...μας λέει με άλλα λόγια η έκθεση της βρετανικής Επιτροπής Ισότητας και Ανθρωπίνων Δικαιωμάτων (που μόνο δικαιώματα μας χαρίζει τελευταία!). Δε φτάνει που θα πρέπει να φτύνει αίμα ο κάθε νέος για να βρεί δουλειά, μόλις βρεί, θα καταδικαστεί σε ισόβια δουλεία χωρίς σύνταξη και χωρίς τέλος(δε μας είπανε άραγε τι σκοπεύουνε να κάνουν με τις κρατήσεις για τα συνταξιμα χρόνια!; Χαμένα λεφτά; ή βοήθεια εξ ημών για την κρίση βρε αδερφέ!)!
Επειδή καποιοι ανέραστοι παραδόπιστοι δεν έχουνε να κάνουνε τίποτα στη ζωή τους εκτός απο δουλειά, προσπαθούνε να μας πείσουνε ότι υπάρχει πολύς κόσμος που θέλει να δουλεύει και μετά τα όρια σύνταξης. Εξαιρούνται οι πολιτικοί φυσικά! Αυτοί μπορούνε να δουλεύουνε με κατώτατο όριο τα 102, γιατι αγαπανε πολύ τι δουλειά τους, δουλεύουνε αφιλοκερδώς (κάτι σαν Hobby θα λέγαμε) και φυσικά...παραγουνε ΕΡΓΟ!! (το έργο με δύο @@ παρακαλώ!)
Υπάρχουνε και άλλοι βέβαια που δε μπορούνε να σταματήσουνε γιατί θα πεθάνουν από κατάθλιψη...άστες αυτές τις ψυχές να δουλεύουνε αντί ψυχολόγου, ΕΜΑΣ όμως, γιατί μας πειράζεις ρε δικέ μου;;;
Οπότε μπαρμπαδες μου, μη τρελαίνεστε αν δεν γίνετε διευθυντάδες μέχρι τα 60 σας, έχετε ακόμα να αποδείξετε στη κοινώνία ότι όοοοοχι δεν έιστε τεμπέληδες (ποτέ να μη κολήσουμε αυτή τη ρετσινια Θεέ μου) και ότι ναι(!) μπορείται να ξεζουμιστείτε μέχρι τελους!
Με τις υγείες σας και καλή βδομάδα!
http://www.skai.gr/articles/news/world/Δουλειάκαιμετάτησύνταξηπροτείνειβρετανικήέκθεση/
Monday, January 25, 2010
Sunday, January 24, 2010
Zeitgeist
Something REALLY worth seeing...Zeitgeist...
Αξίζει να το ψάξετε και με ελληνικούς υπότιτλους...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gKX9TWRyfs
Αξίζει να το ψάξετε και με ελληνικούς υπότιτλους...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gKX9TWRyfs
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Comment please...
Ladies and dudes,
I really appreciate that some of you spend daily some time to visit the blog and apologise that i dont have the time to update so often. But, i would like to ask from you to have a bit more active role in this blog. I would be very happy to see comments and discussion about the topics im elaborating with...
The very beauty of the blogs, is that people can react on the posts after all! Otherwise there would be no difference to the daily newspaper of the town!
So be critical and doubt everything around you, even your own gods...only then you can be closer to truth and knowledge...
with love,
the editor:P
I really appreciate that some of you spend daily some time to visit the blog and apologise that i dont have the time to update so often. But, i would like to ask from you to have a bit more active role in this blog. I would be very happy to see comments and discussion about the topics im elaborating with...
The very beauty of the blogs, is that people can react on the posts after all! Otherwise there would be no difference to the daily newspaper of the town!
So be critical and doubt everything around you, even your own gods...only then you can be closer to truth and knowledge...
with love,
the editor:P
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Βρίσκω χρόνο για ένα γρήγορο διαλειμματάκι και μπαίνω skai.gr για ένα surf-άρισμα στους τίτλους ειδήσεων της μέρας κρατώντας ένα ετοιμοθάνατο διλπλό μπέικον-κασερι τοστακι. Καθώς το περδικλώνω, παίρνω γρήγορα χαμπάρι ότι επικρατεί ο ίδιος πανικός με χθές, λίγο χειρότερα από προχθές...και δώσε λοιπόν...''Η Ελλάδα στα πρόθυρα πτώχευσης'', ''Πολύ ακριβώς ο καινούριος δανεισμός'' και...Ο οίκος Moody's μας χεζει πατόκορφα!
Και κάθομαι και σκέφτομαι και λέω γω τώρα...ποιός ο λόγος να καλλιεργείται αυτή η τρομολαγνεία στον απλό κοσμάκή; Γιατί η κάθε γιαγιά να σταυροκοπιέται και να κάνει προμήθειες σε αλεύρι και ο κάθε ελληνικός κώλος να είναι έτοιμος να δεχτεί ένα κάρο φόρους για τη σωτηρία του κράτους; Μήπως δε χρωστούσαμε και χθές; επειδή οι Moody's και το νομισματικό ταμείο θέλουνε να μας δανείσουν με μεγαλύτερο τόκο, πρέπει να κλάψουμε τη μοίρα μας;
Αφού το μάθαμε το κόλπο ρε μάγκες, χωρίς χρέος δεν έχει κάσσσσσς! Είναι το λεγόμενο ''inflation'' το οποίο ταλαιπωρεί κυβερνήσεις εδώ και 2 αιώνες τουλάχιστον. Απλά θέλουνε να ελέγχουνε το κράτος με πιό ευθύ τρόπο. Ένας λόγος παραπάνω δηλαδή να αυξήσουμε τους φόρους (εισοδήματα) και να μας κανουν να βάλουμε χωρίς δισταγμό το χέρι στη τσέπη. Γιατί φυσικά, δε πρόκειται να ξεχρεώσουμε κανένα χρέος αν αυξηθεί η φορολογία, δε θα ξεχρεώσουμε ποτέ έτσι και αλλιώς. Απλά θα αυξηθεί η ''πιστοληπτική μας ικανότητα'' για να μας δανείζουν περισσότερα. Να το χέσω δηλαδή (συγχωρήστε με). Με λίγα λόγια μαζεύουνε ακόμα περισσότερο ευκολοφάγωτο μετρητό από σας (γιατί εγώ πληρώνω πλέον φόρο υποτελείας στη Βεατρίκη!) για να διατεθεί σαν ''βοήθεια'' σε τράπεζες που αυτές με τη σειρά τους θα τα δώσουνε σαν bonus(!) στα ''golden boys'' τους για να τους ευχαριστήσουν για τη μπάζα της δεκαετίας!
Οπότε παίδες μη πανικοβάλεστε, απλά κόψτε τις μαγκιές και τα ακριβά αυτοκίνητα και αποφύγεται καρτες και δάνεια...και η ζωή δε θα ναι πολύ χειρότερη απο χθές...Αϊτή δε θα γίνουμε...δε τους συμφέρει...
English
Having a chance for a small break, I cease the chance to surf on the greek sites for news, while killing swiftly a double bacon-cheese sandwich...
Soon enough I realize, that the same panic and fear is on top, just like yesterday, a bit worse that the day before: ''Greece one step before bankruptcy'', ''very expensive the new loan'' and...''Europe is not gonna help Greece anymore'' (as if the union fund the loans)...
And I wonder...why such a big deal dudes? Why spread the fear to every corner of our mind? Why such a panic after all? As if we didnt have depts in the past...because the Moodys and the federal reserve want to lent us money with bigger trust? All we need is to lent money again! Cause we already know your global trick dudes, without debt there is no CA$H! Its the so called artificial inflations by causing cash shortage whenever they want!
The whole deal is that they want to earn more by lenting us more. So one more reason to make your citizens to pay taxes in order to save our asses from destruction! With all the legal excuses! Because of course, more taxes will pay off any depts. We will never pay off our depts (they wouldnt like that anyway!). It can only increase our national credit rate in order to take loans with (just just a bit) lower trust! Like we give a shit about that (sorry for the S word). In other words, they want more of our money to give it as ''help'' to the banks, who are going to give the same money as bonus(!) to their trusted ''golden boys'' bankers to thank them for the biggest snatch of the last decade (at least!).
So no big worries...just get serious with spending and fancy cars, avoid new credit cards and loans, and life will not be much worse than yesterday...Greece is not becoming Haiti...they would earn less...
Και κάθομαι και σκέφτομαι και λέω γω τώρα...ποιός ο λόγος να καλλιεργείται αυτή η τρομολαγνεία στον απλό κοσμάκή; Γιατί η κάθε γιαγιά να σταυροκοπιέται και να κάνει προμήθειες σε αλεύρι και ο κάθε ελληνικός κώλος να είναι έτοιμος να δεχτεί ένα κάρο φόρους για τη σωτηρία του κράτους; Μήπως δε χρωστούσαμε και χθές; επειδή οι Moody's και το νομισματικό ταμείο θέλουνε να μας δανείσουν με μεγαλύτερο τόκο, πρέπει να κλάψουμε τη μοίρα μας;
Αφού το μάθαμε το κόλπο ρε μάγκες, χωρίς χρέος δεν έχει κάσσσσσς! Είναι το λεγόμενο ''inflation'' το οποίο ταλαιπωρεί κυβερνήσεις εδώ και 2 αιώνες τουλάχιστον. Απλά θέλουνε να ελέγχουνε το κράτος με πιό ευθύ τρόπο. Ένας λόγος παραπάνω δηλαδή να αυξήσουμε τους φόρους (εισοδήματα) και να μας κανουν να βάλουμε χωρίς δισταγμό το χέρι στη τσέπη. Γιατί φυσικά, δε πρόκειται να ξεχρεώσουμε κανένα χρέος αν αυξηθεί η φορολογία, δε θα ξεχρεώσουμε ποτέ έτσι και αλλιώς. Απλά θα αυξηθεί η ''πιστοληπτική μας ικανότητα'' για να μας δανείζουν περισσότερα. Να το χέσω δηλαδή (συγχωρήστε με). Με λίγα λόγια μαζεύουνε ακόμα περισσότερο ευκολοφάγωτο μετρητό από σας (γιατί εγώ πληρώνω πλέον φόρο υποτελείας στη Βεατρίκη!) για να διατεθεί σαν ''βοήθεια'' σε τράπεζες που αυτές με τη σειρά τους θα τα δώσουνε σαν bonus(!) στα ''golden boys'' τους για να τους ευχαριστήσουν για τη μπάζα της δεκαετίας!
Οπότε παίδες μη πανικοβάλεστε, απλά κόψτε τις μαγκιές και τα ακριβά αυτοκίνητα και αποφύγεται καρτες και δάνεια...και η ζωή δε θα ναι πολύ χειρότερη απο χθές...Αϊτή δε θα γίνουμε...δε τους συμφέρει...
English
Having a chance for a small break, I cease the chance to surf on the greek sites for news, while killing swiftly a double bacon-cheese sandwich...
Soon enough I realize, that the same panic and fear is on top, just like yesterday, a bit worse that the day before: ''Greece one step before bankruptcy'', ''very expensive the new loan'' and...''Europe is not gonna help Greece anymore'' (as if the union fund the loans)...
And I wonder...why such a big deal dudes? Why spread the fear to every corner of our mind? Why such a panic after all? As if we didnt have depts in the past...because the Moodys and the federal reserve want to lent us money with bigger trust? All we need is to lent money again! Cause we already know your global trick dudes, without debt there is no CA$H! Its the so called artificial inflations by causing cash shortage whenever they want!
The whole deal is that they want to earn more by lenting us more. So one more reason to make your citizens to pay taxes in order to save our asses from destruction! With all the legal excuses! Because of course, more taxes will pay off any depts. We will never pay off our depts (they wouldnt like that anyway!). It can only increase our national credit rate in order to take loans with (just just a bit) lower trust! Like we give a shit about that (sorry for the S word). In other words, they want more of our money to give it as ''help'' to the banks, who are going to give the same money as bonus(!) to their trusted ''golden boys'' bankers to thank them for the biggest snatch of the last decade (at least!).
So no big worries...just get serious with spending and fancy cars, avoid new credit cards and loans, and life will not be much worse than yesterday...Greece is not becoming Haiti...they would earn less...
Monday, January 18, 2010
How Much Energy Does It Take to Make Bottled Water?
As a hydrologist (F@@k yeah!) I found this article enlighting cause it combines drinking water management with energy consumption!
Taken from environment.about.com. Enjoy...
Bottled Water Sales are Up, and So is the Energy Needed to Quench Our Thirst
By Larry West
Producing, packaging and transporting a liter of bottled water requires between 1,100 and 2,000 times more energy on average than treating and delivering the same amount of tap water, according to a peer-reviewed energy analysis conducted by the Pacific Institute, a nonprofit research organization based in Oakland, California.
Popularity of Bottled Water is Rising
Bottled water has become the drink of choice for many people around the world, and sales have skyrocketed over the past few years. In 2007, for example, more than 200 billion liters of bottled water were sold worldwide. Americans alone purchased more than 33 billion liters for an annual average of 110 liters (nearly 30 gallons) per person—a 70 percent increase since 2001.
Bottled water has become so popular that it now outsells both milk and beer in the United States. Carbonated soft drinks are the only bottled beverage that U.S. consumers buy in greater quantities than bottled water, and per-capita sales of bottled water are rising while per-capita sales of milk and soft drinks are going down. The irony here, of course, is that a lot of bottled water is little more than tap water, which costs very little and is much better regulated and more rigorously tested than bottled water.
Adding Up the Energy Costs of Bottled Water
For the energy analysis, environmental scientists Peter Gleick and Heather Cooley of the Pacific Institute assessed the energy used during each stage of bottled water production. They added up the energy it takes to make a plastic bottle; process the water; label, fill and seal the bottle; transport bottled water for sale; and cool the bottled water before it ends up in your gym bag or your car’s cup holder.
Writing in the February 19, 2009 issue of Environmental Research Letters [pdf], Gleick and Cooley report that manufacturing and transportation are the most energy-intensive processes involved in putting a bottle of water in your refrigerator.
The two scientists estimate that just producing the plastic bottles for bottled-water consumption worldwide uses 50 million barrels of oil annually—enough to supply total U.S. oil demand for 2.5 days.
Transportation energy consumption is harder to figure, because some water is bottled locally and travels short distances to reach consumers while other brands of bottled water are imported from distant nations, which increases the amount of energy needed to transport them. According to the report, imported bottled water uses about two-and-a-half to four times more energy than bottled water produced locally.
Overall, the two scientists estimate that meeting U.S. demand for bottled-water—assuming the 2007 consumption rate of 33 billion liters—requires energy equivalent to between 32 million and 54 million barrels of oil. The energy required to satisfy the global thirst for bottled water is about three times that amount.
Think Before You Drink
If you imagine that every bottle of water you drink is about three-quarters water and one-quarter oil, you’ll have a pretty accurate picture of how much energy it takes to put that bottle of water in your hand.
Taken from environment.about.com. Enjoy...
Bottled Water Sales are Up, and So is the Energy Needed to Quench Our Thirst
By Larry West
Producing, packaging and transporting a liter of bottled water requires between 1,100 and 2,000 times more energy on average than treating and delivering the same amount of tap water, according to a peer-reviewed energy analysis conducted by the Pacific Institute, a nonprofit research organization based in Oakland, California.
Popularity of Bottled Water is Rising
Bottled water has become the drink of choice for many people around the world, and sales have skyrocketed over the past few years. In 2007, for example, more than 200 billion liters of bottled water were sold worldwide. Americans alone purchased more than 33 billion liters for an annual average of 110 liters (nearly 30 gallons) per person—a 70 percent increase since 2001.
Bottled water has become so popular that it now outsells both milk and beer in the United States. Carbonated soft drinks are the only bottled beverage that U.S. consumers buy in greater quantities than bottled water, and per-capita sales of bottled water are rising while per-capita sales of milk and soft drinks are going down. The irony here, of course, is that a lot of bottled water is little more than tap water, which costs very little and is much better regulated and more rigorously tested than bottled water.
Adding Up the Energy Costs of Bottled Water
For the energy analysis, environmental scientists Peter Gleick and Heather Cooley of the Pacific Institute assessed the energy used during each stage of bottled water production. They added up the energy it takes to make a plastic bottle; process the water; label, fill and seal the bottle; transport bottled water for sale; and cool the bottled water before it ends up in your gym bag or your car’s cup holder.
Writing in the February 19, 2009 issue of Environmental Research Letters [pdf], Gleick and Cooley report that manufacturing and transportation are the most energy-intensive processes involved in putting a bottle of water in your refrigerator.
The two scientists estimate that just producing the plastic bottles for bottled-water consumption worldwide uses 50 million barrels of oil annually—enough to supply total U.S. oil demand for 2.5 days.
Transportation energy consumption is harder to figure, because some water is bottled locally and travels short distances to reach consumers while other brands of bottled water are imported from distant nations, which increases the amount of energy needed to transport them. According to the report, imported bottled water uses about two-and-a-half to four times more energy than bottled water produced locally.
Overall, the two scientists estimate that meeting U.S. demand for bottled-water—assuming the 2007 consumption rate of 33 billion liters—requires energy equivalent to between 32 million and 54 million barrels of oil. The energy required to satisfy the global thirst for bottled water is about three times that amount.
Think Before You Drink
If you imagine that every bottle of water you drink is about three-quarters water and one-quarter oil, you’ll have a pretty accurate picture of how much energy it takes to put that bottle of water in your hand.
Sunday, January 17, 2010
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