I was born in 1946 and started studying European History at the age on 9. Even at that early age it was clear to me that the then proposed Steel and Coal Community ( forerunner of the EU) was simply a means of building up those industries and private interests that had been the financial base/backbone of Nazi Germany. In my early teens I found myself reading of the men who were creating this New Europe but I was perplexed by the fact that I already knew (through the exact  same media) that many  of these men were in fact war criminals. I would find myself staring at photographs of Albert Speer surrounded by men who now ( late 50’s) were being paraded as the ‘light of Europe’. These men who , with Speer , plotted to turn the entire population of the  Soviet Union into slave labour were literally a few years later being held up as Messiahs of a new peaceful and prosperous Europe.  All of this is recorded historical fact. It’s in the history books for all to see.

   The European Union is the spiritual and political heir to Hitlers Third Reich. The European Union has for 50 years now been working towards the building of a New Europe identical to the Europe that Adolph Hitler attempted to build. No matter how ‘extreme’ such a statement may appear the facts , the recorded historical facts cannot be denied.  The New Europe has  brought with it great wealth. Most Irish people have prospered economically from Irish membership of the EU but this is a side effect of the European Union and not it’s purpose. The long term purpose of the EU is no different from that of the Nazi invasion of Russia - the creation of a huge gigantic market with a huge workforce to service it. In order to achieve  all this it was necessary for the EU to convince otherwise good and even liberal people that censorship is  necessary and good. Race laws were introduced all across Europe and Ireland to stifle any  attempt to criticise an economy built on mass immigration and cheap foreign labour. In those few European countries where the people were permitted to vote on the various stages of this new Europe the population , having voted NO were informed that they had made a ‘mistake’ or just didn’t understand the issues. Even Hitler could never have gotten away with this.

    War and holocausts do not just happen to other people.  You , you , the person reading this right now are no different to any of the millions and millions that died in the last war. You are no more intelligent than any of those millions. You have no more insight or foresight than any one of those millions. You may think that you somehow know better than those who made mistakes before you but if you believe that then you are an even greater fool than the most foolish of the dead millions. Life is not just some story in a book. Life is real and can , with luck , health and hard work be good. But life can be bad also. Things can and do go wrong in this world with horrific consequence and millions and millions die – and sometimes they ( the dead )  are the lucky ones.

    The Rath Health Foundation received the “Relay of light” award from survivors of the Auschwitz concentration camp in recognition of it’s exposure of the criminal past of German oil/ drug cartels and you can read it’s insightful investigation into the history of the EU and the criminals and mass murders  behind it.  The Rath Foundation has  documented the history of the EU and it’s criminal beginnings. Study this website , take time out and read all it says and then think about what you  have read. Don’t just accept what it says or just reject it all out of hand. If it’s all lies then you will be a wiser man/women for knowing this ……but if it’s true , if it’s even half true it should change your life.  - Unless of course you just don’t care.

 

    The question has often been asked , “How , how on God’s earth did the holocaust happen – how could such a nightmare be allowed to happen ?”  Now you have the answer. Some will go to the trouble of reading this website and many , even most will continue in their own comfortable prejudice or indifference – and that’s how the holocaust happened.  It happened because of people just like you. Holocaust denial comes in two forms , the lunatic fringe who simple deny by various means the recorded facts of history and those who engage in revisionism as to the architects of the holocaust . These latter would have you believe that those who financed Hitler and built the gas ovens and then went on after the Nuremberg Trials to create the EU were in no way responsible for the holocaust.  They would like you to believe these financial backers / bankers of Hitler were somehow forced into doing what they did ….that they had no choice.  But the historical record shows  that far from being at the mercy of Hitler Hitler was totally at their mercy. The next time you watch some newsreel footage of Hitler’s mass rallies of the early 30’s just ask yourself , “Where did the money to pay all those thousands of  SA men  come from ?” And why was the company that made the gas ovens one of the first to be compensated after the war by the same people who were engaged in creating the new Europe. People like me were saying exactly what I’m say now about Hitler and his financial backers  before WW2 but  most Germans didn’t want to know. Most Germans said , “Hitler has been good for us , Hitler has brought jobs / prosperity for us and a future for our children” . People defended their support of Hitler with the same , the very same words as are used today by those who support the European Union. The parallels between Hitler’s Germany and the EU are striking.  History repeats itself .  Those who voted Hitler into power ( the middle class) condemned all who opposed  Hitler as malcontents and agitators. The middle class today who have much to lose if Ireland pulled out of the EU say the same thing about those who are opposed  to the EU. Indeed , history does repeat itself.

   Those who brought Hitler to power were not , for the most part , bad people , nor were they stupid or blind or deaf  or incompetent.  They were middle class people just like you. They were decent  moral people like most of you. Like many in Ireland today they were just one short step removed from poverty  , they were the new middle class and they owed it all to Hitler. They were in fact very like the Irish today who owe their new good life to membership of the EU……They were no different from you …if you don’t understand that then you understand nothing.  And at the end of the proverbial day the were wrong and they paid a dreadful price for being wrong….

        Their sons and daughters died in their millions…..just like yours will if you get it wrong. – AND JUST LIKE YOU THE WERE TOLD WELL IN ADVANCE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN …..

 

  Frank Clarke is a judge of the Irish High Court which only goes to prove that honor is not a prerequisite in that particular job. If we lived in a more just society Clarke might well be in jail or even dead. A decent , honorable man would , on being asked to legitimise another referendum , have refused on the basis that the people had given their verdict and that their vote should be respected.  But Clarke is no decent man. He is , if the truth be known , no more than a common criminal ( and far less honest ). Clarke has played his part in robbing the Irish people of the franchise. He has done this (like all his fellow criminals )  from the safety of his powerful position /rank  and in the full knowledge that people like you and I can do nothing about it.  I once had a man shove a hatched into my face and take my money ( a very unpleasant experience ) but he , at least , was arrested  – with Clarke the offence against me is even greater but no one will arrest him.

   No doubt there are some who will say , “You can’t say things like that about a judge – “  A citizen can be condemned as racist if he opens his mouth to complain against mass immigration but a judge employed by a corrupt government is to be  shown respect. We all know there is a double standard at work , a law for the rich – a law for the poor. We see corruption at state and semi state level every day of the week  , the sweetheart deals and padded pensions but still we must refer to these gangsters as ‘public servants’. We are constantly reminded of the ’service’ they have given to the state. A thief is only a thief if he is poor. But a thug is a thug regardless of who is telling the story. Clarke is a thug ….he robbed me and you and did it for the money/power  and from a safe distance – a coward and a thug. A thug in high places and with powerful friends but a thug nonetheless.

   I’ve never met Frank Clarke. I don’t suppose I ever will but if I do meet you Frank , if we ever do meet face to face ( in private ) don’t expect mercy Frank because you won’t get it.  I can’t afford mercy , I’ve been robbed too many times . I’ve been walked on too many times. I’ve been treated like a fool too many times. I can’t turn the other cheek Frank I’ve been smacked in the face too many times. If I had access to the courts I could trade more temperate language  with Frank Clarke but I don’t have such access to the courts and so I’ll use the ‘language of the street’ and make no apology for that. You have done a bad days work Frank but like I say you have I’m sure been well paid for it. You are a disgrace Frank.

 

   If you live outside Ireland and would like the opportunity to vote in an Irish referendum then here’s your chance.  You may vote by proxy on the upcoming Lisbon Treaty Referendum  on the 2 October 09  simply by popping over to Ebay.  It has been made clear to me that the Irish State has no intention of respecting /honoring my vote so some Ebay bidder may as well have it.

   By the way , does anyone out there know just exactly how much Frank Clarke  gets paid for services rendered to the state ? I’m guessing he hasn’t sold himself cheap.

 

             

 

    Don’t buy a Mezzo Bike Bag. If you do you’ll lose it and it’s contents in no time. I bought one 2 days ago and when I arrived home today from a 30 minute cycle found it had fallen off my bike  , where I don’t know but in the bag were my mobile phone , glasses , 4 day old Krypton ULock  which cost 90 E. , sweater  and a set of allen keys. I had planned to take some photos today but left my camera behind at the last minute. All in all I suppose I’m 250 E. out of pocket.

   The bag has a plastic type bottom with ribs which slot into the carrier. There is also a lycra strip which normally would go around the saddle post but on the Mezzo fits at the front of the carrier. The problem is that the Mezzo has no suspension and 16 inch wheels so there is a certain amount of vibration even on good roads . The bag rattles on the back of the bike no matter how tightly you try to fit it and as a result it inevitable works itself loose and falls off. There is in fact nothing holding the bag on the bike…so you WILL loose it (and of course all your valuables).

    There is no click or catch when you slip the bag in place on the carrier so it doesn’t actually lock. The vibration  is quite loud and you can hear the bag rattle as you cycle along but you (like me ) might feel it’s alright as the lycra strap will catch the bag if it falls off however if you don’t hear the bag fall/jump off the carrier it will bang along behind you untill it does fall off.  As I said , I might have had my camera with me today in which case I would be appx 500 E. out of pocket. If I were a woman I might have popped my purse in the bag for ’safe keeping’.

                    Don’t buy the bag. ……and if you already have one don’t , don’t put anything of value in it.  PS . I forgot to mention when I first posted this that in the two days I had this bag it fell off my bike 3 times. The first time I felt a bump against the back wheel and the second time I was on a quite side road cycle track and so heard it fall off  but this last time I didn’t hear / feel anything so it wasn’t just a bit of bad luck on my part.  The bag is a big NO NO.

 

  Mezzo D 10 bike review ; click this link.

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   A few months ago I bought a Brompton but within weeks it was stolen. I needed  another bike so rather than wait the usual 8 weeks when ordering the Brompton I decided to buy the latest model Mezzo , the Mezzo d10.  So now that I’ve tried both which is the best ? The simple answer is that neither is best , and I’m not just being diplomatic here. They are both classic bikes and  both of them are worth every penny of the 1,000  euros that you might expect to pay for these models ( Brompton m6l / Mezzo d10). They are of course both folders but that’s about it , the rest is chalk and cheese. These are two different , very different bikes.

        The Brompton folds quicker , easier and  is more compact. They both weigh about the same ( this model Mezzo is lighter than previous ones). However the difference in the fold is not significant. It won’t make any practical difference in time or space , the Mezzo feels lighter to carry. Both bike are classics and if you can afford it I think you should buy both. But as this is a review of the Mezzo d10 lets talk about that….

   It feels slow. The first thing that struck me was that it was going too slow. Even when going reasonably fast it felt slow. I have ridden the bike in one gear , the top (fast ) gear only. As I say , it feels slow but after a few journeys I began to realise that it was for the most part getting me to where I wanted to go faster than the Brompton did. When riding it in top gear I found myself constantly flicking the gear lever to pop it into the next highest  gear in spite of the fact that I was already in top gear. It’s hard to explain this but all the gears are low , they are not the standard ratio that you are used to. When you first ride the bike its quite frustrating  , your peddling marginally faster than you normally would at cruising speed…..as I say , you have this feeling that you should go up one more gear. It took me a couple of trips before I got used to it.

    I went out to see a friend last night. I live in south Dublin and she’s in Swords which is a place about 3 miles north of Dublin city. It’s uphill  about 90 % of the way and normally the journey knackers me completely. I’ve done it many times on all sorts of bikes including the Brompton and it involves a lot of exertion , sweating  and hard peddling but last night on the Mezzo I cycled all the way in top gear and got there a little faster than usual and arrived feeling quite fresh. If you have been playing with the idea of getting an electric bike to help with those long lingering hills then get yourself a Mezzo instead. I was very , very impressed. It feels like a ‘normal’ bike to ride. The Brompton rides in a laid back kind of manner , the Mezzo feels more aggressive.

    They are , as I’ve said , both classics , the Brompton speaks of leisure , the Mezzo , buisneess. They really are quite , quite different bikes. When I rode my turkish green Brompton around the city lots of people looked and smiled ( in a nice way ) but since I started riding  the Mezzo I get stares …men in powerful cars stare quite a lot. The peddles are crap , plastic slabs that might not be great in wet greasy conditions and I’m not mad about the handlebars…..I figure I’ll change them in a few months. I mentioned that I ride the bike in top gear …..the rest of the gears are almost redundant , you might use them now and again but not often . I have  never , NEVER , ridden in any other than the top (fastest) gear.

   If you are a Brompton rider I think you will like this bike and I can well imagine that lots of folk will end up owning both. I intend , when I have the money , to buy another Bromptom myself , they are wonderful bikes. Then I will have two great classic machines. The Brompton has the effect of making you ride in a more mellow manner while the Mezzo is , as I say , a bit more agressive…Both are a pleasure to ride. In ten years time the biker  fanatics will be having fist fights on the village green over which is best , which is king of the hill , but the truth is that both are great bikes.

 

   I just now went out for an afternoon spin and did not really enjoy it. As soon as I hit the main road I went to go up a few gears – I didn’t particular want to go fast – I just wanted to get to that ‘natural’ gear we all use but it just wasn’t there.  Since coming home I have checked some reviews of the Mezzo again and many remark on it’s speed but I think these people must come from a different planet or something.  The gears are low and slow. Once again I rode all the way there and back in first gear (top speed)  and felt all the time that I was at least 2 or 3 gears lower than I should have been. Riding against the wind or up hills requires less effort but that’s because of course your permanently in a low gear. Every professional / semi professional review on the Mezzo has expressed dissatisfaction at the gears so it’s not just me. This is really a one single gear bike , and a low one at that. I am , by the way , 63 years of age and have ridden hundreds of all kinds of bikes over the years but I’ve never come across low gears like this before. In the long term they will really have to go. If you come across comments (and you will) in chat rooms or boards where someone is saying how ‘fast’ and ‘nippy’ it is , just ignore them. This is a one gear bike with NO high gears.

   The tyres are Mezzo / Kelvar  (yellow) puncture resistant so they are quite good but if you do get a puncture then just fold the bike and hop on to a bus because you won’t fix it at the side of the road , especially if it’s getting dark and  it is  raining. I won’t even try to explain what you have to do to fix a puncture………Simple is not a word you’ll often use in relation to the Mezzo. A classic , yes but a classic with very , very , very low / slow gears…..

 

  One final point….but an important one. The Mezzo may , in time be taken off the market. At least two reviewers described how they went over the handlebars  because they had not got the fold quite right. Both reviewers  were serious bikers and one went as far as to say that the bike had possible safety issues. I’ve read several amateur reviewers saying the same thing. It’s only a matter of time before someone goes to court in the hope of getting lots of dosh from Mezzo and a judge might well decide that it is in fact dangerous. When you unfold the bike it involves putting the front wheel back on again and that’s not as simple as it sounds. If you apply a fraction less pressure than you should you might just end up dead…. And YES YES YES , I know that YOU can do the job in 5 seconds flat while whistling Dixie and standing on one leg but for an ordinary mortal who might be tired or somehow preoccupied it would be easy to get it wrong.

    The Mezzo is a bike that you just can’t ignore. It’s a classic with a touch of genius / madness in the engineering. And by God , and all that’s Holy , it’s SLOW….slow ……slow and you may just get off it in the middle of the road and do a Basil Fawlty on it….If your passing through Dublin and you see this old ejit trying to strangle a bike it will be me…..It’s the slowest thing on wheels  I ever been on.(and remember I’m in my sixties …) I’m old and past it but I’m not THAT slow. I’ve done several road tests and it is in fact about 50% faster than a six gear Brompton but feels slower.

   A week has passed since writing this review and in that time I have purchased a bike computer so can now confirm that the speed is the same as a Brompton m6l.  One other thing I might say here is that I have tested several women folding /unfolding the bike and none could do it. It requires quite a lot of strength to clamp the front wheel shut and hurts my hand when I try it. A child could fold/unfold a Brompton no trouble but no child could do it with the Mezzo.  Having had a weeks practice at it my Mezzo is currently  sitting against a wall in my small one-roomed bedsit taking up space I can ill afford. It’s just far too much trouble folding it .

  By the way …. Don’t Don’t Buy the Mezzo Bike Bag check this link  out. 

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My Brompton bike was stolen today in Parliment Street , Dublin. I’ve only had it for about 8 weeks having had my previous bike stolen just a month or so before that. It cost me 1,200 Euros which was just about all the money I had so now I’ll just have to start saving all over again. That’s 5 bikes in all that I’ve had stolen. I’m not exactly lucky , am I ?

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I reported it to the police but I don’t suppose I’ll ever see it again. It was probably stolen by some ‘yob’ type and by tomorrow it will have been bought (at some market/car boot ) by a very ‘respectable’ person. I spent years working as a market trader and would , every day of the week , refuse to buy certain items that people brought to me , items that were obviously stolen ( you can ALWAYS tell ) but no sooner would I say No than there would be someone only too willing to buy …..and more often than not they were the ‘respectable’ type.

If you happen to see it around please email me or leave a message here. The unfortunate fact is that most people are not honest. Most of my friends for instance buy their tobacco on street corners from people who probably are in the drugs business and think of me as a fool for getting mine  at full price in a shop. I’ve even know people who’s children have died from Heroin who still buy their tobacco from such people.!!!! …..

I don’t known how many bike are stolen every day but it’s probably hundreds and  of course they never steal a cheap bike. The financial cost over the space of a year must be huge but it’s only regarded as petty crime. I have a bit of a phobia about public transport ( panic attacks etc )  so was reliant on the bike …….Oh well , there’s always someone worse off….. There is a 500 euros reward for the recovery of this bike.

 6 September 09  update: since writing this I have bought another bike , a Mezzo d 10 . You can read a review about it here.

A few days ago I went out and bought myself a Roberts DAB Solar radio. I already have two old valve radios and as I live in a one room flat that’s more than enough but I like radio and figured it was time for me to update to DAB. The fact that this model is solar powered was very much a plus.  I handed over 130 euros in Peats and have been kicking myself ever since. The radio is fine , it’s the DAB (Ditital Audio Broadcasting ) bit that’s a problem. A problem in Ireland that is. There are four DAB stations along with RTE 1 RTE 2 RNG etc but there is nothing worth listening to beyond junk music. Unfortunately I didn’t realise that you couldn’t get BBC or any other station for that matter so I am  stuck with pure dross.

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The stations really are terrible. Bland. If your a fan of BBC World Service / Radio Four and that type of thing then keep your money in your pocket  and don’t go for DAB because DAB in Ireland just means BAD. I am literally kicking myself. $130 spent and nothing to listen to apart from Joe Duffey.

GOD BLESS THE CHILD

August 2, 2009

A few weeks ago I wrote a short blog post about Cambridge Court  Ringsend which is a small housing complex for senior citizens  run by Dublin City Council.  I had been a little critical of some of the living conditions there , the small (tiny)  flats and the general noise level that one is subjected to. Since I wrote that piece there have been some developements that the you may be interested in.

I had not really given any thought to what other residents might or might not think of my comments and didn’t ( and still don’t )  care one way or the other but as it has transpired I seem to have hit a raw nerve or something like that. But whatever it was I ended up getting a bit of what the British I think call ‘ribbing’. It seems that everyone here  had read my blog , including those who perhaps didn’t even know that such things as blogs existed prior to all this.  The next thing was that someone had gone to the trouble of printing out a hard copy version of  my blog and pined it up on the community hall notice board. Well , as the man said , “There’s no such thing as bad publicity” , so I’m quite happy about that. And last but not least , a Cambridge Court Website was launched on the WWW.

So there you  are. The excitement here is terrific , up to now there was little to raise the pulse. If someone lost their house keys that was a talking point for the rest of the week but now …..God only know what might happen next. When I came here first I thought there would be wild parties and fornication all over the place , after all the tenants (inmates) are all within nodding distance of the grave- but no , Bingo is about as wild as it gets. Mind you , There may be things going on behind closed doors that I don’t know about.

Before now I don’t suppose anyone knew that Cambridge Court existed and now there’s two website spreading it fame to the four corners of the world. If there was only someone here who knew a bit about video broadcasting we could turn the whole place into a reality show. ….

Cambridge Court is situated about 3 minutes walk from The O2 in Dublin’s Docklands and within 10 minutes of Sandymount Strand. It’s in the heartland of Ringsend which ( if it wasn’t for the litter/dog dirt) is rather a nice place that retains the feeling of being an old Irish fishing village. It (Ringsend)  boast one of the worst pieces of public sculpture in the country ( a monument to domestic violence ) which the local yobs have unfortunately not yet defaced. Public housing and Dockland “apartment’ sit side by side but that’s as far as it goes. The pubs in the village are exclusivly WORKING CLASS. It has one charity shop , Mrs Quinn’s which is always worth a visit. The whole place is , needless to say , a hotbed of blogging….OH , and if you happen to see a chap flying down the Ringsend Road  on a Brompton bike thats me…….

TWITTER TWITS HACKED

July 26, 2009

The co-founder of Twitter , Evan Williams  and his good wife have had their email details stolen or borrowed or something like that and as a result Twitter itself has been well and truly hacked. Paypal accounts have also been the subject of this hacking. I don’t really understand how this  business works so you’ll have to read the story or watch the video yourself. But whatever you do be careful about giving too much of you personal information on Twitter. They say it’s all hunky- dory now ….safe as houses and all that. But only a complete Twit would put too much reliance on that.