Media distraction?

For some time now I've had a big problem with the large media companies around the world, being selective in what they report and how they report it.

For example, at first, the refugee crisis which is happening because of the war in Syria etc, was being reported as many immigrants trying to leave, then it went to migrants and now it is down to what it is, refugees, with not one of the media outlets trying to explain the difference between them all.

It is possible that it has been over-looked, but if the media is going to be reporting on some stories, they need to ensure that all bases are covered and that people know the truth.

It's also why I've had such a large problem with the media of late. There's a cute story/video doing the media rounds at the moment which tells the story of an elderly couple and the woman is on a bed and the husband sings to her, it's cute, but I think this could be serving up as a large distraction as only certain media outlets are reporting on this and not other things which are happening around the world.

Let's indeed take Syria for example, re-wind time and what happened there?

The people were rising up against their government, as was being done in several other countries at the time. The Syrian government stood its ground and eventually was called out for using force against it's own people, including (but not limited to) the use of chemical attacks against it's own people.

Not long after this first started being reported, the story seemed to be removed from the media. It's possible that people found the story boring and no longer wished to continue to read or hear about it, but look how that worked out... Because the next time the media returned to the country it was because the "Islamic" state had invaded the country and people were having to flee the country because it was as it is now, a war zone.

I not only condemn the media for dropping the stories of Syria, but because they stopped doing their reporting, many in other parts of the world didn't speak up and try to put and end to what was happening in the country.

Now for them, it's too late. We have a humanitarian crisis and it's not going to end anytime soon.

This isn't the only fault of the media though and there's a right wing man behind it.

Rupert Murdoch and his family.

Murdoch owns some of the most powerful news agencies in the world and can push through it's right-wing agenda stories to try and get the masses scared of literally everything. Fox news, Sky News, The daily mail, the Sun... you name a bad news outlet and i'm sure in one way or another, the Murdoch family is behind it.

For the future of this sort of media I worry, because people are starting to see the truth about topics that without the internet years ago, we would have never been able to research these said topics and find out the truth for ourselves.

Jeremy Corbyn, seemingly from the left of politics, has much of this media scared. He thinks differently and encourages other people to do the same, that is what they don't like. If you have seen any of the media recently and they have been running stories like "He didn't sing the national anthem" or "He won't get elected", even though to win the Labour leadership he was elected...

If you see any of them, then that media platform is scared, and probably some where along the line, Murdoch is involved.

I've been so quiet! Blame Curries PC World!!!

Welcome back .... ME!

Hi!

Many people have noticed that on some social media platforms I have been quiet for some time now, there's a very good reason for this... My laptop.

My laptop is what helps me to create content, be it in written form like this or in video form for youtube. It is what I consider, a bit of a money maker for me, since I get paid for most of the content I create.

In July of this year however, I was creating a BevRants video for my youtube channel. Now when I go to record these I use a USB headset, because I've found in the past laptop mic's are kinda crappy and tend to pick up more background noise and make you sound really far away, even when you're not. I recorded the video as I would have normally but began to want to take the headset off, which I did. I un-plugged the headphones and... no sound. It is a problem I had delt with once before, but I was halfway through editing, I didn't want to have to come back to the work (editing my video's is what a person could so easily call a living hell).

I finished off the video and a small while later, I reset the laptop, the sound was back on... but not for long. Infact, over the night, I had many problems trying to get the sound to work once again, so it wasn't too long before I took the laptop back to where it had been bought.

Let's face it, in December last year when my other half Suny said "I'll buy you a laptop for Christmas", we didn't get a cheap one. At just short of £700 it was one of the most expensive things I think I have ever been given. It's mainly though because of the processor on the inside of the laptop, called an i7. i7 can manage ultra HD video, it can be quick to create the content I want to, it looks good, feels good... this was the laptop for me, only, now things were going wrong.

The staff at curries at first tried to boot up the laptop in store, it was taking a while so was booked in to see what this problem was, nothing about the sound. So you can imagine a week later when I go to get the laptop back out of repair, it wasn't long before the sound issue came back, as did the laptop, to them.

4 times all in all the laptop was sent back, before I received the letter saying "I've replaced the motherboard" which is what I had been saying was at fault. I knew it wasn't a software issue, yet I've nearly had arguments with the staff who have said it must be something I have been doing, or that it IS a software fault, to which I said "If it was a software fault, why am I back with the same problem again".

Needless to say this is the very short version of the story... but what is the plan now the laptop is back.

Well, this version of LWB and BevRants are what I class as "Irregular Uploads", meaning there's no schedule as to when content goes live on these things, which is fine, I can go back to doing them when i'm ready.

The video version of LWB is what is causing me the biggest heart ache of all. It got to the point I was doing weekly uploads on the FLT channel and it was getting to be a headache because so much was going on in my life that I couldn't talk about on camera for fear of pissing somebody off or having to be told "you should take that down" to which my answer is always a pleasant "no". I think I will return to doing the LWB video's, but I don't think it will be anytime soon.

See one of the biggest challenges I have involves my BevRants channel, which soon will be having it's 100th video go live on the channel... and there's a LOT happening for that, which is going to be a lot of work, but hopefully, it'll go down well on the channel... but that again is something I can't talk about... or, more, won't, because I want to keep the surprise!

Anyways, that's the short version of the story... hopefully i'll be back on here sometime soon with some fun stuff or thought provoking stuff... whatever earns me money hey!

A year in...

It's an almost alien concept to me that i'd be in a committed relationship for a year, never did I think that either myself, or my dream other half would be able to cope with each other for that long.

My love life has always been one of miss-trust, no trust and no fun. I've often spent time looking in the wrong place for love and the time I took myself away from it all, was the time I got it.

The story of how I met my other half isn't really amazing, it was a website called Badoo, where you rate other people based on their looks, of course, I voted him a 10 and received a 10 vote back... which is when I messaged him.

I was busy going through a time in my life where I wasn't wanting to start anything serious, but purely for the fear of being hurt. I had a lot of gay friends I had made, some very good looking ones that I got on well with and I could imagine myself being with... but I never took the big risks to make anything happen, because the times I did, as has more often than not been the case, i'd be rejected, which is never a nice feeling.

I'd been messaging Suny for some time before we met, I think about 6 months in total. We got on well as friends and we had arranged to meet up several times before we actually did, but i'd get let down by him, because he'd not turn up and send no messages. One day though, he did turn up.

I remember i'd come back from work and been tired as i'd been up working since 6am, we arranged to meet up as we usually did and I returned home, after walking the doggy, I climbed on the bed, ready to receive another message saying he couldn't come, or i'd be ignored, in either case, nothing would happen for me.

An hour or so later, my phone buzzed and woke me up, I didn't even know i'd nodded off, but I must have! I was slumped over the end of the bed, wow, I must have been tired! I looked at my phone, the message said "I think i'm here", I said ok and quickly began to throw some clothes on since I've always found it best to not meet up naked on the first date.

After a few minutes, I made my way downstairs... no sign of anyone. I called him and said "Where are you?" and he said he was infront of the brown fences... WHAT brown fences????

I remembered a while ago when a friend of mine had come to visit, that my postcode can actually take you onto a different road altogether, so, I made my way around to this other road, while on the phone to Suny. THERE. HE. WAS.

I was scared, but remained calm somehow. I made my way over to the car... and my god, the pictures weren't fake, he did look like that... omg... what the hell was going on?

I got into the car and we went to the nearby McDonalds for a drink, which is where we sat in the car going through music and I discovered he is a fan of Justin Bieber. At this point, I suppose I should have gotten out and ran away, but no, I thought, i'll give him the benefit of the doubt. We chatted and chatted and eventually drove on to another car park up at the top of a hill near me. We took a little walk through the woods and went and sat in a park.

Nobody else was around, just us two talking. My memory does fade at this point, but I believe it was here we had our first kiss, or certainly the idea crossed my mind anyway. Eventually though, the sun was going down (the one in the sky, not the one I was on a date with) and it was time to be heading home. I said to Suny that he was welcome to come into mine and meet my dog, which he did. We sat and watched TV and did begin all the kissing and such.... But NO, ladies and gents, he did NOT stay over, nor did we have SEX... I do have SOME morals... just, don't know where they are.

Anyway....

It has been over a year since that happened. This post marks the day when we were lay out on the couch in my living room and Suny ever so romantically said "So, you gonna be ma boy then"... I know, whoever said romance was dead hey? ... And I accepted.

It's shocking for me, it really is, to have gone through with my love life the way it has been, getting cheated on by my first boyfriend, to this... I've no idea how it all works, but I didn't think I could sit here and say "I've been in a relationship, for a year" ever.

So... Here's to another year... Who knows what this next year holds hey!

Gays VS Islamic State

I've just got done watching a 3 minute report on a tv news channel about how the Islamic State or IS as i'll call them in this post are now hunting down gay men and killing them.

While yes, there is proof of this happening, I think it is important to remember that this is not the only organisation which is carrying out this sort of action against the LGBT community.

World-wide the LGBT community faces hate crimes of all different levels, none of which is acceptable by modern day standards... NOBODY HAS THE RIGHT TO TAKE A PERSONS LIFE.

Back to the IS though, why are they doing this?

Well, for that, we need to look at the leaders of the IS. It is not ran by any part of the Koran. It's life-style is based on one of opinion, repression and greed for the leaders. It has to be said then, right here and right now, that only if you twist the words does any religion "hate" on a minority, this is true for the Islamic faith too.

Gay men seem to be the main target for the IS though, because the leaders have no understanding of what being gay actually is, nor are they interested in equality for anybody, which of course would gain support from the rest of us for war action to be taken... but that isn't the right way.

People speak volumes with movement. If you're in a part of the world which doesn't treat you the way you want to be treated and nothing is set up for you to be able to create the change you want to, then you need to leave, and now.

Yes, lives are in danger, of course they are, but nothing will change soon unless we call for change. The main question now then is, what are you going to do about it?

The benefit death figures

It has come into the news more and more recently that the government here in the UK should reveal the figures that they have, which are to do with how many people have died within a certain time period after their benefits have been stopped. It is a complex topic to approach, so i'll try to explain things as best I can on here.

Ian Duncan Smith is the leader of the Department of Work and Pensions or DWP for short. This government department is currently the one in legal battles, trying to avoid releasing the figures, since their was an outcry after the last figures released a number of years ago, revealed 1,300 people had died after having had their benefits stopped.

Within the DWP theres many different types of benefits and many different types of stoppages of benefits, so here's some below.

The DWP manage a brand called the "Job centre plus", these deal mainly with the un-employed, here's how their benefits can be stopped.

3 length types of benefit stoppages.

4 week, 13 weeks or 26 weeks (upto 3 years).

These are done on a scale, but will not only have an impact on the persons physical income, but the DWP will inform whoever they can that you are not entitled to any other form of benefit including housing benefit. This means when you are placed into a sanction period, you will have no income and your rent will not be covered. Meaning, the landlord will still want to be paid, but how, when you have no income, is a question the DWP refuse to answer.

You can have your benefits stopped via the Job centre if you don't receive your post, as I know personally. Other reasons have included attending a funeral, attending a job interview and looking for too many jobs.

The DWP also over-see's the DLA, which is what disabled people claim as they are not fit for work, or need extra funds to help them live day to day with extra costs for care etc.

DLA has been stopped for people claiming it as most claimants of this benefit will be able to tell you of the ATOS fit for work interview. ATOS was a French company the british government hired to find if people were genuine in their claim for this benefit and to see if any could actually be working. They were told to be tough and their actions have themselves caused deaths.

The amount of deaths caused by this colaberation has never been revealed, I personally feel its because it is a high figure. The press over time have revealed some of these deaths, but not all. For example, an ex-nurse with slipped disc's in her spine, was declaired fit for work, even though her movement is painful and I would presume her doctor would have ordered rest.

The stoppage of this DLA benefit isn't in a set time period. I have heard of cases where people have been told they will need to attend a meeting and until the meeting has been conducted, they will not receive their benefit, then been placed on a waiting list, sometimes waiting over a year. I have heard too many cases of people being declaired fit for work, and dying as a result, either by their benefit being stopped, or other means, as their life becomes un-liveable.

There's also been "errors" on both sides too, DLA and the job centre plus have, from time to time, had to apologise as a wrong decision was made, although in most cases, this decision comes too late as the person has already died.

The appeals process is a joke, i'm not even going to get started on that, just take it from me, it's pathetic.

The end result is that yes, the public are not going to be happy. The benefit system is their to support people during difficult times and yet, the people running it are literally killing people, so we, the public, want to know how many.

This is why I URGE you to CLICK HERE and sign the petition and call for the government to make these figures public. We have been promised for years that we will have a see-through style government and this is yet another example of how things are being hidden from us, not for our own good, but for them to hide the ugly truth.

Kay Burley

Recently I did a video about an accident which took place at Alton Towers theme park, UK.

At the time this is being written, the main cause of the accident has still not been announced to the public, as the health and safety executive of the UK steps in to conduct their own investigations. It is during this time however that Merlin Entertainments, who operate Alton Towers resort, put forward Nick Varney as their company front-man. He has been the one to go and under-take the television interviews and radio interviews since the day of the incident itself, and to be fair, he had been doing a good job, I say had, because that was until he met... Kay Burley.

Kay Burley is a "news reporter" for Sky "News", a channel well known in the UK for it's over-reaction to almost everything, which fit's in well with the rest of the Sky brand.

Sky as a brand, is owned mostly by 21st century fox... were have you heard of them before?

Indeed, we have all seen them titles behind many of our much loved programmes and films. 21st century fox is owned and ran by who then????

That's right, not for long, but the owner of the company is Rupert Murdoch. A rather wealthy, vile piece of scum, given his actions and the way he has set up his companies to run under his dictatorship.

For example, one of the brands he owns is fox news....

Racist much?

So as you can see, Fox news is a little... messed up. Not a surprise then when you learn that Sky "News" here in the UK is stirring up trouble.

It's round, to do with Alton Towers, involved a rather rude Kay Burley....

Now here, as you can see, Nick is trying to explain what he can about the incident, while apologising that it happened, adding that another layer of safety is being put onto the rides, for example, where they might have been able to send a train every 10 seconds, they may now wait until 15 seconds... or something like that. However, that doesn't seem to be enough for Kay, oh no, she only seems to be happy if you're left bleeding after on of their interviews.

So does it come as a surprise that she was, the way she was, with Nick Varney? ... No, it shouldn't.

She, while on Sky "News", is owned by Rupert Murdoch, the man who has set up this empire of what appears to be the far right, managing to twist the news, every which way they can.

Look, i'm not going to go on and on about this, but what I will say is don't waste your time with the likes of Fox news and Sky "News", because these are nothing but a corporation, out to make as much money as they can, with no ounce of human dignity being spared here. Kay Burley, yes, is a nasty, vicious cow, who doesn't deserve to be on the air... but Sky doesn't care about that, because she pulls in viewers, who are waiting to see how rude she will be next time, and she doesn't have the conciunse to make herself stop and question what she is doing.

If you would like to though, you can sign a petition to have her removed from the air... but I ask you this, what is the point? If it is not her, then it WILL be somebody else.

The dreaded birthday issue....

June is for some, the middle of the year, for others, it's a time when they can go to the shops and begin to buy some summer style clothes because the weather is starting to turn more summery... why wouldn't you love the month of June?

For me, it's because it's the month of my birthday. For too many years I've had a problem with my birthday and any of my friends can tell you.... I'm a nightmare when it comes to my own birthday. While for others this is a day to be happy and do something you'll remember forever, I'm applying that motto to every day that I live my life. Don't get me wrong, I fully understand that each one is an achievement and i'm more than happy I am able to be breathing on each birthday, I have a problem with how the whole thing is ran, which is why in recent years, my friend Sian has always been the one to organise something, everything from a full on concert and hotel stay-over, to a night out of my choice with people whore are/were in my life at the time.

I think my issues go back to my childhood. It is with a sentence like that I suppose I should climb onto the big red leather couch and begin my session with the shrink, but I feel it is true. My birthday parties from years ago were never really of enjoyment, more just doing things on my birthday, because, well, that's what got done.

It's nothing against the people who tried to run my childhood parties, infact my mother would often go to great expense to throw me the day that I said I wanted, but I only wanted them days because... that's how it happened for everyone else. If I could explain to you here... I was never the popular child in school, from primary level right through until the end of high school... it wasn't fun for me being in school... so you can always imagine my sort of, lack of joy, when over half of my classmates would turn up to my house and enjoy the bouncy castle and cake and have a good time, and I would be sat there thinking about how I wasn't enjoying myself that much and when would I be able to do what I wanted?

Later in life I did get to have a better control over my birthday parties, but in my teen years, I don't remember doing something for every birthday. Don't get me wrong, presents we're always given and i'd get to see the people who were in my life that I loved lots and lots, but I still didn't make a massive fuss about this one special day.

After school years were over my birthdays of course took the change of... involving alcohol. For my 18th I had a party, at my mothers if I remember correctly, for my 21st, i'd arranged 2 nights out... and yeah, around those times I did enjoy my birthdays... but there was still the awkward things which happen on the day... like the terrible singing of "happy birthday".

It is so awkward to stand there and have everyone sing at you. While yes it is designed to make you feel special, I can't help but let me toes curl that little bit more and wonder what i'm expected to do as everybody sings along.

So, this year, we come to what'll be my 27th year alive, and i'm super proud to say, i'm already busy on my birthday, entertaining at a party... for the first time in years i'm too busy to have to go through the awkward stuff like having to have people sing happy birthday to me!

Don't get me wrong, I still love to be given presents, be able to meet up with people who are loved by me and of course, spend time with people I don't get to see all that often... but it's quiet, like any other day, this year... and I've a feeling I could like it.