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Tabloid Politics Novella: Zero

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Tabloid Politics Novella: Zero

It is quite rare that talent spans so many genres and artistic avenues as the artist and author Al Schnupp. Amongst his paintings, collages and theatrical scripts, he has even birthed some seriously funny fictitious political satire novels. Schnupp’s 3D collage page on his website exhibits some true artistic delights, with his tribute to artists.

Schnupp has now conjured up another literary delight – Zero. This is in no way a review, as we have not received or read the book, however in the interests of art, and political satire it is only too right to give this talented geezer a little Squibby push. By all means, buy the book, it will certainly tickle your fancy.

ZERO

How does an egotistical buffoon with no talent become the darling political celebrity of his country?

Maxie convinces her husband, Zero, to commit a bizarre crime that showers him with riches, making it possible for him to campaign for leader of their country.  With Horace as Campaign Manager, the trio embarks on a whirlwind of fundraising, cover-ups, debates, makeovers and scams.  Meanwhile, Inspector Oodles and his assistant, Minnie, assume a variety of disguises to uncover the true identity of Zero and his cohorts.  Who will garner the most votes: the Zealots, Hysterics or Fanatics?  An outrageous fable, fuelled with invented words, that lampoons American-Style politics.  Cabal Books

Buy the book here

“Schnupp has adapted his extraordinarily prescient stage work into a novel that would be utterly off-the-rails, if it didn’t so eerily reflect actual American politics…At once both uproarious and terrifying in how closely its madness parallels reality, Zero is highly recommended.”

Midwest Book Review

“Al Schnupp’s brand of political satire is delivered with sensational results….his choice to ground such madness in an off-world setting proves wholly sublime…a must-read for fans of the genre.”

BookViral

“the characters are ludicrously colorful with sort of a Dr. Seuss meets Monty Python vibe…”

 Elaine Pascale, Hellnotes Review

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How to Survive the Cost of Living Crisis

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How to Survive the Cost of Living Crisis

The current climate of inflation in real terms being recorded at higher than 40% is the highest level families have dealt with in over 70 years. There are ways however you can get around the cost of living crisis that is causing huge amounts of suffering across not only Britain but the globe.

Much of the problem of rising food and energy prices is geopolitical, and can be traced back to certain areas of global food distribution, as well as energy distribution. In the case of Europe, there is a problem with gas distribution, due to the fact that Russia is the main producer of gas, and the threat of war in the Ukraine.

Grow your own food

Hydroponic vegetables and fruit can be grown all year round with a reasonably inexpensive setup within your home. One can set up an entire room full of vegetables etc with minimal equipment and cost, therefore reducing your food bills. No soil is needed, as the seedlings are grown in tubs filled with water and propagated in coconut coir or rockwool.

Bake your own bread

This is a no-brainer. All you need is flour, yeast, water, sugar and a bit of salt. You can use a bread maker machine or your oven. Buy bulk flour from wholesalers.

Cook in bulk

Learn to cook large meals (casseroles/stews) that can either be frozen, or can last for a few days for the entire family. By cooking in bulk, you will inevitably reduce food bills. Reduce the impact of the cost of living crisis by buying goods in bulk as well.

Install a wood burner

Before you install a wood burner, you will need to check if you are located in a low emissions zone. If so, then you will have to purchase a low emission burner. Wood burners are a great way of reducing one’s energy bills, simply because they radiate out huge amounts of heat for little input.

Insulate your home

Insulating your home will guarantee that you will lose less heat, thus saving on the insane heating bills you would otherwise pay. The cost of insulation is inexpensive and will save you money in the long run.

Solar energy

Solar energy can pay off in the summer months, however in the winter there is minimal light, therefore if you live in the UK, you may have to purchase the more expensive type of Monocrystalline panels which give the most energy despite low levels of light.

Do not eat out or get takeaways

Another no-brainer. Avoid any form of food delivery service and restaurant. Saving money this way, and only eating wholesome home cooked food is not only better for you but cheaper as well.

Forget about holidays abroad

This is the number one money saver, and should be adhered to, especially during the pandemic. Why pay through the nose to get trapped in airport queues for hours on end, vaccination passports, covid tests just to visit some overpriced tourist trap hellhole where the locals hate the sight of you? Either you are insane or a sucker for throwing away your hard-earned cash. You might as well throw bundles of cash down the toilet.

Sell stuff

Everyone has junk in their attic, or stuff you have not used for months or years. Sell it. You will be surprised at how much you can make by selling things you do not use or need anymore. You can either sell online, or at car boot sales, or a yard sale.

Dump your car

Driving in London is an absolute nightmare and expensive, so sell your gas guzzling car and invest in a decent e-bike or regular bike. If you live in rural areas, unfortunately you will probably still need a vehicle, but maybe try getting a hybrid or reducing the frequency you drive.

Forget About “Levelling Up” What About Finishing Brexit?

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Forget About “Levelling Up” What About Finishing Brexit?

Levelling Up? What a load of utter bollocks, anyone can see this is just a marketing slogan to placate the Red state Northerners that voted for Boris in the election but were duly abandoned and forgotten thereafter. With an election coming over the horizon, Boris and his wife, Carrie, have decided to do a spot of “Levelling Up” so the traditional Labour voters do not veer back to Labour. Will this “Levelling Up” nonsense work? Well, the supposed “Levelling Up” will only level up from the 2030s onwards, according to policymakers. You try levelling up whilst you are being taxed by the Tories beyond the brink. If taxing people through the anus is not an election loser, what is?

The news in parliament is that Boris and team have effectively forgotten Brexit, which still needs to be completed, and are ashamed of it.. Not only is the Northern Island issue a mess, so is illegal immigration, and the never ending fishing saga. Britain is still subject to many EU laws, including ones regarding motoring. The EU is going to make it compulsory for new vehicles to all have speed limiters in the UK, and despite supposedly Brexiting from the EU, it seems we are powerless to get out of the ridiculous EU diktat. There is some movement on securing global trade deals, however none with the Biden U.S. administration. Biden, actively detests the British and being a socialist Marxist, sides with the EU at every opportunity. There are many pet projects which are frankly useless, and these are obvious Carrie projects forced through by squeezing Boris’ gonads. It seems Boris cannot say no to his domineering power mad young wife, possibly in fear she may withhold her nightly delights.

Certainly, the global Covid pandemic has put a spanner in the works, but this cannot be solely blamed for the certain shift of attitude towards the hard fought battle of Brexit by Number 10. It is every Brexiteer’s dream that Boris brings back the passion he had in campaigning for Brexit in the first place, and his hard fought stance during the period when most of parliament tried to reverse the EU Referendum result.

We must fight on with Brexit, as this is the truly most defining moment in British history for the last 40 years.

Partygate: Parliament is Not Part of the Public

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Partygate: Parliament is Not Part of the Public

One man’s indignant reply to all the public and media outrage over a few parties attended by MPs during the lockdown.

“All these people horrified that MPs in Parliament did this or did that whilst the public were ordered to lockdown during the pandemic are frankly deluded. Parliamentarians are not plebs, they have privileges afforded to them that are exclusive of the public. In this respect, the plebs only have one control factor over the MPs, and that’s who they vote for in the next election.

“The public outrage over how ministers conduct themselves is irrelevant and an invasion of privacy. Even though MPs are public figures, they should also have the right to privacy in their private lives to some extent.

“Yes, MPs have second homes and duck houses for their ponds, drive around in chauffeured cars and have expense perks along with their large salaries, however, in the most part they put the work in.

“No one says anything about American Senators or Governors and their vast riches/salaries/perks in America. Success and money are lauded in the USA, whereas in the UK, if a hard-working minister so much as has a party after working 18-hour days to save the country from Covid, they are tarred and feathered in front of outraged mobs demanding resignations. The outrage against any form of success or privilege is also a symptom of Britain being a socialist nation, and what more of a symbol of socialism is there than the NHS. It does not matter if a Conservative government is in power, the system is socialist, therefore the Conservative government is forced to function within a socialist system and structure.

“In the interests of mental health, despite any sort of lockdown, every human needs to let off some steam, and because the MPs were working so hard in the interests of the country, they had the right to party. Of course, there is the argument that anyone in power needs to uphold a moral code and stay within the law, but again, those arguments are moot when in reality, parliament is separate to the public, and it is endowed with the ultimate privileges that go with governance.”

Bloodbath at PMQs Over Partygate and Cakegate

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Bloodbath at PMQs Over Partygate and Cakegate

The vitriol came thick and fast during Monday’s PMQs over the lockdown partygate debacle, exposing Number 10 staff including the PM himself enjoying the delights of wine and cheese fuelled parties, along with lashings of cake, while everyone else in the UK were adhering to the lockdown rules.

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Assorted Opposition members and devout Remainers of the house voiced their disgust at the Prime Minister with various words of derision and revulsion, urging Boris to stand down from his position. After saying sorry multiple times, the pathetic looking PM, a forlorn creature backed into a corner, could only parrot the words: “Sorry, sorry, sorry (ad infinitum), let us please wait for the Sue Gray enquiry report.”

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Ian Blackford, the SNP leader was no doubt one of the most vocal of the MPs to voice his disgust, and was duly thrown out of the chamber by the Speaker for blatantly calling the PM a liar.

Theresa’s revenge

Anger directed at the PM was not the sole constituting property of the Opposition, but also came from Boris’ own party, notably from Theresa May, who was ousted as PM by Boris himself. Sticking the bitter poisoned knife in his back, one could see her enjoyment as she twisted the blade further with her last words: “Which was it?” The look on Boris’ face after that stabbing frenzy was a joy to behold for many Opposition members and Remainers who are currently on a murderous mission to lacerate the PM well and truly from throat to gizzard.

Despite the blood soaked PMQs session from hell, Boris will survive this assault in spite of the multiple attacks from all quarters.

Many people broke the rules of lockdown, including the eternally nasal voiced robotic Labour leader Keir Starmer, although this has been naturally brushed under the carpet by the media.

As for the puerile investigation into Partygate, it is trivial compared to the geopolitical mess that is unfolding in the Ukraine regarding imminent Russian invasion. To see grown men and women, who supposedly run this country ripping each other apart just because some ministers had a few drinks after working 18-hour days in a time of great turmoil during the Covid pandemic, is truly pathetic.

In the interests of Brexit and improving the British economy, as well a reducing the spectre of rising inflation, as well as dealing with the threat of war from Russia, we need to get over Partygate. So what if it was a fucking party, you try and function under considerable stress and hard work without letting off some steam. The parties were there for the mental health and well-being of Number 10 staff, who worked damn hard during the lockdown period. Remember, these are humans, not bloody robots. People should be damn well grateful for the efforts made by Boris and his team that has successfully brought the country through the Covid pandemic phase.

Spotify: To Joe Rogan or Not to Joe Rogan

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Spotify: To Joe Rogan or Not to Joe Rogan

With the exit of mewling dog rocker, Neil Young, then the yowling Joni Mitchell, we now have Nils Lofgren the 70-year-old guitarist for Springsteen wheeling himself out of the Spotify door. All of this because of some bald muscle man who thinks he is a sort of philosopher has voiced his opinion on the subject of vaccinations. In reality, he has not said anything bad about vaccinations.

Rockin’ in the Cancel Culture World

“I’m not an anti-vax person,” Joe Rogan has said. “I believe they’re safe and encourage many people to take them.”

Rogan also has commented that healthy people do not need to take the vaccine, and this is where he has fallen into a bit of bother with the vaccination cancel mob police.

In the interests of free speech and the right to say what you feel about any given situation, he should be defended to the death, as anyone who profoundly believes in the divine human right to speak freely without undue punishment should be duly afforded.

Sure, we may not always agree with what someone like Joe Rogan says, but it is his right to have an opinion, whatever it is.

Vaccinations have brought hospitalisations down, and although they do not prevent the spread of Covid, vaccinations have saved lives. One only has to look at the data to see, especially in the UK, how there have been minimal deaths from Covid in the third wave.

If a person has the necessary common sense to exist as a human, they will hear what another person says, make an informed reply in agreement or not regarding what the person said, then move on. Why as a society does anyone have to be cancelled? People say or think the oddest things, so what? Is it going to kill you to hear someone else’s opinion on something, however mundane or serious sounding?

Let bygones be bygones, let people exist, let humans express themselves if they fucking well want to, however nonsensical or ridiculous the words or sentences are, what is wrong with a little eccentricity, a little difference?

You would think these Spotify legacy hippies, children of the 60s would understand the concept of freedom of speech, but it seems in their old age they have turned sour and lifeless. Fling your corpses onto the burning pyre right now, you are not worthy of artistry anymore, it has left you because you hate freedom of expression, you are not worthy of the guitar or microphone anymore, and Jim Morrison’s ghost pisses on your rotting formaldehyde heads.

If people die without taking the Covid vaccination, it was their choice to do so. They should be praised for their bravery for dying for their cause. You as a vaccinated person do not need to directly care about any of the deaths, yes it is a tragedy, but they made their choices freely and this should be respected. If you wear a proper rated mask, and take the necessary precautions, let the others who choose not to vaccinate or wear masks die from the deadly virus. It is their right to do so, and it is your right to take precautions.

Stop trying to preach to vaccine dodgers, just let them be, and they will in turn leave you alone? Definitely this world needs more humility, more understanding and most of all it needs its freedom of expression back.

Let Joe Rogan keep his $100 million Spotify talk show, it’s certainly worth more than all the one-hit wonder legacy stars who have spoiled in their old age. They can certainly rot in their multi-million dollar mansions atop the Hollywood Hills, reading their well thumbed copies of Das Kapital. If those old fuckers cannot recognise why free speech is so precious anymore, they deserve nothing better than to have the exalted muse take the little talent they had and relegate them to the wilderness of cowardly failure for eternity.

It’s All Over, the Covid Nightmare Ends, Nothing to See Here Folks!

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It’s All Over, the Covid Nightmare Ends, Nothing to See Here Folks!

You may be wondering what all the palaver was all about in the first bloody place. All those insane rules, extreme lockdowns, half’n’half lockdowns, six in a room, partygate, cakegate and the rest of the absurd Covid baloney.

Apparently, according to the government, we are all in the clear now and there is nothing to worry about. That fearful Covid, Omicron whatever it fucking was has apparently gone and disappeared into the ether or been extracted from this dimension by aliens. Pat yourself down, are you still here alive, did you make it through the madness? Do we all get to live a normal life again, you know, the one we had pre-December 2019?

The apocalypse has been cancelled, so why are people not partying in the streets, why are there no street parties with people waving flags and the bunting waving in the cold January air?

You have to go back to the office? GPs have to treat their patients in person? What?

No more work from home? Well, tell that to the pen pushers in Whitehall who are refusing to get back to the office. It seems they have become accustomed to conducting their civil service duties in their pyjamas and slippers.

What does the all-encompassing WHO have to say about Britain allegedly pushing aside the deadly pandemic and setting everything free? Well, according to the WHO nothing has really changed globally regarding the pandemic, and one can witness this fact in the Chinese Winter Olympics games where the communists are revelling in a climate of extreme Draconian restrictions.

This all feels like a big ‘sorry’ from Boris for fucking up with his parties during lockdown. It’s like, hey, let them all go free, so they forget about all the outrage.

The blatant truth is that Covid is still out there infecting people, and killing the unlucky ones. Covid is also constantly mutating, finding new ways to infect their human hosts. Who is to say that the powers that be restart their hysterical shit tomorrow when Omicron 2.0 or some other monstrous version is spawned?

It’s not over till the fat lady sings…

 

Multiple Attacks Simply Being Deflected by Teflon BoJo

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Multiple Attacks Simply Being Deflected by Teflon BoJo

Partygate, Muslimgate, lying about interfering with Afghan dog rescues and an assortment of stuff is being thrown at the PM as Teflon BoJo bats it all off like a duck does to water. Will anything stick?

The answer is probably not and this is the wonder of Boris Johnson, he truly is made out of Teflon and not Velcro like some politicians.

Crikey! They’ve even sent the police in about lockdown Partygate and the police are threatening to arrest anyone who is found to be culpable of breaking the ‘rules’. BoJo will probably get through that lot as well.

Despite being photographed amongst wine bottles and his arch enemy Dominic Cummings spreading the manure far and wide, Boris always seems to come up with a suitable explanation to placate his many accusers. He seems to have the consistency of an oily fish that is impossible to hook, let alone handle.

Wednesday’s PMQs turned out to be the usual blustering mess, with the opposition MPs constantly asking or begging Boris to stand down. All of their hysterical outrage was simply batted away as usual by BoJo and that was the end of that.

As for the mojo of BoJo, well when he’s under fire or on the edge, this is when he is at his best and thrives. One supposes this is when he feels most alive, and he would much rather have this state of affairs than the mundane daily chores of running office.

BoJo seems to be getting through this unholy mess with ease so far, but how long will it last?

Net Zero: Putting All One’s Eggs in One Basket

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Net Zero: Putting All One’s Eggs in One Basket

Net Zero, zero emissions, everything electric. On paper, it seems like a great idea, however consider for one moment what would happen if there was an EMP (Electro Magnetic Pulse) bomb, or a massive solar flare? Well, with no other options for fuel or energy, it would be back to the Stone Age.

As for solar and wind, there is only so much this type of energy can provide the populace. Nuclear and hydrogen powered power stations may well provide more energy, however there is still the problem of electricity being the product and this is vulnerable to EMP.

It would be silly to think about building Faraday cages over every electronic device, therefore Net Zero is unfortunately a non-starter simply because it leaves the entire national or global network severely vulnerable.

While nations like China revel in building hundreds of coal-fired power stations every year across their countryside, the West will go all electric. In this instance, China would have the advantage because it could cripple Western nations by simply deploying EMP. The West would be severely stultified, whilst China would have a wide open door to simply walk in and take over.

In an ideal world, solely using electrical power would be optimal, however we unfortunately do not live in an ideal world, and putting all of our eggs in one basket in relation to energy is dangerous, especially when it leaves us vulnerable to EMP attack.

War With Russia is Counterproductive to Western Interests

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War With Russia is Counterproductive to Western Interests

The West should not be making enemies with the Russians but embracing them into the fold. It is true that there is an abrasive nature to Russian international exchanges, but this is simply the way they conduct affairs. After the Soviet era, Russia has opened up considerably.

The strength of the Russian people should somehow be utilised for the good of global relations and economy. The Russian people have endured huge hardship throughout history and in general are a hugely hospitable people, innovative, brave and obstinate in their beliefs. Yes, within the post Soviet era there has also been mass corruption from some areas but this can be blamed on a need to catch up to the West, as under sovietization much of global commerce was muted.

Russia just needs more time to adapt to the global alliance, however seeing as Russia has undone the shackles of communism, there is confusion in the hierarchy as they observe the likes of the EU embracing collectivism, and adopting Soviet structures to the bloc. Wokism in the West is also confusing to the Russians in the post Soviet era because it involves communist ideals and control techniques. Where Russia has left communism behind, it is baffling to them that some quarters of the West are embracing the failed political ideology.

The West must give Russia a little more time, and to de-escalate the Ukraine problem utilising considered diplomacy, not war. Punitive sanctions are also dangerous simply because they punish ordinary citizens more than the targeted policy makers.

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