Nanny Bans Swans

Oh dear Nanny does make an utter fool of herself sometimes, as the good people who run The Scream gallery in Mayfair will attest to.

The gallery had been exhibiting a photograph of a naked woman and a swan (a modern depiction of the Greek myth of Leda and the Swan - according to Greek mythology, the god Zeus took the form of a swan to seduce Leda. She later bore his children, Polydeuces and Helen of Troy) for a month, when one day a Metropolitan police officer saw the image from a bus.

Can you guess what happened next children?

Yes, that's right, two uniformed officers went to the gallery and told Jag Mehta, the sales director at the gallery, that the photo suggested that the gallery condoned bestiality (which is a criminal offence).

Factoid: swans are highly aggressive creatures, how the hell could anyone get near enough to one to be able to interact with it in any sexual way?

Ironically the exhibition was over and so the gallery took the image down, but the police remained until they saw that it had been taken down.

Miss Mehta did explain to the police that the myth of Leda’s rape by Zeus was an acceptable form of erotica in Victorian times. However, the police replied (according to The Telegraph) that:

“They said they didn’t know anything about the myth.” 

Despite telling the gallery to remove the image (which the gallery is still happy to show to people who wish to see it) the Metropolitan Police have said that the incident had not been recorded as a crime.

Ironically, despite ordering the gallery to the picture down, the police have not taken action against the Evening Standard for publishing a picture of it!

I am confused, if it's a crime to show the picture in a gallery why is it not a crime to show the picture in a newspaper and on its website?

Oh and while we are on the subject of swans, why is it that Tchaikovsky's ballet Swan Lake (where a prince falls in love with a princess who had been turned into a swan) allowed to be performed?

Censorship does seem to cause an awful lot of confusion, especially when people have to judge what they define to be "offensive", doesn't it?

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The Bells of Wrington

The sad effect of living in the Nanny state is that some of Nanny's subjects start to behave like her, and try to impose their own petty rules and regulations on others.

Such is the case for the good people of Wrington in Somerset who, thanks to the complaints of a newly arrived couple of residents, have had to turn off the chimes of the clock tower on the 15th century All Saints Church.

It seems that the chimes, that have rung each quarter hour for a hundred years, were not to the tastes of the newcomers who complained to North Somerset Council.

The council duly dispatched an enforcement officer, who declared that is was a "clear statutory noise nuisance". The council then issued an enforcement notice, forbidding the ringing of the chimes between 11pm and 7am. Unfortunately, because the chimes cannot be turned of at night, the chimes must be silenced 24 hours a day and the bells of Wrington no longer ring (there's a pun there folks!).

Call me old fashioned, but if you choose to buy a house next to church that has bells and chimes, then you might well expect them to make a noise as a result of the effluxion (there's a word I should use more often) of time.

Nimbyism and running to the state for every petty issue and annoyance is a rather unpleasant side effect of living in the Nanny state. Quite how the newcomers now expect to fit in happily with their neighbours in the village is a mystery to me, evidently they hadn't thought of that when they ran crying and bleating to Nanny.

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Nanny's Drought

You remember that a week or so ago that Nanny and the water companies were all telling us that we were officially in a drought, and that the use of hosepipes was banned (except for the Olympics and various football matches etc)?

Well here we are, a couple of weeks forward in time, and Nanny's Environment Agency is now warning householders in many areas that their homes are at risk from flooding due to the recent heavy rain.

In fact Nanny is offering householders in the "at risk" areas free sandbags to build barriers around their properties

The spate of torrential rain has put Britain on course for the wettest April on record, and over 40 flood warnings have been issued.

That'll be global warming then!

Of course the "drought" would be less severe if the water companies (eg Thames Water) fixed their leaking pipe network!

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Booze Matters - Share a Bottle With Granddad

Oh dear I see that Nanny recently started having a moan again about how much we all drink, this time targeting the "professional households" which allow their children to have a drink before they become teenagers.

The majority of parents in a Drinkaware study (50% of their kids surveyed had a drink before they were 14) thought that it was inevitable that children would drink before they turned 16, while one third thought it was "OK" for them to do so.

Needless to say Nanny disapproves of this, Nanny's advice states that alcohol should never be given to children below the age of 15.

Pah!

This is nonsense.

Children are far more likely to develop into sensible mature adult drinkers if their formative drinking is done within the family in a social mixed age setting, rather than behind the bike sheds with a bottle of cider.

I used to share a small glass of Mackeson's stout with my grandfather (many years before I entered my teens), the result being I manage to drink as an adult without throwing up in railway carriages, dropping my trousers, passing out, assaulting anyone or even putting my feet up on seats on the journey home!

It's not the booze, but the cretins who drink it that are the problem!

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Let The Book Burning Begin!

As loyal readers know, Nanny imposes her will upon us by direct legislation, petty rules and by encouraging our fellow citizens and trouble makers to kick up a fuss over something.

Case in point being what public libraries "allow" us to read.

Sadly, because of the actions of a few intolerant people who have nothing better to do with their lives then stick their noses into other people's business, some public libraries (backing off from a fight) have withdrawn a number of books from their shelves.

For why?

In the view of the intolerant few, we should not be allowed to read them because the intolerant few find them to be offensive.

I dare say, if you asked every human being on the planet to judge what is offensive or not we would end up with having zero books to read.

Like it or not, some people will always be offended by something.

The solution?

If you are offended, then don't read the book; but allow others to make their own decisions.

Anyhoo, on the list of books destined for the incinerator:

• Roald Dahl's Revolting Rhymes and Even More Revolting Rhymes - supposedly coarse language .

• The Nutcracker and Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves - too sinister or frightening for children.

• Babar and Tintin -  exposing children to ethnic stereotypes.

• David McKee's Tusk Tusk - racist elephants, and a wealthy main character Denver promoted the idea of an unfair gap between rich and poor.

• Two Monsters - 'twit' and 'dumbo' words deemed too aggressive.

• Nicholas Allan's More and More Rabbits - the content was inappropriate (sex between rabbits!)

As can be seen, the single issue views of a minority of feeble minded busybodies has been given disproportionate weight by weak and timid libraries.

To repeat, if you don't like a book then don't read it or give it to your child. However, it is not your place to dictate to others what they and their children may read.

Where first you burn books, next you will burn people!
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The Dangers of Flying BA

This being St George's Day, it is a sad to see that our "National Airline" chose to hand over three British citizens (The Channel 4 Three) to a Middle Eastern regime yesterday, rather than allow them to board the departing BA flight.

Happy St George's Day, but best avoid flying BA if you want to remain out of a foreign jail.

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USA Nanny Bans Flags

It's not just the UK that suffers under Nanny and her rules and restrictions, the good people of the USA also have a few wee problems with Nanny.

My thanks to a loyal reader from the USA who sent me the above picture, seemingly the owner of the house was forbidden by Nanny USA (his local homeowners association) from flying his own country's flag; therefore he took the appropriate action!

I think it looks splendid!

If anyone knows the owner of the house, please let him know he has been featured here.

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Nanny Bans Chillisauce

Last Friday I congratulated London Metropolitan University for demonstrating some "supreme fuckwittery":

"Congratulations to London Metropolitan University (one of this country's "older" bastions of learning, founded in 2002) for demonstrating some supreme fuckwittery.

Professor Malcolm Gillies, its vice chancellor, has told a conference that the university is considering banning the sale of alcohol from some parts of the campus.

For why?

Seemingly, according to the Prof, a "high percentage" of students consider drinking "immoral" . "

Well now, here we are one week hence and I see that LMU has again caused a wee kerfuffle. However, this time it is not the university that is displaying fuckwittery but some of its lecturers.

For reasons best known to themselves, some of LMU's lecturers have taken against Chillisauce.

No, I don't mean the condomment (or is is condiment?;), I mean the events company that is linking up with LMU to offer masters courses in events management.

Irrespective of whether a degree in events management is a "real" degree or not, one might ask why it is that the lecturers are so aggrieved by the link up.

It seems that Chillisauce organise custom stag and hen weekends across Europe.

Quote:

"No meal is really complete without a juicy bird. Whether you're a fan of a firm thigh or you prefer a succulent breast a tender chick is always a more-than-welcome lip-smacking culinary delight.... you've realised we're not talking about poultry here right? Ok, good.

Whilst you're munching away on your delicious feast a naughty Dutch bird will saunter out and get rid of those unnecessary clothes and show you just how bendy those long legs of hers are. As the food drops from your mouth and back onto your plate the saucy sexpot will grind relentlessly at your table, gyrating what God so kindly gave her for your viewing pleasure. Seriously tasty stuff.

Other Notes:
No stuffing
Stripper to strip in a private room in the restaurant whilst the group are eating the meal."

Is this illegal?

No!

Is this the sort of thing that events managers are sometimes meant to handle?

Yes!

Therefore why are the lecturers so aggrieved at the link up?

It seems that the lecturers’ leaders are worried that the formal partnership will damage the “university’s reputation”, sorry lads but LMU's reputation was damaged last week anyway wrt the alcohol and sex ban nonsense.

My advice to LMU, loosen up!

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Nanny Bans Sandcastles

I was less than gemused to read that Locog wasted £5K of taxpayers' money on building a sandcastle on Weymouth beach.

However, I was even more ungemused to learn that the sandcastle was promptly demolished after being photographed.

For why?

Health and safety reasons!

T'was a collective decision to destroy it, taken between Locog and the local council

Then why spend all that time and money building the farking thing in the first place?

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Utter Knobheads - The Central Wales Football Association

Oh dear oh dear, when will Nanny ever learn that competition and the ability to deal with failing and losing are essential elements in a child's education?

You only have to look at what happens to people who were cosseted from failure as kids to realise the damage that this does to them as adults, they end up becoming contestants (who are all "winners") on The Apprentice!

Anyhoo, Russell Hughes-Pickering and Dilwyn Roberts-Young, who give up hours of their time to coach the Aberystwyth and District Junior Football League a junior football league, discovered to their cost that Nanny does not like competition.

Both men were disciplined and ordered to step down for 12 months following a complaint.

What was their crime?

They were accused of breaching the Central Wales Football Association’s regulations, which ban under-11s from taking part in competitive matches. For reasons best known to Nanny, she has decreed that teams belonging to the league must play each other on a friendly basis, with no league table or points being recorded.

Unfortunately the two men organised a knockout competition. Needless to say, some sad git (clearly with nothing better to do in his/her life) complained.

Not only have they been suspended, but they must also pay a £75 fine, £50 costs and £50 for not being represented at the disciplinary hearing.

Ker Farking Ching!

By not allowing children to compete and experience failure/losing, Nanny is denying them the ability to grow, learn and develop into mature self responsible adults (isn't that a form of child abuse?).

The Central Wales Football Association, utter knobheads!

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Nanny Bans Fags - Lansley Talks Bollocks

I see that Nanny is pushing ahead with her oft stated plans to require fags to be sold in plain packaging.

The "logic" being that people who smoke, or are tempted to smoke, will be less tempted if the packs are "boring".

So let me get this straight, Nanny thinks that the "exciting" packaging on fag packets is one of the prime motivators for people to smoke?

Fag packets are boring, no matter what is on them. Short of doing a "Tenants", and putting photos of girls in bikinis on them, there is nothing that a fag manufacturer can do to make them so "titillating" that people would start to smoke simply because of a logo or design.


Nanny's soon to be sacked Health Secretary, Andrew Lansley, claims that his mind is "open" re plain packs (a politician with an "open" mind, there's a novelty!). Hence he is launching a "public consultation" over the idea.

Make your views known here: Lansley's Consultation.

Don't forget though, that whatever the "consultation" concludes, Nanny will do what she has already decided anyway.

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Health and Safety At Carshalton Ponds

I was hugely gemused to read about a wee touch of Nannyism at Carshalton Ponds last week. When I used to live in Croydon I would occasionally pop down there to "water myself" in one of the many fine pubs near the ponds, therefore I have a fond recollection of the place.

Anyhoo, it seems that there was something of a kerfuffle at the Ponds last week involving 25 firefighters.

What happened?

Did someone fall in the Ponds?

No.

Was a car on fire?

No.

It seems that a seagull had become stranded (thanks to a discarded plastic bag) in the Ponds!

Factoid: Carshalton Ponds are no more than 3 feet deep!

Despite having 25 firefighters on hand (5 crews no less!), they could not venture in to save the bird because of health and safety regulations.

Fortunately, for the seagull, help was on hand. Braving "certain death" (or more realistically, wet trousers) a member of staff from a nearby wildlife centre put on some waders, walked out to the stricken Herring Gull, and freed its foot from a plastic bag.

The 25 firefighters looked on, helplessly.

So why were the firefighters there then?

To rescue anyone who may have got into trouble rescuing the bird...ermm, wouldn't the risk of that happening have been reduced if the firefighters themselves had rescued the bird in the first place??

Pass the sickbag someone!
 
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The London Metropolitan University Degree in Fuckwits

Congratulations to London Metropolitan University (one of this country's "older" bastions of learning, founded in 2002) for demonstrating some supreme fuckwittery.

Professor Malcolm Gillies, its vice chancellor, has told a conference that the university is considering banning the sale of alcohol from some parts of the campus.

For why?

Seemingly, according to the Prof, a "high percentage" of students consider drinking "immoral".

Really?

Has he actually asked them?

Students find drinking immoral?

Is it compulsory for students to drink?

No, I thought not!

On planet does the Prof live?

Ah, wait a minute, I see.

It seems that 20% of the students are Muslim, and the Prof is using the excuse of "cultural sensitivity" to promote his own personal belief (as stated in his speech) that he "was not a great fan of alcohol on campus".

It seems a pretty lousy tactic to use other people's religious beliefs as an excuse to promote your own prejudices, given that the students attend the university of their own free will and are not forced to drink.

He is quoted by the Telegraph:

"Because there's no majority ethnic group, I think it [selling alcohol] is playing to particular parts of our society much more [than to others]". 

For good measure the Prof is worried about sex on campus too.

Good luck with banning that then!

London Metropolitan University, offering degrees in fuckwittery.

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Prats of The Week - Poole Council

My goodness me, it has been quite some time since I have awarded my prestigious and internationally renowned "Prats of The Week" Award. Therefore, without further ado, I name Poole Council (regularly featured on this site)as this week's honoured recipients.

For why?

Just ask Roy Farnham, a 67 year old scout leader, who recently made the heinous mistake of using his initiative and did something proactive without first asking the council.

Mr Farnham's scout hut (First Lilliput Sea Scouts in Poole) is at the end of a potholed ridden lane/bridle-way.

Fearing that someone might injure themselves if they fell into a pothole, Mr Farnham took it upon himself to fill in the (5ft wide - 18 inches deep) holes with hard-core.

Can you guess what happened next children?

Yes, that's right, Poole council threatened him with a fine for fly tipping!

Was that not a tad "aggressive" and "jobsworthy" of them to use the fly tipping law against him? The council claim that the hard-core is not the correct substance to use, then why not give him the correct substance?

For good measure they also told him that if anyone fell over on his hard-core, then he faced the risk of being sued.

Will the council repair the bridal-way then?

Errmmm..no.

For why?

It would cost £150K, and they are under no legal obligation to repair bridal-ways!

Now, the council is of course correct that if someone fell over on Mr Farnham's repairs (given how we are so happy to sue each other these days) he does indeed face the risk of being sued. However, if they won't repair it and they won't let Mr Farnham repair it or give him the correct filing to make the repairs, what happens next?

Poole council, well deserving Prats of The Week!

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Ker Farking Ching - Brighton Council's Fuckwittery

Here in sunny Brighton we used to welcome day trippers and tourists.

For why?

Well, Brighton is a seaside resort that arose from the hedonistic "larks" of a rather portly Prince Regent. The financial infrastructure of the seafront is based on encouraging tourists to part with their cash, in exchange for fish &chips, sticks of rock, deckchairs and other such stuff.

That at least was the set up in the past.

Unfortunately our Green Party overlords have other ideas and other agendas. The Greens do not like cars, and have come up with a "terrific" wheeze that raises money for their moribund accounts and discourages people from parking their cars along the seafront.

Can you guess what that is children?

Yes, that's right, the council as from 1 April are now charging £20 per day (an increase of £16 from the current winter rate of £4 per day) for the privilege of parking in car parking spaces along Madeira Drive.

Brilliant!

That makes Brighton the most expensive place in the UK in which to park!

Ker Farking Ching!  
 
Not only that, but the meters only accept £1 coins (they do not take notes or cards).

In one fell swoop the council have made Brighton seafront the least attractive place in the country to park.

Well done lads!

Surely though, the council have an effective "park and ride" scheme?

Errmm..not that I am aware of!

Alternative transport options are great in the Green world (the Greens actually claim that people can bicycle here, yes if they are local but not if they are coming en mass from eg Croydon!), if there are decent alternatives. However, who wants to pay for four or more to take a lousy train service to Brighton when the easiest option ought to be to drive to the seafront?

Given that no one in their right mid will pay £20, and given that taking the train only works if you are on the main London to Brighton line and don't mind paying £25 per head or more, the council have effectively cut the financial lifeblood of the sea front.

Well done lads!

Greedy, naive fuckwits!

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Nanny Cameron Bans Beyonce

Dear oh dear, the Tory Party appears to be regressing to the 1950's in its Canute like reaction to "raunchy" pop videos; as it has had an attack of the "Samantha Bricks" (ie it has completely lost touch with reality).

Nanny Cameron, instead of focusing on issues that really matter (eg wars in the Middle East, austerity, care for the elderly, the Motorman Blue Book) has decided to focus his energies on banning "raunchy" pop videos.

Nanny Cameron has decreed that people under  the age of 18 should not watch scantily clad attractive people gyrate in suggestive manners on videos. He wants the videos classified (in the same manner as films), and for sites that host them to bar under 18's from watching them.

May I ask Nanny Cameron, have you ever watched one of these videos, or is this rather like the pasty that you never really ate?

Factoid: children/teenagers getting sweaty and excited over "raunch" is nothing new, and not a threat to society (whatever the state might try to tell us).

Children/teenagers/adults being subjected to a daily bombardment of violence in soaps and on the TV news is likely to be far more damaging.

I appreciate that Nanny has had a self inflicted lousy few weeks; what with  the "Granny Tax", Pastygate, private dinners, government surveillance etc etc. However, using this as an attempt to divert people's attention from these and other issues is absolutely pathetic and indicates that Nanny has completely lost touch with reality. 

For fark's sake Tories get your act together!

Oh, and for good measure, I see that another person who has never lived in the real world (namely the Duchess of Cornwall) has also decreed that raunchy videos (which she has never watched) are bad for us!

Censorship is Nanny's favourite weapon!

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Happy Easter!

Eat lots of chocolate, have a hearty Easter meal and drink continuously over the Easter period!

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Nanny Hates Fags - Second Hand Smoke

I see that Nanny has jumped on her anti smoking hobby horse again, and is now bombarding us with adverts extolling the virtues of a smoke free home and car.

Seemingly "secondhand smoke" is the greatest threat to our existence since the invention of the A Bomb!

All very well, maybe. However, is it not odd that whist Nanny tells us not to smoke in cars she happily ignores the fact that pollution from the cars themselves is a far greater health issue than passive smoking?

Anyhoo, as sure as eggs are eggs, once the campaign has been shown for a few weeks on TV Nanny will start to make noises about passing legislation banning smoking in private cars and homes.

Oh..I was wrong..Nanny is already doing that!

Step forward the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, who are already demanding that smoking in cars where children are present should be made illegal.

Prof Terence Stephenson President of the Royal College of Paediatrics & Child Health, is of the view that the state has a duty to proactively "intervene":

"The state does have a duty to protect children's health and intervene where necessary."

God protect us from "well meaning" worthies, such as the professor, who believe that the state should control our lives for our own "best interests"!

Coming soon no doubt, Nanny will ban barbecues.

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Prats of The Week - Eastwood Town Council

Ooh err missus, it has been quite a time since I have awarded my prestigious and internationally renowned Prats of The Week Award.

Therefore, and without further ado, I take great pleasure in awarding it to Eastwood Town Council.

For why?

Ask Arthur Martin (73), Chairman of his local allotment society, who has been kicked off his allotment by the council.

For why?

Seemingly Mr Martin has a dodgy hip, which may well give way at some stage in the future.

What has this got to do with the council?

They don't want it giving way whilst Mr Martin is on the allotment.

Will Mr Martin sue them if it gives way?

I don't think so, as he has stated very clearly that health and safety is his own responsibility.

Does this mean all other people with hip replacements, and the elderly will be kicked off their allotments by the council?

Eastwood Town Council well deserving Prats of The Week!


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Nanny's Ever Growing Little List

Last week Nanny added the legal high Mexxy to her ever growing list of banned "legal" highs.

Suffice to say this ban will have bugger all effect on reducing people's consumption of the this, or any other, legal high. In fact, until Nanny banned it, many people (Sally Bercow also counts as "people") were not even aware of its existence but now are looking up retailers of the product on the net.

The Association of Chief Police Officers (Acpo) were less than impressed with the ban, and noted that the solution to tackling legal highs does not lie in "adding inexorably to the list of illicit substances" and questioned "the extent to which legislation can realistically be used to address active choices being made by (predominantly young) people".

The UK Drug Policy Commission (UKDPC) was also unimpressed, and noted that simply adding to the long list of substances already banned "won't make much difference".

As I have noted many times on this site before, Nanny's drugs' laws and policies are a mess and are failing:

"Nanny's reasoning is a tad "wobbly", here's a few reasons why:

1 She assumes that drug taking equates to addiction, ignoring the fact that there are thousands who use drugs in clubs every Friday and Saturday who are not addicted, nor will ever become addicted.

2 Nanny also ignores the fact that caffeine, fags and booze are also addictive and potentially dangerous drugs; yet they are legal.

3 Nanny is worried that legalisation would "confuse" her healthy living message.

4 I note with a degree of disbelief, that Nanny feels it may be difficult to tax drugs. Since when has the complexity of tax legislation ever stopped her before from taxing something?

5 There is an undercurrent of wishful thinking in Nanny's note that she would very much like to ban booze and fags as well.

6 Nanny states that legalisation would lead to a substantial increase in use. On what empirical evidence is this assertion based?

7 Nanny is worried that if other countries don't follow suit, in legalising drugs, then this country would become a shopping paradise for drugs dealers. Is that not for the customs officials of other countries to worry about?

Is it not ironic that the leader of the "free world" and, allegedly, the leader and chancellor plus others in another country have used class A drugs yet continue to deny others the right to abuse their bodies in the same way?

Drugs were banned in the early 20th century because the "morality movement" managed to gain the upper hand in the legislative process. Had events continued in their favour booze would have also been banned here, as it was in the USA.

We have this hypocritical duality of legislation (legal drugs vs illegal ones) because a single issue pressure group got their way, and the government has not got the political interest nor guts to reverse the situation (bad laws once enacted are very difficult to overturn).

Be warned, if Nanny had her way she would ban booze and fags as well!

This policy is failing and will continue to fail."

However, Nanny is not listening as it is far easier to ban things than to have an open and rationale discussion about banned drugs as opposed to unbanned drugs (eg alcohol, caffeine, nicotine).

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Big Brother - Here Comes The Wind!

In May 2008 I wrote:

"I see that Nanny's much "respected" and "efficient" Home Orifice is considering plans to build a humongous database to store the details of every phone call made, every email sent and every web page visited by British citizens in the previous year.

Oh yes, this will work!

Nanny says that this will help her in her fight against terrorism and crime. Well, she always says that.

From what I recall the invasion of Iraq was meant to make the world a safer place from terrorism too, but that plan was a complete load of old bollocks as well.

The Home Orifice has already approached telecoms firms and internet service providers (ISPs), they would be the ones providing Nanny with their customer records if the plans go ahead."

At the time we were ruled by Labour Nanny, and both the Tories and Liberals opposed the plans for email and call monitoring.

Well here we are in 2012, under a Tory/Liberal coalition government and guess what?

Yes, they now want to do the very same thing!

Terrorism is used as Nanny's catch all excuse to cover all of her rapidly expanding surveillance requirements. In truth, our lives are not being blighted on a daily basis by terrorism but by "low level" crime (yobbery, thuggery, robbery, scummy behaviour etc). These are the issues that need to be addressed.

In this volte face, we see politicians revealing their true nature; dishonest, power hungry snoopers.

There are some Tories, such as David Davis, who oppose this nonsense:

 “What this does is make (existing problems) 60 million times worse. The simple truth is that this is not necessary. What’s proposed here is completely unfettered access to every single communication you make.

It’s a very, very big widening of powers which will be very much resented by many citizens who do not like the idea. It’s going to cause enormous resentment."

However, even if we manage to stop this, I am afraid far worse is coming.

Ladies and Gentlemen I present project Stellar Wind (due to go live in 2013):

"Its purpose: to intercept, decipher, analyze, and store vast swaths of the world’s communications as they zap down from satellites and zip through the underground and undersea cables of international, foreign, and domestic networks. The heavily fortified $2 billion center should be up and running in September 2013.

Flowing through its servers and routers and stored in near-bottomless databases will be all forms of communication, including the complete contents of private emails, cell phone calls, and Google searches, as well as all sorts of personal data trails—parking receipts, travel itineraries, bookstore purchases, and other digital “pocket litter.”....

Everybody’s a target; everybody with communication is a target.”

Good luck everyone, we are entering an era where will be watched, monitored and manipulated by the state as never before!

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The New No Fly Zone - USA Monitors British Travellers

The Independent reports that Nanny USA now wants monitor those who fly to its neighbours:

"One million British travellers planning to fly to Canada, the Caribbean and Mexico this year face the risk of being turned away at the airport – at the insistence of the US Department of Homeland Security.

New rules require British Airways and other airlines flying to certain airports outside America to submit passengers' personal data to US authorities. The information is checked against a "No Fly" list containing tens of thousands of names. Even if the flight plan steers well clear of US territory, travellers whom the Americans regard as suspicious will be denied boarding."

It seems to me that a little bit of reciprocity is called for here, namely that the details of US citizens flying to the UK and its neighbours (ie Europe) should be requested pre flight; and that the UK be given the right to block US citizens from flying if their names appear on UK Nanny's no fly lists.

Have we totally lost our guts as a nation?

Why the hell are we allowing this to happen?

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