Bill Clinton

The Americans have sent former President Bill Clinton to North Korea to negotiate the release of two US citizens sentenced to twelve years hard labour for straying into North Korean Territory. They happen to be two young attractive girl reporters, given Bills reputation I think the girls are safer in prison.

A Bad Apple

The makers of the iPod Apple have tried to gag a British father and his 11 year old daughter from talking about their experience with their product, Ken Stanborough  was sent a form to sign which banned him from telling his story, Ken was told if he wanted a refund he should sign, he refused, the £162 gadget was a birthday present for his daughter Elle.

This is not the first time Apple have tried this in order to hush up bad reports on their product , there have been many cases where the iPod has over heated and exploded, in this case Ken reported it getting hotter in his hand then a hissing sound was followed by vapours escaping from the casing he threw it out into the back garden where thirty seconds later it exploded throwing it 10 feet in the air.

This is not a isolated case An American reporter obtained 800 pages of documentation on the cases from the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) following a Freedom of Information Act request in that country. However, she was unable to get hold of the documents for months after “Apple’s lawyers filed exemption after exemption”.

In those cases, CPSC investigators suggested that the iPods’ lithium ion batteries could be the source of the problem, if apple were not so big and powerful they would not be able to get away with this, how long before someone is blinded or worse killed. to date a 170 million have been sold world wide. Consumers should boycott Apple products until this issue is resolved.

Jackson Kids

The Michael Jackson circus is back in Town, though it never fully went away, Jackson has appeared in the media almost every day though he has been dead since June.

This time its the Jackson Kids making the news, A court has granted his Mother Katherine custody of the 3 children after over ruling an objection from a  gay dermatologist who some believe is the children’s real father. It does seem odd that the court has granted a 79 year old responsibility for their welfare. The youngest of the kids is 7 if Nanny Jackson lives for another 10 years that would make her 90 and the youngster still only 17, still a tender age to lose another “parent”.

Already it’s clear that these Kids cannot live a normal life, like their dad, the troubled kid who grew up to be the troubled man,   the seeds have already been  planted for the next generation of dysfunctional Jacksons. These kids will not be able to make a move without being photographed and reported on, and given that Michael Jackson blamed his childhood for his later problems, is any member of his family a suitable candidate for raising them.

I don’t believe these kids have a chance, because of the vast sums of money involved here they will always be at the mercy of others looking for a share of that wealth and I include the Jackson family in that. The American version of social services should step in and take the children as far away from those freaks as possible and only then would they have a chance of a normal life.

R.I.P Bobby Robson

It was sad that  Sir Bobby Robson passed away last week, though he had been ill for some time and his death was expected it was still a shock to hear he had gone.

I am not going to harp on about what a great manager he was that is a given. But I will pay testament to what a great human being he was, and how much he was loved and respected by everyone,  by simply saying this, when a celebrity dies there are usually loads of text jokes doing the rounds, In Sir Bobby’s case I have not received any, nor do I know of anyone who has received one.

Iran And The Bomb

Western intelligence sources have reported that Iran has perfected the technology to create and detonate a nuclear warhead, and is merely awaiting the word from its Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, to produce its first bomb.

Iranian scientists have been trying to master a method of detonating a bomb known as the “multipoint initiation system” — wrapping highly enriched uranium in high explosives and then detonating it. Sources say that should Ayatollah Khamenei approve the building of a nuclear device, it would take six months to enrich enough uranium and another six months to assemble the warhead.

I had been expecting this news to be made public, having been saying for sometime that I expect a move to be made on Iran by the end of this year. A nuclear armed Iran would be to dangerous to contemplate, things have been quiet in the Western media because they were hoping that protests over the rigged Elections  may have achieved something, possibly regime change, now that is looking increasingly unlikely, it is forcing concerned nations to act.

As I write this I expect that the Israeli’s are finalising their plans to deal with this,whether it be alongside the American’s, or just with covert US backing I cant see how military action can be avoided, Israel has long since learned not to rely on anyone for their security, history has taught them some harsh lesson’s.

I suspect it is to late now for dialogue and even if Iran decided to come to the table and talk  Israel could not, one way or another this nuclear issue has to be dealt with, you cannot live with a neighbour bent on your destruction, now that they are achieving the means to bring that about.

Forces Shame

It’s a National disgrace that the families of our troops left home alone because their spouses serve overseas, are in some cases being fed by charity’s, hampers full of mixed grocery’s capable of feeding a family of four for 3 days at a time are needed by force’s family’s to survive.

Foodbank a charity based in Salisbury claims to have stepped in with food parcels for almost 250 service family’s in the last  3 years,In most of these case’s the breadwinner is or has been in Iran or Afghanistan, I was disgusted to find that some of our Troops on the front line earn less than Traffic Wardens.

You need to be a Lance Corporal before you earn the Princely sum of £20,000, Privates earn as little as £16,000, Knowing this my admiration and respect for the Military increases, this shows what Heroes these guys really are laying their lives on the line for their Country time after time because of a sense of duty, its certainly not  for the money.

Now that this embarrassing  state of affairs has been has been highlighted, what is the Government going to do about it, this cant be allowed to sit on the back burner and then gradually be forgotten, our front line boy’s have enough on their plates in action without worrying what’s on the plates of their loved ones back home.

Shadow Defence Secretary Liam Fox called it outrageous that billions could be spent bailing out dodgy Banks, and their even dodgier managers, meanwhile our forces are treated  disgracefully, well Liam you have made all the right noises now we will be keeping an eye on you to see what you do about it.

Jude Law

I know that we are not supposed to laugh at others misfortunes but that posing Pratt Jude Law has been in the news quite a lot lately and all of it has been bad news, from his point of view that is not mine. Firstly the incident when he smacked a girl reporter in the face for taking his picture (how dare she). And again yesterday when it was reported he had made a girl pregnant after a  brief fling in New York  while filming his new Sherlock Holmes movie, another Sherlock Holmes film how topical I cant wait.

Anyway I had the misfortune to come across Mr Law a couple of months ago in a traffic jam on the Finchley Road, we were stuck alongside each other and were not moving nor did it look like we would be moving for a while, I recognised the Actor and pointed him out to my wife.

My son’s Girlfriend is a bit of a celebrity groupie so I called across to him against my Wife’s advice who did warn me he looked like an asshole and may not be co-operative, I readied my camera phone and  politely asked if he would pose for a picture we were exactly across from each other and both had our windows down, he was driving a old style Jaguar and wearing the obligatory shades.

He gave me a dirty looked and moaned “I’m driving man” though he clearly wasn’t, he then put his hand up across his face and sat like that for the next 10 minutes in case I tried to sneak one.

I was going to give him a mouthful but thought better of it after all he had done nothing wrong really. The most disappointing part of this was the realisation that my wife is a better judge than me. As for Law I read today that this pregnant “model” Aren’t they always models, is looking for ten million pounds, good luck to her I hope she gets it.