Polly Ticks says …

Guru Tony says … So, French and Greek voters have their say, rejecting austerity measures. And I don’t blame them. When you’re ruled by unelected Euro committees of bureaucrats, and dictated to by Big Biz, you should know you’re not far from serfdom. And to think, Europe invented democracy.
My Economics page

THE CRIME POST

TREASURE: The baby was a treasure
seeking treasure. The man holds it to
him as baby cries. He didn’t understand.
Thought only: you stole my dummy.
***

ESSAY: ROBBERY - Robbery is taking what belongs to another. But what belongs? It all comes down to ownership. Capitalism extended the right of ownership to all – it had to be for people to buy things – but before this, ownership was a product of power; basically, who could use their power to rob the most. Of course, we need laws of ownership, and penalties for robbing from others, but it should be remembered that wealth began with crime.
My Crime page

Blogger Bard says:
The Arsonist strikes
Fire of bitterness licks
Cleanse mind with death’s flame
***
CRIMSON: Crimson is often the colour
of crime, evident at so many scenes.
It flows from within. The heat of
adversity; the result of stupidity;
the outcome of vacuity … The blush
of the victim.
***
I pine for freedom
I am innocent, yet jailed
Through neighbour from hell

I pine for freedom
I could take no more, so bang!!!
My neighbour’s in hell

I pine for freedom
Redemption! – he’s forgiven
Yet I’m still in hell

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Pappa Razzi says …

Dr Illya Ness says … 54% of doctors think the Brit health service should withhold non-emergency treatment for smokers and the obese. Disgraceful! Their ethic should be to treat people, not condemn lifestyle.
My Illness page

READ WITH MUMMY

IMPETUS: I dream. Out of time? 2 ladies.
A house? Strange clothes, their image on
wall. Out of view, fire? I have means -
impetus – to leave my cave.
***

ESSAY: QUEUES - Queues can be horrific. They say they are signs of an orderly society, but this is a con. They really represent lack of facilities or too much control. So pervasive are they that they even invade your home – the telephone queue, waiting to speak to the authorities. Demeaning, queues waste life as we wait. And when the queue fails, beware the riot.
My Freedom page

Harry Fang says:
Landscape under Moon
Casts shadows that enter soul
But who is within?
***
DEPRESSION: A depression hung over mankind.
The psychic link was gone and monsters raged.
Depression clung to the psyche & greed
reigned. But the outcome was called Recession;
the monsters, ourselves.
***
A mask of goodness
Only surface can be read
Horror lies beneath

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Polly Ticks says …

Pappa Razzi says … Murdoch was back at the inquiry into media standards last week. There was a great joke underlying it: that he does not affect govt policy. He made many gaffs, though. Why? Simple. He wasn’t really listening. I think that’s called contempt.
My Media page

FUTURE ZONE

THWART: Was Cyberspace a timeless parallel
world? When the film maker deleted his CGI
dinosaurs there were 2 left to thwart. A
new reality bit him.
***
What is the cosmos?
Elusive particles tease
It is what we think

ESSAY: PROPULSION - Why aren’t we amongst the planets? Why is space exploration going nowhere? Why aren’t we approaching the stars? The technology is on the drawing board – it has been there for decades – but ignored. I guess it’s all to do with propulsion – not the tech stuff, but the lack of impetus in the mind of man.
My Space Exploration page

Blogger Bard says:
Nature’s spring at work
Flowers pop up just in time
Watch spring like sun dial
***
No future Spring here
They made planet fry, then freeze
It used to be Earth

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Prof Isaac Galistein says …

Major de Ranger says … India launches nuclear-capable missile with range to reach Chinese cities. As WMD proliferate, we’re approaching a test. Civilize ourselves or bang!
My Warfare page

RATTLERS’ TALE

ENCHANT: Africa & magic were closely
related. White man stood with the tribe
for the ritual. His TV enchanted them &
they were possessed by the West.
***
The Verdant plant
green in colour and intent
So easily cut down

ESSAY: ORDINARY - Are you ordinary? I think individuality is elusive – a product of genes, emotion, society & culture, which are due to outside, and ordinary, influences. For instance, emotion may be individual to the person in expression, but the actual emotion is of the species. Through experience and thought, it’s our task to rise above this ordinariness.
My Individuality page

Blogger Bard says:
A conversation
Never ceases; always there
No one to talk to
***
To see clearly
We need smog free air; which needs
Clarity of thought

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Polly Ticks says …

Guru Tony says … Brit police looking at gas to use during riots. No!!! We don’t do that here. For centuries police had simple snatch tactics to arrest ringleaders. I assume that’s too dangerous for them now.
My Crime page

THE CRIME POST

PRICE: Mowing the lawn transported
him to a tranquil place. Beneath
the blades, destruction. Always a
price for man to leave his mark.
***
Criminal intent
Empty shells are everywhere
They say: I’m homeless

ESSAY: NEWS - News can often be criminal. Whenever reporting a crime, it’s sensational. After all, they have viewing figures to chase. This leaves people thinking crime is more prevalent than it is. And always a parade of victims to cause an emotional response. This is subtle. Feelings are extreme, then gone. This stops us thinking too much.
My Media page

Blogger Bard says:
Annoyance in life
Self inflicted reaction
Chief motive for crime
***
Every single time
When he robbed the cops were there
Serendipity

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Polly Ticks says …

Dr Illya Ness says … One in three Brit workers put their job before health, says study. I’m not surprised. Modern culture makes work all, above family & relaxation. Cogs in a machine get little respite.
My Illness page

Major de Ranger says … 30th anniversary of the Falklands War & we hear the US feared a longer war that would bring Russia to the aid of Argentina. Ah, the politics behind the fog of war.
My Warfare page

READ WITH MUMMY

INSPIRE: The corporate world. Cogs in the
machine are we. No? Take a rubber
duck; hook and all. Watch the eyes.
Then look in the mirror. Be inspired.
***
Miss Spelling says:
He drank the wassail
Horror!!! ‘Tastes like hot cider’
Was sure it was ale

ESSAY: MACABRE - I like writing tales of the macabre. But what lies behind them for the writer? Well, some are just sick. But for others, it is an excellent kind of therapy. Get those twisted thoughts out of the head and they become more balanced. Maybe that’s why so many horror writers are such nice chaps.
My Horror page

Harry Fang says:
He felt happiness
No more ghosts to haunt his life
Now that he had died
***
Swim in the aura
To possess another soul
And drown in their thoughts
***
A DR HAPALA TALE: Dr Hapala and his
thought-form assistant, Eepee, had found
the rogue Alchemist. Ever since finding
the Elixir of Life 200 yrs ago, he’d
been drinking it. Traditionally thought
to be found everywhere, the Alchemist
had realised Vampirism held the answer.
And as he finished drinking, the girl fell
to her death. The Undead and the Elixir
were apparently related. Dr Hapala knew
that the black leather clad Eepee was the
answer. Being just a thought, when the
Alchemist accepted her as his next fix
and bit into her neck, all he received
was the thought of his evilness. The
effect was quick – with realisation, he
dissolved to putrefaction.

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Pappa Razzi says …

Polly Ticks says … So, sacked Tory fundraiser offered dinners with Prime Minister for a quarter million. The ‘old school tie’ has gone, replaced by even more insidious influences.
My Politics page

Guru Tony says … New planning reforms will make it easier to get permission for big development projects. And no doubt make it harder for smaller ones. Remember, Big is always Bad!
My Environment page

FUTURE ZONE

THE ASTRONAUT: They looked in shock as
the astronaut came out of the capsule
after landing wearing goggles and
snorkel. When he took off he
was a monkey.
***
Inbox to cosmos
New master of universe
e-Man – fast as light

ESSAY: LONGEVITY - Living longer – the dream of many. But what if it became a reality for most? A life would increase in value. In the short term, this is confirmed in human rights, etc, but what if it continued? Our value would increase to the point where we are too precious to take risks. Then we’d stagnate.
My Science page

Blogger Bard says:
Do you need new style?
Have choice of mind like robots
Download 10 credits
***
INBOX: Some e-mails. There was a Starship
in my Inbox. I replied to the Captain. He
said he was lost; asked what kind of
monster I was. He powered up his blasters.
Communication carried on. Space and
Cyberspace had merged in a wormhole, it
seemed, mixing fact and fiction and …
there’s a Starship in my Inbox. Blasting.
Invading. Hey!!! You’ve got an e-mail.
***
Ahead of himself
The time traveller was eager
Never got back home
***
He’d killed the stranger
Yet knights shouldn’t have ray guns
Time traveller for-gave
***

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Polly Ticks says …

Guru Tony says … This year’s Brit Budget was unashamedly business friendly, with low paid workers given extra spending power with a rise in tax allowance. But how to pay for it? Easy. Freeze the allowance of 5 million pensioners. What do they spend anyway? It leaves a bad taste in the throat.
My Economics page

GREEN SCENE

The one is as the whole, nature knew.
Man did not. So as man anthropomorphised
nature, nature aped tempestuous man -
’til he was no more.
***
In wealth we were green
In downturn, selfishness rules
Transition of fools

ESSAY: KINETIC NATURE - Could the planet have a self defence mechanism? Warming causes a more violent climate. This involves changes in electromagnetism. It is known that electromagnetic bombardment of the brain can cause hallucinations and mystical experiences. Spirituality seems to be on the increase, with accompanying eco-awareness. So is the planet fighting back by affecting our minds? Slow Rapture.
My Green Scene sub-domain

Blogger Bard says:
Everyone is green
Nature thrives – safe for all time
I do like fiction
***
TRANSITION: The Alchemist searched long
for perfection and immortality. He knew
the means of his success could be found
everywhere, but where? Why couldn’t he
see? He sat and meditated by a tree for
so long he died of old age. The ground
took him; the roots consumed. He lives
now with the eternal sages; in the
wisdom of the great oaks.
***
So eager to buy
Yet … eager to save planet
But … eager to buy

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Dr Illya Ness says …

Guru Tony says … Half of Britain’s young black men are now unemployed. Why is it so many don’t gel with society? Early IQ tests can offer an answer. It seems those who did best came from the prevalent culture. It seems ‘intelligence’ & belonging is as much about culture as true intelligence. So WE fail them.
My Xenophobia page

THE CRIME POST

RENEW: The Godly Knights renewed themselves
each week with bread & wine. The next morn,
monks whipped them to church for Eucharist
& redemption.
***
Rule by Divine Right
Miracle of politics
Kings were good con men

ESSAY: JOUSTING – Jousting was part of Medieval ideology, linking warriordom and chivalry to a king who ruled by Divine Right. God and thinking were one. It is similar to computer gaming, changing young minds to think in parallel but without long attention span. Hence, they data process but don’t seek wisdom. Just what today’s corporate world wants.
My History Series, Part Two – God & Medieval

Blogger Bard says:
Knight hides in armour
While peasants are hacked to death
Battle was hell then
***
THE QUEST: The Knight quested long
for the Grail, determined to reach
Godly purity. Finally, he found it.
He killed nearly 100 men to take it,
and the encrusted jewels guaranteed
the only purity he desired.
***
Endurance of old
When different thought led to stake
For the love of God

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Polly Ticks says …

Major de Ranger says … The west fears economic decline as China’s economy grows, but as they raise military spending 11% due to regional disputes, remember: China’s history is one of totalitarianism & then fragmentation. As the poor see the rich, the latter is maybe close.
My Economics page

READ WITH MUMMY

SERENDIPITY: As she rumaged through the
rubbish, the witch cursed serendipity.
Always plenty of food, but as her
familiar it was only her leftovers.
***
Is afterlife real?
No confirmation ’til I …
Die! Can you see me?

ESSAY: INCUBUS - An Incubus is a male demon who, according to many mythological traditions, lies upon a sleeping female to have sex, thus taking her vitality. It is, infact, one of the more interesting paranormal phenomena. First, because it can be linked psychologically to sexual fantasy, and second, it is a clear precursor of the vampire legend.
My Vampire page

Harry Fang says:
Horror Page
The excitement grows
Latest vampire film preview
Sucks their sanity
***
CONFIRMATION: The surgeon confirmed
the lady had a donor for her heart
transplant. Beside her, unseen, the
other lady thought: about time I was
turned off. Places to go, dead
friends to see … living enemies
to haunt …
***
Blue lips, drained, complete
In death there is life – for me
Thank you, my loved one

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