Bruce Paley's Blog, page 2
October 27, 2016
Benefit Sanctions & Food Banks
Oxford University discovers a direct correlation between people on benefits being sanctioned and an increase in the use of Food Banks - no shit, Sherlock!
October 25, 2016
The Walking Dead
Still reeling from the harrowing, brutal, devastating, spellbinding season premiere of The Walking Dead last night. Most shows run out of steam and tire after a few years, this programme now in its seventh season is more powerful than ever if this episode is anything to go by. Wow!
October 24, 2016
All Hail Wallonia!
A big THANK YOU to the people of the Belgian region of Wallonia for stopping (so far) the insidious so-called CETA "free trade" deal between the EU and Canada that, like the similar TTIP deal, would give large corporations more power than countries and allow them to sue governments if they think a new law would hinder their potential future profits - repeat, if they think - no evidence required - a new law might hinder their potential future profits - with hearings to be held in secret and presided over by corporate CEOs. I'm not kidding, if a corporation doesn't like the look or sound of a law such as, say, putting health warnings on cigarette packets, they can sue the government passing such a law and have a secret trial presided over by fellow CEOs. Research The Guardian's George Monbiot if you don't believe me, he's been screaming about TTIP and this for a long time, also fellow Guardian columnist Owen Jones. This is F**KING OUTRAGEOUS! Why would governments want to cede such power so that they are in effect subservient to corporations? And why is it only Wallonia out of all the 28 countries in the EU that has stood up to stop this despicable treaty? Corporations are far too powerful as it is. FFS, do we really want to live in a world ruled by Coca-Cola, AT&T and the big tobacco companies? Are we all living in Bizarro World??? Wake up people!
September 3, 2016
FREE on KINDLE UNTIL SEPT 5 2016
FREE ON KINDLE ONLY UNTIL SEPT 5 2016(afterwards just 99p/99¢): THE OBROVSKY THEATRE Co OF BLAZNIVYZEME is an outrageous satirical black comedy about a troupe of dwarves trying to mount a production of Hamlet in a fictitious Eastern European country as it undergoes a difficult transition from communism to capitalism. Lured out of a premature retirement to play the lead is Jiři Bloudín, a brilliant, charismatic if cocky actor known in his country as the Miniature Marlon Brando. A notorious womaniser, Jiři is unapologetic about his hedonistic lifestyle, which includes copious amounts of cocaine and alcohol, though rumour has it that he may be washed up.
Needless to say, little goes as planned….
The book has been hailed by LUKE RHINEHART, author of the cult favourite novel The Dice Man as a "delight" and a "joy". "BRUCE PALEY IS AN EXTRAORDINARY WRITER" wrote Rhinehart, " AND HIS OBROVSKY IS A DELIGHT: AN ORIGINAL LAUGH-OUT-LOUD COMEDY. THE SITUATIONS ARE OUTRAGEOUS, BUT FOLLOWING THE EXPLOITS OF THE ALL-TOO-HUMAN PROTAGANISTS IS A JOY"
Needless to say, little goes as planned….
The book has been hailed by LUKE RHINEHART, author of the cult favourite novel The Dice Man as a "delight" and a "joy". "BRUCE PALEY IS AN EXTRAORDINARY WRITER" wrote Rhinehart, " AND HIS OBROVSKY IS A DELIGHT: AN ORIGINAL LAUGH-OUT-LOUD COMEDY. THE SITUATIONS ARE OUTRAGEOUS, BUT FOLLOWING THE EXPLOITS OF THE ALL-TOO-HUMAN PROTAGANISTS IS A JOY"
August 25, 2016
FREE for five days
The Obrovský Theatre Co. of Blaznivyzeme
SPREAD THE WORD!!!
From Sept 1-5, 2016, my satirical novel The Obrovsky Theatre Co of Blaznivyzeme will be available FREE on KINDLE! Obrosky follows the exploits of a troupe of dwarves as they try to mount a production of Hamlet in an Eastern European country as it undergoes a difficult transition from communism to capitalism. Lured out of retirement to play the lead is Jiri Bloudin, a brilliant, charismatic actor known in his country as the Miniature Marlon Brando. Jiri is also a notorious womaniser, and is unapologetic about his hedonistic lifestyle which includes imbibing copious amounts of alcohol and drugs. But it's been a long time since Jiri acted, and rumour has it that he may be washed up....
The Dice Man author Luke Rhinehart said: "Bruce Paley is an extraordinary writer, and his Obrvosky is a delight...The situations are outrageous but following the exploits of the all-too-human protagonists is a joy!"
SPREAD THE WORD!!!
From Sept 1-5, 2016, my satirical novel The Obrovsky Theatre Co of Blaznivyzeme will be available FREE on KINDLE! Obrosky follows the exploits of a troupe of dwarves as they try to mount a production of Hamlet in an Eastern European country as it undergoes a difficult transition from communism to capitalism. Lured out of retirement to play the lead is Jiri Bloudin, a brilliant, charismatic actor known in his country as the Miniature Marlon Brando. Jiri is also a notorious womaniser, and is unapologetic about his hedonistic lifestyle which includes imbibing copious amounts of alcohol and drugs. But it's been a long time since Jiri acted, and rumour has it that he may be washed up....
The Dice Man author Luke Rhinehart said: "Bruce Paley is an extraordinary writer, and his Obrvosky is a delight...The situations are outrageous but following the exploits of the all-too-human protagonists is a joy!"
