October 24, 2012

Michael Marra

R.I.P.

23/10/2012

Hermless by M Marra

Hermless
(Harmless)

(Michael Marra)

Wi' ma hand on ma hert and ma hert in ma mooth
(With my hand on my heart and my heart in my mouth)
Wi’ erms that could reach ower the sea
(wee arms that could reach over the sea)
Ma feet micht be big but the insects are safe
(My feet might be big but the insects are safe)
They'll never get stood on by me
(They'll never get stood on by me)

Hermless, hermless, There's never nae bother fae me
(Harmless, harmless, there's never no bother from me)
I ging to the libry, I tak' oot a book
(I go to the library, I take out a book)
And then I go hame for ma tea
(And then I go home for my dinner)

I save a' the coupons that come wi' the soup
(I save all the coupons that come with the soup)
And when I have saved fifty-three
(And when I have saved fifty-three)
I send awa fifty, pit three in the drar
(I send away fifty, put three in the drawers)
And something gets posted tae me
(And something gets posted to me)

Hermless, hermless, There's never nae bother fae me
(Harmless, harmless, there's never no bother from me)
I dae whit I’m telt and I tidy my room,
(I do what I'm told and tidy my room)
And then I come doon for my tea
(And then I come down for my dinner)

There's ane or twa lads wha I could cry my chums
(There's one or two lads what I could cry my chums)
They're canny and meek as can be
(They're clever and easy as can be)
There's Tam wi' his pigeons, And Wull wi his mice,
(There's Tam with his pigeons and Wull with his mice)
And Robert McLennan and me
(And Robert McLennan and me)

Hermless, hermless, There's never nae bother fae me
(Harmless, Harmless, there's never no bother from me)
I ging to the libry, I tak' oot a book
(I go to the library I take out a book)
And then I go hame for ma tea
(And then I go home for my dinner)

Hermless, hermless, there's never nae bother fae me
(Harmless, harmless, there's never no bother from me)
Naebody’d notice that I wasnae there
(Nobody notice that I wasn't there)
If I didnae come hame for ma tea
(If I didn't come home for my dinner)
[REPEAT]

(Lyrics by Michael Marra. Translation by yours truly)

October 18, 2012

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October 18, 2012

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October 10, 2012

Tony Blair And The Magically Disappearing Blood

By David Cromwell

How many war crimes does a western leader have to commit before he is deemed persona non grata by the corporate media and the establishment? Apparently there is no limit, if we are to judge by the prevailing reaction to Tony Blair’s return to the political stage.

On July 11, it was announced that Blair would be ‘contributing ideas and experience’ to Labour leader Ed Miliband’s policy review. He will apparently provide advice on how to ‘maximise’ the economic and sporting legacies of the 2012 London Olympics.

The Guardian described the announcement mildly as a ‘controversial move’; not necessarily in the country at large, the paper claimed, but ‘perhaps especially within the Labour party’. One Guardian headline declared ‘Return of the king’.

The ‘left-wing’ John Harris did his bit in the Guardian to smooth Blair’s path:

‘He's only 59, the picture of perma-tanned vitality and keen to “make a difference”. Could a fourth stint in No 10 even be on the cards? We shouldn't rule it out.’

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Read on here: http://www.medialens.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=692:the-return-of-the-king-tony-blair-and-the-magically-disappearing-blood&catid=25:alerts-2012&Itemid=69

October 10, 2012

The Ice Melts Into Water

Arctic Ice Melt, Psychopathic Capitalism And The Corporate Media

By David Cromwell and David Edwards



Last month, climate scientists announced that Arctic sea ice had shrunk to its smallest surface area since satellite observations began in 1979. An ice-free summer in the Arctic, once projected to be more than a century away, now looks possible just a few decades from now. Some scientists say it may happen within the next few years.

The loss is hugely significant because Arctic sea ice reflects most solar energy into space, helping to keep the Earth at a moderate temperature. But when the ice melts it reveals dark waters below, which absorb more than 90 per cent of the solar energy that hits them, leading to faster warming both locally and globally.

Peter Wadhams, professor of ocean physics at Cambridge University, warns that the Arctic may be ice-free in summer as soon as 2015. Such a massive loss would have a warming effect roughly equivalent to all human activity to date. In other words, a summer ice-free Arctic could double the rate of warming of the planet as a whole. No wonder that leading NASA climate scientist James Hansen says bluntly: ‘We are in a planetary emergency.’

In a comprehensive blog piece on the Scientific American website, Ramez Naam points out that:

‘The reality of changes to the Arctic has far outstripped most predictions. Only a few years ago, in the 2007 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report, the bulk of models showed the Arctic ice cap surviving in summer until well past 2100. Now it’s not clear that the ice will survive in summer past 2020. The level of sea ice we saw this September, in 2012, wasn’t expected by the mean of IPCC models until 2065. The melting Arctic has outpaced the predictions of almost everyone – everyone except the few who were called alarmists.’


http://www.medialens.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=700:the-ice-melts-into-water&catid=25:alerts-2012&Itemid=69

October 3, 2012

For a change! 1.5