ALTERED CARBON

 

Altered Carbon by Richard Morgan (2008) 

4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars 14,201 ratings

 

  All science fiction tends to be tainted by suspicions of being programming, and this is certainly no exception. But despite being a story about AI later made into a TV series by Netflix, I still think it's a great book. Up there with the best sci-fi classics and certainly my pick of Richard Morgan's books.

 

 This must-read story is a confident, action-and-violence packed thriller, and future classic noir SF novel from a multi-award-winning author.

Four hundred years from now mankind is strung out across a region of interstellar space inherited from an ancient civilization discovered on Mars. The colonies are linked together by the occasional sublight colony ship voyages and hyperspatial data-casting. Human consciousness is digitally freighted between the stars and downloaded into bodies as a matter of course.

But some things never change. So when ex-envoy, now-convict Takeshi Kovacs has his consciousness and skills downloaded into the body of a nicotine-addicted ex-thug and presented with a catch-22 offer, he really shouldn't be surprised. 

 

Contracted by a billionaire to discover who murdered his last body, Kovacs is drawn into a terrifying conspiracy that stretches across known space and to the very top of society.

https://www.amazon.com.au/Altered-Carbon

NO DOUBT

 THERE IS NO DOUBT GWEN STEFANI LOOKS LIKE A TRANNY

Gwen Stefani is an American singer and songwriter who came to fame in the 1990s as the lead singer for the band No Doubt, before starting a solo career.

 

Was she a MTF invert deceiving the masses and in particular young women, promoting body image and identity issues? Stefani sometimes seemed sad and tortured in her lyrics, which possibly alluded to her struggles with being an invert in disguise.

This is a hard call, and I'm on the fence about this. She was no Taylor Swift (an obvious MTF) but something does not look right here.

 

 

When "I'm Just a Girl" came out in 1995 I thought it was great, but the messages in the video went totally over my head. Watching it now, the lyrics, Gwen Stafani's mannish looks, and all those images of urinals and public toilets, are not lost on me! Still a good song though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHzOOQfhPFg

 

“Cause I'm just a girl I'd rather not be

'Cause they won't let me drive late at night

Oh I'm just a girl, guess I'm some kind of freak

'Cause they all sit and stare with their eyes”

(excerpt from“Just a girl”)

 

 

“Can you tell I'm faking it?

But I want to be myself

A counterfeit disposition

Can't be good for my health

So many different faces

Depending on the different phases”

(excerpt from “Magic’s in the makeup”) 

 

 

Notable Details:

 

-large clavicle and shoulder skeletal structure

-angular mandible and large male skull

-large trachea and visible adam’s apple

-devil horn’s hand symbols to give allegiance to her god

-straight torso with no female hips

-666 hand sign showing who she worships

-adonis belt visible in various images

 And more recently, seen here on the right in 2023:

WEAR YOUR ARSE WITH PRIDE

  

 This content was previously posted on FROT, August 20, 2021

HER NAME WAS ROBERT

Alexis Arquette (Birth name: Robert Arquette) 

Arquette was born in Los Angeles, the fourth of five children of Lewis Arquette, an actor and director, and Brenda Olivia, a Jewish actress, poet, theater operator, activist, acting teacher, and therapist. Actors Rosanna, Richmond, Patricia, and David Arquette were his siblings.

In 2004, Arquette expressed an interest in undergoing gender-transitioning medical treatment. He decided against undergoing hormone therapy and kept his choice of whether he underwent gender-affirming surgery private from the media by the time he completed his transition in 2006. 

His experience was documented in the film Alexis Arquette: She's My Brother, which debuted at the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival. Arquette was a vocal supporter of other transgender people, including Chaz Bono, who transitioned shortly after Arquette.

Arquette contracted HIV in 1987. In later life, he suffered from ill health as a result of being HIV-positive. Amid these increasing complications, Alexis began presenting again as a man in 2013. 

Brother David Arquette said that Alexis was "gender suspicious" and alternately felt like a man or a woman at different times. Arquette was placed in a medically induced coma and died on September 11, 2016, surrounded by close family, at the age of 47. 

 The official cause of death was cardiac arrest caused by myocarditis stemming from HIV - What is HIV? - Be sure to watch for future parallels with COVID injection victims.

ENGLISH TOURISTS

THESE ARE ACTUAL COMPLAINTS RECEIVED BY "THOMAS COOK VACATIONS" FROM DISSATISFIED CUSTOMERS:

 

 

1. "They should not allow topless sunbathing on the beach. It was very distracting for my husband who just wanted to relax."

 

2. "On my holiday to Goa in India, I was disgusted to find that almost every restaurant served curry. I don't like spicy food."

 

3. "We went on holiday to Spain and had a problem with the taxi drivers as they were all Spanish."

 

4. "We booked an excursion to a water park but no-one told us we had to bring our own swimsuits and towels. We assumed it would be included in the price."

 

5. "The beach was too sandy. We had to clean everything when we returned to our room."

 

6. "We found the sand was not like the sand in the brochure. Your brochure shows the sand as white but it was more yellow."

 

7. "It's lazy of the local shopkeepers in Puerto Vallartato close in the afternoons. I often needed to buy things during 'siesta' time - this should be banned."

 

8. "No-one told us there would be fish in the water. The children were scared."

 

9. "Although the brochure said that there was a fully equipped kitchen, there was no egg-slicer in the drawers."

 

10. "I think it should be explained in the brochure that the local convenience store does not sell proper biscuits like custard creams or ginger nuts."

 

11. "The roads were uneven and bumpy, so we could not read the local guide book during the bus ride to the resort. Because of this, we were unaware of many things that would have made our holiday more fun."

 

12. "It took us nine hours to fly home from Jamaica to England. It took the Americans only three hours to get home. This seems unfair."

 

13. "I compared the size of our one-bedroom suite to our friends' three-bedroom and ours was significantly smaller."

 

14. "The brochure stated: 'No hairdressers at the resort.' We're trainee hairdressers and we think they knew and made us wait longer for service."

 

15. "When we were in Spain, there were too many Spanish people there. The receptionist spoke Spanish, the food was Spanish. No one told us that there would be so many foreigners."

 

16. "We had to line up outside to catch the boat and there was no air-conditioning."

 

17. "It is your duty as a tour operator to advise us of noisy or unruly guests before we travel."

 

18. "I was bitten by a mosquito. The brochure did not mention mosquitoes."

 

19. "My fiancée and I requested twin-beds when we booked, but instead we were placed in a room with a king bed. We now hold you responsible and want to be re-reimbursed for the fact that I became pregnant. This would not have happened if you had put us in the room that we booked."