My schedule for blogging gets further and further behind, as I try to cram six weeks of parenting and husbanding into two days. Then Monday am flying up to Dundee for University Court and flying back to London same day, then Tuesday first thing flying back to Accra. Hope to blog something tomorrow between present buying, turkey ordering etc. But anything blogged at the weekend gets less than half the readership and almost no repostings on other blogs.
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Why don’t you invest in a laptop like normal people?
That way you can write your stuff on the move and past it whenever you stop at a connection or a wireless.
Am I just foolish posting at weekends Craig? I suppose someone has to keep company with those who refuse to watch endless TV repeats.
Enjoy your visit on Monday. It’s gey chilly up here. Think Dundee refuses to recognise global warming.
Anything posted at the weekend… Really? I can well imagine that there are peaks and troughs in the times people read but don’t most people at least look at most new items when they come by?
Many bloggers blog around their life rather than the other way around…not that I will claim I haven’t entertained the same thoughts as you.
Pop your bookmarks into Del.ico.us or Diigo for online access whatever computer you are working from.
Craig.
I suggest that you compose your posts at the weekend but hold them until a more appropriate time for getting them noticed.
You say important things that need to be said so I suggest that getting them noticed and reposted is not a minor consideration.
I will notice them whenever you post as yours is one of the blogs that I visit daily.
I must be part of that minority which has more time to read blogs at weekends.
Low week-end readership suggests a widespread abuse of paid time for personal surfing in the offices of commerce and government from Lizard Point to Dunnet Head. Verbal warnings for the lot of ’em then.
Unless it’s just that the spooks and Schillings are off-duty.
Dodoze
This had occured to me too.
I had presumably assumed that most respondents were retired like me, “working from home” or authors reading blogs as displacement activity for writer’s block.
Or else New Labour trolls…
I meant “previously” not “presumably”…
Delirious times can be had without a blod, one does not have to blog with the jones’s or be worried of having missed a vital story whilst scartchings on’es own.
I recommend blogging holidays, of two, dare I say three days in a row, or even a whole week.
seasonal blogging is another different approach, like following the seasons in one’s approach to the subjects blogged.
Far from haveing laptop hanging round your neck, usually to be used at times when one should rest, inflight/train or other, it is advise to have strict times, something I have yet to master.
Instead of blogging in an individual way, I rather take to the attack approach, using existing newspaper fora to spread diversity of information, although some can be rather tedious in their online work.
Lest for example take ‘der Spiegel,a german political magazine with an international inconsequential online forum that works on moderation, but the moderator, in the singular, seems to either have many holidays, another job, or is more interested in the paper version of this now mediocre political rag. It has lost its edge through the internet and cannot be bothered to foster its international ops.
I very much hope that you find the right black Norfolk turkey and that you will all get to sit around the table together to have it.
If that means having a break, I for one could survive without a daily blog and evertyopne deserves a yule break, enjoy.
Another point,our hands need a rest, we must not underestimate carpel tunnel syndrome.
Good thing about weekends I’ve experienced is the likely immediate reaction to a comment by those waiting for an immediate reaction (if that makes sense – doh! the brain relaxes on the weekend)
Mark
how about some stirring stuff from Chris Hedges in the meantime?
http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/liberals_are_useless_20091206/
Good man Mr Murray
Family’s the most important part of anyone’s life and a credit they are to you.
if at some point when you get a minute – could you just pop up a picture of Blair with a nice little four letter word as the heading and let your readers go absolutely fucking crazy?
All the best for the festive season & a merry Chrimbo & happy new year to you and yours.
Chars
DtP
It seems that our powers to be are prepared to spend lots of taxpayers money on lawyers trying to stop US evidence on collaborate torture being heard here in Britain.
They are so guilty they could not care less how much they spend on their pathetic cover up, pestilence be upon them, may they get the birdflue for the whole of their yule break.
Craig. With all due respect, carbon footprint is rather humungous. Dundee granted, but isn’t there any Africans that can so whatever it is you do in Accra?
Craig – am wondering about your take on Blair giving his evidence to Chilcot in camera. From most reports on this, the phrase that leaps out is the latter part of this: “…in private for reasons of national security and to protect Britain’s relations with the US.”
Cripes. So Blah has something to say about Britain’s relationship with the USA which could jeopardise said relationship, eh? Boy, we could go to town!
“That Secret Blair Evidence In Full – The former prime minister candidly revealed how former President Bush used to put a saddle on him and ride him round the Oval Office, shouting ‘Giddyap, Poodlechops!'”
Heh. Let the party begin.
This is pretty interesting, opens up a new world view, maybe:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/dec/14/tzipi-livni-israel-gaza-arrest
Apparently 22 million emails from the Bush-Cheney admin have just turned up.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34419592/from/ET
Hold on to your hats. This might be interesting …
Looks like China got the pipeline, and I have to agree with Juan Cole, that the pipeline thing was probably not top of the US agenda.
So the US is bogged down in an Afghanistan quagmire, and China is running off with the big regional prize.
I’m not sure the politicians in Washington were ever really so interested in the gas pipeline. Some were. In recent years a Turkmenistan pipeline was seen as a way of forestalling India from breaking the embargo on Iran. And I remember that in fall 2001, when congressmen asked Colin Powell how the Afghanistan war would be paid for, he replied that the region is rich in resources. Since Afghanistan is not, he must have been speaking of places like Turkmenistan.
In any case the Chinese just demonstrated that you don’t need war to get resources. Avoid costly adventurism and grow your economy like hell, and it all falls into your lap.
By the way that should be:
“So the US is bogged down…
…in your lap.”
I forgot I can’t make italics the way I’m used to.
Much is said of China’s growth yet little is said that it is simply the initial fruiting of debt based economics that the west has been through, with a couple of variations of course.
Ome difference is that China’s limiting its international debt exposure thanks mainly to its US foreign ($) reserves.
China’s economy will collapse it’s that is inevitable, but the country is so huge and next door to reasonably friendly resource Rich Russia as well as close to huge market India, not too far from huge market Indonesia, not too far from Huge market Pakistan, Next door ro tech Ruch S.Korea and Japan, that really China’s venture into debt based economics has a hell of a long long way to go yet before the burdeon of debt gets too high.
In fact, I’d say given the fascist nature of it’s Govt (the UK must be soooo envyous) China, as long as that fascism can continue – which it will as long as it can sustain a middle class, is the most economically stable country in the world.
If any country accused of war crimes regardless of who it is, can get to or influence our senior politicians to change our time honoured legal process to protect their own accused politicians or generals, we are in a very, very corrupt political society. If those in accused countries have nothing to hide they certainly should have nothing to fear.
Bring back the free press! We need more education of the masses.
Bring back the free press! We need more education of the masses.
Nice idea and all that but who is going to “bring back the free press”? It wouldn’t really be independent if the government did it so you’d be relying on someone with lots of capital, who, fingers crossed doesn’t have their own capitalist interests at heart.
On the other hand, there’s always the Internet, which is practically free.
“On the other hand, there’s always the Internet, which is practically free.”
But won’t be, if others follow Australia. Worth following #nocleanfeed hashtag on Twitter.
Or go here:
http://nocleanfeed.com/
Dear oh dear, I’m not awake today at all. Knackered.
Free from interference, I meant. Free from censorship.
Christmas stocking present for Gorvid Browmeron – a calculator!
Every pound borrowed by business or individuals from the banks earns them two extra quid in interest over the period of the loan and reduces the wealth of the UK by two quid.
Every UK asset sold to those bankers who’ve got all our interest in their pockets has to be rented back from them out of current taxation.
OK Keanes says it works because money is being re-cycled through the system. But you can only wash old clothes so many times before you have to go out and buy new ones. So where does the money come from? COLONIALISM. Kill wogs – Get dosh. Oil, food, water, minerals kind of dosh.
What is the difference between Western and Chinese capitalism? Get out calculator. Government is banker. No compound interest to be paid to bankers who rent you back your assets out of current taxation. So you go out and trade with third world countries without having to resort to killing them and stealing from them.
The ‘Christian’ West no longer has any moral authority now that the ‘Pagan’ East has taught us the ethics of trade.
Who’s telling you this? A Muslim.
Further to your own excellent dissection of the membership of the Chilcot Inquiry panel in terms of their unsuitability:
http://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2009/11/iraq_inquiry_th.html#comments
Media lens have provided their own comments in a similar vein:
http://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2009/11/iraq_inquiry_th.html#comments
It’s strange that such obvious conflicts of interest are not addressed by mainstream media.
’tis also strange the Viva Palestina Convoy doesn’t seem to be getting corporate MSM coverage either.
I was also without my Laptop
We had 3 – all much the same but all from different sources…
But all the same 12″ screen size…
And so between the 3 of them – well I thought my kids always came first..
Mine had never failed -but I only used it when I was away from home…
So my lad made 2 fully working laptops out of the 3 – for his sister and him..
Guess what Dad wants for Christmas?
Letter To America
“In the Shadow of Goldman Sachs, Wall Street Is Far from Recovery
By Denver Nicks, AlterNet. Posted December 17, 2009.”
I Do Realise This is a Rather Strange Thing To Say But…
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Though its absolutely Fucking Freezing Here in The UK – Its MUCH Colder in The South Than The North of ENGLAND…
From what I can see (not from statistics – but personal observation)…
The UK had a mild recession last year, much less severe than I was fearing, and much less severe, than previous recessions since Margaret Thatcher closed down the North of England – and Norman Tebbit told me to get on my bike to get a job (which I did)…
Since then in the late 70’s and early 80’s we’ve had several more recessions…
But all of them have been far worse than the one we had last year…
Now everything seems back to normal…
We are of course pissing ourselves laughing at the ultra-rich idiots in Siberia – or was it Copenhagen farting about saving the World from CO2 causing Global Fucking Freezing…
But there is absolutely no sign of panic or even people being skint
Trying to get a table in Lady Mucholland’s local pub in Upholland and asking absolutely Everyone – do you know who she is? Are you related to her…
Some say – well yes – we not only know the Ashton’s of Upholland (they are Directly related) – they say – Nah…She’s nothing to do with us…
I say – well someone should know her in Upholland or Skelmersdale in Lancashire..She’s now the most powerful politician in the EU..
Incidentally, I thought the Royal Blackpool Variety Performance Show was Really Good – especially the Music of the Shadow Players
I thought I was going to hate it…
But actually The People in The North of England are Still Really Nice.
Are You Yanks Depressed?
Looks like It’s Your Banks on Wall Street That Fucked Up Rather Than Ours in The City of London.
Maybe you will be better at Football (Soccer) in The World Cup?
Tony