re a stupid bitch. I can wear whatever pants I want to. This is America. I have rights!”

“You can’t wear whatever pants you want to,” I said, my tone affable, reasonable. “And you definitely cannot call me a stupid bitch. You’re grounded from electronics for the rest of the day. Now get in the car, and I will take you to school.”

I live with a son who is mentally ill. I love my son. But he terrifies me. 

 

Who reads Ampers' Rants, it is really quite surprising!

I now have Google Analytics on my smart-phone and was amazed to find out where my visitors come from. But, before I tell you let me explain that I lost a huge number of followers when I moved from Blogger to Wordpress. And a similar number when I got disillusioned with Wordpress and moved back to Blogger (Blogspot).

In case a new blog provider came along and encouraged me to move again, I registered ampers.me.uk so that I can chop and change blogs without losing readers.

Now for the number of countries of my readers. This now totals an unbelievable 136 countries. I even have readers in Mongolia!!!

The top ten countries, in order of quantity of readers are:

Foreign Aid; a better way for Britain to gain by this.

President Zuma of South Africa has built himself a Palace costing £17,000,000. The South African Government paid for this as follows: £2,000,000 out of the exchequer and £15,000,000 from the British Tax-payer in the form of Prime Minister Cameron's generous foreign aid policy with money he claws from the British citizens by the method of collecting their increasing taxes.

This has to stop. If we have to give foreign aid, then it should not go to despots to arm their forces against their citizens, build huge palaces, or top up their Swiss bank accounts. There must be a better way, and there is.

For England to be successful, we should adopt this educational idea

This is a 20 minute TED video. It starts with a horrific story of how, although this woman proved xraying pregnant women caused cancer in children, it was 25 years before the medical profession stopped doing this.

But this is just the beginning of an intriguing tale of how a woman hired someone who totally disagreed with her, with the job of proving her theories false. No "yes men" around her. What a difference to business today!

She then talks about a University who sets a test before taking on a graduate for a PhD course. The person has to list five ideas or theories that they believe in, it can be anything under the sun, and they have to support them against the Universities best intellectuals, to prove they can marshal and defend their ideas.

Finally she makes the suggestion that there are too few PhD students, and that we have to introduce this down to school level.Imagine the benefit to our young if they have to prepare a theory or idea, and to be able to thoroughly defend it from attack by their classmates, and what the classmates will get by learning how to take an idea to pieces? How much more useful this would be than the socialist drivel our young have drummed into them.

Enjoy.




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