Author: Dortju

May 15, 2019

This sort of shit really does my head in and it reminded me of a few moments in my past I want to recount in relation to such ‘news’. So it’s the Guardian, CNN and Fox reporting the news of a measles case on the Scientology Freewinds. In a nutshell a crew member arrived from…

May 11, 2019

Arriving at Tam’s house. Opens door and walks in towards Tam’s room. JD: Awright Chief!, shouted from the hall. Tam: Ayyye. , quieter slow shout back. Goes into room. Tam’s in his usual spot on the bed. Telly set up, online. JD: It they fucking stocks again you numpty! Tam: Made 2g this morning yi…

May 11, 2019

Perhaps not the most politically correct sounding title but neither is the time we live in. I think a few of the fringe right, need a little reminder of some very recent events. In a single generation humanity rose from the ravages of two world wars and stood in unity to witness the Moon landing….

May 7, 2019

Just do it. My Mother is a Scientologist and they are very anti-vax. World most concentrated dose of conspiracy theorists and it nearly cost me my life when I was 8. I got measles. Now in the world of Scientology this meant that I was now a potential trouble source. If you get ill in…

May 4, 2019

‘Luke your going to find many of the truths we cling to depend entirely on our own point of view’. – Obi Wan, Return of the Jedi. Let’s be honest it’s not just a bloody cool series of film and one of the most massive commercial franchises to have ever existed in the entertainment industry…

May 1, 2019

Could the Scientologists and the anti-Scientologists and the Independent Scientologist be brought to the table? It’s not the middle East or anything like the Troubles but there has been deaths. Someone recently drove a car in a Scientology church. The problems with this religion, once again, seem to be growing more than subsiding. It’s a…

April 21, 2019

But I think the ‘barbaric singing pagans’ have taken the day. In a weekend known for celebrating the right to believe in ‘There is Hope’ we witness a tragedy. As Sri Lanka recoils and London swelters what do we focus on going forward? More conflict between us and them or more cooperation between us? What’s…

April 19, 2019

Or degree’s of separation. It’s apparently how many greetings we all are from having directly met one another. The typical maximum is 5 degree’s of separation. Every rule has an exception, this one is a christian who recently tried to promote it to an isolated island of people who have to now not had contact…

April 16, 2019

Mind the Auld Alliance. Or Vieille Alliance. Or An Seann-chaidreachas. From Edinburgh to Paris one must find the beauty in any tragedy and there is this, the world has been moved. The Auld Alliance goes back to just about the time Norte Dame was built. My only visit to Paris taught me 3 things. How…