Friday 10 February 2017

Conspiracy theory special: Is Donald Trump an alien?

No, he isn't an alien, the title was just an excuse to get your attention although it is an interesting concept and some could use the idea as a metaphor.

Some people think he is an alien, I reckon David Icke probably does.  As you probably are aware there are people that think the world is being rule by lizards that wear masks.  

Its apparently all down to some world order that controls everything.  Anyone in a position of power is either an alien or is aware that they exist.  

Its a completely crazy conspiracy theory.

One of my favourite conspiracy theories is that of Nostradamus. He was the apparent 16th century soothsayer that is said to have foreseen such events as the Nazis rise to power under a peasant leader, 'Hister' and the 9/11 terrorist attacks on America.

This, like all conspiracy theories, obviously doesn't come without its cynics.  A lot of people ask why wasn't anyone warning people prior to 9/11 as to what Nostradamus warned.  Ah, say his supporters, you don't see what he was trying to say until after the event making the meaning impossible to translate.

Another conspiracy theory I want to talk about is people who see Jesus in their toast.  Stay with me, this is going somewhere.

Its not just their toast, they see his face in a number of things, anything with a pattern could potentially have a face, in theory, is what the critics say.

This theory could too be attributed to Nostradamus.  After the event that he "predicted" you read one of his theories and you assign it to the said event.  

I do believe that Nostradamus never said that his doctrines were predictions and instead was just writing stories although there is apparently evidence to contradict this, some believe that he definitely did.

Either way, whether he did or didn't this is about how we see it and what we can learn from this.

Now back to Trump being an alien.  What a divisive guy.  Trump's popularity is through the roof with his supporters but with others he couldn't be lower.

Looking back across the pond at Europe and again we have divisive issue in Brexit, in fact you could say we have a wider issue at hand and that is that we could be on the verge of the break up of the EU.

It seems that right now relations between communities, political parties, countries and people with different beliefs are at an all time low.  I say that but I'm sure things have been worse in the past but in my lifetime this is the worst it has been.

For me, as I'm sure it is for many others, this is sad to see.  All I want is for everyone to get on, you don't all have to agree, just stop the hate and the fear.

Now comes the point.

Have you ever seen a movie, really liked it and then watched it again only to enjoy more because you know what its saying?

I have, Arrival.

First of all its such an intelligent movie.  The way it presents and unravels the plot is so clever.

I won't spoil it for you in case you haven't seen it but lets just say its the correct movie for the modern time.

Its like the director is some sort of Nostradamus, he knew the movie we would need for this time and decided to make it for when we'd need it.

I think its more likely the case that I just happen to see parallels with the movie and the current world we live in.

Saturday 4 February 2017

What is racism? Or, in this case, if you want to call it what it is then it's xenophobia?

This afternoon I went to an Irish bar in Barcelona to watch England in the rugby against the French.

Most of the people in there were Catalan, French, Irish, Scottish, Spanish or Welsh, basically they were against the English.

I was one of three, maybe four English fans in there and of those other fans I was the loudest throughout.

If France scored a point there were loud cheers from everyone, if England scored my cries of "Come On England" drowned out any applause from anyone else.

I stayed for a few pints after the game, not one person came up to me to say anything.

I would have expected one or people to perhaps say "good game mate, well done" as I did when England lost to Wales in the World Cup fifteen months ago.

Before the game Ireland lost to Scotland. Did the Irish fans say to well done to their Scottish counterparts after their defeat?

Why do I get treated differently just because I support England?

Everyone wanted us to lose. A few people did talk to me during the game but once the result was delivered, nada.

Doesn't it say something about my character that I was happy to stay very loudly throughout in the bar and take whatever result that was delivered.

To be honest right now I'm a little unhappy that we won because had we of lost at least I could say I was happy to be there and congratulate the victors whatever.

There was a guy wearing a French Rugby shirt who would have got my congratulations had they have won. As they didn't there was nothing I could say.

I'm just a bit fed up with being victimised just because I'm an Englishman that happens to believe in a United Ireland, Independence for Scotland and and whatever the majority of the Welsh want but I respect their right for their language to be taught in their schools for it it to be their "national", if that's what they want, language.

But when it comes to England versus ....... then, as an Englishman, I enact my right to support England.


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