Strangley silent masel

Strangely silent blogger.

I know , the irony of one of my articles , and me being quiet for about a month , there's 2 reasons.

1.Been ill , and as a unpaid carer that's not a good thing. Computer time is making me sicker.

2.Discovered twitter , well not really discovered it , just started using it.

Big hugs out to Prf Robertson , hope your starting to feel better , your work past and future is appreciated. Believe me , I know what your going through personally , and now with Ofcom you also know the “tin foil” and milliner accusations on you for years can be ignored . Big hand for the changeover on the website to TALKING UP SCOTLAND. Hit the Gym big man , it works mair than the meds.

So what has politically happened in that time? Well Plenty.

1.Nic pulled out the indy part deux kerd , like we never seen that coming as a result of article 50 , which was then delayed by WM. Though UDI is still on that table I reckon , all it takes is shitting in the kettle. And Theresa’s “now is not the time” is the squatting action.

2.Benefits shake ups , including working benefits. Twitter went mental , tory mask slips. Ruth avoids the whole rape clause , media ignores it , Twitter though doesnt. Eventually she tries to turn it onto SNP and Holyrood blaming – home team goes wild – though May 4th?

3.Ofcom on BBC , finds them in contempt , on multiple levels. Which I why I mentioned Prof Robertson , whom like many , found the BBC and most media in contempt in Indy 1. But the BBC ignores ofcom. This alone is proof that the BBC , not just in Scotland is a social engineering propagandist institution , controlled by the GOVT in power at the time , so needs to be taken by the people , or the monopoly needs to be destroyed , just like the prevention of one getting bigger like Murdochs Sky.

4.Gers busted , more oil.Tory roll out the whole Shetland indy to counter.

I had an article on the first one ready , well in advance , but got caught up in the online riptide – and TBH my article would only have muddied the water . There is better far more educated bloggers to come up with back patting , and stabbing , on that than I could ever have done. I would only have been more white noise. I have another in waiting , the economic case now the landscape has changed , as well as the Gers truths now being out in the wild.

Since then the work of the likes of Commonweal , and other independent think tanks that are pro self determination have been busy behind the scene , coming up with options for a post WM Scotland. These are hard reading , so god only knows how hard the data sets and writing was. Hope the group comes up with an easy reading version , it matters , few will read a phone book argument , when a couple of graphs and a paragraph , a targeted strike does wonders.

These arent run of the mill Pedigree chump dog food salesmen bloggers , front line sandbags for Tory maisters , these are educated and forward thinking , and dare I say it Scotialists ones that have seen indy flaws and benefits , and offer not continuation of the status qou – but life , improvements , and a future better than it after crunching the numbers. I just hope that some , if not most of their hard work is considered as mandates and models , or the very least starting points for discussion ready for those answers lacking in 14 being ready for 19.

TWITTER.

So in the month I joined Twitter , I find out …

Labour , Better Together , had an army of paid and unpaid internet “canvassers” to circumvent democracy – admitted by the guy behind it. Tory election fraud. Rape Clauses.

The Tories , are frankly racists xenophobic child haters – keeping the faith eh. Found out Murdo hasnt been elected in 5 attempts.

Donald Trump wants a hashtag that means he kin launch fae the 19th hole , and his weekly golf trips are costing more than 50 missile strikes on Syrian airbases.

The SNP have its own share of those twatters , eejits , that should be supervised in the presence of children , animals , heavy machinery and even phone use. But hey thats idiocy mair than hate.

Q.Why I dipped my toes into twitter in the first place. Note I had an account for months but never even sent a twit until..

A.I have been accused of being a anti semite on Bella , more on this below. But thanks Mike , meant I can get my long winded usual Bella rants into 140 chars or less , and a wider community.

Bella Caledonia , article on Scottish film.

It is good though that it , Bella Caledonia , has been picked up in “the National” as a free mag , and with it an qualified editor – no disrespect to Mike here but it only aids his and the contributors work with untired eyes that can clock off at 5.

But it is being increasingly noticeable that Mike needs , well , another Mike or two on Bella.

You simply cannot run such an important site on the back of one man – well unless your Stu , but he hardly has the wider content than just “good guy or wank” , and as a result has an income stream derived from funding that excels that of even Slab in a year in a week. Even with 100 qiud T Towels.

For years I have defended Bella . Mike , and I still WILL tbh , for being open and important to the Pro indy cause . I think my first blog here even mentioned it was in need of funding .I did the funding promoting in my own groups , and suggested new site layouts , income streams , and ways to defeat puppets direct to the editor. Its hard job this near 24/7 life.

The website needs changing , admins , model of operation on paying for articles being dropped , and without change I fear it may not even reach the community itself for much longer , never mind educate the uninformed , which is where we need to extend our pro indy reach in the first place.

Like many pro indy sites they have become entrenched , aiding the anti movement propaganda machine with their paid backers and FT armies , like 80 more journalists for Pacific Quay BBC – its not like there still isnt a 6% swing needed OUTSIDE the pro sphere is it?

Many have said BC is playing far too much to the Glasgow West end arts scene , alt indy , womens groups , and thats fine unless it needs the wider audience to survive , to prolong their voices , never mind the wider educating of the uneducated purpose it was set up for – So perhaps they are right that it has became a vaccum , but if it doesnt pay the bills?

The preaching to the choir model works for Tories , zealots , bigots , racists , even the anti semites he said I supposedly am. But the big fight for any indy II is reaching those HARD and soft NO’s , not poetry , or gender equalisation over meritocracy arguments , which can come later – importantly where there will be power to work with and ensure it. But for me to say as such will probably mean being tagged a sexist on top of being an anti semite.

I feel my being Blocked , well it was merely for suggesting that there should have been an alternative model for the proposed Scottish independent film studio , rather than a desired back patting and agreeing , and the anti semite reasoning akin to that of a “Ruth model answer deferment and shut down” was merely means to a site politics end.

I know in the past Mike has defended many of my posts , agreeing with the openness , and aiding much needed criticism and discussion from it. After all criticism is constructive to change , and imperative to preventing YES men and vaccums. Sometimes the Nationalist cause needs it , over shouting SNP bad when it isnt , and thats where self determination dies as a result…. If you cant see the trees for the wood?

The truth of the matter is that I offered not to use Straiton , over the Cumbernauld option for a national and independent Film Studio , and it was again financial suicide of inmates running the asylum.

Any film producer , wants talent first as a box office draw , costing lowest to be profitable 2nd , and Straiton doesnt offer that over the latter. Production costs will be higher.

It , Edinburgh , offers more expense , and lets face it the producers wont come knocking on the door without a reason to , and thats what producers are , accountants.

If its cheaper to film a Scottish backdrop in Eire , then they will film in Eire – as seen with that most nationalist of fake history movie “Braveheart” , you know the one with the actual anti semite actor.

As a financial model for making films we should be courting those first that see it as a business financially , not specifically our own arts community.

Their input is needed granted , but without the accountants then it would only be short lived. Indy was lost on the financial answer , the same will result with an indy film studio.

So decisions should not be those that see it as a form of arts subsidy , for simply supplying “benefits income” for the middle class arts community , or gearing wholly a nationalist pride/gaelic appreciation society – the 235:1 wider aspect if you will , over the 16:9 one , and where we are seeing in choosing Straiton , allowing the arts community as sole decision makers , as investing in black and white 14 inch tellies…. Well just for the national identity.

Ask any actor today and they will tell you , do the 4 big movies , then do the indy one. Its the wealthy actors mantra.

In other words a way to make sustainable repeat income is desired , even if thats a sell out needed , and that yes the Jewish people are very good at it , Hollywood over Holyrood if you will. After all Hollywood became what it is today due to Jewish financing and employment , through the working restrictions placed on them in America. So they had to make it work , they had no other employment , no other choice .

That is supposedly the anti semite bit btw , my suggesting that adopting the Global financial market model , over the National identity model , copying Jewish Hollywood where they could not afford to fail , or was it suggesting the arts subsidy are middle class benefits ?

End Rant , now waits on may 5th results.